Drobs, & Other Off Road Guy's-
Stumbled across Great magazine last month. "TREAD," A Guide to Automotive Adventure & Outdoor Lifestyle.
Geared towards "Overlanding." Not your typical 4X4 magazine. Very intereseting read. Lots of accessories I had never seen advertised before. Highly modified rigs, Rooftop tents, Cooking set ups, etc. etc.
Highly recommend. 👍
*Re-read my issue yesterday.
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I'll check it out, but the only magazine I buy these days from Walmart or a Book Store, is Guns of the Old West.
I started out in the Overland community after watching hours and hours of youtube Overlanders on my days off in Africa. Springfield, MO has a huge Overlander community to include 2 Overland stores that sell roof top tents and all the expensive gear. There's also a yearly MOORE Overland Expo that is held at the Springfield, MO Fairgrounds. The 1st year I was home, I hung out and hit trails with many local Overlanders. I eventually realized that I like Off Roading more than Overlanding.
It's weird but spending 10 years overseas in austere environments, I now hate camping. I'm tired of being miserable, either too hot or too cold - I want a shower, a toilet, HVAC, and a comfy bed. I've attended 4 Rendezvous in the Ozarks - Overland get together weekends and gotten either a Hotel Room or Air BnB rental house each time.
Camping was more enjoyable when I was younger and living in an apartment. Now that I have a house with land, it really doesn't do anything for me. I will camp out occasionally though. I just have no interest in doing it weekly or for weeks at a time.
I'm a little bit blessed though living 20 minutes away from The Mark Twain National Forest which has some great off roading here in Missouri. Our Off Road Club - the Mark Twain Mafia, is open to all street legal 4wd vehicles and has a lot of Overlanders in it that come down here to camp and hit the trails.
One more small point - Overlanding is expensive. A basic tall soft top Roof Top Tent runs $1000 to $1500. A good hard top Roof Top Tent runs $3000+. You also need to figure about $1000 for a roof rack that will support the weight of a roof top tent. Then figure your tent is going to hit every single branch on the trail. All while making the vehicle top heavy. Also you cant park your roof top tent equipped vehicle in your garage because it's too tall. You're not going to take it on and off your vehicle.
With my 4Runner, I could've slept inside it or carried a ground tent plus all the other crap associated with it. While the 4Runner was pretty good off road, it's a wide heavy vehicle. My light weight, skinny 2 door Jeep is, in my opinion better suited for Off Roading but not suitable for a roof top tent. People do outfit 2 door Jeeps with RTT's though.
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Yeah, I hear you @drobs
Some pretty expensive rigs in that magazine, as well as accessories. Nice to see some taken to the N'th degree.
It is a very well photographed magazine though, as a few of the "Overlanders," make their living in Outdoor Adventure Photography. (As did I.)
Was unaware you had seen it/was familiar with it. You sound like you have more experience "Overlanding," than I do.
All my "Overlanding" experience was with LPC's. (Leather Personnel Carriers.)
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My wife named our truck The Enterprise because it takes us places no man has gone before. And it is very well stocked with "get home safely" equipment.
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