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Sand ladders can be a major expense when you are outfitting an expeditionary vehicle. Some sand ladders make excellent posing gear and are real overland bling. As soon as you mount expensive sand ladders on your truck, you achieve the status of explorer and world traveler, or so it would...

Every time I fit out a Land Rover for expeditionary travel, I always have to decide whether or not I will get a Hi Lift Jack for the truck. Usually the answer is yes. Here is why. I didn't know about Hi Lift Jacks until I got my first Land Rover 110 in Saudi Arabia. Hi Lift Jacks were...

Many people regard non-electronic compasses as old school and downplay their role in expeditionary travel. After all, we have iPads, GPS, Spot, and lots of electronic wizardy that should make it easy to get from point A to Point B. I have an iPad and GPS units galore with all their magic...

The best compressor for expeditionary travel is the one that works best for you. There are many compressors from which to choose, and your needs are unique to your vehicle and your style of travel. If you are going to drive around the world, it is a good idea to get a compressor that has parts...

Every time I prepare a Defender for expeditionary travel, I always have to decide how I am going to create my dual battery installation. I look at the expensive fancy systems designed for dual batteries, and I ask myself whether this time around I am going to go fancy or go basic. I see the...

On my Defender 130 in Australia, I have Black Widow storage drawers that are awesome. The are strong, hold lots of weight, secure, and they keep out the dust. They were my first choice for drawers on my Land Rover here in the USA. Unfortunately, the drawers are not available at the present...

Deciding how you are going to mount your fridge on an expeditionary vehicle is a major decision that effects how you will store all the other items in the vehicle. The expensive solution is to get a fridge slide. You can put the fridge in an inconvenient location, and slide it out for easy...

I sailed around the world on my sailboat on an eleven year voyage, and I never had anything stolen off the yacht, and I never had anythings stolen during land trips. Expeditionary land travel is different because there are realtively few places to hide/secure high value items in a vehicle. A...

Expeditionary travel requires storage, and the way you solve the storage problem depends on how much money you want to spend, and what fits inside your vehicle. If you get lucky, you will discover affordable storage containers that fit exactly in the available space. There is no wasted space...

Preparing a vechicle for an expedition around the world is like solving a puzzle. The pieces of the puzzle are well-known to all expeditionary travelers, but the size and placement of each piece in the puzzle varies with the experience and priorities of those making the trip. Most adventurers...

Preparing a vechicle for an expedition around the world is like solving a puzzle. The pieces of the puzzle are well-known to all expeditionary travelers, but the size and placement of each piece in the puzzle varies with the experience and priorities of those making the trip. Most adventurers...

I spent a couple of weeks deciding what I wanted to use for flooring on my Brownchurch roof rack. I read through all the threads and considered all options. I really wasn't happy with any of the options as they all are a compromise. Some flooring is too heavy, some split/check, some require...

I spent a couple of weeks deciding what I wanted to use for flooring on my Brownchurch roof rack. I read through all the threads and considered all options. I really wasn't happy with any of the options as they all are a compromise. Some flooring is too heavy, some split/check, some require...

I have a Brownchurch Defender roof rack for sale. It is about 1 year old as best I can determine. The same rack from Rovers North costs $969. http://www.roversnorth.com/store/p-3994-brownchurch-roof-rack-set-def-90-full-length-kit.aspx Here are pictures of the rack before I took it off...

I have a Brownchurch Defender roof rack for sale. It is about 1 year old as best I can determine. The same rack from Rovers North costs $969. http://www.roversnorth.com/store/p-3994-brownchurch-roof-rack-set-def-90-full-length-kit.aspx Here are pictures of the rack before I took it off...

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. In my pursuit of memorable photographs, I continually search for special light and great compositions. Usually reality gets in the way of awesome photos because I don't have the time to wait for the right light for a particular subject that I would like...

When Team Maxing Out sailed around the world on Exit Only, we made a trade wind circumnavigation. The advantage of a trade wind circumnavigation is that we were almost always warm. We dropped our anchor in tropical paradise where palm trees swayed in the breeze and turquoise water surrounded...

OZZIE OUTBACK MURALS - LIFE BEFORE CELL PHONES, TEXTING AND TWITTER I like people in the outback. They are more than good mates; they are real people. What you see is what you get without apologies. Political correctness hasn't made it's way to the outback, and I hope it doesn't make a...

Every night on your Ozzie Adventures, you look up in the sky and see the southern cross. The center of the cross is the location of the celestial south pole, and the height of the cross above the horizon is your latitude in the southern hemisphere. If you want to see the Southern Cross in the...

When I was driving around Australia in my Defender 130, I saw a lot of kangaroos wiped out by road trains. My son and I wrote a song, "Every Time You See A Road Train, There's One Less Kangaroo. Have a listen: http://www.maxingout.com/RoadTrainExplanationMP3.mp3 My son is a musician, and he...