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Make a note of me in Boston for future reference. We'll explore the Vermont Class IV and new Hampshire Class 6 roads. These are old, unpaved routes--some dating to colonial times--that are still legal byways, but have been effectively abandoned by towns and counties. Thus, there's no...

Welcome aboard, Jarhead. You're among the brethren (and sistern). Come up to New England sometime for some seriously rocky roads! (signed) 0311

Take your time, CelticCactus. Get out in the boonies, preferably with a Bronco club, or even an all-makes 4x4 group so you can get to know your horse better, and have support for any mishaps you suffer. Bronco group runs let you check out other guys' trucks and gear, and learn from them. Start...

I got these "Advance Wheel Locks." I park on the street in a Blue city. I'll get getting a rotation done shortly, and will install them then. Pricey --$125 for five + an extra key. The cyillendrical design is supposed to resist vice grips,needle- and 12-point sockets. Each set is milled...

Mabbet mudflaps. I considered RokBlokz and Gatorback. Since a lot of my trail mods were big $$, I figured the Mabbets "will do." I got them on a false sale of about $140. Sure enough, snapped one on the medium-rated Ma Bell trail in Northampton, Mass. Looking online, I saw a set of identical...

Just don't park it on the streets of NYC--It'll get stolen and stripped, fast. Or shipped to the Persian Gulf. Long Island, you say? It'll be quite at home in the Hamptons. :p

I listen to opera with the windows open.

Buy this book! https://www.amazon.com/guide-backroads-trails-FunTreks-Guidebooks/dp/1934838292/ref=sr_1_2?crid=M40ARGF8RGAY&keywords=moab+trail+guide&qid=1704418836&s=books&sprefix=moab+trail+guide%2Cstripbooks%2C100&sr=1-2 You might be aware that a number of Moab trails have been closed. Do...

SesquatenarianSasquatch's Law: The more recovery gear you carry, the less likely you will ever need it.

Don't take them when off-roading. Then you'll know whether you need them or not.

This is a forced-on-you opportunity to think through what kind of driving and off-road treking you might want to do. I find I'm doing much more serious off-roading than I planned when I ordered mine. "So, son, you want a status ride or something more? Think you might want to get onto backroads...

What kind of driving and roads will you do? If you expect to go off-road and reasonably rough sections, then you need mudflaps that will bend or which can be easily removed. I put on rokblokz, which go on and off with thumb screws. Pricey, but for me, worth it. (I drive a SAS and do serious...

I suggest you keep the crossbars installed. I have a generic cargo box which I install close to the passenger side--easier access to my stuff. Keeping the cross bars 1)on the bottom helps support the box's weight and stabalizes things, and 2) I have about half the width of the roof (and Trmx)...

Fewer and fewer places to do genuine overlanding these days. BLM is even closing down established trails! See thread, bottom. When you're up and running, check out the Pony Express Historic Byway in Utah, and on into Nevada. The Byway itself is a well-maintained unpaved road, suitable for...

Concrete bottom makes a big difference.

"Excuse me, sir, could you direct me to the nearest charging station?" Edit/PS: Looking at it again, seriously, it seems that the only tire tracks are the Rivian's. So he was overlanding. I'd love to know the details--was he inexperienced, and recklessly overconfident in his truck? Was there a...

"Stroke of the pen...law of the land...pretty cool," a casual remark attributed to an advisor of a former President.

Message me if you work New England into your plans, we'll go exploring Vermont Class 4 and New Hampshire Class 6 roads. These are historic, even ancient, never-paved roads with rights-of-way but have been abandoned by towns and counties. Rocky and very unpredictable! Very different from Midwest...

Go amber and white. Red and blue are strictly for emergency responders, and use of them is probably illegal in your state.

You present a disturbing truth. The fact is, more remote areas are more accessible to more people. My first off-roading was with a geological outfit in the Sonora Desert in 1965 (summer job): we drove IH Scouts off-road, and a wild adolescent bunch we were! We rode rough-shod over everything...