I'm prepping for a week long overland adventure and this is what I do
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
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I recently found your channel. I enjoy your practical approach and humor.
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
I carry way too many tools too! Thanks for a great video and for being so dang funny! You made me laugh out loud 😂
I think I'm some kind of Baja 1000 pit crew or something 😂
I ALWAYS carry too much- I'm a grandma and always feel obligated to carry the extra jackets, bug sprays, clothes and first aid stuff😂
Grandmas are always lookin' out! They better appreciate you.
When I got out of the service way back when, I joined search and Rescue. I think that is what started me carring too much extra stuff. You can drop the SAE Crescent wrench, channel locks, and pliers too. Lol.
SAE crescent wrench? Is that like a left-handed screwdriver? jk. But yeah, I know what you mean, eliminating some tools where another tool you carry can basically do the same job.
What an exceptional video presentation! -- "Success unfolds as an enduring and evolving adventure."
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
Just remember there are places called stores that have pretty much anything you need. Instead of packing everything that you might need pack minimally and if you need it then get it later. That way you aren't carrying a bunch of junk. It's a learning process. If I look back at what I used to carry it's kind of funny.
I try to do that with consumables like paper towels, food, water, etc. when I know there are resupply locations that aren't out of the way.
@@ggg4runner Yeah the only way to really know what you need is just to get out and see what's up. It doesn't have to be epic 'overlanding'. Just a night or 2 can get you really dialed in.
Kind’ve like a house….the bigger the house and more rooms….we fill it up! We have been “overlanding full time since 2016…in a 38 ft 5th wheel trailer! After downsiyfrom a 3500 sq ft home…we still carry too much stuff. Twice a year we go through and try to slim down…a never ending process!
Oh boy, I'd have so much random stuff in that much space 😂 But I definitely know what you mean! So much clutter at home.
Too much stuff lol.
I have 3 ground tents in my LC100!
Solo bivy, 3+ season 3 man and a big 6 person.
I use the 6 person for the wife and dogs when they come, I used to not carry it.
A couple months ago I was out in the CO. Rockies and got swarmed by flies and mosquitoes.
It was miserable, in the tent to get away from them if the sun was up, even the 2+/3 man was to small to be in after a couple hours.
I keep the 6 in the rig now lol.
If there were such a thing as 6-person sized RTT, I'm pretty sure I'd do it 😂
Oh also, the Thermacell mosquito repellers worked pretty well for me last summer in CO (when there's not much wind) and a portable bug zapper does wonders clearing out the tent and just around the campsite in the evening.
It looks like you have the Expedition Essentials Maxtrax mount (very nice). Just curious how you mounted it. To a Sherpa window molle panel? Considering this same setup…
Basically, mine is a Joe's Original Equipment panel (he no longer does this from what I understand) as he was the only person making side panels back then.
I have yet to go on an overlanding trip. I don't think I'll have too much trouble with staying minimalist as all of my experience is in backwoods canoe camping. A week would involve a 60 lb pack and a 40 lb canoe. I still came home with uneaten food and items I never looked at.
I have no backpacking or other minimalist-minded background and I'm getting to that age now where I like to keep things just in case I'll use them never so yeah, I have a problem 😅
I’ve been carrying enough tools to overhaul an engine on the trail for years. For 13 years my off-road vehicle was an XJ (Cherokee), which used SAE nuts & bolts on the engine, and metric everywhere else. So I packed it all! I recently realized that my Gladiator is all metric, except for a few added on accessories, so it’s time to unload some of that weight. Thanks for the reminder!
😧 Had no idea XJs used both SAE and metric. Thanks for watching!
Great tips on not taking too much stuff witch I am really bad at. I went on a road trip a few months ago and too much crap lol I learned that less is more fun and less is less to worry about
I am a habitual line-stepper of bringing too much gear 😅
Have a great , but safe overland trip ! Would love hear your take-aways from the experience
I took away that I have more trimming to accomplish 😆
Have a great overlonding from SJ!!
I’m from SJ too!
I'm pretty sure you got auto-correct there but "overloading" is pretty apt yes 😆
@@ggg4runner let me edit that!!!
Overlanding
@@hamidnia7242 😄 I know what you meant! Thank you for watching!
@@ggg4runner hope we can connect as I live in San Jose, CA as well. Great content and video by the way!
Hey, what’s a good place to get headlights for a 4Runner?
I make 3rd gen 4Runner retrofits if you're looking for 3rd gen ones... ggg4runner.com/
I don’t think it’s for 3rd generation. I think it’s for a 2013.
Sorry, I only have experience with 3rd gen 4Runners