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A compact shovel, recovery strap, and traction boards are laid out on a table with the text Top 10 Overland Gear Vehicle Kit over the image.

The Top 10: Overland Vehicle Kit


Without a doubt the most common question we get at Expedition Portal is: “What do I need to buy to go overlanding, fourwheeling, car camping, etc?” With the assumption that the goal is exploration and not recreational ‘off-roading’ in a group, this is our top ten purchase list, in order of importance. 

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An overlander uses a hand winch and a high-lift jack to pull a vehicle, with a spare tire mounted on the back of a Toyota truck in an outdoor, off-road setting.

Black Rat Hand Winch

Reasons to Include a Hand Winch with Your Recovery Kit The hand winch provides several key benefits as either the primary extraction tool, or as a compliment to a vehicle mounted electronic winch.  In my experience using the device, it is the unit’s flexibility that proves most compelling.  With the hand winch, the operator has…

A red Toyota pickup truck, built for overlanding, drives on a dusty dirt road in a rocky desert landscape, with large rock formations and mountains in the background under a partly cloudy sky.

2011 Toyota Tacoma TX Pro

Images by the Expedition Portal Team Test Team: Joe Bacal and Scott Brady Introduction: It is difficult to describe how -57 degrees feels, the extreme cold of the arctic winter damaging my lungs with each successive breath. Our team had made camp at the Arctic Circle after successfully reaching the frozen Arctic Ocean via hundreds…