Enthusiast III
Hey everyone! Just joined OB today.
I’m in Fremont, CA and have lived around the Bay Area for about 4.5 years now.
I drive a 2016 Ford F-150 SuperCrew Platinum 3.5L EcoBoost 4x4. Until recently it was totally stock but I’ve made some mods in the past couple weeks.
I’ve added upfitter switches and the engine bay relay box from a 2017 Super Duty so I now have very stock looking auxiliary switches in the overhead console.
I’ve swapped out the OEM fog lights for double Rigid brackets, each holding a Rigid fog light and an off road light connected to an aux switch. I installed a pair of flush mount Rigid SR-Qs in the rear bumper and wired those to another switch.
I have a CB Radio installed in the cab with an antenna cable going back to the front driver side stake pocket. Will be installing the mount and 3ft FireStik antenna in there next week. I’m a HAM Technician and will do General at some point too - then will look to mount a UHF/VHF antenna as well as an HF antenna for some DXing.
I’ve just replaced the stock tires with BFG KO2s. Only put about 10 miles on the truck so far so far too early to judge them but I’m hoping they give me some better off road handling.
I’m looking to add onboard air and air helper springs to give me tire inflation capability as well as support extra load as we’re looking at regularly towing a 7,500lb travel trailer.
I’m pretty new to overlanding although we’ve done some off-road driving before - a good trail out of Capitol Reef NP and the high mountain pass route in the snow out from Racetrack Playa in Death Valley are two highlights. We’ve done lots of long distance road trips though - the truck has been to 10 western states in the past 18 months and we’ve visited about 20 National Parks in the past few years.
We love camping, getting out into nature, seeing things and visiting places that most people can’t / don’t.
I’m looking forward to being a Member of the OB community - learning lots and meeting some great people!
Nice to meet you all in advance!
I’m in Fremont, CA and have lived around the Bay Area for about 4.5 years now.
I drive a 2016 Ford F-150 SuperCrew Platinum 3.5L EcoBoost 4x4. Until recently it was totally stock but I’ve made some mods in the past couple weeks.
I’ve added upfitter switches and the engine bay relay box from a 2017 Super Duty so I now have very stock looking auxiliary switches in the overhead console.
I’ve swapped out the OEM fog lights for double Rigid brackets, each holding a Rigid fog light and an off road light connected to an aux switch. I installed a pair of flush mount Rigid SR-Qs in the rear bumper and wired those to another switch.
I have a CB Radio installed in the cab with an antenna cable going back to the front driver side stake pocket. Will be installing the mount and 3ft FireStik antenna in there next week. I’m a HAM Technician and will do General at some point too - then will look to mount a UHF/VHF antenna as well as an HF antenna for some DXing.
I’ve just replaced the stock tires with BFG KO2s. Only put about 10 miles on the truck so far so far too early to judge them but I’m hoping they give me some better off road handling.
I’m looking to add onboard air and air helper springs to give me tire inflation capability as well as support extra load as we’re looking at regularly towing a 7,500lb travel trailer.
I’m pretty new to overlanding although we’ve done some off-road driving before - a good trail out of Capitol Reef NP and the high mountain pass route in the snow out from Racetrack Playa in Death Valley are two highlights. We’ve done lots of long distance road trips though - the truck has been to 10 western states in the past 18 months and we’ve visited about 20 National Parks in the past few years.
We love camping, getting out into nature, seeing things and visiting places that most people can’t / don’t.
I’m looking forward to being a Member of the OB community - learning lots and meeting some great people!
Nice to meet you all in advance!
