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2014 Toyota Tundra TRD Off-Road (purchased June of 2017 with 86K km on her) - Front: ADS Racing coilovers w/700 pound springs, remote adj. resi's , MCM Fabrication UCA's - Rear: ADS Racing rear shocks w/remote resi's and triple adjustable bypass, OME Dakar leaf packs w/extra leaf, Firestone...

So as we try to simplify and condense our "apparatus" for our impending Four Wheel Camper I've been trying to decide whether or not I need/want/desire a skottle as a primary outdoor cooking surface. The camper will have a two burner stove, but we have always done most of our cooking outdoors. I...

Up until a few months ago, our adventure rig was a well used, well built, well traveled Xterra. she took us pretty much everywhere we wanted to go, in one manner or another. I'm a DIY kinda guy so I spent countless hours here, and on the theNewX forum gleaning useful information on repairs, and...

After taking a serious look at where we want to go with our adventures in the future, and how we want to get there, I made the decision to put the beloved Xterra up for sale, buy a 2014 Tundra TRD Off-Road and start in on a new build. My eventual goal is to build a rig that will go off-road...

It's time to bid farewell to our most excellent and trustworthy adventure rig. She has served us faithfully and I gave no doubt gas many more smiles per miles left. Available in the South Okanagan Valley, British Columbia. $12000 Cdn. (details to be added in comment below) Sent from my...

After much soul searching and conversation regarding how we see ourselves wanting to explore that road less travelled in our future, we have decided to make a change. The Xterra has served us well, more than we'll, and we will make sure she goes to a good home that appreciates and uses her to...

Our early-bird registration has been completed and we are stoked. This will be our first trip to the NW Overland Rally . Any time spent with like minded individuals is always good with me I figure. It's also cool to have an event such as this pretty much in our backyard (give or take a couple...

You could say I was destined to pursue the road less traveled. My maternal grandfather was an adventure and exploration and (dare I say) "overland" aficionado. As kids we would sit around the cabin they lived in and listen to him tell tales of his travels, stories of serving as a bike messenger...

I'm looking for somewhere to park my travel trailer in Newport, Oregon for the first week of July 2017. We will be towing it there, then wanting to leave it while we continue down the coast to a rental house in Bandon for a week. Then we will be returning to pick it up and stay at South Beach...

I either neglected to, or couldn't be bothered to (plead the 5th on both accounts) to air down last weekend when we went out for a little picnic adventure run. I dropped my front end down of a very low rock ledge on the pretty mild trail and it slammed pretty hard into the trail. I knew pretty...

As the Wife was going to be busy all weekend ,I thought i would take the mutts and head out for an overnight adventure and excursion. I had always wanted to venture up into the Christian Valley (here in the southern interior of BC) and see where it took me. My 2 day trip ended up totaling appx...

........" in 2018 I think we should do a summer holiday expedition way up North." "twist my arm" I said. I guess I'd better start planning. Ha.

So, I 'm planning a weekend solo trip next month, and wondered (for those of you that have traveled solo) how far out of your comfort zone will you push it when by yourself, as compared to having a co-pilot, or another rig along for the adventure. Obviously getting out there by yourself requires...

The Wife just sent me a teaser text. I wonder what it could be. Happy days, happy days........

The wife and I (well, her idea actually) hatched a quick plan Thursday evening to get out of town for the weekend. We decided to head back up to a small lake we had scoped out earlier in the year. I pre-packed the Xterra up Friday morning and we managed to fit into the "out of town in 20...

We spent the weekend camped out up at a nice little lake in the local mountains. Aside from a couple in a small cabin down the lake we were alone, there were no other folks camped out in the vicinity. When we got home yesterday I noticed this on the Xterra. The prints were not there Saturday...

I took advantage of the extra day off yesterday and mounted the Firestik antenna that I had bought for myself as a little birthday gift last month. I bought the door jamb mount, and had to "coax" an extra angle into it, to fit between the body and the light housing. I also dremelled (is that a...

An important public service announcement (and my first) from this Overland Husband.

I seem to have this unhealthy obsession for searching out old mines, abandoned buildings, old rail beds, and stuff like that. Much to my Wife's dismay I can smell a 100 year old tailing pile from a mile away, and am drawn to grown over rail beds like a bee to honey. Lucky for me, I live in an...

I use three Plano containers to organize and pack my junk in when off exploring-adventuring-overlanding. One has been used to house gear for the camp kitchen, but as everything gets stacked on top of other stuff, it ends up being a disorganized mess. Rewind to yesterday, when I decided my Sunday...