The Official 2012 Overland Expo thread!!! Post your comments, questions, images...

[orangeTJ]

The Rouge Dust Devil that destroyed the AEV pop up....

I heard ooo's and ahh's when it happened, that poor thing got some serious air!! It was the bigger sized EZ-UP... a 10'x20'

This morning I saw the wadded up frame laying on the ground in their display area. Sad... EZ-ups aren't cheap.

 

[406to417]

I hate to hear about AEVs bad luck.


I'm suprised Jeep didn't have the Mighty FC there.

 

[GTABurnout]

 

[GTABurnout]

 

[406to417]

Doesn't seem as much stuff there compared to previous years or maybe I just haven't seen as many photos.

 

[roamingaz]

Here is a few until I can get others uploaded.
My rig is the jeep tentrax. The orange sportmobile was one of my favorites.

 

[Moving Chicane]

Do the owners let photographers poke around INSIDE these campers? I'd like to see some interior shots of the custom ones....

Seems like the vast majority of owners were hospitable. That said, I didn't shoot inside anyone's rig; sorry.

 

[Moving Chicane]

Here's some of my photo's; more as I get time (first one is of the AZ fire; shot from the highway as I headed north from PHX):

 

[rsclark777]

Hey there! Thanks for posting my 110 (the grey one with the ARB bumper). Just got it 6 weeks ago...Great show this year!

 

[Moving Chicane]

A few more (this batch are all the BIG original files uploaded):

 

[MAD Duo]

I heard ooo's and ahh's when it happened, that poor thing got some serious air!! It was the bigger sized EZ-UP... a 10'x20'

This morning I saw the wadded up frame laying on the ground in their display area. Sad... EZ-ups aren't cheap.

oooo's and ahhh's....I said, "Holy ******** what just knocked me off my feet!!!!! Just wanna say thanks to everyone who helped me recover from being mowed down by the AEV awning. Thanks Andrew, with RMI for bandaging me up. Got to meet Dave, the owner of AEV and he was really apologetic and I ended up chatting with him abit. Super great guy -- Dave, I'm definitely gonna give ya a shout when we make it up to MT in August.

 

[Christian P.]

We are on our way back from Expo - one word comes to mind: phenomenal. It was by far the best ever. We are driving on 40 right now after watching the eclipse in Flagstaff.

I will upload some great stuff later tonight and tomorrow - sorry Matt and I have not been able to do it during the event, between the slow wifi and endless exciting discussion it was hard....

 

[sgt rock]

thank you folks for a great event-- some pics on our FB page! https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150901941338028.441274.200026223027&type=1&l=9f2ab3bb81

 

[Christian P.]

Opening day video

 

[crawler#976]

Glad you were OK.

Myself and BX were under the awning when it went - it lifted both of us off the ground for a fraction of a second before we let go. I was in the orange shirt if you recall that. We had stopped in to find Dave gone, and once he returned, it wasn't the best time to let him know how pleased we are with the new 2.5 XT lift on the JKUR. Oh well...

Other than that excitement, we had a great time, saw some old friends, and enjoyed seeing the vendors displays.

oooo's and ahhh's....I said, "Holy ******** what just knocked me off my feet!!!!! Just wanna say thanks to everyone who helped me recover from being mowed down by the AEV awning. Thanks Andrew, with RMI for bandaging me up. Got to meet Dave, the owner of AEV and he was really apologetic and I ended up chatting with him abit. Super great guy -- Dave, I'm definitely gonna give ya a shout when we make it up to MT in August.