If just 1 passenger, take the back seat out entirely for more space.
But you might get use out of a roof rack. I know nothing about Wrangler roof racks
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Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
Yea, I don't have a problem just folding or event taking out the back seat for when needed, I am just thinking of for the future, since I have the soft top and if i do a trip with more people I want to have the option for transporting that doesn't involve kicking people out.
btw do you guys know which the nearest expansive park would be from the DC area? I am thinking Arizona-style expanses to drive through and camp and stargaze
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Not sure of parks, but the mid Atlantic back country discovery route might be an option.SaxyJeep wrote: ↑Wed Jan 16, 2019 3:31 pmYea, I don't have a problem just folding or event taking out the back seat for when needed, I am just thinking of for the future, since I have the soft top and if i do a trip with more people I want to have the option for transporting that doesn't involve kicking people out.
btw do you guys know which the nearest expansive park would be from the DC area? I am thinking Arizona-style expanses to drive through and camp and stargaze
There is nothing like the vastness of the west cost on the east though, not even close.
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I definitely want to get in on some Offroad Consulting stuff! I was thinking about AirBnB'ing a place out there and making a weekend out of it.[user not found] wrote: ↑Wed Jan 16, 2019 4:08 pmThere's something being developed in MD... I stumbled on it the other day.
Can't find it now, of course.
But, Offroad Consulting runs a great 101/201 program in PA: https://offroad-consulting.com/training
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Dang, that'd be sick to take some of those.[user not found] wrote: ↑Wed Jan 16, 2019 4:08 pmThere's something being developed in MD... I stumbled on it the other day.
Can't find it now, of course.
But, Offroad Consulting runs a great 101/201 program in PA: https://offroad-consulting.com/training
https://www.automobilemag.com/news/driv ... r-rubicon/Detroit wrote: ↑Wed Jan 16, 2019 3:36 pmNot sure of parks, but the mid Atlantic back country discovery route might be an option.SaxyJeep wrote: ↑Wed Jan 16, 2019 3:31 pm
Yea, I don't have a problem just folding or event taking out the back seat for when needed, I am just thinking of for the future, since I have the soft top and if i do a trip with more people I want to have the option for transporting that doesn't involve kicking people out.
btw do you guys know which the nearest expansive park would be from the DC area? I am thinking Arizona-style expanses to drive through and camp and stargaze
There is nothing like the vastness of the west cost on the east though, not even close.
found this, looks like a helluva time, will add to "to-do" list.
I definitely want to do offroading 101 and some first aid classes at REI. The site you sent doesn't seem to have a functioning schedule though :/SAWCE wrote: ↑Wed Jan 16, 2019 5:06 pmDang, that'd be sick to take some of those.[user not found] wrote: ↑Wed Jan 16, 2019 4:08 pm
There's something being developed in MD... I stumbled on it the other day.
Can't find it now, of course.
But, Offroad Consulting runs a great 101/201 program in PA: https://offroad-consulting.com/training
Edit: the schedule link worked the second time, weird...
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Classes is a 5/7 idea. I'm self-taught with year's worth of mistakes. Would have been nice to avoid making those mistakes. Maybe I'll look into classes around me, can always learn more.SaxyJeep wrote: ↑Wed Jan 16, 2019 5:43 pmhttps://www.automobilemag.com/news/driv ... r-rubicon/
found this, looks like a helluva time, will add to "to-do" list.I definitely want to do offroading 101 and some first aid classes at REI. The site you sent doesn't seem to have a functioning schedule though :/
Edit: the schedule link worked the second time, weird...
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Depends on what you want to do. Serious off grid overlanding you'd probably want it just for the gear carrying increase alone. But. There are many Jeep options that don't involve a roof rack per se. You can strap MaxTrax to your spare without needing anything fancy. You can mount a hi-lift to the hood. Jerry cans in front of the doors. Etc. Start carrying too much shit and you run out of room. So your options are a reinforced spare tire holder (and therefore metal bumper) which is heavy as shit but major Instagram points, or an overhead rack like this, that will probably limit your ability to put the top down.
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I like the look of the Gobi racks. And they'd be nice for long trips where I have lots of gear. When I go home for a week in the winter and I'm bringing all my stuff, plus dogs, plus snowboard gear, it'd be nice to be able to throw some of that up on the roof.
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You don't need a metal bumper to reinforce the spare tire carrier. Mopar sells them as OEM accessories too.Johnny_P wrote: ↑Fri Jan 18, 2019 11:56 amDepends on what you want to do. Serious off grid overlanding you'd probably want it just for the gear carrying increase alone. But. There are many Jeep options that don't involve a roof rack per se. You can strap MaxTrax to your spare without needing anything fancy. You can mount a hi-lift to the hood. Jerry cans in front of the doors. Etc. Start carrying too much shit and you run out of room. So your options are a reinforced spare tire holder (and therefore metal bumper) which is heavy as shit but major Instagram points, or an overhead rack like this, that will probably limit your ability to put the top down.
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That is just a sandwich plate and reinforced tire mount? I dunno if I'd trust that with too much weight other than just a wheel/tire.Apex wrote: ↑Fri Jan 18, 2019 12:06 pmYou don't need a metal bumper to reinforce the spare tire carrier. Mopar sells them as OEM accessories too.Johnny_P wrote: ↑Fri Jan 18, 2019 11:56 am
Depends on what you want to do. Serious off grid overlanding you'd probably want it just for the gear carrying increase alone. But. There are many Jeep options that don't involve a roof rack per se. You can strap MaxTrax to your spare without needing anything fancy. You can mount a hi-lift to the hood. Jerry cans in front of the doors. Etc. Start carrying too much shit and you run out of room. So your options are a reinforced spare tire holder (and therefore metal bumper) which is heavy as shit but major Instagram points, or an overhead rack like this, that will probably limit your ability to put the top down.
Oh don't forget a Trasharoo. Need that.
Hey all. I'm planning to go offroading/wheeling/mudandrockdriving in George Washington National Forest on the 24th of February with a friend and his Taco. Wanted to know if anyone else would like to come along, since the more the merrier (especially when it comes to pulling out if stuck, lol)
Last Sunday was fun as heck.
Last Sunday was fun as heck.
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For those that don't want to watch, it's basically building the most instagram worthy off road rig, with electronics and solar panels, roof top tent, gigantic complex rear drawer organizer system, and roughing it while boiling crawfish and shrimp every night because your vehicle has a built in fridge and going off grid hardcore for 36 hours a time. On roads a Jetta could travel.[user not found] wrote: ↑Wed Jan 30, 2019 2:37 pm For Max, and anyone else questioning what 'overlanding' is: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiyiTq ... LHz-juFxIQ
Watch that channel.
Obviously here in the US, you're generally not very far from civilization so the idea of overlanding is lost on many. Travel into central and south america, or africa, and that changes: http://theroadchoseme.com/
Overlanding is all about being self-sufficient while traveling off the beaten path. That's all it is. Choose whatever vehicle you want, outfit it however you want, and survive. Obviously some cars are cheaper and easier to fix than others, and some have better aftermarket support.
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Seems like cool idea... is GWNF a destination for off roading similar to the Pines?SaxyJeep wrote: ↑Wed Jan 30, 2019 12:38 pm Hey all. I'm planning to go offroading/wheeling/mudandrockdriving in George Washington National Forest on the 24th of February with a friend and his Taco. Wanted to know if anyone else would like to come along, since the more the merrier (especially when it comes to pulling out if stuck, lol)
Last Sunday was fun as heck.
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2019 3:05 pm DFD. The forum where everybody makes the same choices and then tells anybody trying to join the club that they are the stupidest motherfucker to ever walk the earth.
Yea, George Washington National Forest. Pretty vlose to West Virginia, so i think it will be rockier thoughrazr390 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 30, 2019 6:01 pmSeems like cool idea... is GWNF a destination for off roading similar to the Pines?SaxyJeep wrote: ↑Wed Jan 30, 2019 12:38 pm Hey all. I'm planning to go offroading/wheeling/mudandrockdriving in George Washington National Forest on the 24th of February with a friend and his Taco. Wanted to know if anyone else would like to come along, since the more the merrier (especially when it comes to pulling out if stuck, lol)
Last Sunday was fun as heck.
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"survive" Over-landing turned into some lavish display of excess, similar to having a 6 bed 6 bath house while having 1 crotchfruit.[user not found] wrote: ↑Wed Jan 30, 2019 2:37 pm For Max, and anyone else questioning what 'overlanding' is: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiyiTq ... LHz-juFxIQ
Watch that channel.
Obviously here in the US, you're generally not very far from civilization so the idea of overlanding is lost on many. Travel into central and south america, or africa, and that changes: http://theroadchoseme.com/
Overlanding is all about being self-sufficient while traveling off the beaten path. That's all it is. Choose whatever vehicle you want, outfit it however you want, and survive. Obviously some cars are cheaper and easier to fix than others, and some have better aftermarket support.
Over-landing is synonymous for essentially extreme luxury of buying $1000 off road fridges for $5 worth of soda, $2000 rooftop tents etc. Just sad. Concept is novel execution meh.
I prefer the litebrite crazies tackling insane shit and somehow not totaling their brand new wrangler and the chick is
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That version of it actually sounds good to me. Fuck pretending to be a poor 3rd worlder.Johnny_P wrote:For those that don't want to watch, it's basically building the most instagram worthy off road rig, with electronics and solar panels, roof top tent, gigantic complex rear drawer organizer system, and roughing it while boiling crawfish and shrimp every night because your vehicle has a built in fridge and going off grid hardcore for 36 hours a time. On roads a Jetta could travel.[user not found] wrote: ↑Wed Jan 30, 2019 2:37 pm For Max, and anyone else questioning what 'overlanding' is: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiyiTq ... LHz-juFxIQ
Watch that channel.
Obviously here in the US, you're generally not very far from civilization so the idea of overlanding is lost on many. Travel into central and south america, or africa, and that changes: http://theroadchoseme.com/
Overlanding is all about being self-sufficient while traveling off the beaten path. That's all it is. Choose whatever vehicle you want, outfit it however you want, and survive. Obviously some cars are cheaper and easier to fix than others, and some have better aftermarket support.
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https://oxx.com/oxx-store/oxx-coffeeboxx/
K cup overlanding coffee machine. Don't leave home without it. Essential for survival, ranks right up there with a spice drawer.
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K cup overlanding coffee machine. Don't leave home without it. Essential for survival, ranks right up there with a spice drawer.
https://www.overlandbound.com/forums/th ... -box.1970/
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Part of me likes the concept of a RTT, the other part of me thinks its ridiculous. My major issue with it is, and I've read a bit about this on forums and such, that if you stay in a regular campground with a RTT, and you take the truck somewhere during hte day, you're packing down your whole campsite to go and then coming back and setting it all back up again. Which maybe isn't a big problem with $4k worth of slide out drawer kitchen and 2 minute tent setup, until someone else has taken your campsite because nobody is home, lol.max225 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 31, 2019 12:57 am"survive" Over-landing turned into some lavish display of excess, similar to having a 6 bed 6 bath house while having 1 crotchfruit.[user not found] wrote: ↑Wed Jan 30, 2019 2:37 pm For Max, and anyone else questioning what 'overlanding' is: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiyiTq ... LHz-juFxIQ
Watch that channel.
Obviously here in the US, you're generally not very far from civilization so the idea of overlanding is lost on many. Travel into central and south america, or africa, and that changes: http://theroadchoseme.com/
Overlanding is all about being self-sufficient while traveling off the beaten path. That's all it is. Choose whatever vehicle you want, outfit it however you want, and survive. Obviously some cars are cheaper and easier to fix than others, and some have better aftermarket support.
Over-landing is synonymous for essentially extreme luxury of buying $1000 off road fridges for $5 worth of soda, $2000 rooftop tents etc. Just sad. Concept is novel execution meh.
I prefer the litebrite crazies tackling insane shit and somehow not totaling their brand new wrangler and the chick is
So what's the solution? People recommend setting up a ground tent at a campsite to claim it. Not shitting you. And then not use the ground tent.
lawl.
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It's not bad for sure. It's kind of like having a giant RV just one that can go on 2-track trails. It's basically what I want to do, just with more stuff inside the vehicle.... so basically RV'ing... haha.troyguitar wrote: ↑Thu Jan 31, 2019 2:36 amThat version of it actually sounds good to me. Fuck pretending to be a poor 3rd worlder.Johnny_P wrote:
For those that don't want to watch, it's basically building the most instagram worthy off road rig, with electronics and solar panels, roof top tent, gigantic complex rear drawer organizer system, and roughing it while boiling crawfish and shrimp every night because your vehicle has a built in fridge and going off grid hardcore for 36 hours a time. On roads a Jetta could travel.
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Johnny_P wrote: ↑Thu Jan 31, 2019 8:43 amIt's not bad for sure. It's kind of like having a giant RV just one that can go on 2-track trails. It's basically what I want to do, just with more stuff inside the vehicle.... so basically RV'ing... haha.troyguitar wrote: ↑Thu Jan 31, 2019 2:36 am That version of it actually sounds good to me. Fuck pretending to be a poor 3rd worlder.
If your goal is primarily experiencing the destinations vs having some kind of "survival' experience, then it makes sense to do it in comfort. You could go do a survival exercise in the woods of PA without a vehicle if you really wanted.
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That's but also why RTTs areJohnny_P wrote: ↑Thu Jan 31, 2019 8:40 amPart of me likes the concept of a RTT, the other part of me thinks its ridiculous. My major issue with it is, and I've read a bit about this on forums and such, that if you stay in a regular campground with a RTT, and you take the truck somewhere during hte day, you're packing down your whole campsite to go and then coming back and setting it all back up again. Which maybe isn't a big problem with $4k worth of slide out drawer kitchen and 2 minute tent setup, until someone else has taken your campsite because nobody is home, lol.max225 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 31, 2019 12:57 am
"survive" Over-landing turned into some lavish display of excess, similar to having a 6 bed 6 bath house while having 1 crotchfruit.
Over-landing is synonymous for essentially extreme luxury of buying $1000 off road fridges for $5 worth of soda, $2000 rooftop tents etc. Just sad. Concept is novel execution meh.
I prefer the litebrite crazies tackling insane shit and somehow not totaling their brand new wrangler and the chick is
So what's the solution? People recommend setting up a ground tent at a campsite to claim it. Not shitting you. And then not use the ground tent.
lawl.
If you're going to pitch a tent on the ground, just stay in that.
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Oh totally. Like, fuck those air bed camping pads I'm bringing a damn foam mattress. Throw it in a tent NFG.troyguitar wrote: ↑Thu Jan 31, 2019 9:03 am
If your goal is primarily experiencing the destinations vs having some kind of "survival' experience, then it makes sense to do it in comfort. You could go do a survival exercise in the woods of PA without a vehicle if you really wanted.
Will also have a stove with me because campfire cooking blows when it's windy. And a propane heater. I have no issue taking the easy way out on some things. I just can't go large on the vehicle if I actually want to take it more remote places, or keep it when I get back.