Overlanding and Offroad articles

Quick Facts: Topic: Choosing, sizing, sealing, and mounting overland storage boxes Sizing rule: Measure the space, compare the case's outside dimensions, then check its inside dimensions against your gear Wall loss: Expect up to 3 inches less per inside dimension on small cases, up to 5 inches on roof...

Two overlanders share the same rig. One drops camp at a lake, hikes and fishes for four days, then drives home. The other packs up every morning and covers 60 miles between camps. After decades of overlanding and camping, I've watched both styles produce great trips. However, they demand...

Quick Facts: Company: REO Trucks (REO Industries), a revived American brand based in Dallas, Texas. News: Frank Stephenson's studio, frankstephenson design, will shape all three Runabout models. Lineup: T4X work truck, T4C crew cab, and S4C SUV on one frame. Starting price: $21,500 for the T4X (REO target). Drivetrain:...

Quick Facts: Topic: Search and rescue insurance and medevac plans for US overlanders Search and rescue: Colorado teams charge nothing; New Hampshire, Utah, Oregon, and Hawaii allow bills in set cases Air ambulance median charge: $36,400 by helicopter and $40,600 by fixed wing (GAO, 2017 data) Garmin SAR 100:...

Quick Facts: Story: A Ford F-150 production disruption at two plants, reported Sept. 25, 2026 Dearborn Truck Plant: All F-150 crews canceled from Thursday, Sept. 24, through Tuesday, Sept. 29, per a Ford memo seen by Reuters; the UAW says through Sept. 30 Kansas City Assembly: 15 F-150 shifts...

Quick Facts: Topic: Jeep Wrangler storage sorted by how often you reach for each item. The three tiers: every drive, every trail and emergency only. Why it matters: loose cabin gear turns into a projectile in a hard stop, crash or rollover. Cargo space behind the rear seat: 12.9...

Quick Facts: Topic: Why auxiliary lighting makes airborne dust harder to see through Real mechanism: Backscatter, governed by beam width and lamp height Color effect: Comfort only, because dust scatters every visible wavelength alike Best fix: SAE fog lights mounted low, below your eye line Fog beam limit: 485...

I've hammered my truck down hundreds of miles of washboard roads over the past decade. I've learned most of what I know the hard way: loose bolts, rattled gear, a cracked bracket on a rock slider, and one memorable afternoon diagnosing a mystery vibration that turned out to be...

Quick Facts: Topic: Wood stove vs diesel heater for hot tent camping, run in the Bereg UP-5 and UP-7. Wood stove heat: Radiant. A HuntTalk field test pushed a tent past 120°F with a 160°F peak. Diesel heat: Forced air. The same test peaked at 65 to 70°F at...

Quick Facts: Topic: Colorado ghost towns you reach by dirt road or 4x4 trail Towns covered: 10, ranked from easiest to hardest drive Easiest stop: St. Elmo, a passenger-car drive at 10,000 feet Hardest stop: Holy Cross City, where the Forest Service warns stock vehicles to stay off the...