Recent content by socal66

I was in a rally earlier this year in Baja and a couple of the participants had flown in from Lithuania and rented a Tacoma pop-up tent rig (orange truck on right) from Topoterra in the San Diego area. They just slapped some decals on the truck and bombed through the desert along with the rest...

Differences in payload capacities based on GVWR are based on a number of factors not just frame strength and suspension weight capacity. You also need to take into consideration differences in the effectiveness of braking systems, powertrains, cooling for the powertrain, load ratings of the OEM...

I have a Jeep JL 3.6 and I have been using a dual battery setup under the hood for my accessory power needs which is mostly the fridge. I have used the Genesis Offroad Gen3 dual battery setup with 2 AGM batteries and have recently switched to their Omega system which allows me to run an AGM as...

We have been using a T4 with a couple of Roll-a-cots for a few years before mostly switching over to a roof top tent. https://www.camptime.com/collections/cots They fit ok within the tent and with the raised cots other things like clothes bags, etc tuck away under the cot and are out of the...

Stayed in the hills south of Williams adjacent to Sycamore Canyon last weekend and a campfire was definitely needed at night. If it gets real windy though it was much too cold for anything but retreating to your sleeping quarters.

They could serve as the basis for a cool personalized t-shirt design for your adventures.

Any luck in arranging an event with the NPS this fall in Mojave? I kind of imagine maybe not given the current chaos so I'm guessing a non-sponsored gathering may occur.

That’s probably the Peking to Paris Rally. I was doing a Baja rally earlier this year that had participants that also did the P2P and asked the same questions. The above regulations still apply so all drivers still needed to obtain a Chinese drivers license and the rally event arranged for...

China doesn't permit foreign nationals entering their country on vehicle without possession of an actual Chinese driving license obtained by passing their driver's test requirements. You can obtain a temporary license through this process but it is only valid for 90 days and only valid for...

My first "real" overloading vehicle was a 2000 Dodge Dakota Quad Cab which shared the same platform as the Durango. The only "mods" that I did was put on good all terrain tires and install a tonneau cover over the bed to keep all my gear out of the elements. I was able to take it really much...

Well the floodgates definitely seemed to have opened. Getting messages from January that I had received before so hopefully everything gets back to square one after the queue is finished.

We have a monthly overlanding group meetup every third Thursday in the San Gabriel Valley at 6PM. More info about our meetups can be found here. We have about two dozen active members and about half of us make it to these meetups. We also try to arrange a group trip each month. This time of...

I have a Jeep that has the same requirements for needing to pack things small. I use one of the Stanley nesting cookouts such as this: https://a.co/d/7NArTqA They have other sets with different combinations but we use this one and removed the plastic dishes/bowls/utensils and used the freed...

And Overland Expo has now added another regional show for Southern California at the Costa Mesa fairgrounds in March. https://www.overlandexpo.com/socal/ Both this show and the show Scott previously listed have on sale tickets thru tonight 12/31.

Another observation: Yesterday I had received a number of e-mail notifications for forum updates one right after the other but the forum updates had occurred sporadically throughout the day. It's like the e-mail notifications are being held in a queue somehow and periodically released as...