The Overlanding Thread

lock n roll says... please tell me you swapped it to the proper orientation

 

I did. Thanks to @Casper66 for pointing out the error of my ways. But in my defense, the damn thing didn't come with instructions.

 

I don't think too many people are associating over landing with trail blazing. Most just use the term for what regular outdoorsman do on long trips. Cruise paths that have been around for a long time that are slightly more challenging to pass for a regular vehicle.

You can still easily get a couple of hundred miles away from civilization and be on your own while riding trails.


I still think it's just a brilliantly marketed term for camping haha. But I've got no issue with it.

 

no it doesn't. Half this shit we get either has none or piss poor instructions. I figured it out just researching the hook ups on different sites and i've welded a couple of these on. The hitch orientation was self explanatory as you would never have the weight of the tongue held solely by the safty tabs. We took ours to the top of flag Pole Knob when I got to the top the safty clip for the pin that holds the safety tabs in place was gone and the pin was half out. If it would have been hooked up the way you originally had it we would have come unhooked. As @Calamity_taco also has a LnR I suggest to both of you to contact LnR and get extra clips as the ones they use are fnky and I couldn
t source them locally

 

That summed it up nicely Sir. We just go camping. Sometimes it's down trails but mostly State and National parks.

 

Absolutely.

It's not even that I dislike the term Overland at the core. It's that I feel it's a term which was spun to market a lifestyle towards people and ultimately try to take advantage of them.

To me a company that markets Overland stuff is about the same as a group in Florida who asks you while you're in vacation "Would be interested I. SeaWorld tickets and have you ever looked into time shares sir?"

 

I'm already using a better clip.

 

I agree 100%. We don't label what we do we just go and enjoy ourselves. We were having a "overland" discussion on here last week and somebody asked about what we camp in? I posted a couple of pics and got a negative response and how I was just going for IG points. I have never been on IG we just do what makes us happy and I am not particularly concerned with what others think about it. The flip side to your outlook on the marketing, which I agree with. if it gets people outdoors and they learn how to respect the outdoors I would think that would be a positive.

 

What did you find to put in there other than the spring clip

 

It might just be a regional thing, but it's not seeming like the case, at least out here.

A lot of folks who are new get out into the wood and just leave a mess or upset land owner and get trails shut down. It's a shame.
I'm all for folks getting out doors. We actually have an Issue this year with covid going on which is you can't find kayaks. They're all sold. Everyone is doing stuff outside. I believe peeling folks away from technology and sitting around all the time and getting them into the woods makes for better character. So I'm all for that.


Sucks about the judgement on your rig. It shouldn't matter if it's a tent, rtt, trailer, bed camper, RV with the family. Traveling is traveling.

I ran a rtt tent because I had an 8 hr drive north at 5pm on Fridays after laying in ditches and pipe welding all day. Flipping the rtt was super easy and made camping more enjoyable.

Now I weld from a chair and my time is freed up a bit and I went back to a tent.

Both instance have a bottom line of a means to get I to the woods and that's all that matter.


Sorry for the typos. Fat fingers and small keyboard.

 

LOL I understand the fat finger thing. Mr. Fellow Welder. Your points on the outdoor abuse is well said. We were Girl Scout leaders for many years and have always taught respect for the environment and our use of the outdoors is a privilege. Alot of folks don't get it or sadly just don't care. We have to appreciate what we have. Leave it better than you found it!

 

ya its true they dont come with instructions but when buying it does say truck and trailer side so thats how i figured it out and ya i would say i need more clips but i have 3 of these damn things now so i got a few extra

 

I guess I'll throw up an Overland pics

 

Cool pics

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/car-truck-glamping-pics-specs-with-bs-thread.220278/

 

well for that matter

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/offroad-overland-trailers-whatcha-got.596908/

 

Yea, we used to call it boondocking. I guess that’s to redneck for kids today.

 

OK, I'll bite.

The term "overlanding" is indeed not unique to the US of A. I think y'all need to dig a bit deeper to understand the origins of all things associated with travel and this will involve a lot of history not associated with the brief 200 years the US of A has been in existence.

Once upon a time traveling over the land, as opposed to traveling over water was the second choice for covering long distances. Let's face it, it is a lot easier to float down a river than it is to hack your way through forests. Remember that the concept of roads as we know them today are really a new way to travel; the smooth hard packed roads we know today were, for the most part a product of the 20th century. Until the 1950's the only place there were multi lane "expressways" were few and far between.

Think about the 1700 and 1800's when "Britannia Ruled the Waves". During much of that period of time the European continent was at war with a chap named Napoleon. And that war was fought on every ocean in the world, not just the European land mass. If your ship was allied with one of Brittan's enemy's you were fair game and could be taken; often call legal piracy. At this time, if you were one of Britain's enemies, it was much safer to travel over land than it was to travel over the sea.

And that is, more than likely, where the term came from. Having lived outside the US of A for 20% of my life, mostly in Europe, I am familiar with the obsession a lot of European's have about traveling over land through Africa. Given the close association of the British with Australia, and the geographic realities of Australia that is the other place I have encountered the term when used to discuss traveling over land through Australia.

There is nothing about marketing associated with the term. But, as is normally the case with folks here in the US of A who have not had any experience with what life is like outside of their home county, they have no clue as to what goes on in other parts of the world. And make no mistake, travel through Africa and the outback of Australia is not for the faint of heart. For example, if you cannot change a tire by taking it off of its wheel and putting another tire on the wheel you have no business traveling in the conditions you will encounter; their are not tire repair shops available. Overlanders are considered to be very hardy folks because of the hardships they encounter and the degree of preparation that is necessary for a journey through remote regions of the word; many of which do not have "the rule of law".

We, here in the US of A, live in fantasy land. Canada is on a par with the US as is most of Western Europe these days. Japan come close as do a few other small countries in other parts of the world. But for the most part, the rest of the world is not paved and travel is not for the feint of heart.

So you are right, going camping is not overlanding. But, overlanding is not some slick marketing term that was coined to part you from your money. Personally, my wife and I spent 7 years traveling outside the US of A on motorcycles. At the minute, we still have two of the four bikes we used in our travels, but they are on the chopping block. We are in the process of converting a 2005 Access Cab long bed Tacoma with 65K miles into our next travel vehicle. Having built four motorcycles for this here type of travel I have a bit of a clue as to what we need. The two enemies of every traveler are space and weight. Not enough space and too much weight. We have just started this work and what we will have will look nothing like the vast majority of vehicles that show up on this forum simply because it is not necessary to go to the extremes so many people choose.

It makes no difference what you choose to do. All that matters is that you are doing something that you enjoy, can afford to do it and it makes you happy. Isn't that what life is all about?

Regards,

Jim

 

my definition of overlanding is spending loads of money to live like the homeless for a week or weekend lol

 

My tow rating is 6500. Mine came with the tow pig.
Cool thread. I'm in the process of building a matching camper