When you are out by yourself - when in doubt don't. That is my advice to myself when I'm out alone. I always walk those shelf roads to the next turn around area, backing up really sucks. Nice to see someone experiencing the outdoors with an affordable vehicle and without 25K worth of "overlanding" stuff bolted to their vehicle. And having just as much fun👍. I am helping a friend build his Astro van, your videos have been helpful
Thanks... yeah I tend to be pretty cautious... not just for the sake of safety, but also a breakdown could be just as devastating... Im sure that by the time I'm done, I'll be over 25k invested... but I only plan on buying/adding what is useful...and functional.
It is fun and rewarding to set up your vehicle and everything is very expensive. You will find that you are never really done building or learning and that is part of the fun as well@@LoveTribeOverland
Loved the video. Loved the music as well. When erin and i go camping she will literally make a four-six page check list a week in advance and then add to it over the next few days. 99% of the time we get everything we need to camp properly. But even once in a while we miss something. Can't wait Until the next video.
Seeing that “road” … uh no way! Nope not worth the risk, that looks like it could be a life lost situation. There will be other roads, safer roads. Beautiful country, our Pacific Northwest. My Astro is a two wheel drive also so no way would I attempt that. Until the next one. 😎🍻
Honestly, I don't even think it would be a 4WD situation. The way to get around would be the same regardless... putting the passenger tires up on the bank a little could probably drive right around it... the big question mark for me was... how stable is the road? I don't much care for shelf roads anyway... but when it is obvious the edge is unstable? Not me... I'm out. I'm sure there are 4x4 guys who are rolling their eyes at me.... and I'm ok with that... like you said, plenty of other roads to explore. One of those situations where you only get to be wrong once.... not worth it. Where it would have become a lot more challenging in a 2WD is when the road turned into creek bed. Still VERY driveable... and much safer than the washout, but definitely a higher clearance situation. Were it not for the washout... we would have kept going.... this is the kind of exploration we crave, but not at the risk of certain death.
Seeing you yank that tree makes me want a winch...and aftermarket bumper. Damnit. I already want a different rear bumper with the swing out tire. Now I have to get a front one😂
Yeah.. a winch is on my wish list...problem is, my wish list is quite lengthy, and a lot of expensive goodies on it. I will say this though... I have ZERO regrets spending the $$ on that bumper!
@@LoveTribeOverland I hear that. I've only had mine for a couple weeks and I've already imagined spending thousands on it. I still need to get the basics done first. Tune up. Take care of some rust, etc... to make it ultra reliable. I did find out that, apparently mines kinda special with a factory locker in the rear and 3.73 gears, which I was wanting anyways💪
@WindwalkerHomestead nice! I've not looked deeply into mine enough... we are very likely going to be doing a Solid Axle swap on it eventually... so it'll be getting all new axles (Dana 44s most likely) and they will have lockers as well
@@LoveTribeOverland that's pretty awesome! I don't think I'll get that hard-core for quite a while, if at all. As long as it can get me out of whatever trouble I'm in, I'll be happy...with a chevy 350 v8, that is💪😎
@WindwalkerHomestead I'm 100% there with you. I don't intend to do anything with my van where these modifications would be necessary, but you'll find as these vans are aging parts are getting harder to find. Already there is no aftermarket source for torsion bars... break one, and you'll be trying to find one in a rusty hulk in a wrecking yard somewhere. Even more so... these vans were never intended to be lifted. Lifting them is hard on steering and suspension parts. CV joints are going to wear faster, Idler arms are notorious fail points... im looking at the SAS swap as a means of getting into more readily available parts, and upgrading to a suspension system that nothing I do will ever break it.
Hey, don't forget the coffee! ☕️ Why yes, I am a smart a$$. 😂
Haha.... it was a rough morning!
When you are out by yourself - when in doubt don't. That is my advice to myself when I'm out alone. I always walk those shelf roads to the next turn around area, backing up really sucks. Nice to see someone experiencing the outdoors with an affordable vehicle and without 25K worth of "overlanding" stuff bolted to their vehicle. And having just as much fun👍.
I am helping a friend build his Astro van, your videos have been helpful
Thanks... yeah I tend to be pretty cautious... not just for the sake of safety, but also a breakdown could be just as devastating...
Im sure that by the time I'm done, I'll be over 25k invested... but I only plan on buying/adding what is useful...and functional.
It is fun and rewarding to set up your vehicle and everything is very expensive. You will find that you are never really done building or learning and that is part of the fun as well@@LoveTribeOverland
Loved the video. Loved the music as well. When erin and i go camping she will literally make a four-six page check list a week in advance and then add to it over the next few days. 99% of the time we get everything we need to camp properly. But even once in a while we miss something. Can't wait Until the next video.
When are you going to go out with us?
Seeing that “road” … uh no way! Nope not worth the risk, that looks like it could be a life lost situation. There will be other roads, safer roads. Beautiful country, our Pacific Northwest. My Astro is a two wheel drive also so no way would I attempt that. Until the next one. 😎🍻
Honestly, I don't even think it would be a 4WD situation. The way to get around would be the same regardless... putting the passenger tires up on the bank a little could probably drive right around it... the big question mark for me was... how stable is the road? I don't much care for shelf roads anyway... but when it is obvious the edge is unstable? Not me... I'm out. I'm sure there are 4x4 guys who are rolling their eyes at me.... and I'm ok with that... like you said, plenty of other roads to explore. One of those situations where you only get to be wrong once.... not worth it.
Where it would have become a lot more challenging in a 2WD is when the road turned into creek bed. Still VERY driveable... and much safer than the washout, but definitely a higher clearance situation. Were it not for the washout... we would have kept going.... this is the kind of exploration we crave, but not at the risk of certain death.
Seeing you yank that tree makes me want a winch...and aftermarket bumper. Damnit. I already want a different rear bumper with the swing out tire. Now I have to get a front one😂
Yeah.. a winch is on my wish list...problem is, my wish list is quite lengthy, and a lot of expensive goodies on it.
I will say this though... I have ZERO regrets spending the $$ on that bumper!
@@LoveTribeOverland I hear that. I've only had mine for a couple weeks and I've already imagined spending thousands on it. I still need to get the basics done first. Tune up. Take care of some rust, etc... to make it ultra reliable. I did find out that, apparently mines kinda special with a factory locker in the rear and 3.73 gears, which I was wanting anyways💪
@WindwalkerHomestead nice! I've not looked deeply into mine enough... we are very likely going to be doing a Solid Axle swap on it eventually... so it'll be getting all new axles (Dana 44s most likely) and they will have lockers as well
@@LoveTribeOverland that's pretty awesome! I don't think I'll get that hard-core for quite a while, if at all. As long as it can get me out of whatever trouble I'm in, I'll be happy...with a chevy 350 v8, that is💪😎
@WindwalkerHomestead I'm 100% there with you. I don't intend to do anything with my van where these modifications would be necessary, but you'll find as these vans are aging parts are getting harder to find. Already there is no aftermarket source for torsion bars... break one, and you'll be trying to find one in a rusty hulk in a wrecking yard somewhere.
Even more so... these vans were never intended to be lifted. Lifting them is hard on steering and suspension parts. CV joints are going to wear faster, Idler arms are notorious fail points... im looking at the SAS swap as a means of getting into more readily available parts, and upgrading to a suspension system that nothing I do will ever break it.