Vehicle-Dependent Expedition Magazine: Overland Journal

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Minimum Recommended Equipment Guide	A list of minimum required equipment for overland travel	Toyota Land Cruiser Association
Trail Rating Guide	A chart for the trail rating found in Overland Journal	Northwest Overland Society
Products and Services	Visit our advertiser page to see a list of links to high-quality products and services for your overlanding needs	Tread Lightly
Websites:		Solihull Society
Expedition Portal	North American Vehicle-Dependent Expedition Forum	Royal Geographical Society
Land Rover Repair Forum	A great resource forum for Land Rover repair and modification	United Four Wheel Drive Associations
Horizons Unlimited	(HUBB) Global Adventure Riding / Dual-Sport Expedition Forum and Resource Site
Adventure Rider	North American Adventure Riding / Dual-Sport Forum
D-90 Source	Forum for Land Rover Defender owners in North America
IH8MUD	Forum for Toyota Land Cruiser owners
Disco Web	Forum for Land Rover Discovery owners in North America
Yotatech	Forum for 4x4 Toyota owners in North America
Expedition Campers	Resource and for 4WD overland campers in North America
Expedition Camper Forum	Global forum for 4WD overland campers
Wander the West	Western U.S. Adventures: Articles, photography, forum, classified ads
Expeditions West	A great resource for vehicle-dependent expedition travel
BajaTaco	Featuring build-articles and travel galleries for Baja and beyond
TerraUltima Expeditions	Professional photography, expeditions and adventure travel based in Chile, South America

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	Doug and Stephanie Hackney: Mitsubishi Fuso FG, Round the World Expedition. Project: Design and build a vehicle to provide year-round, any-climate transportation, living, sleeping, cooking, showering and toilet capability. Vehicle must be built on a reliable, globally sold and supported (parts and service) chassis. Vehicle must be entirely self-sufficient and capable of travel on any surface including off-road, rock, mud, dirt, sand, snow, primitive two-track, gravel and pavement. Vehicle must be capable of water crossings of a minimum of 3.28 ft / 1 m. Vehicle must include integrated self-recovery / extraction capability and global voice and data communications. Primary vehicle and systems must be energy efficient and independent of any external supply except LP and diesel fuel. Vehicle and systems must be maintainable and repairable in developing economies using local resources. Vehicle must be capable of a minimum of 1,000 miles / 1,609 kilometers between fuel stops. Vehicle must be capable of being secured / hardened for RORO / Flatrack shipping. Primary vehicle must carry an integrated separate scout/exploration/errand vehicle, along with spare parts, fuel and repair capability for same. Hackney Travel Website



	Rob & Chris Gray: Exploring Australia in an International ACCO 6x6 ex-Army vehicle For six years Rob and Chris have been travelling in a converted International 6x6 ex-Army troop carrier. Rob did the conversion himself, and being a photographer primarily interested in nature and remote landscapes he worked to a design brief that included being able to live permanently in the wild, with only occasional visits to a town for restocking. Dubbed “Wothahellizat” due to the expression usually voiced when the vehicle is seen for the first time, the truck used to be Australia’s largest and weirdest off-road motorhome. However, after spending three months living in some of the most remote parts of Australia in their FJ45 Landscruiser Rob and Chris decided that they could be comfortable in a smaller vehicle, so on their return Rob dismantled the motorhome body, cut several feet off the chassis, and commenced rebuilding. The specs for both the new and the old version of Wothahellizat are essentially the same, in a nutshell the vehicle must… Be comfortable in all weather, Be able to carry enough supplies for three months and water for one month, Have all electricals running entirely on solar power with occasional use of a small generator in bad weather, House a scout vehicle, specifically a Honda trail bike, Be capable of getting off road, this means good clearances, angles and traction, and the ability to self-recover, Be relatively old and simple technology that can be fixed in the bush, Not look like an RV. Wothahellizat 2 is currently under construction so Chris and Rob are grounded until it’s finished, but by February 2008 they should resume their nomadic life exploring the Australian landscape in a new-and-improved Wothahellizat. Travel diaries, six years of travelling around Australia - LINK Wothahellizat 1: pages, construction diaries, specs, photos, etc - LINK Wothahellizat 2: pages, construction diaries, specs, photos, etc - LINK


	Dave Connors: Expedition Americas An endeavour sponsored by Overland Journal, Expedition Americas is a solo journey from the high deserts of Utah in North America, up to Banff, Alberta, and then down to the tip of South America at Ushuaia. Dave began his adventure on November 5th, 2007 and is currently traveling through eighteen countries in a 1997 Toyota 80-series Land Cruiser. Despite being a solo operation and visiting so many remote locales, he is a diligent blogger, with a new entry every 1.75 days on average for 2008, (though many are short, sent from his SPOT satelite messenger). Expedition Americas Website Take a look to see where he's at: Dave's Blog

Photo Credits: Scott Brady, Dave Connors, Rob Gray, Nathan Hindman, Jonathan Hanson