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Ursa Major

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Woodstock, Vermont, United States
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Gunnar
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Nourse
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New member, old fart. Just bought a 22 Frontier Pro4x a few weeks ago. Have been taking every dirt road, with the wife of 40 years, that we
could find. We were doing it long before the term Overlanding came about. We spent most our life on the West coast and the last 15 years in Gods Country SE Tennessee. Just a few miles from Scorpian Offroad Concepts in Cleveland. Glad to be here! Any other Pro 4X guys?
Welcome aboard Andrew! Glad you joined in the ever growing community of Overland Bound! I've lived in Seymour, TN for awhile years ago and loved how close to mountains we were, beautiful area I want to go back to and explore this go around. Maybe I'll catch you out there on the trail one day soon!
 
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PapaDave

Local Expert Northern ID and North East WA
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Coeur d'Alene, ID, USA
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Dave
Last Name
Addington
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10123

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Hello Everybody,
New family joining OB community. We are Novices at overlanding Looks pretty awesome and we are excited to be apart of it!
Our Rig is a 2002 GMC YUKON SLE 4x4 with 200K miles (first car my wife and i purchased together) see pics below. Looking forward to seeing you guys on the trail!
-Porters
Hi Porters

Glad you said hello and welcome. I am the Bay Area member rep and I can help connect you to meet ups that are happening near you. In Turlock CA there is a meet up on the first Sunday’s of the month and it has a great regular turn out and active.
This is the regular meet up info. @Motomikeca and @beck4u are a great resource to be in touch with!
US West - Central Valley-Turlock Monthly Meetup
 

Glacierdog

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Member
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Off-Road Ranger I

2,600
Sisters, Deschutes County, Oregon, United States
First Name
Chris
Last Name
Nygren
Member #

25841

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KK7KJK
Hello everyone I am Josh and my wife is Karen. We weekend trip most every weekend to Camp and SCUBA dive in Oklahoma. this has been mostly in a car or van. Today starts a new chapter as we just purchased a new 2022 4RUNNER. we are looking forward to even more adventures.
We too are waiting on our 2022 4Runner TRD Off-Road Premium to arrive. Although we have been trying to order products for our 2021 4Runner TRDOff-RoadPremium (roof rack, lights, winch, front and rear bumpers, tires, and suspension/lift) so we are just being patient and not quite sure how we will cope once the snow settles in? Congrats on becoming a member. Lots of great advice and experience here.
 
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_Maverick_

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154
Hayward, CA, USA
First Name
Jamison
Last Name
Cummings
Hey Jamison


I am the Bay Area member rep and I can help connect you to meet ups that are happening near you. In Pleasanton CA there is a meet up on the second Sunday’s of the month and it has a great regular turn out and active. The East Bay meet up has had a great 2021 so far and still more to go. You can see the plan under the second post in our thread.

Below is a link to the meet up page and thread with information.

This is the regular meet up info:

US West - East Bay Monthly Meet Up—Pleasanton CA | OVERLAND BOUND COMMUNITY
Thank you, this is what I was looking for. Looking forward to seeing everyone at the Ridge Parking lot in a few weeks!
 

Porter02

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327
Tracy, San Joaquin County, California, United States
First Name
Matthew
Last Name
Porter
Member #

41069

Hello Everybody,
New family joining OB community. We are Novices at overlanding Looks pretty awesome and we are excited to be apart of it!
Our Rig is a 2002 GMC YUKON SLE 4x4 with 200K miles (first car my wife and i purchased together) see pics below. Looking forward to seeing you guys on the trail!
-Porters
Hi Porters

Glad you said hello and welcome. I am the Bay Area member rep and I can help connect you to meet ups that are happening near you. In Turlock CA there is a meet up on the first Sunday’s of the month and it has a great regular turn out and active.
This is the regular meet up info. @Motomikeca and @beck4u are a great resource to be in touch with!
US West - Central Valley-Turlock Monthly Meetup
Thank You! We look forward to checking that out!
 

TennCutty

Rank I

Contributor III

154
Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, United States
First Name
Andrew
Last Name
Cutt
New member, old fart. Just bought a 22 Frontier Pro4x a few weeks ago. Have been taking every dirt road, with the wife of 40 years, that we
could find. We were doing it long before the term Overlanding came about. We spent most our life on the West coast and the last 15 years in Gods Country SE Tennessee. Just a few miles from Scorpian Offroad Concepts in Cleveland. Glad to be here! Any other Pro 4X guys?
Hello Andrew, welcome to Overland Bound.
Thanks. Happy to be here
 
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Kent R

OB Executive Director
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Pathfinder III

5,200
El Dorado, Ca
First Name
Kent
Last Name
Reynolds
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1632

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K6KNT
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Retired Firefighter
New guy here! Just getting in to overlanding.
2013 JKU
Delaware, Ohio
Welcome to Overland Bound
You can use the Member Map to find other members and events in your area. You can also send a message directly from the map to other members.
RESOURCE MAP
Check the forum calendar and Meet-Up page for events, and the Trip Planning page for trips being planned by members. These pages can be filtered by region.
Overland Bound Meetups
Overland Trip Planning
You are in the Midwest Region, local information can also be found in the “Overland Bound by Region”
OVERLAND BOUND COMMUNITY
Your Regional Director is @Mike W. The closest Member Representative to you for local information is @Ohio Valley Overland
Quick adult & youthTread Lightly online awareness course.
Online Courses - Tread Lightly
Tread Lightly! Youth Online Course
Check out Overland Expo https://www.OverlandExpo.com
If you have any questions don't hesitate to message me, hopefully I can get you going in the right direction. @Kent R or Kent@OverlandBound.com
 
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Kent R

OB Executive Director
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Pathfinder III

5,200
El Dorado, Ca
First Name
Kent
Last Name
Reynolds
Member #

1632

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K6KNT
Service Branch
Retired Firefighter
New member, old fart. Just bought a 22 Frontier Pro4x a few weeks ago. Have been taking every dirt road, with the wife of 40 years, that we could find. We were doing it long before the term Overlanding came about. We spent most our life on the West coast and the last 15 years in Gods Country SE Tennessee. Just a few miles from Scorpian Offroad Concepts in Cleveland. Glad to be here! Any other Pro 4X guys?
Welcome To Overland Bound
Check the forum calendar and Meet-Up page for events, and the Trip Planning page for trips being planned by members. These pages can be filtered by region.
Overland Bound Meetups
Overland Trip Planning
You can use the Member Map to find other members and events in your area. You can also send a message directly from the map to other members.
RESOURCE MAP
You are in the Southeast Region, local information can also be found in the “Overland Bound by Region”
OVERLAND BOUND COMMUNITY
Quick adult & youthTread Lightly online awareness course.
Online Courses - Tread Lightly
Tread Lightly! Youth Online Course
If you have any questions don't hesitate to message me, hopefully I can get you going in the right direction. @Kent R or Kent@OverlandBound.com
 
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Oscar_1996

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Williston North Dakota
First Name
Greg
Last Name
Hoppe
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0

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Location: North Dakota
Rig Info: 2010 Jeep Rubicon
Experience: Light camping/hiking trips with no technical trail experience.

My Fiance and I love the outdoors and am looking at trying to build capable overlanding vehicle. Looking forward to working on building it out so we can enjoy some backcountry trails!IMG_4932.jpg
 

Shahn

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Off-Road Ranger I

4,418
Snohomish County, WA, USA
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Shahn
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Brown
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Location: North Dakota
Rig Info: 2010 Jeep Rubicon
Experience: Light camping/hiking trips with no technical trail experience.

My Fiance and I love the outdoors and am looking at trying to build capable overlanding vehicle. Looking forward to working on building it out so we can enjoy some backcountry trails!View attachment 216757
Greetings Greg and welcome to Overland Bound!
 
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DaleRF

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Sierra Vista Southeast, AZ, USA
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DALE
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FOLLETTE
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US Army CWO (Ret)
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Location: North Dakota
Rig Info: 2010 Jeep Rubicon
Experience: Light camping/hiking trips with no technical trail experience.

My Fiance and I love the outdoors and am looking at trying to build capable overlanding vehicle. Looking forward to working on building it out so we can enjoy some backcountry trails!View attachment 216757
Welcome from Arizona!
 
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DaleRF

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Hello everyone I am Josh and my wife is Karen. We weekend trip most every weekend to Camp and SCUBA dive in Oklahoma. this has been mostly in a car or van. Today starts a new chapter as we just purchased a new 2022 4RUNNER. we are looking forward to even more adventures.
Welcome from Arizona!
 
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DaleRF

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Sierra Vista Southeast, AZ, USA
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DALE
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FOLLETTE
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US Army CWO (Ret)
Location - Greencastle, IN
Rig - 2015 Power Wagon Tradesman
Experience - I'd say Beginner

Just got back from my 2nd trip to Montana, and Wyoming earlier this month found some decent easy trails out there and had alot of fun. I'm kind of a huge nerd that likes to go outdoors and drive around lol.View attachment 212830
Welcome from Arizona!
 
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DaleRF

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Sierra Vista Southeast, AZ, USA
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US Army CWO (Ret)
Hi y'all. I'm Liz "Wrighno." I live in the high desert of SoCal. I drive a (currently) stock 2018 Jeep Wrangler JLU Sport. I grew up camping, backpacking, and bumming around Europe in an old VW bus. I'm semi-retired and looking to learn and get out there!
Welcome from Arizona!
 

DaleRF

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Hi there, Trickster here. My first thought was to upgrade my 1999 7.3L / ZF-6 to 2008 F550 coil suspension.

As I researched the pros and cons I realized that the 1999 F350 frame was not reinforced to accommodate new stress point that the radius arms place behind the existing rear mount of the front springs.

So I bought a 2006 F550 2wd with a bad trans to stand up to the rigors that I will be putting this rig through.

As much as I love my 1999 with the legendary 7.3, the manual trans and electrically actuated NP273 transfer case, I need a better option for the purpose that this rig will be engineered to serve.

I will post progress pics in the appropriate section of the Forum so that whomever is interested can follow my progress.

Thanks.
Welcome from Arizona!
 
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