We purchased this rig in late 2019 and prepared it for our 22,000 mile trip across Canada, up the Dempster to Tuktoyaktuk, across the Top of the World Highway to Alaska, down to Baja and back home. We spent over 220 days on this amazing journey with no issues.
This unit was built by Adventurer...
Sorry, what I meant to say is that I can run the Toyo’s at 65 psi on the paved road vs 90 or 110 PSI on the stock 19.5. Most of my driving will be on pave with some fire or gravel roads. Just that alone made a huge difference. Not sure it makes sense to air down those tires for off road (or...
UPDATE - I wanted to provide the forum with an update on my decisions that were based on research and many conversations with forum members.
The first thing I did was get the Overlander weighed. It was full of water and everything that we would usually carry (total weight was 15800). The best...
We are planning a trip from Atlantic Canada to Alaska and then Baja before heading to SA. This will give us the opportunity to do a proper shake down and figure out if the Ford is the proper option for the SA trip.
I spoke numerous times with the rep at the plant who was super helpful. I had the same concerns about lack of reviews and he was kind enough to put me in touch with an actual owner. After speaking with an actual owner, we decided to purchase the next day.
This is a secondary RV for us, we also...
We actually considered a F450 with a Host Mammoth truck camper, this one was close to us and decided to jump on it. Great layout! Will be adding more fresh water and diesel capacity to the unit.
So I have decided to stick with the 19.5 stock wheels and tire size, just can't justify spending 12k for DBL set up and end up with worse MPG and short tire life for this trip. Will be adding Sumosprings front/rear and replacing the OEM shocks. Now just need to decide on which shocks, I am...
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