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Drove a 1 ton a lot places actually off road as reservist as the SSM's driver. We went pretty much anywhere we wanted in that old Chev. Lost the mirrors a couple of times and there were a few butt clenching moments on narrow tracks but we would load her up with fuel, food, ammo and other...

@jschmidt if they supply a roof mounting system stock they have to, it is part of the safety standard. On my Discovery it is in the towing and weight section of the user manual and has an on road and off road section. And the loads on the stock rack are very low 110 on road 60 off road, but...

@ahroc Nice solution, much simpler than mine if you going to run propane only

Lug nuts I check mine during every multiday trip and after.

Actually that Bronco in the Overland ready probably has about 120-125 lbs up there. That looks to be the same tent I have at about 95 Lbs, it is a 2 man. The bars are maybe another 25 - 30. So over yes but not a huge amount my Disco has about 140 out of 160 between tent and awning

Just add in that load rating includes the rack and everything hung off it. 100lbs is pretty light.

Silva Compass, the good quality ones last nearly forever

Yup always carry paper and a compass BRMB (back roads map books) here in BC. I have a digital copy on my GPS but for for planning or rerouting paper is best. Oh and a Land Rover owner :grin:

@Erik C start simple drag everything out of the garage /storage look then Look at everything and put in 3 piles must have, nice to have, why do I have this For each pile look at what is there and ask when did I last use it - if you can not remember it should go to the why do I have this pile...

Depends on where you are I have seen trailers get hung up and stuck. But largely on wet ground, muddy, or steep sharp mounds - hitch and trailer arm high centered. But largely if they are built for off road they tend to go ok.

The fridge is not your issue, bear issues basically fall in to 3 types : A dirty messy camp. Bag your garbage, seal all open food in to zip locks inside air tight containers. Keep the garbage up a tree away from camp Human habituated bears. These guys are almost always at dirty camp sites or...

@Ubiety it was that drop is is about waist deep, the guide was trying to keep them from dropping in like the P38, the problem is trust. I had 2 advantages being last and many years of guiding and being guided in vehicles in the military where you could not see behind you so you trust the guide...

Time for more examples. On the face of this it does not look very bad, a bit narrow mountain on one side cliff on the other. The lead vehicle drove to just short of where the back of yellow LR 110 is. It got worse, the fellow in the image guided vehicles through. Notice you ride high to the...

The 1st thing about picking a line is looking ahead as you drive. We all do this avoiding large pot holes, rocks and other road obstacles but in this case we are talking about a more complex obstacles that needs to be traversed. For example : Water crossings including large murky puddles...

With respect to a comment made by @Boostpowered in another post. Made me think about picking lines when driving. As I often travel solo I tend to be very careful about where I go and the lines I pick. So I thought I will do as I suggested and start a topic on this. Picking a good line is...

@Boostpowered I have to disagree with there on the trails, BC is huge place, 944,735 square kilometres (364,764 sq mi) and what you describe covers very little of it. Any reasonable 4 wheel drive with some ground clearance can get down most the FSR's. Case in fact my old R50 Pathfinder. I...

I think you need to choose use the bed or not, but there is a popup canopy which is pretty cool. They raise up and give you sleeping space above storage. No links I am afraid but I looked at one at the last 2019 BC Overland rally and it was well thought out

You can carry it through Canada if it is locked in a case, if you are transiting or attending a range event. YOU CAN NOT have on your person or outside the locked case at anyplace other than an approved range. Expect a long legal fight and big bills if you break that rule, you will also loose...

I carry a Fisker splitting axe , a regular axe and a machete. Here in BC you find rounds left from logging that can spilt up pretty easy, the machete works on low scrub and branches on downed trees. I used the axe to notch bigger trees on the road so I can pull them free, a handsaw or chain...

Well not precisely, but I often camp on lakes so I fish in the evening and morning. An to be honest if I see fish jumping while driving I tend to stop