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How to Know Which Size Overland Vehicle Is Right for You

How to Know Which Size Overland Vehicle Is Right for You

Overlanding off-road is an incredible way to travel for outdoors enthusiasts, letting you be one with nature and rely on yourself for survival. If your trip lasts days or weeks (or longer), you’ll need the right vehicle for practicality and comfort.

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Downsizing from a House to an Overland Vehicle

Downsizing from a House to an Overland Vehicle

After three years of living on the road, multiple purges of the items that we carry, and a constant refinement of what we currently have, we think it’s safe to say that we kind of have a handle on what it means to travel light in our overland vehicle.

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Sway Bars and What You Need to Know

Sway Bars and What You Need to Know

Should I disconnect my sway bar and why would I need to in the first place? If you are a seasoned off-road driver, you already understand how sway bars works. But those newer to off-road pursuits might not be as familiar. Don’t worry. We’ll bring you up to speed.

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Land Rover Defender: An Epic History of an Overlanding Legend

Land Rover Defender: An Epic History of an Overlanding Legend

If you’re an Overlanding enthusiast, the Land Rover Defender needs no introduction. Like the Toyota Land Cruiser, the Defender is inspired by the legendary Willys MB. And like the Willys, it has earned a place in automotive history as some of the most iconic 4×4 SUVs and trucks in the world.

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PNW Adventures of a 2006 Nissan Xterra SE

PNW Adventures of a 2006 Nissan Xterra SE

We recently took the time to talk shop with Overland Bound Member Blake M. about his Titan swapped 2006 Nissan Xterra build. Blake chose to be very hands on with his build and did many of the modifications himself. Learn how his love for snow boarding and snowy mountains was the driving factor behind his build process.

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The Lexus J201 Overland Concept is both Beauty and Beast

The Lexus J201 Overland Concept is both Beauty and Beast

The LX 570 is Lexus’ flagship SUV for a good reason. It’s powerful, spacious, ultra-luxurious, and boasts unquestionable off-road capabilities thanks to the latest Toyota-Lexus advances. That said, it wouldn’t be the obvious first choice for an Overland build, right?

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The Bronco is Overland Ready

The Bronco is Overland Ready

Ford unveiled their fully built out overland concept for the new Bronco earlier this month at the Bronco Super Celebration East in Townsend, TN and to say people took notice would be an understatement. The build was met with tremendous enthusiasm from the overland community, and represents the continued expansion of overlanding into the main stream.

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The 2020 Jeep Gladiator is Ready to Rumble

The 2020 Jeep Gladiator is Ready to Rumble

It has been 26 years; 26 long years. Not since the days of former Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca has Jeep existed in the pickup truck market. Today however, that’s all in the past as Jeep officially unveiled the new Wrangler based “JT” Gladiator pickup truck. Jeep came in with their eyes on the prize as being the most off-road capable and practical oriented truck in the mid-size market… And they wiped the floor with the competition.

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When Your Daily Driver is Your Overland Rig

When Your Daily Driver is Your Overland Rig

We recently connected with Overland Bound Member #0833, Isaac Marchionna about his mega loaded up overland rig that he uses every day as his daily driver in Downtown Portland. He gives us his insight into what to expect when you make your off-road vehicle your pavement pounder on the city streets!

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FZJ80 + Maltec Will Give You All The Feels

FZJ80 + Maltec Will Give You All The Feels

Love is a fickle thing, and when you come across love at first sight – you hold onto it. Tim McGrath from Albuquerque based Sackwear recently partnered with Maltec, a German camper conversion company and immediately fell deep. It didn’t take long for Tim to realize that a German built Maltec conversion was going to be the one that would be his new ultimate camper.

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Overland Expo West 2018 Day One – Favorite Vehicles

Overland Expo West 2018 Day One – Favorite Vehicles

Overland Prom Expo. We all know that the biggest reason to come to OX is to see all the things that we wish that we could do, and at the absolute very least, be inspired as to what we can do or become. The first day of OXW18 did not disappoint these expectations.

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When a Toyota R&D Engineer Builds an Overland Rig

When a Toyota R&D Engineer Builds an Overland Rig

Dan Rich, Overland Bound Member 0582 has been an Engineer for Toyota for 30 years in Power-train Research and Development. For much of that time he has tried many different configurations on his FZJ80, which has led to the build he shares in this video. His rig is modest, but performs well, and reliably.

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Vehicle Flood Checklist

Vehicle Flood Checklist

America’s fourth-largest city is in peril. Hurricane Harvey has dropped more than 1 trillion gallons of rain on Houston, Texas, and the surrounding area since it made landfall on Aug. 25. It is the first major hurricane to make landfall in the United States since 2005.

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SoCal Meetup

  January Socal Meetup 01.07.17 Overland Bound is our community! Thank you to @Scott for putting together the...

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