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    School Bus Canyon and MGL Mine, Nevada (info, video, GPS)

    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...
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    Mojave Preserve Overland Adventure Part 2: Government Holes to Foshay Pass

    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...
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    Mojave PreserveFamily Overland Adventure

    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...
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    Super Shovel by Krazy Beaver

    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...
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    Fenders

    I found some fenders i might use for my project. Check them out: http://www.trailer-fenders.com/single-axle/36x10-single-axle-utility-jeep-style-16-gauge-steel-trailer-fender/ Should fit a 265/75r16 tire. Anyone have experience with them? -M
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    DIY Pop Up Trailer

    Found a guy on YouTube doing a DIY Living Light Pop up style trailer. Check it out: -M
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    Land Ops

    Greetings, I recently went to the Land Ops event at Lake Davis, CA. It was part overlanding, part geocaching and part HAM coms. It's basically wargaming a search and rescue operation. Getting the lay of the land We went out in teams and were given coordinates to find by Net Control which...
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    Death Valley Family Overland Adventure

    For spring break this year we went on a overlanding adventure in Death Valley National Park. There were two 3rd generation Toyota 4Runners, 4 adults, 3 little boys and 2 dogs. We did almost 200 miles of dirt driving and two nights spent dry camping in the remote north end of Death Valley...
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    Potential Off Road Trailer Build / Conversion

    Greetings, I have a trailer that has been in the family for 20+ years. It's an Aerotow, which was fairly wide spread back then. We used to see a lot of them in CA. My parents bought it in Bakersfield, CA for towing behind our '83 bronco. We did a lot of camping in that setup and a family of 5...
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    Day trip to the Lagomarsino Petroglyphs, Storey County Nevada

    TL,DR: The Lagomarsino Petroglyph site is easy to get to if you have a proper 4 wheel drive vehicle. It’s about 9 miles out Lousetown Road from SR 341 (Geiger Grade Road) Near Virginia City in Storey County, Nevada. Thousands of petroglyphs, lots of mud, your phone won’t work, don’t mess around...
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    Death Valley Overlanding

    Planning a Death Valley trip for spring break with my wife and two boys. Route is Mesquite Spring to Ubehebe Crater to Race Track, to Lipencot Road to Saline to Steele Pass to Eureka Dunes. Here's the map. Only thing I'm not sure of is Fuel. If I come in from 95 (from Reno) then Tonopah is the...
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    SUV Trunk Cargo Box for Overlanding

    Greetings, Seeking input on a project for the upcoming Overlanding Season (Nevada). I have a 4Runner and two kids and a dog and we don't want to pull a trailer. So I have the rear cargo area and a Yakima Sky Box. All of the sleeping gear and most of the clothing fit in the SkyBox. I have a...
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    Quick Trip to Virginia City The Hard Way

    This summer I decided to introduce the family to overlanding with some short trips to some local destinations. We live in Reno so there are a few cool places that are worth seeing and require a 4x4. Virginia City isn't one of them. Worth seeing, yes, but there are 2 paved roads to get there...
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