Overland up the NC coast?

grapehead said:
I know nothing specific about either trail mentioned, but I feel like it should be doable in an XJ or buggy just fine.
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Its not that these trails are too rough for those vehicles, its fact that the trails mentioned when done in one stretch put you away from civilization for days at a time. This means no gas stations, restaurants, hotels, parts houses, or walmarts. Essentially you are off grid if you do it correctly. Now, how many people actually do it correctly or all at once is another questions altogether.
 
shawn said:
Truth. The Jeep doesn't have a Engel refrigerator or an elaborate fold out kitchen, and is thus unsuitable for travel durations longer than two hours.
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Well that's BS I just made a one way 502 mile 9.5 hour trip to OBX in mine. Actually 2047 miles in 17 days of off-road vacation.
 
superman27344 said:
Its not that these trails are too rough for those vehicles, its fact that the trails mentioned when done in one stretch put you away from civilization for days at a time. This means no gas stations, restaurants, hotels, parts houses, or walmarts. Essentially you are off grid if you do it correctly. Now, how many people actually do it correctly or all at once is another questions altogether.
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grapehead said:
I know nothing specific about either trail mentioned, but I feel like it should be doable in an XJ or buggy just fine. People worry too much and overprepare, to the tune of many thousands of dollars. Which is why it's a lucrative segment of the offroad market.

I drove the Dalton Highway in a VW Jetta, with nothing at all that said overlanding on it.
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The Dalton Highway has to be worse than what they are talking about. I've made it to Deadhorse and camped a couple days then back to work in Fairbanks.
 
StretchASU said:
T-A-T trips are regularly done on dual sports...... I'll take a 2014+ Triumph Tiger 800XC.
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Can't be done one anything less than a Katoom 1290 adventure (BMW final drive issue) or KLR with milk crate!
 
shawn said:
I guess you've never heard of Mark Smith....?
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No I haven't, and yes, I pulled the first pics from the first google article I found...what year did those racks and gear come standard on Jeeps???

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I'd love to see a stock XJ get through this too...
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Five stock CJ7s completely dismantled your shitty argument, and the best you can muster is that the roof rack wasn't a factory AMC option?

That's weak.
 
UTfball68 said:
No I haven't, and yes, I pulled the first pics from the first google article I found...what year did those racks and gear come standard on Jeeps???
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Don't need those racks on a buggy. Don't need them for the T-A-T either.

But since you offered...I'll take a replica of Greg Norton's M&M Fab buggy minus the rear seat. I would guess somewhere right around 30 days to complete the trip. Only because if you're offering to foot the bill for someone to prove you wrong, we might as well do it in style. I'd hate to do it on an adventure bike that can barely hold more than a few days worth of clothes, a tool kit and some extra fuel.
 
shawn said:
Five stock CJ7s completely dismantled your shitty argument, and the best you can muster is that the roof rack wasn't a factory AMC option?

That's weak.
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The argument was what gear it would require to do it...remember 'overlandig was created to sell parts' or something like that...not that stock height vehicles couldn't 'overland'. Looks like that gear on those pics are pretty specific to what your example is doing.
 
UTfball68 said:
Chances are pretty good a buggy or stock-ish Jeep couldn't hang on a 6 month PanAm trip, just like an overland rig wouldn't do as well as the buggy in Moab.
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UTfball68 said:
The argument was what gear it would require to do it...remember 'overlandig was created to sell parts' or something like that...not that stock height vehicles couldn't 'overland'. Looks like that gear on those pics are pretty specific to what your example is doing.
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Why can't you just admit that you were fucking wrong?
 
shawn said:
Why can't you just admit that you were fucking wrong?
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Because it was never about the type of vehicle used, clearly, since I used two extremes. It was about you guys saying specific gear wasn't required and a money grab.
 
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orange150 said:
@Lizooki look at what you started
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No chit! Sorry for disturbing the Force!
Jeez guys!
Truthfully, I'm not wanting to become an overlander ...... besides they RREEAALLYY look down on Samurais.
Not enuff room to carry the kitchen sink.

I guess "expedition" would be a better word.
What I want to do. Drive to NC coast from one end to the other.
Coleman stove, tent, angry fed up wife included. (so this may NEVER happen, lol)
Hit the beach when ever possible ... see the stuff typical vacationers don't.
Hit as many of the public State ferries as possible ... actually want to hit them all.
Do it in a week or so ...... or even break it up into 2 trips.

All from the "comfort" of my Samurai.


Matt
 
Lizooki said:
No chit! Sorry for disturbing the Force!
Jeez guys!
Truthfully, I'm not wanting to become an overlander ...... besides they RREEAALLYY look down on Samurais.
Not enuff room to carry the kitchen sink.

I guess "expedition" would be a better word.
What I want to do. Drive to NC coast from one end to the other.
Coleman stove, tent, angry fed up wife included. (so this may NEVER happen, lol)
Hit the beach when ever possible ... see the stuff typical vacationers don't.
Hit as many of the public State ferries as possible ... actually want to hit them all.
Do it in a week or so ...... or even break it up into 2 trips.

All from the "comfort" of my Samurai.


Matt
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Yes Matt this would be good I did a large part of the sound side one day coming in from obx on a whim, Not much to see there but I often look at maps and see coastal towns one road in and out and wonder what it is like there.
 
Don't forget that you need to find other cultures to interact with. That's really the most pretentious part that stuck in my head. That is apparently part of the core definition, from the link on the previous page.

Also, they seem to be missing the proper number of giraffe species that must encountered to qualify.

Condescending overlander conversation: "Sorry mate, it doesn't count. You only saw one species of Giraffe, that means you were car camping. Plus your fridge isn't even Lion proof"...

I'm not arguing with anyone in this thread, I'm just amused by the amount of over-defining that things like this create. When there's web sites that act as a field guide to clearly inform you of the difference between different types of camping and offroading, you can't help but laugh.
 
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My apologies folks, I see the err in my thought process. Just swing by the local KMart, grab a cheap cooler/sleeping bag/tent (don't want to overpay for rebranding) and you'll be universally equipped for any and all wheeling. Imagine all the money the guys on this forum are going to save, knowing they don't have to build a rig for a specific style of wheeling any more.
 
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