People will debate what’s better, but just like their RV cousins, there isn’t ever really a best-just what’s best for your needs, budget, and tolerance for compromise. Modern overlanding builds are done on platforms of all shapes and sizes. They have their advantages, although never purely on price, but they’re also a big signifier of the culture, for better or worse. Now there are dozens of companies selling roof-top tents in the United States, from Smitybuilt to hand-made contraptions that cost tens of thousands of dollars. In the U.S., roof-top tents were expensive-almost mythological as recently as 15 years ago. And on a big SUV, they’re high up away from the ground, where the snakes are. And depending on their complexity, they’re sometimes faster to pack up. (There was a small group of adherents in Europe, too, competing with the pop-top vans like the Westfalia conversions of VW buses and caravans.) Is a roof-top tent better than a ground tent? Sometimes! They’re almost always easier to set up. After a few decades of experimentation around the globe, the Aussies were the first to really adopt one of the hallmarks of overlanding: the roof-top tent. Go-anywhere rigs that could haul everything you’d need, with just enough room inside to curl up to sleep if it wasn’t safe outside. The ür-overlanding trucks were the original body-on-frame SUVs: the Land Rover Defender and Toyota Land Cruiser. peacekeeping Land Cruiser and neighborhood warlord Hilux gun platforms), Australian outback builds (aluminum flatbeds glinting in the desert heat on the backs of diesel Fords and Toyotas), and a variety of prosaically built Central and South American trucks that simply had to go long distances through tough terrain. That truck building includes primarily blends African Land Rover-based travel (both the classic safari stuff but with a dash of U.N. It makes me so happy.īasically, overlanding as a term and/or concept is a fusion of long-term tourism and international long-distance truck building. I’ve spent hundreds of nights of my life sleeping in vehicles over the years and still wouldn’t consider myself an adventurer, but have every intention to continue vaporizing money to fix small problems largely of my own making. But to be clear: overlanding as an enthusiast car hobby is about as perilous to one’s judgment as stance culture. The general camping scene asks-again, rightly-if it might be cheaper, easier, and just about as good to throw a ground tent in the backseat and spend most of your money on gas and time off from work. And that if the vehicle you’re planning on sleeping in at night is stuck, what then? Lots of people don’t get “overlanding.” The hardcore rock-crawling types rightly point out that a typical overlanding vehicle isn’t as capable on nasty terrain as a purpose-built rig. We hope you thoroughly enjoy this one! Be sure to share the episode with those who enjoy adventurous overlanding travel, along with those who need to break away from city life and too much “screen time”.Without trying to get into a whole history of overlanding, let me try to draw a few circles around camping, travel, and automotive hobbies to add some context before talking about a few things that caught my eye while testing out my Porsche 911 camper at the latest Overland Expo event earlier this month in Virginia. In this episode you will learn about Eva’s experiences (x3) on Discovery Channel’s Naked and Afraid, to her inside tips on Moto Adventure Travel, along with a few tips on “Gas Station Gourmet''.
Being introduced to Eva was one of those moments! Like a shot of espresso with a beautiful bouquet of wildflowers.įrom her outlook on life to her contagious energy, Eva Rupert is everything we imagined about Expo with a double shot of awesomeness! This episode is a real treat as she shares her experiences of overlanding, along with her love for moto, good food and all the greatness you can look forward to at Overland Expo 2022. Meeting up with old friends, while forging new, possibly life-long friendships at Overland Expo seems to be the recurring theme. Constantly hearing from so many overlanders how valuable the classes are and how amazing the experience is meeting so many amazing, like-minded people. Overland Expo has been at the top of our list for many years.
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