Contributor II
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Member III
Hello Grump, welcome to the OB family and thank you for your service.My van’s name is Vanhöll. I am a US Army veteran and love to adventure. The more I hear and research vanlife, the more I want to connect to veterans on the road of making a happy and better quality of life for themselves!!! The name Grump is what my grandchildren call me by choice! I wanted something different and it started out as GrumpAss, shortened to “Grump”
1) I will have to post a picture of my rig later
2) I am currently from Central NC, just west of Winston Salem
3) I have purchased a 2005 E-350 Club Wagon and in the process of selling my house and building out my van with the plans of installing a UJoint 4x4 conversion
4) Overlanding Experience - I’m not going to say that I’m an expert by any stretch!! I recently sold my jeep to buy my van and start the vanlife adventure. I am an off-road driving instructor and mechanic for a company named Overland Experts! I thoroughly enjoy the fact that I get to teach off-road driving skills to military and
Advocate I
- 2,191
- First Name
- Steve
- Last Name
- Riss
- Member #
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28977
- Service Branch
- Navy Veteran
Advocate I
- 2,191
- First Name
- Steve
- Last Name
- Riss
- Member #
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28977
- Service Branch
- Navy Veteran
Hello and Welcome to the OB family!My van’s name is Vanhöll. I am a US Army veteran and love to adventure. The more I hear and research vanlife, the more I want to connect to veterans on the road of making a happy and better quality of life for themselves!!! The name Grump is what my grandchildren call me by choice! I wanted something different and it started out as GrumpAss, shortened to “Grump”
1) I will have to post a picture of my rig later
2) I am currently from Central NC, just west of Winston Salem
3) I have purchased a 2005 E-350 Club Wagon and in the process of selling my house and building out my van with the plans of installing a UJoint 4x4 conversion
4) Overlanding Experience - I’m not going to say that I’m an expert by any stretch!! I recently sold my jeep to buy my van and start the vanlife adventure. I am an off-road driving instructor and mechanic for a company named Overland Experts! I thoroughly enjoy the fact that I get to teach off-road driving skills to military and
Advocate I
- 2,191
- First Name
- Steve
- Last Name
- Riss
- Member #
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28977
- Service Branch
- Navy Veteran
Advocate I
- 2,191
- First Name
- Steve
- Last Name
- Riss
- Member #
-
28977
- Service Branch
- Navy Veteran
Advocate I
- 2,191
- First Name
- Steve
- Last Name
- Riss
- Member #
-
28977
- Service Branch
- Navy Veteran
Advocate I
- 2,191
- First Name
- Steve
- Last Name
- Riss
- Member #
-
28977
- Service Branch
- Navy Veteran
Advocate I
- 2,191
- First Name
- Steve
- Last Name
- Riss
- Member #
-
28977
- Service Branch
- Navy Veteran
Member III
Welcome to OB and thank you for your service!My van’s name is Vanhöll. I am a US Army veteran and love to adventure. The more I hear and research vanlife, the more I want to connect to veterans on the road of making a happy and better quality of life for themselves!!! The name Grump is what my grandchildren call me by choice! I wanted something different and it started out as GrumpAss, shortened to “Grump”
1) I will have to post a picture of my rig later
2) I am currently from Central NC, just west of Winston Salem
3) I have purchased a 2005 E-350 Club Wagon and in the process of selling my house and building out my van with the plans of installing a UJoint 4x4 conversion
4) Overlanding Experience - I’m not going to say that I’m an expert by any stretch!! I recently sold my jeep to buy my van and start the vanlife adventure. I am an off-road driving instructor and mechanic for a company named Overland Experts! I thoroughly enjoy the fact that I get to teach off-road driving skills to military and
Hank
Off-Road Ranger I
- 4,418
- First Name
- Shahn
- Last Name
- Brown
- Member #
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29302
- Ham/GMRS Callsign
- GMRS - WRQD549
Hello Jon and welcome to Overland Bound!
Off-Road Ranger I
- 4,418
- First Name
- Shahn
- Last Name
- Brown
- Member #
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29302
- Ham/GMRS Callsign
- GMRS - WRQD549
Hello Steve and welcome to Overland Bound! Thank you for your service!My van’s name is Vanhöll. I am a US Army veteran and love to adventure. The more I hear and research vanlife, the more I want to connect to veterans on the road of making a happy and better quality of life for themselves!!! The name Grump is what my grandchildren call me by choice! I wanted something different and it started out as GrumpAss, shortened to “Grump”
1) I will have to post a picture of my rig later
2) I am currently from Central NC, just west of Winston Salem
3) I have purchased a 2005 E-350 Club Wagon and in the process of selling my house and building out my van with the plans of installing a UJoint 4x4 conversion
4) Overlanding Experience - I’m not going to say that I’m an expert by any stretch!! I recently sold my jeep to buy my van and start the vanlife adventure. I am an off-road driving instructor and mechanic for a company named Overland Experts! I thoroughly enjoy the fact that I get to teach off-road driving skills to military and
Contributor III
- 357
- First Name
- Jeromy
- Last Name
- Lukenbaugh
- Member #
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29733
- Ham/GMRS Callsign
- WRNT988
- Service Branch
- Army
Hey everyone, My name is Jeromy. New to overlanding but have been camping since childhood and seriously since 2015. We get out about once a month to do something fun away from the city.
After being unable to find camping spots at some 14'ers lately, we decided to find something we can disperse camp with better and jumped in to the GX club and picked up this '08 GX470 this summer. It's still setup for a Starbucks run but we're loving it and can't wait to start the mods.
After being unable to find camping spots at some 14'ers lately, we decided to find something we can disperse camp with better and jumped in to the GX club and picked up this '08 GX470 this summer. It's still setup for a Starbucks run but we're loving it and can't wait to start the mods.
- Oklahoma City
- 2008 Lexus GX470
- Experienced hiker, backpacker, car camper but overlanding novice
Pioneer II
- 8,178
- First Name
- DALE
- Last Name
- FOLLETTE
- Member #
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23055
- Ham/GMRS Callsign
- KJ7JDA
- Service Branch
- US Army CWO (Ret)
Welcome from Arizona!Hey everyone, My name is Jeromy. New to overlanding but have been camping since childhood and seriously since 2015. We get out about once a month to do something fun away from the city.
After being unable to find camping spots at some 14'ers lately, we decided to find something we can disperse camp with better and jumped in to the GX club and picked up this '08 GX470 this summer. It's still setup for a Starbucks run but we're loving it and can't wait to start the mods.
- Oklahoma City
- 2008 Lexus GX470
- Experienced hiker, backpacker, car camper but overlanding novice
Member III
Hello Jeromy, welcome to the OB family and thank you for your service.Hey everyone, My name is Jeromy. New to overlanding but have been camping since childhood and seriously since 2015. We get out about once a month to do something fun away from the city.
After being unable to find camping spots at some 14'ers lately, we decided to find something we can disperse camp with better and jumped in to the GX club and picked up this '08 GX470 this summer. It's still setup for a Starbucks run but we're loving it and can't wait to start the mods.
- Oklahoma City
- 2008 Lexus GX470
- Experienced hiker, backpacker, car camper but overlanding novice
Off-Road Ranger I
- 4,418
- First Name
- Shahn
- Last Name
- Brown
- Member #
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29302
- Ham/GMRS Callsign
- GMRS - WRQD549
Hello Jeromy and welcome to Overland Bound! Thank you for your service!Hey everyone, My name is Jeromy. New to overlanding but have been camping since childhood and seriously since 2015. We get out about once a month to do something fun away from the city.
After being unable to find camping spots at some 14'ers lately, we decided to find something we can disperse camp with better and jumped in to the GX club and picked up this '08 GX470 this summer. It's still setup for a Starbucks run but we're loving it and can't wait to start the mods.
- Oklahoma City
- 2008 Lexus GX470
- Experienced hiker, backpacker, car camper but overlanding novice
First I want to thank the members for providing an awesome collection of posts. I've done a fair amount of reading here.
We have lived on the Oregon coast for decades. We have always tent camped out of an SUV. Tents worked fine for 40+ years from USA coast to coast, Canada and Baja. We love backroads and primitive camping. I grew up in a camping family and spent 31 years with the USFS fire and law departments.
We retired in 2016 and bought a new LR4. We started camping more often and year round. We were roughing it more than we cared for. After a ton of soul searching we decided to get an off road type teardrop trailer.
We are loving it!
We have lived on the Oregon coast for decades. We have always tent camped out of an SUV. Tents worked fine for 40+ years from USA coast to coast, Canada and Baja. We love backroads and primitive camping. I grew up in a camping family and spent 31 years with the USFS fire and law departments.
We retired in 2016 and bought a new LR4. We started camping more often and year round. We were roughing it more than we cared for. After a ton of soul searching we decided to get an off road type teardrop trailer.
We are loving it!
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Member III
Hello Jeromy (@jeromyokc ) , welcome from Navina, Oklahoma.
You are in the Southwest Region. Check out the Southwest Region sub-forum for local information and involvement opportunities.
Here is the link to the forum calendar and Meet-Up event page: Overland Bound Meetups.
Or to check out what other members are planning go here: Overland Trip Planning.
If you are on Facebook feel free to join us there as well, Overland Bound – Southwest.
I am one of the SW Region Member Reps, @Iwata77 is another Member Rep based out of Tulsa. If you have any questions let us know.
You are in the Southwest Region. Check out the Southwest Region sub-forum for local information and involvement opportunities.
Here is the link to the forum calendar and Meet-Up event page: Overland Bound Meetups.
Or to check out what other members are planning go here: Overland Trip Planning.
If you are on Facebook feel free to join us there as well, Overland Bound – Southwest.
I am one of the SW Region Member Reps, @Iwata77 is another Member Rep based out of Tulsa. If you have any questions let us know.
Pathfinder II
Hi Jeromy!Hey everyone, My name is Jeromy. New to overlanding but have been camping since childhood and seriously since 2015. We get out about once a month to do something fun away from the city.
After being unable to find camping spots at some 14'ers lately, we decided to find something we can disperse camp with better and jumped in to the GX club and picked up this '08 GX470 this summer. It's still setup for a Starbucks run but we're loving it and can't wait to start the mods.
- Oklahoma City
- 2008 Lexus GX470
- Experienced hiker, backpacker, car camper but overlanding novice
Welcome from Tulsa
We also have an Oklahoma sub-forum for more local chit chat Oklahoma overlanders where ya at?
