Tips and tricks of the trade
Posted by InternationalDog5719@reddit | overlanding | View on Reddit | 3 comments
I'm just getting into the overlanding thing, and I have a 1999 GMC Sierra single-cab 1500. I just got a permit to drive on and fish at my local beach state park (Island Beach for jersians), so I got a 2-inch rough country leveling kit and threw 34 in Falken Wildpeak at3w. I'm looking into buying a bed cap and building some sort of bed frame so I can camp out on the beach with my wife while fishing. Does anybody in the area (or not from the Jersey area) have any tips or advice for someone who really only wants to ramp it up from here and start going to more mountainous places? Yes, I know my state is a joke
fifteenW40@reddit
No real secret sauce. If you have 4WD and good tires and want to head west, find the time, and do it. Find what works for you if you need/want any more modifications. When I started traveling, we brought way too much gear. Now we assess the things we bring after a trip and decide what we don't need again.
I think the best way to ramp it up, is go on a trip and see what else you need—or don't need. Have fun!
Guitarist762@reddit
One of the best things I heard was simply to go out and use your stuff. Write down everything into one list that you stopped and thought “man wish I brought this” while out there.
When you get back lay everything out into 3 piles as you unpack.
One pile is stuff you used and would use again.
2nd pile is stuff you didn’t use at all, but it could be a rough time if you needed it and didn’t have it. Like tools, first aid kit, or recovery equipment. You may not have used it this time, but you should probably still have it with you.
Last pile is stuff you didn’t use at all, and don’t really have a specific use for. Write this down as well, and put a check mark next to it every time you take it out but don’t use it. After 3 check marks stop taking it.
l337quaker@reddit
Don't buy into the "overlander" gear shit. Most of it can be had for cheaper if you do some digging and a vintage Coleman stove still kicks ass.