Wagonofdoom - 2015 Outback build
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justcuz
Explorer
Kudos to you on modifying your OB.
While not everyone's cup of tea, as long as it accomplishes your goals and makes you happy, so be it.
A lot of what people now call overlanding, was simply camping not many years ago.
I don't even consider the Mojave Road or similar dirt road based trips to be overlanding. A dirt road is still a road.
With tread lightly and conservation of our outdoor environment, overlanding these days is done mostly on foot or horseback. You may be doing a bit of overlanding in Death Valley, navigating the washed out areas of some of the roads damaged by last months rainstorm, if they haven't been fixed already, but true vehicular overlanding is rare these days.
Gone are the days you can drive up the side of Pikes Peak like Chevrolet did to advertise the 1957 4 wheel drive pickup. That to me was true overlanding, pick a point and get there, no roads just dead reckoning.
I am not endorsing a blanket return to the old days and I even believe some access to horses and people should be restricted. Horse and hiking trails, to me are not much different than a dirt road from a visual standpoint.
I have seen places where vehicular travel has been restricted and hikers have left it more of a mess then people with vehicular access ever did.
While not everyone's cup of tea, as long as it accomplishes your goals and makes you happy, so be it.
A lot of what people now call overlanding, was simply camping not many years ago.
I don't even consider the Mojave Road or similar dirt road based trips to be overlanding. A dirt road is still a road.
With tread lightly and conservation of our outdoor environment, overlanding these days is done mostly on foot or horseback. You may be doing a bit of overlanding in Death Valley, navigating the washed out areas of some of the roads damaged by last months rainstorm, if they haven't been fixed already, but true vehicular overlanding is rare these days.
Gone are the days you can drive up the side of Pikes Peak like Chevrolet did to advertise the 1957 4 wheel drive pickup. That to me was true overlanding, pick a point and get there, no roads just dead reckoning.
I am not endorsing a blanket return to the old days and I even believe some access to horses and people should be restricted. Horse and hiking trails, to me are not much different than a dirt road from a visual standpoint.
I have seen places where vehicular travel has been restricted and hikers have left it more of a mess then people with vehicular access ever did.
freshlikesushi
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I have no idea how this applies to this thread at all
muddyluxury
Observer
Grant, could you share a link to more photos or post some more photos of the rear swing out? I'm looking to do something similar. The wife's only rule was to keep the GC a little less redneck than my last one. Too that end I want to make things low profile and removable.
Thanks and keep up the good works, the Subi looks great!
Thanks and keep up the good works, the Subi looks great!
freshlikesushi
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what exactly are you wanting. I put a decent number of pics up
hey sushi, what's that thingy hanging in front of the left front tire?
freshlikesushi
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washer fluid tank. ill replace it eventually
freshlikesushi
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So much fun to be had!
Trying out some new tires
Atturo Trail Blade XT came out in a 235-65-17, so i figured lets do it!
http://www.atturo.com/moto/trailbladext
Trying out some new tires
Atturo Trail Blade XT came out in a 235-65-17, so i figured lets do it!
http://www.atturo.com/moto/trailbladext
freshlikesushi
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quoted at 29. So actually the same as my AT3s
freshlikesushi
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So the tires are a bit louder than the AT3s, but it was pretty much expected given the much more aggressive tread pattern.
WagoneerSX4
Adventurer
Why the change from the AT3's? Just for a more aggressive tread pattern? I'd imagine the AT3's outperforming the vehicle.