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Nicholas Nelson said:
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View attachment 41404 Nicholas Nelson I from Northern New Mexico. My wife and I have always been into off roading. I have had multiple Land Cruisers over the years a K5 blazer, 4 runner, Toyota Tundra, and currently my wife's 2013 Jeep jk. And my 2016 Ram Power Wagon tradesman. How overlanding started. We sold the Fzj80 Land Cruiser to buy a house. The plan was to use her Jeep for all of our outings. That plan changed when. We were given a 22' boat. It was time to buy a truck...... I always wanted a Power Wagon. So that's what I got. I then perchased a James Baroud excursion xxl tent. It's basically down hill from there. I will be putting up a biuld thred for the Jeep and the Power Wagon. I have a bunch of plans.
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Hey Nicolas, welcome to OB. You guys have a really impressive Rig-collection! Grretings from southern Germany


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Sinjin Eberle

Sinjin Eberle

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Hi team -

My name is Sinjin Eberle, and I live in Durango, Colorado. Most of my teen and adult years have been spent in the western US, and I have explored the four corners region and the Southwest for more than 3 decades - I love it here.

My current truck is a 2009 Tacoma, purchased new. A couple of years after I bought it, I discovered Overland Journal and my world changed. Shortly thereafter I had an Old Man Emu suspension put in, and the ride and capability improved instantly! In 2016 I got a CVT rooftop tent and again, life got even better! Now, if I could just figure out this tire conundrum...

I am the communications director for the non-profit river conservation organization, American Rivers, and as such I do a lot of writing, photography, and film making work. My truck is commonly basecamp for my work excursions as well as my fun escape. A life-long mountain biker, hiker, climber, and fly-fisher...all outdoor pursuits are welcome.

Couple of pics below, but in short, I am excited to join this community in a more deliberate way!! Thank you for including me in your world!

Sinjin

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Jake Wettern | iamjake

Jake Wettern | iamjake

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Sinjin Eberle said:
Hi team -

My name is Sinjin Eberle, and I live in Durango, Colorado. Most of my teen and adult years have been spent in the western US, and I have explored the four corners region and the Southwest for more than 3 decades - I love it here.

My current truck is a 2009 Tacoma, purchased new. A couple of years after I bought it, I discovered Overland Journal and my world changed. Shortly thereafter I had an Old Man Emu suspension put in, and the ride and capability improved instantly! In 2016 I got a CVT rooftop tent and again, life got even better! Now, if I could just figure out this tire conundrum...

I am the communications director for the non-profit river conservation organization, American Rivers, and as such I do a lot of writing, photography, and film making work. My truck is commonly basecamp for my work excursions as well as my fun escape. A life-long mountain biker, hiker, climber, and fly-fisher...all outdoor pursuits are welcome.

Couple of pics below, but in short, I am excited to join this community in a more deliberate way!! Thank you for including me in your world!

Sinjin

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Hi Sinjin and welcome to OB! Nice looking Tacoma and RTT! Safe travels and enjoy those open roads!
 
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Northern T4R

Northern T4R

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La Crosse Wisconsin
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Excited to finally be apart of the community, went on my first "overlanding" trip last summer. Comparably it is nothing to what takes place in this community. Therefore, I would consider my self a novice overlander, but I have a good deal of knowledge camping, and have been doing so since I was very young. My experience off-road consists of a few no maintenance roads in central Colorado (Old Mill Road Region, Crystal, CO) and a good majority of fire roads in North Central Wisconsin. Being in college has not allowed me to travel as much as I would like to. But with summer and next years graduation on the horizon I hope to join up with the group and explore.

My current rig is a 2004 Toyota 4Runner SR5 V8. 210k and counting. I have owned it for coming up on 3 years/45K miles. My plan has always been to build a set of bumpers, skids, and rock sliders to accompany a lift. Time has always been my enemy with school. Pictured below is the day after I purchased in 2015. The only that has changed it a roof rack I built and many trail stripes.


I look forward to chatting with other members and gaining knowledge.

Evan
 

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Northern T4R said:
Hello all, from La Crosse, Wi.
Evan

Excited to finally be apart of the community, went on my first "overlanding" trip last summer. Comparably it is nothing to what takes place in this community. Therefore, I would consider my self a novice overlanding, but I have a good deal of knowledge camping, and have been doing so since I was very young. My experience off-road consists of a few no maintenance roads in central Colorado (Old Mill Road Region, Crystal, CO) and a good majority of fire roads in North Central Wisconsin. Being in college has not allowed me to travel as much as I would like to. But with summer and next years graduation on the horizon I hope to join up with the group and explore.

My current rig is a 2004 Toyota 4Runner SR5 V8. 210k and counting. I have owned it for coming up on 3 years/45K miles. My plan has always been to build a set of bumpers, skids, and rock sliders to accompany a lift. Time has always been my enemy with school. Pictured below is the day after I purchased in 2015. The only that has changed it a roof rack I built and many trail stripes.


I look forward to chatting with other members and gaining knowledge.

Evan
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Hi Evan and welcome to OB! Nice looking 4Runner! Safe travels and enjoy those open roads!
 
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Mikderf

Mikderf

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Hello OB Community,

I'm a novice overlander from Orange County, California (SoCal) who just like to leisurely explore trails and see where it takes me. Haven't done anything heavy but I like to be prepared in case I need to.

My rig is a 15 Land Rover LR4 (aka Discovery 4) and is usually busing around my three girls to school, soccer practice, dance recital etc. But its ready to take on the dirt road at a moments notice. Hope to learn a lot from this community. It's felt like a warm welcome so far.

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Mikderf said:
Hello OB Community,

I'm a novice overlander from Orange County, California (SoCal) who just like to leisurely explore trails and see where it takes me. Haven't done anything heavy but I like to be prepared in case I need to.

My rig is a 15 Land Rover LR4 (aka Discovery 4) and is usually busing around my three girls to school, soccer practice, dance recital etc. But its ready to take on the dirt road at a moments notice. Hope to learn a lot from this community. It's felt like a warm welcome so far.

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Hi Mikderf and welcome to OB! Nice looking Land Rover! Safe travels and enjoy those open roads!
 
HEYElliott

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Lost&Found said:
Location: Saratoga Springs, UT
Current Vehicle: 2014 Ram 1500 Crew Cab Short Bed
Overland Experience: Novice - Have done a lot of Jeeping, Rubicon’s Trail, Moab, etc
Why Overlanding?: Jeeping/Rock Crawling was just too nerve racking and I found myself enjoying more of the fire roads and want to just explore trails and less rock hopping. Not sure if my rig is ideal for Overland but I need to fit my 4 boys and wife. Planning on getting a small trailer and car top tent on the trailer. Looking to get involved and meet great people.
The outdoors calls me and I need to go!
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Welcome to OB, I do love me some full size builds, have fun out there
 
HEYElliott

HEYElliott

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Dich Rixon said:
Hello all!

Rich Dixon here. I hail from the witch city (Salem Ma).

I have a had a few XJ’s and an S10 zr2 in the past. I have a done some local 4 wheeling as a younger man and had some extreme recoveries necessary to get home. I even had to sleep in the passenger seat of an 89 regular cab Toyota pickup. Believe me I’m not bragging.

I have a young family (6 yr old son, 2 year old daughter, a 10 year old Pug, and a wife)

In my quest to find family activities I have decided to turn my wife’s Yukon xl, into a mild family friendly overland rig. It’s got a bfg all terrains and a roof basket. Other than that she is bone stock and will remain near stock until I come to the conclusion that my family likes it or not. No sense in making my wife’s daily less road worthy if it’s going to be just me out there. Bottom line: I’m going overlanding with or without them, hopefully with.

I don’t have any great pictures of her truck as of yet but we all know what a stock suburban looks like.

Thanks for reading and I look forward to getting out on the trail with you!

Rich
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Welcome to OB Rich, have fun out there!
 
HEYElliott

HEYElliott

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Vashcloud said:
Hello Overland Bound community!

My name is Richard, and I have been into Overlanding for years. But watching the Xoverland videos is what got my butt into gear, aka to stop letting time go by. I am a huge automotive enthusiast and UTI grad. BMW, Mazda, Nissan certified. I ran a shop for a few years, which I do still own but don't do anything with, called Tuner Alliance. I shifted into the overland scene from performance cars because one, its just more fun.... and two, better people.

My favorite rig is Monteros, ive had 5 of them, shells and runners combined. My current rig is a 1999 Mitsubishi Montero with winter package *lockers heated seats etc* and a 2017 Chevy ZR2 2.8 duramax diesel that I rent out to people on turo app
I am located in Seattle and mostly have interacted with the local group here called Northwest overland. I also run a small informal group called "Overlanders Pit stop:NW which is meant to complement NW overland, where as they are more expedition focus, my FB group is more goof off and help BS or hit day trips ASAP instead of planned out.

As far as overland experience I have driven the US 6 times across. I have also driven across Iraq and Afghanistan in the army. As well as Cambodia and Japan.

I have recovered huge strykers when we got stuck, but Ill be honest my practice on civilian vehicle's is limited, so I am always eager to learn more.

To be honest I'm not a big fan of forums to me, they are dated to the 90's. I prefer FB/google/other instant msg groups. Probably cause I'm addicted to on-demand instant gratification. Either way, decided to post up so I can meet more overlanders. See ya out there.



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Welcome to OB Richard, Have fun out there!
 
HEYElliott

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LWRC7 said:
Hello..
Ken From Michigan (Detroit area)
I love the outdoors..
My Experience is limited and I have a lot to learn..
Right now I am driving a Ram Rebel.. but have a Special place in my heart for 4runners
I will see how the Ram treats us before I do too much to it..
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Welcome to OB Ken! Love the full sized Ram, those rebels are super nice off the lot. Have fun out there
 
HEYElliott

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SeattleBeardo said:
Location: Seattle, WA
Current Vehicle: 2007 Jeep Wrangler JK
Previous Vehicle: Way too many to list!!
Overland Experience: Novice
Why Overlanding?: I've been a hiker and camper for years and I am ready to combine my love of cars and camping. Probably stick to tent camping for a while, unless I really like the new set up IamJake puts together and decide to copy it!View attachment 40582
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Welcome to OB Beardo, have fun out there
 
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