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You can make either one work. I have an XJ and a Suburban. I prefer the XJ for offroad trips because it is lighter. On the rust front, my previous Suburban got retired on account of rust. Body rust. Frame was fine, but every time you closed a door you got a shower of rust. OTOH, if I come...

Found it: https://powerwagonadvertiser.com/forums/forum/military-civilian-dodge-truck-related-forums/diesel-powered-trucks-engines-conversions/16211-alex-s-42-wc53-carryall-build-details-cummins-isb170 I wanted to go that route with an IH Scout, but I realized that if I did so my children...

That has the potential to be the ultimate classic overlanding rig. I would love to build one of those with a Cummins 12V under the hood.

It was more wet than cold. We came in right on the heels of a good storm. There was no dry lake bed to be found. OTOH, it made for some nice pictures, reflecting the mountains behind. And we didn't go nearly as far up that road as we normally would in order to camp. There was some nice...

We camped here February of last year: In case the picture doesn't make it clear enough, that is Google's Satellite view, Beatty is at the right, that is the 374 coming out of Beatty. Coming out of Beatty you climb the hill, make the bend and then there is a dirt road on your right. We just...

Great to see this getting rolling. I won't be able to make this one on account of The Varmints, and probably not the April one either, but hopefully by May or June our schedule will get back to halfway reasonable.

Another category to consider might be communications/ham radio, and have the call sign etched.

One of the groups I wheel with is DR0NK OHV. That is a zero in DR0NK, it is a vanity call sign for the group. Running dual band ham radios is SOP for the group. One channel for the trail boss so that he can always get instructions across to everyone, the other channel for chatter and...

I could have waved on our way through. We camped at Dome Rock Thursday night: Went north and east via Plomosa Range Trail, Quinn Pass Trail, resupplied in Bouse, Went out to Swansea, Planet and wound up in Parker. Took the 95 back to Quartzsite and then headed home.

I saw this vehicle the other day and thought of this thread: And no, I haven't checked the entire thread to see if it is already in here. My apologies if this has been beat to death. It looks like a fun package. Much too small for my family of 5, but great for one person and maybe two.

Sounds like we live in the same world.

I love E-track: http://www.uscargocontrol.com/Van-Trailer-Products/E-Track-Straps-Tie-Downs I ran two strips of it down each side of the utility bed on my work truck. It is wonderfully versatile. There are a number of different attachments available, and if you get creative you can do all...

Several years back we camped in a campground on Lake Folsom. It was fall, after school was back in session (one of the benefits of being a homeschooling family), but not particularly late into September. We had the entire campground to ourselves. There was absolutely no one else around. I...

I am interested. Weekdays are probably best, but not Wednesdays. Odds are also good that I will miss March, and perhaps April as the Varmints will be doing six weeks of training everyday as the final stage of preparation for testing in martial arts, but if I can fit this in around that I will...

We found the I-15 entrance to Cleghorn was shut down due to an ATV accident. We split up our crew, sending the truck and trailer around to the Silverwood side of Cleghorn because that was where the roofing was, and the other half of us stayed at the I-15 side to work on cleaning up in the...

This thread is due for a bump... I took The Varmints on an AAT run this weekend. We started at the trailhead for Bailey Canyon. We are supposed to be working on the National Forest lands, but there is county land at the trailhead which people seem to use as an illegal dump site. The county...

Yep. We can cover plenty of distance on pavement in order to reach our destination. Then it is time to slow down and explore. Giving The Varmints free time in camp is what will make the most memories for them. They don't get nearly as much from the view out the window as they do from getting...

My sentiments as well. If you want to act like you own the entire road you had better be prepared to pay for it too. I will be quite surprised if your rig isn't totalled. Building another from the ground up will probably mean a lot of time lost that could have been spent enjoying the previous...

I am going to say that it is harder to build the Silverado as an overlanding vehicle than if it were a Toyota or Jeep. I say this as an owner of both a Suburban and a Cherokee. And an owner who overlands with both of them. The Suburban is pretty much stock: The Cherokee, though not...

Several years back I took a winter trip to help some friends get some interior finishing work done on a barn/shop. Taking my work truck from SoCal to within a couple of hours of the Canadian border meant that I needed to put some research into this topic. Here are a couple of things I learned...