What is necessary for overland travel?

[Arktikos]

places I am not familiar with, but plan to head out to over the next few years: northern BC, Alaska.

Good tires a good spare and lots of gas money for your Toyota Land Cruiser. That's about it. If you find areas that require 37 inch tires just park the truck and hike.

 

[southpier]

maybe it's been updated, but here: http://www.expeditionportal.com/for...ings-to-Purchase-Before-an-Overland-Adventure

 

[REDrum]

Wuz hanging with some offroad buddies this weekend and the subject of "Overlanding", came up: what it is and what one needs to do it.

Within a few minutes the oldest guys in the group (not me), said "in Houston they call it Sushi, in Fort Worth they call it bait"

After an hour of drunken deliberation, most in the group decided that Overlanding is simply a marketing term invented to get people to buy a whole lot of fancy outdoor gear and off road truck parts; only to do what people have been doing for decades in stock family trucks with Coleman tents, coolers, and white gas stoves.

In short, just get out there and run what ya brung and have fun.

 

[FJOE]

Your brain.

Know what is fun, and within your capabilities, and what is dangerous and too risky. All too often, we (overlanders, outdoorsmen, "wheelers" and other adrenaline junky types) make decisions based on the chemicals coarsing through our veins, and not logic and reasoning. Have fun, but be safe. And remember that not all wives/girlfriends/kids/dogs want to be tossed around in the back seat of a smelly old Toyota.

If it's your daily driver, spend a modest amount of money on a modest build, keep it clean/maintanied, and it will last you a while. To me, its about being able to enjoy the drive there, have fun, and enjoy the drive back. And still be able to drive to work Monday morning. Nothing ruins a weekend of camping and 4x4'ing worse than a busted vehicle.

Just my opinion.

 

[zimm]

the difference between camping, wheeling, and overlanding, is vehicle recovery.

wheeling, you tend to have a truck that skews waaaay to the offroading spectrum at the sacrifice of on road and payload. you may get stuck, but its a group exercise more akin to a dirtbike race that a trip.

camping, is merely not sleeping in house. that can be as simple as your own woods out back, or part of a larger journey.



overlanding assumes a long trip with adequate supplies, and a complete setup that will get you thru to the sights worth seeing. . . alone.

draw a straight line thru north america, and they system you put together has to function point A to point B. as a result, you end up with a lightly modified suspension, geared towards weight capacity, at the expense of flex, normal size tires (which could be 35's nowadays), and recovery gear that you can utilize alone.

once you have the confidence you can get your "offroad non-wheeler, non-rock crawler" over or thru an obstacle, you are free to explore places unknown to you.

therefore, even though most of a trip isnt in 4wd, you have adequate grip in the tires to keep moving when you need it, and when stuck, you have the tools and know how to get it out, in one piece, alone.

camping can be anything. wheeling means youre close to the security of home, or with a large organized group that can assist. overland has the elements of original self sufficient english exploration. so, i guess i think "overlanding" does sort of have a definition of its own, even if were defining it, by what it isnt.

 

[Co-opski]

Ha, this is a pretty snarky forum. I've spent a lot of time on backroads and out of the way places in the PNW with other vehicles. And frankly, a stock 100 is good for 95% of that. What I am really wondering about is whether a stock configuration will be equally adequate in the places I am not familiar with, but plan to head out to over the next few years: Colorado, Wyoming, southern Utah, northern California, northern BC, Alaska. Getting somewhere and then realizing that you are missing something vital really stinks.

Thanks for the tips so far....and yeah, I already have my axe(s).

For AK, YT, NWT and BC a stock 100 is adequate for 95% of the roads you will be on, summer or winter. For the 5% I recommend at least 36 inch tires full lockers, winch, deadman, swamp pads, and tire chains and a m105 trailer with at least 30 gallons of extra fuel. Or just tow an ATV or Side by side.

 

[brushogger]

the difference between camping, wheeling, and overlanding, is vehicle recovery.

wheeling, you tend to have a truck that skews waaaay to the offroading spectrum at the sacrifice of on road and payload. you may get stuck, but its a group exercise more akin to a dirtbike race that a trip.

camping, is merely not sleeping in house. that can be as simple as your own woods out back, or part of a larger journey.



overlanding assumes a long trip with adequate supplies, and a complete setup that will get you thru to the sights worth seeing. . . alone.

draw a straight line thru north america, and they system you put together has to function point A to point B. as a result, you end up with a lightly modified suspension, geared towards weight capacity, at the expense of flex, normal size tires (which could be 35's nowadays), and recovery gear that you can utilize alone.

once you have the confidence you can get your "offroad non-wheeler, non-rock crawler" over or thru an obstacle, you are free to explore places unknown to you.

therefore, even though most of a trip isnt in 4wd, you have adequate grip in the tires to keep moving when you need it, and when stuck, you have the tools and know how to get it out, in one piece, alone.

camping can be anything. wheeling means youre close to the security of home, or with a large organized group that can assist. overland has the elements of original self sufficient english exploration. so, i guess i think "overlanding" does sort of have a definition of its own, even if were defining it, by what it isnt.

This is probably the best definition of overlanding I've ever read. Well said Zimm.




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