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05-19-2015, 02:24 PM #1801
^^^His pictures looked ridiculous. Lots of stuck in mud campers.
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05-19-2015, 02:50 PM #1802
Here's day 1 pics. Links to the other days inside:
http://expeditionportal.com/overland-expo-2015-day-one/Is it radix panax notoginseng? - splat
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05-19-2015, 04:10 PM #1803
Me and my wife went down Sunday (we live in Flagstaff), the weather turned out gorgeous. The weather last weekend was indeed horrible on Friday and some snow on Saturday; there were lots of muddy machines and people. Irrigation boots were the things to have.
If you're into anything related to camping, 4 wheeling, adventure off roading, etc. etc., it was not stupid at all. There's something for everyone. It's really cool to see all the different variations on roof top tents, overland machines, truck pop up campers, Jeeps. There were lots of products for suspension, coolers, tires, just all sorts of stuff.
We talked to the guys from Four Wheel Camper for a while, about how to build out our Hawk shell so it's ready for ski season next winter. Lots of great ideas.
Definitely not a waste of time!
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05-19-2015, 05:38 PM #1804
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05-19-2015, 07:10 PM #1805
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05-20-2015, 02:35 PM #1806
Or, at the other end of the spectrum from Sportsmobiles and Earthroamers, is a Geo Metro:
http://truckyeah.jalopnik.com/this-g...-fo-1705793497
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05-21-2015, 06:43 AM #1807Registered User
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Question for you guys with dually rear ends. We had that set up on a 2001 Chinook and found that the traction was lousy, the brakes were inadequate (at least for that beast) and the clearance bewween the rear wheels made it a bitch to install cables or chains on the outer wheels. Lighter rigs better? We traded it for an Escape Trailer which we will leave in the lowlands and drive the RAV4 up to the passes.
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05-21-2015, 09:42 AM #1808observing free range rude
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^ Props to the metro guy.
Been doing some researches on this whole caRV thing and ended up snagging an 05 element on the way back from a trip to Rifle/Moad earlier this month. Platform is built for sleeping and storage (6 large rubbermaids go under the platform), roof storage basket is now on. Taking it down to St. George this weekend to chase sunny weather and get some climbing/carmping in. Will post some pics, excited to test out the new system.
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05-23-2015, 09:06 AM #1809
No reason to have the dually unless you moving large weight. I've driven fully loaded F350/450/550 dually pickups and when you get them loaded physics takes over and getting them stopped is a chore and requires a different, much more defensive driving style (leaving more distance, braking early, not getting as much speed to begin with, etc). GVWR on a F350 dually is ~14,000 pounds, at a certain point you can only make the disc brakes so large on those trucks.
I always found the rear ends to be very difficult to break loose in most application but we always had Toyo M55's on our trucks or equivalent.
Lighter rigs are easier to drive, stop faster, require less driver thought, and for any given application, I would rather drive a single wheel rear axle. Any sort of application where you are taking a dually off road there is a chance (high chance actually) that you will pick up a rock that fits exactly between the tires and will pop one of the tires off of the bead. Or, it will come flying out at high speed when you get back onto a gravel/paved road and blow through your fender."These are crazy times Mr Hatter, crazy times. Crazy like Buddha! Muwahaha!"
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05-23-2015, 04:04 PM #1810dickhead
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Went after they stopped doing the sportsmobile only rallies-my take-lotta khaki and a lot of people with insane rigs. That being said not my trip. The rallies were always in cool places-moab/copper canyon mexico/silverton/and the last one was Kamus utah. That is where i met the overland crew.
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05-30-2015, 07:20 AM #1811
Saw this custom build roll by, then saw them @ the local home Depot. Not sure if they were there to fight, but sweet set up. Anyone ever see a box like that? Seems like it was built for a mod on that type chassis.
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05-30-2015, 10:47 AM #1812
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05-30-2015, 11:00 AM #1813"Can switching to Geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance?"
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05-30-2015, 11:14 AM #1814Registered User
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05-30-2015, 07:15 PM #1815
Nice work^^^^^. Wow that is the bones for an incredible rig. Love it.
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05-30-2015, 07:38 PM #1816
^^^ I am, what do the kids say these days?
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05-31-2015, 09:13 AM #1817Registered User
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Finally pulled the trigger on a Honda Element rather than a 4runner. I found a too good of deal to pass up in comparison to the 4runner's I was looking at. I can take the sacrifice of 4wheeling capability for the interior of the Element. Now, just need to get a list of spots I can stealth camp around Colorado in for the upcoming winter season.
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05-31-2015, 10:24 AM #1818observing free range rude
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05-31-2015, 10:33 AM #1820Registered User
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That's why I like this thing. I'm doing solo op's from mine..so I'll be building a one man sleeping platform to free up more space. Building my own roof cross bars soon(can't justify spending $150-200 on plastic roof rack bars so $50 in hardware will work for me) and hopefully looking for a decent used Thule/roof box to throw up there for ski gear. Do you have any modifications in yours as far as power goes(inverter etc?).
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05-31-2015, 12:04 PM #1821observing free range rude
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No power mods, just doing weekend trips so far and the engine is pretty quiet for when things need to be charged. I'd check the forums of element owners for ideas. Good move on the roof bars.
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05-31-2015, 01:19 PM #1822
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06-02-2015, 09:07 PM #1823Registered User
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06-05-2015, 11:11 PM #1824
Who's rig is this? I don't think I've ever seen a pop up on a snow cat. Genius!
http://denver.craigslist.org/snw/5047168792.html
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06-06-2015, 07:21 AM #1825Registered User
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That's awesome, can't resist linking some of the pics..
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