Is Your Overlanding Build Ever Really Complete?

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@IowaLR4 2 ай бұрын

I have 10 years+ into my land rover build. I just look at it as a learning experience. Just takes time to figure out what works and what doesn't. Sometimes that is expensive, but that is just part of it. I never delayed a trip for anything build related though. You can go on a trip with just decent tires. I am always tweaking something but it has slowed down a lot. I have a buddy who has gone through probably 6 major rebuilds on a tacoma. He has spent 10x what I have on build.

@AllThingsOverlanding 2 ай бұрын

Yep, it’s easy to get sucked in and spend a bunch, haha.

@Edio47 2 ай бұрын

I think reading a lot is the key. Before I buy my suspension I did a lot of reading and watched many videos and the final result was satisfying.

@bwmooney 2 ай бұрын

Nice tips. I'm early in my planning/build stage, if you can call it that. I have a Subaru Outback Wilderness that I've gone on a weeklong trip camping out of the back of with nothing but a self-inflating camping mat, a pillow, and some fans and a lamp. When I got back, I considered what worked and what didn't work and have decided on a couple of modifications that will help me camp better on my next trip in about 2 weeks. Instead of building for what I wish I could do, I'm doing it based on what I actually do and what could work better next time. I'm about to get a new Tundra and this will also be built out incrementally. My point is that we all camp/travel differently and have different comfort levels when traveling down unimproved roads. I travel solo, so I have little interest in hard core trails in a Jeep that I could get stuck on or break at any moment and be many miles from help. If I was going in groups, I'd be much more interested in that. If I find myself going places that I turn back on because I don't have a steel bumper or winch or big tires, then that will be a consideration for my next step. Overlanding channels like yours and Arkansas Offroad are cool, and I can get ideas from y'all, but I have to live within my own budget and my own style of travel, which is currently much more car camping/saving money by not getting hotels and doing a little off the beaten path roads rather than traversing Africa, as cool as that might be and if I had a budget like Expedition Overland does.

@AllThingsOverlanding 2 ай бұрын

All good points and totally agree with you. Honestly, nothing wrong ever with turning back. Technically, "overlanders" are completely different from offroaders and we SHOULD be turning around rather than risking getting stuck or potentially damaging our vehicles as our goal is to explore without needing outside help, so I love your take on it. Subarus are also super capable, get great gas mileage, and they're reliable so I think it's a great choice. Tundras are great too, but just a different thing. :D

@davidshevlin5735 2 ай бұрын

Awesome thank you

@AllThingsOverlanding 2 ай бұрын

Anytime!

@burgoo64 3 ай бұрын

We have a Subaru ascent. And we put better tires on because we got flats. I don't do KZbin and have company's sending me stuff all the time. That's why people are never done. I have a friend who doese KZbin. And when ever a company sends him stuff he has to say that camping stuff is so great.

@AllThingsOverlanding 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, good point. I definitely see that with larger KZbin channels. They are always getting bigger and better offers and it's hard to turn that down (or not check out that stuff) so sometimes they have to keep modding to keep getting the free stuff, haha.

@Bronc_Riding 2 ай бұрын

It would argue that rigs are never really done, as much as I wish it would be the case. Once you get to the next big milestone in your build you most likely discover the next thing you’d like to change or upgrade.

@AllThingsOverlanding 2 ай бұрын

Yep, that's true.

@J.Young808 2 ай бұрын

I bought my 2023 Tacoma TRD OR ACLB to camp out of. Not planning on going wild. I am wanting to just add sliders, F/R bumpers, 255/85R16 pizza cutters AT C load tires and a cap to get out camping eventually

@AllThingsOverlanding 2 ай бұрын

Sounds like a great set up!

@michaelprince77 3 ай бұрын

I just enjoy what I have. Can always wait or do more later. And yes the heat and humidity here in indiana sucks lol.

@AllThingsOverlanding 3 ай бұрын

Agreed, haha

@Luggynug 3 ай бұрын

I consider my Xterra "done" in that everything I wanted to add and wanted it to do has been accomplished. Now does that mean there aren't a few tweaks I can make or things I could add in the future? Yes. But so far I've resisted it because I know the focus of the Xterra has changed with the Frontier build in progress. It's gone really from the build phase to the upkeep phase, because just like Home Ownership, it's never really done in terms of spending money on it.

@AllThingsOverlanding 3 ай бұрын

Yep, good points!

@nicholassorensen9035 2 ай бұрын

Building an over lander is the same as making money, scoring points, prepping, or storing ammo. The answer is always more.

@AllThingsOverlanding 2 ай бұрын

@MarkWucher 3 ай бұрын

Done? lol Why wait for it to be “done” to go camping? Just go. I’ve been building a camper on the back of my 03’ Tacoma since 2019. It took 5 months to get it “functional” enough to go on trips. After that I just go. I’ll bring tools and parts and work on it at campsites. I do a lot of solo camping so it’s something to do at camp.

@AllThingsOverlanding 3 ай бұрын

Guess you didn't watch the video, :D. But I agree with you! It's kind of never done and you should always take what you've got and get out to explore without letting your rig not being "done" stop you.

@MarkWucher 2 ай бұрын

@@AllThingsOverlanding Lol...guilty as charged. I was watching it in the background while at work and I think I commented before the video was over. BTW, great content. Keep it up!

@AllThingsOverlanding 2 ай бұрын

@@MarkWucher Haha, oh snap. Sorry to call you out, 🤣. Appreciate it!