US East Northern VA / MD Monthly Meetups

[Brock Samson]

Anyone interested in this on the 14th? It's about 4 hours from Fredericksburg...

Main Line Overland Spring Open House

Main Line Overland spring open house event is scheduled for March 14th from 10am to 4pm.

www.overlandbound.com

 

[jakeandhisdodge]

You guys i am so unbelievably happy, i just figured out how To make a jeep rubricons manual swaybar disconnect work with a power wagons sway bar. So both vehicles have a smart bar, flip a swith and the sway bar disconnects in the center, but you can replace the motor with a manual option. And i was able to make the jeeps work with the power wagons! So that means my dodge mega cab will have a sway bar disconnect

 

[Nomadik Nova]

I posted this on T4R, but as there are more vehicles out there other than the T4R (say it isn't so!), I thought I'd cross post:



Anyone interested in doing a cars and coffee type meet Sunday, March 1st in Fredericksburg or Stafford area? Maybe we can make this a monthly thing but of course it all depends.

Other than the fact that I live in Fredericksburg which makes me biased and selfish, peoples from NoVA and Richmond can both drive in if they're willing. Just a thought.

Was thinking about 1000 or 1030? I'm always down for early C&C meets but maybe we'll get a consensus.

Suggestions:

Duck Donuts (ample parking)
1223 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Fredericksburg, VA 22401

Warrior Coffee (medium parking)
35 Walpole St #115, Stafford Courthouse, VA 22554

Peet's (small parking, weird lot, no lines...)
3845 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Stafford Courthouse, VA 22554

I've not been to any of these places; I was looking for coffee shops with parking, open Sunday mornings and that weren't the typical Starbucks/Dunkin, not that there's anything wrong with those. Also most Starbucks in the area have terrible parking.

@Brock Samson

Your two local East Member Reps are @JRElaxED to the north, and @Zombie to the south. Please let me, or one of them, know if you need any assistance or have any questions.

 

[Brock Samson]

You guys i am so unbelievably happy, i just figured out how To make a jeep rubricons manual swaybar disconnect work with a power wagons sway bar. So both vehicles have a smart bar, flip a swith and the sway bar disconnects in the center, but you can replace the motor with a manual option. And i was able to make the jeeps work with the power wagons! So that means my dodge mega cab will have a sway bar disconnectView attachment 143456View attachment 143457

That's awesome!

@Brock Samson
Your two local East Member Reps are @JRElaxED to the north, and @Zombie to the south. Please let me, or one of them, know if you need any assistance or have any questions.

I'm good.

 

[JRElaxED]

Hey everyone, I got wrangled into being the DMV rep with the promise of a free t-shirt. I haven’t gotten my shirt yet, but I guess I can introduce myself. We’ve had a few meet ups, this last year, 4 total, from 5.11 to Occoquan Park. The cars and coffee is a great idea, I would like to go on some day trips to local breweries, once a month. Maybe large overnight/weekend trip quarterly. We did Assateague last March, so that’s an option for beach driving.
Please feel free to reach out, if I can be of any assistance. I’m having trouble with the app on my phone and iPad, but I will check computer. Excited to meet more of you when things settle down
Jon

 

[Brock Samson]

Hey everyone, I got wrangled into being the DMV rep with the promise of a free t-shirt. I haven’t gotten my shirt yet, but I guess I can introduce myself. We’ve had a few meet ups, this last year, 4 total, from 5.11 to Occoquan Park. The cars and coffee is a great idea, I would like to go on some day trips to local breweries, once a month. Maybe large overnight/weekend trip quarterly. We did Assateague last March, so that’s an option for beach driving.
Please feel free to reach out, if I can be of any assistance. I’m having trouble with the app on my phone and iPad, but I will check computer. Excited to meet more of you when things settle down
Jon

Some of us were talking about the app at the meet...I figured mine was super dead, but apparently it's everyone. ;)

Overland Bound Talk - Mobile App

I've been having issues logging into the app! keeps saying "log in failed" (forum SSO error 2.) any ideas on how to fix this?! same, I was finally able to sign into the app...but forums do not load. Same for me. Just tried re-installing the app and still get the "log-in Failed...

www.overlandbound.com

 

[jakeandhisdodge]

Anybody else going to the george Washington campout this weekend? The rally points been up for a bit and it doesn't sound like more than 3 or 4 of us are going out so there's plenty of room. And i put an air compressor system in a pelican case and hard mounted it to my roof rack.

 

[Brock Samson]

Nice Jake, did you piece-mail that together online or did you have those bits laying around?

 

[jakeandhisdodge]

The tank and compressor actually came as a kit on amazon, its vixen horns i think? I had the terminal board and box laying around for awhile though and figured I'd put it to use like this and if i don't like it, its easy to move around.

 

[Brock Samson]

Yeah I liked the idea of the carry case model over engine compartment mounted model for ARB, but am considering more and more the engine bay mount since space is already limited in the back of my 4Runner.

 

[jakeandhisdodge]

Ya i would've done under hood, but space is actually kinda limited, and id have to get a different hose to go from compressor to tank. I wanted the tank so i can run air bags in the future. If you got the space its a good option, I'm surprised they do alright in there even with the heat.

 

[ffxcores]

Hey all... I found this website looking for really any non-paved road in Northern VA given that all the GWNF trails are closed due to the pandemic. I've seen references to Clifton, Dumfries, and a few others but can't find more details. I'm only a couple inches over stock, so no rock-crawling for me. I'm itching to get some mud on the tires, so if anyone has any suggestions centered around Fairfax, VA please let me know!

 

[jakeandhisdodge]

Hey all... I found this website looking for really any non-paved road in Northern VA given that all the GWNF trails are closed due to the pandemic. I've seen references to Clifton, Dumfries, and a few others but can't find more details. I'm only a couple inches over stock, so no rock-crawling for me. I'm itching to get some mud on the tires, so if anyone has any suggestions centered around Fairfax, VA please let me know!

I'm in Centreville and i can't really think of anything, there was a little spot in sterling everyone called AOL because it was by the server farm. But thats been gated off now and they say theres cameras up.

 

[Yuke]

How many rigs typically show up? We don’t have a ton of parking, but would be happy to do something at the shop.
Chris @ Backwoods Overland

 

[jakeandhisdodge]

To that aol place? It was mainly dirt bikes and atvs, jeeps would go every now and then but i didn't associate with them since i was on my bike. Unless they were stuck, we just kinda waved and did our own thing since it was a locals offroading area that had been around for decades. Jeeps would get stuck like crazy in there so it wasn't used by camping minded folks.

 

[JRElaxED]

Hey all... I found this website looking for really any non-paved road in Northern VA given that all the GWNF trails are closed due to the pandemic. I've seen references to Clifton, Dumfries, and a few others but can't find more details. I'm only a couple inches over stock, so no rock-crawling for me. I'm itching to get some mud on the tires, so if anyone has any suggestions centered around Fairfax, VA please let me know!

Good trek starting around Gainesville area, heading up toward rte 50. Few paved roads but mostly gravel and beautiful horse country.

 

[Casper66]

How many rigs typically show up? We don’t have a ton of parking, but would be happy to do something at the shop.
Chris @ Backwoods Overland

Where is Backwoods Overland and what do you do?

 

[Casper66]

Hello everybody, been at home for the last 3 weeks furloughed so getting lots of home projects done. I hope I find you all safe and well. If not for this horrible situation we find ourselves in if this is what retirement is like I can handle it.

 

[Yuke]

Where is Backwoods Overland and what do you do?

Mount Airy, Maryland.

everything from parts to full builds!

 

[Brock Samson]

Hello everybody, been at home for the last 3 weeks furloughed so getting lots of home projects done. I hope I find you all safe and well. If not for this horrible situation we find ourselves in if this is what retirement is like I can handle it.

Sorry to hear that! I'm WFH so i definitely lucked out... although I'm starting to miss my office.

Testing out the beta app also btw... should be interesting.