The Australians do this a lot, lots of videos of people transversing their continent. I would say they have the best vehicles and setups.
I don't have enough ground clearance. I didn't realize so much public land had all the roads blocked off. You can't get away from the pay sites and enjoy any public land without big overland 4x4.
You need to lift, enough for bigger tires to get your axle and differentials higher. I have a 96 Jeep Cherokee Honestly only a couple inches over stock ground clearance. I still get around tho. Its all tire placement.
. See what kind of shit I could get through? I only have 3 wheels touching the ground in this pic. This was done on 2in of lift, and 235/75R15 tires. Nothing crazy at all. My friend in a lifted suburban was behind me. We ended up doing this trail again in reverse to get back to camp. A mile or so after this we where blocked. We then had to do 3 point turns near a cliff, and redo all this trail again.
Fun times.
Nice ride! Picking a good line is key. I ran a stock ‘93 Cherokee all over Arizona backroads for a few years. It never failed to get me to my destination and back. Lol, AZ has some gnarly ass trails that will beat your shit up. My buddy Paul ran a Cherokee chasing illegals along the borderlands for years. Anymore if I can, I like to base camp and use my quad to get in deep. Easier and faster. Backroads are the best! Starting to see more and more closures though and that sucks.
AZ has some gnarly ass trails that will beat your shit up.
I was looking at some old pics. . Doing it again in reverse was fun. Also was getting dark and we needed to get back to camp.
I really like my K02's.
Edit: and 3" lift with oversized tires. Rubs occasionally. Don't care.
BFG AT Ko2?
Thats what Im running now. ;) The pic I posted was my first set of cheap AT on stock rims. I got black D rings with a wider offset. Just a .5in on either side. Now running 31x10.5R15 Ko2.
I have a station wagon (VW golf sportswagen TDI) who's rear end sags 2 inches below stock when loaded up for camping. If I had the 4x4 version with the 2 extra inches of ground clearance and a back end whos suspension didn't sag (so an extra 4 inches total in the rear and another 2 in in the front) I would probably attempt something like that, but as it is I am AMAZED at what I have gotten through. one of the roads in shasta I got through successfully only looked half as bad as your picture. ;) I've also ripped critical components off my underside twice now by having my tire placement be exactly wrong for small ~2in dips/bumps that I underestimated, and the first time I has 500 miles from a service center, and my towing services only covered 100 and 50 miles of towing each, I had to rent a dolly and get someone to tow me in range of a towing service.
I took a 300D Mercedes to a renegade in the mountains behind Santa Barbara. It had no business whatsofuckingever doing so. But it did. Gotta know how to drive, and then the world is your oyster.
Edit: also it might be good for you to look into airbags
You have to get adventurous with it.
All you need is a snorkel and a couple of red Jerry cans and you could be an overlander. No you can go in anything I went in a stock all wheel drive car for years driving around going on s*** Forest roads and s*** BLM roads 20 miles. If you're talking about doing Jeep crawls well something else but if you just want to camp away from koa's and Forest service camps then you don't need much.
Yes. If you actually know how your vehicle functions. Pushing it's abilities and limitations.
It's all in the attitude. You've got to tell yourself, "That rock is not going to hit my oil pan. That rock is not going to hit my rear end. That rock is not going to tear my muffler off."
Roof tents are heavy. I prefer car camping.
It weighs 50 pounds. Not heavy. Totally fucks up the aerodynamics though.
Y'know, the problem for me with roof tents is more... security. That thing will get stolen in my parts. Plus, camping in it you really only have a sheet of fabric between you and anything that might cause problems. I can't pull off the road and rooftent, I can pull off the road and sleep in the back though. less worries = deeper sleep imo
Not as much a concern if you're way out, however I still consider it a needless luxury. If you're way out, bust out a tent and campfire
I never go to places that arise your concerns on purpose.
Tent ON your truck? Or do you mean "within it's inventory?"
Just curious. If roof tent, why do you prefer it "no exceptions?" Asking for pros and cons here
It's always at the ready. You sleep off the ground. Has a real mattress. Deploys quickly.
Hurts MPG. Some wind noise.
We're putting together one Porsche Cayenne at the shop. Spacers on the front and rear, front bumper replacement and offroad tires on the oem wheels.
Proper subframe lift?
Unfortunately no. Just a 2.5 inch. I don't like it. Never thought just installing strut spacers is a good idea. The best would be to buy the kit with the strut spacers, subframe spacers and aftermarket control arms in order to dial in the alignment to factory specifications.
Uhh yeah. That thing is going to be blowing up axles right and left.
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