Recent content by Gizzard Stone

THE Build has BEGUN! I've begin the process of building out this trailer into an Overlander. Getting new springs and axles and hubs with brakes to run 16 inch 4Runner wheels with 265/75R16 tires, same as our 4Runner. Might be done as early as this week. Then I need to add back the fenders and...

Nevada is a cool place to explore. For our first trip of the new year we went out to Winnemucca Dry Lake to explore the relics there. There's the MGL Mine and Mill on the west slope of the Nightengale mountains. That was a neat spot. You can 4x4 up the canyon to the mine site. Further...

Thanks for checking this out! Episode one post is here: https://gizzardstone.com/mojave-road-part-1/ the ExPo thread is here: Mojave PreserveFamily Overland Adventure or on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iobIllAoXs -M

Looks rad! I'll subscribe and watch these over beers this evening. -M

A water trough. A cattle chute. An old fence. Weathered foundations shorn to the ground by time. So much of the West is notable for the either the landscape, or the marks left on it by the ebb of civilization. We start our second day on the Mojave Road, in the Mojave National Preserve with...

Thanks! Definitely worth it and a fun trip. In part 2, we divert south off the road and see some cull stuff and drive Foshay Pass which is as cool, but more remote than the Mojave Road. We get back on the MR without missing much. -M

Subscribed, will catch up on your videos. -M

Part 1: The Mojave Road [Route and Resources at the bottom. Click images for more info.] Rocket walked through the deserted cars eyes wide. There was an panel van sitting on it’s frame in the dry wash spray painted like psychedelic a ice cream truck derelict post apocalypse. A stretch...

Funny, I just googled Death Valley Overlanding again and found this thread again. I'm not good at keeping track of my own stuff. Anyway: The trip last year was awesome! We had 2 3rd gen 4Runners, 3 kids, 2 dogs and 4 adults. We went to Titus, Ubehebe, Racetrack, Lippencott, Saline Hot Springs...

Yeah, not sure how it would go through a side wall or radiator unless you are EXTREMELY strong and bad with a shovel. Either way, I never expected "Overkill" and "Too Expensive" to be such major detractors in the overlanding world. I though those and "increases wind drag" were the top three...

Absolutely! However, I cary a Machete as well, just in case. That would be my FLOZD. (First Line Of Zombie Defense). -M

Awesome. -M

Funny, I thought the same thing at first. But then I kept seeing them strapped on to overloading rigs next to the RTT. So I ended up with a credit on PayPal and ordered on up, mainly just as content for the video and a neat truck ornament. It's definitely better for digging hardpan with rocks...

The spikes are pretty strong. The metal is 13 gage. So a bit thicker than a standard shovel. Plus they are embossed for strength. Whether or not they are necessary remains to be seen. For the digging demo in the video, I'm not sure that would ever come up in the course of a recovery, unless you...

If you’ve never spend an afternoon digging a truck out of mud, sand or snow, you might be wondering why so many 4x4s have shovels clipped to the roof or bumper. It might seem like just another dirtbag gewgaw, hood ornament or bumper sticker. Well, as most of us know when you need a shovel...