Preparing for the Pan American Highway - ALONE | Driving South EP1
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- Опубліковано 19 жов 2022
- Like many others, driving from North America to South America has always been a dream of mine. the ultimate overland adventure. A few years ago I started asking myself if this is something I would actually do. Well, 4 months ago I decided to stop making excuses for myself made the decision to start seriously preparing myself and my vehicle for the 30,000km+ journey from North to South.
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It's the last night before I start the drive and I find myself thinking all the familiar thoughts I've had making this decision. "What if something happens to the truck? What if something goes wrong? What if my things get stolen? Should I have quit my job to do this? What if I have no money when I come back?". They're all questions I've had for myself, and questions friends and family have had for me. Letting fears and worries and "what if's" stop me from living my life the way I want to is a far bigger fear of mine than some financial losses. We should be more worried about losing the short amount of time we have than money that can be made back. I'd rather try and fail than wonder if it's something that could've happened for me, like too many others.
This video covers a small part of those last 4 months preparing to be on the road full time. It's my attempt at putting something together. Learning to edit, learning to film, and learning to work on my vehicle and become as self reliant as possible. This is a leap of faith.
This is to new beginnings.
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We’re Canadians planning to drive the Pan American in our Land Cruiser starting this January, hopefully we’ll see you on the road! Great video!
Hey that's great! I hope so! Good luck and enjoy it, it's going to be a blast
Keep them coming can’t wait to watch them all
Great first video Max - well done!😊
Amazing footage and love the story - keep it up!
OK your adventurous endeavor is a dream come true in my book and I'll be watching for entertainment and inspiration! Best of luck and congratulations on having the guts and determination to execute such a dream trip. If and when times occasionally get tough along the way, just try and remember what an amazing and possibly once in a lifetime experience your having.
Congrats for your first video, great! And good vibes on your trip: Excited to see how it works.
great first couple of videos, really interesting, keep up the good work and stay safe
So glad that the UA-cam Algorithm worked in my favor this time and chance upon this gem of a channel. Can't wait to binge watch the series! Sending love all the way from Singapore
Hey thanks a lot! I appreciate the support
Great! Watching your trip from Winnipeg, MB.
Subscribed. Love the early landcruisers
Hey Max. Just watched you first video for this trip. truck looks great. I work at AMSD on the east coast and heard you were doing this. Congratulations on starting it. I have subscribedand will be tuning in. Cheers!
Just subscribed. Congratulation on deciding to follow your dream. I will be following your journey
following along. good quality clip.
Just subscribed. Looking forward to following your adventure.
Your videos are inspirational brotha!! Keep up the good work and enjoy the journey!
Hey thanks man appreciate it!
Drone shots are on point
Awesome view 😊
Awesome dude. Cruiser setup is nice. Looking forward to more videos.
Hey thank you!
Amazing
That drone work is phenomenal! We are doing the pan American right now in our 1985 HJ75 Land Cruiser it’s cool to see a Prada doing it. Looking forward to seeing more videos. We can definitely relate to the Land Cruiser needing more work than expected. We’ve owned ours for three years now and are rushing to wrap up a few more projects before crossing to Mexico next week.
Thank you! Yes they can be a bit of a project but at least easy to work on relatively... Most of the time haha
For just learning about creating videos...wow! Beautiful photography. I did the trip from US to Panama (took one year), so I'm looking forward to following your journey. Safe travels.
Hey thank you!
Drone footage out of this world Cruiser epic Vehicle setup great greetings from south africa
Thank you very much!
Inspiring! Gonna keep up w you online. I am 2 years out and am headstrong on making it from Kentucky to Argentina and back. Wish I could just let go like you did and just head out.
Good luck and thank you. Yeah it's not an easy jump to make but once you're on the road it all becomes second nature. It is a lot of work to do this kind of travelling though.
Great video mate. Living the dream. Get yourself a coffee Aeropress very handy.😊
Haha I've gone through a few coffee makers already, aeropress might be a good one
Nice video! My boyfriend and I are starting the Pan America trip in hopefully a few weeks. Just a few more things to finish up on the car build first. Cheers to the leap of faith 🍻
Hey good luck it will be a blast :)
I think I'm going to ride along for a bit. You're a natural on the camera.
Thank you!
I am also Canadian and planning to travel Pan American Highway but stuck to all the (IF)'s till today. One day I will also start like you. Nice Start brother keep your courage and spirit high. wish you good luck. I will watch and follow your videos. Be safe.
Hey yeah just go do it honestly there's nothing really to it. I've met a lot of people on the road travelling with little kids and babies and everyone is just fine and having a great time :)
Absoultely crazy bro
Hi! I'm also starting the trip this week. I headed up to the Arctic this May/June/July and am off to Mexico later this week. Hopefully I'll see ya there!
Hey awesome good luck! For sure!
Gonna follow along the way with notes. I have just returned from Tuk - to break my rig and fix it. Going to Baja divide in May to break my truck again and fix it. All this in preparation to hit the Pan Am. I will be leaving from SF in the not too distant future. Good luck and have a blast!
Good luck! I just put out the second video, it's been a rough few weeks on the truck but I'm happy with how things are turning out. Hope you get back out there soon.
This is a great car. I noticed that not only cars are similar, but also a coffee maker with a coffee grinder😁😁😁 Hello from Russia!
Thank you! Good videos and greetings from Guatemala :)
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Hi Max,
I found your channel just by chance a couple weeks ago, and I think its incredible, especially the video and editing.
I'm thinking of filming on my trip to Costa Rica and I wanted to ask what camera you use, as I'm hoping to get a good value camera, without breaking the bank
Happy travels man
Thanks! I use an Olympus OM-D EM1 Mark 2 with some M.Zuiko lenses. It's a fairly expensive setup for what you get, but I had it for years before starting the trip for photography. I think nowadays there's a lot of options that are well priced and smaller/lighter. But in truth, I'm not too up to date with what's out there. Enjoy your Costa Rica trip!
I have the same plan too, please share your experience and knowhow ! Kind of envoy you have started……. Well done😊
Thank you! It's a bit of a leap of faith. I realized the timing and truck will never be perfect and I won't know everything so I just made a plan to go and went.
@@goaloneTV one more thing, I live shanghai , China, I am Chinese, because of pandemic, my plan has been postponed for two and half years already……., I planed to ship my vehicle to Alaska then start my trip
@@sleepyshanghaikid oh we that seems like an even bigger leap! Well good luck hope you can get out there soon
Hey Max! Great video. Why algorithms have not brought your channel to my feed before has me baffled “fri@$’n Google”. By now your miles down the road and see some good video work and cool adventures. I have a “99 Toyota Hilux surf with the 1KZ TE engine and have done a few trips to Death Valley etc. It is inter cooled turbo charged which is prone to head cracking after over heating. I am changing the radiator to an aluminum 3 bank and add a 10 blade fan to the viscous hub in hopes of eliminating the issue. Do you have long range fuel tanks added or only standard fuel? I was thinking of adding a Racor filter as well but wonder how easy it is to find a replacement in Central America. I am sure you could find it in marine chandlers on the coast…I think. Lastly, I noticed in one of your videos that you had a roll of what looked like 030 lockwire. Do you have an aviation back ground as well.
Be safe out there, thanks for some great content and info (You ferry x’ing from La Pas to mainland Mexico was very helpful). Cheers!
Hey Kevin! Yeah, I wish I had inter-cooled the truck before leaving, it's almost necessary with the 1KZ, I just threw in an aluminum rad a few days ago actually. No, I only have the standard fuel tank, about 85L on this model, I do have to say, even though I don't think long-range fuel tanks are necessary at all (I don't even carry jerry cans). They would have paid themselves off just because some regions have such massive differences in the cost of diesel.
I'm backfilling the series right now to catch up the videos to Honduras, we got turned around at Nicaragua for the RHD ban. Planning on shipping to Columbia from Mexico next month. In the meantime putting on a manual boost controller and a few more small things.
And yeah Air Force before and then running RADAR and optics in the maritime patrol aircraft on the West Coast for DFO. The lock wire and speed tape was a gift from the engineers before heading out haha. Take care.
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hello, I watched your first video, really beautiful footage, but at one point at 5:10, something appears in your footage that flies by at high speed, it's a small white object across the middle of the screen, maybe you noticed it when recording the video, it's interesting . good luck
I didn't notice it! Thank you
I’ve been watching your stuff man. Did y’all hit Costa Rica? Also, what branch of the military were you in?
Thanks man! Air force
@@goaloneTV Did you hit Costa Rica yet?
What kind of plans did you all have to make to cross borders?Can you get through with just a passport?
Pretty much, almost every border is just passport, license and vehicle registration. They do it all for you sort of. There's nothing complicated to the border crossings