Here is a great article originally posted on Expedition Portal by Scott Brady / September 23rd, 2019. Scott goes into the nitty gritty of what works and what doesn’t when building an Overland vehicle. Keeping things as light and simple as possible are the key takeaways. However, most of us new to Overlanding are guilty of breaking a few of these 10 commandments, myself included.
“An overland vehicle is not perfect when you have added the last possible modification, but when you have taken the last possible modification away. ” –our adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s famous quote.
After a few trips around the world and crossing all seven continents, these are the lessons we have learned (mostly the hard way) about properly modifying your overland vehicle for adventure travel.
Editor’s Note: This article was updated on September 23, 2019.
1) Complexity is the Enemy: Keep the vehicle as simple and reliable as possible, minimizing the number of systems and variables that can fail in the field. Adapt only as required for the vehicle to perform in the environments and conditions expected in your route. Consider the engineering performed by the OEM manufacturer, and how all of the factory systems interrelate. The vast majority of failures we see to 4WDs are aftermarket modifications, and of those, electrical and engine system modifications are the most prone to failure.
Read the rest of the article on Expedition Portal here.
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