Hi all,
What do you think is the most essential feature on an overland vehicle?
After 5 years and 100,000 miles through 56 countries, I feel very strongly it is living space.
Where you hangout when its pouring rain, when the bugs are bad or when you just want some down time will have a bigger impact on your enjoyment than anything else.
In this video I talk through what I've done with my past vehicles, and what I'm doing on my Gladiator to get living space.
-Dan
Yep, living space is top of my list.
4 years ago my daughter said, "Dad Sammy wants to go camping......" Well its been years and back then before I was a Grandfather I tented full time. Now, I knew I was not sleeping on a tent or on the ground so in 3 weeks, I built a Square Box to slide into my landscape trailer. It had to hold food, it had to carry the TJ doors, it had to have a made up double bed.
All that worked great, pull off the road after dark, park, roll into bed. Zero setup.
Wake to a rain storm, roll out of bed and drive away. Zero packup.
It has taken 4 years but this summer I will have refigeration and solar charging.
This summer will be time for 2 awnings off each side. But I refuse to spend $800 so they will be hardware store tarps and poles.
Yep, living space is definitely my top priority but even more so, zero setup, or minimal setup is my design philosophy.
This is the reason I built a SquareDrop trailer
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