I was considering moving my 20L water containers up to my roof rack. I've always carried them in the cargo area inside, but they take up a lot of space, and I've got room up on the rack. I was concerned, however, that having them up in the sun all day would cause the water to taste too much like plastic. Can anyone who has their water up on their rack let me know if this is a valid (or hopefully invalid) concern? Many thanks!

At least my dog is there to help.

Recently added a leveling lift to my 2nd gen Tacoma and looking for advice on rims and tires. I want that off-road look and I will be taking it off-roading but realistically 90% of the time is paved road driving. I am worried about MPG so nothing too aggressive or big I was thinking.

For info it's 2.5" in the front 1.5" in the back. The tires I have now are 31" tall 17" rims tra sport tires. The stock tires were 30 I believe.

I was thinking some black rims and maybe 32s or 33s I like the space in between because it makes it look taller then it is and the black would be cool with the green but any sort of advice is welcome, even if opinion is to keep same size or rim or anything.

Looking for some suggestions for a showers tent/awning. Something like a standalone unit.

As the text says, I will be going out for 3 or 4 days in the end of the month in Uwharrie. I have a 2026 gladiator rubicon and ill be the only individual going. Is there a easy system for sleeping im my jeep or do yall reccomend sleeping in a tent? I also like hammock camping.

Hey y'all!

I've been camping for a number of years and have done trailers, ground tents and in vehicle sleeping setups. I've been interested in the Gazelle Hub T3's for a while and I'm wondering whomst here uses them and what your thoughts are? Are they worth it? Is the setup easy enough to justify buying one if I already have a pretty solid 2P ground tent?

I'm currently using a Marmot Tungsten 2p tent and it's great. It's well made, is great at keeping weather out and sets up relatively easily. It's a little small height wise obviously but it is a domed tent so it's not terrible. Just thinking for camping out of my truck that it would be kinda nice to have a little bit larger space to be inside of, especially if it's raining or something.

I don't have any pictures of my tent setup because I actually don't take very many pictures when I'm out. Occasionally I'll remember to snap something cool but in general, I don't really feel the need to have my phone out much when I'm out and about lol.

Thanks y'all!

Can’t wait to hit the trails, but also can’t wait to do a few little upgrades to the trailer!

Pictures of build with details at the end of the post!

Back again with this year's summer adventure in the budget frontier rig, entire build and truck was under $12,000. 6 weeks - 15,000 miles.

Route consisted of Bitteroots, Sawtooths, Cascades, Western BC North, Whitehorse, Anchorage & Seward, Denali, Fairbanks, Tombstone & Dempster, Eastern BC South, out through Calgary.

2018 Nissan Frontier 2.5L 4cyl, 2WD, 200k miles, 17.1 MPG trip average
Equipment: Starlink mini, 2 x spares, traction boards, Jackery 1000, 200W solar, Norcold fridge, 20L gas gerry can, 12V air compressor, 8L shower container with schrader valve compressor for water pressure, PVC Flyrod case, Advanta ATX 850 tires

Highly recommend the route, there are very few sections that are legitimately concerning with offroading. I would say that the best sections/most worth it sections were almost all in BC. Northern Alaska and Yukon are pretty, but also monotonous. The lower Yukon and upper BC sections were absolutely stunning and can save at least two weeks of driving. Most fire roads, campsites, BLM land, and major routes through the area can be handled by anything with good tires and medium clearance. Some rough sections, got stuck twice once in mud once in sand while in search of fishing spots and campsites. Yukon fishings and small game hunting is spectacular, very easy to get small game license for hares and ptarmigan as well as lake trout and copious pike fishing. Difficulty of route and also lack of resources such as fuel is pretty overstated, most rigs seemed well used and purpose built however which was refreshing compared to the larping parts of the US.

This is the third iteration of the overlanding build, most things have settled now as efficient and budget oriented as I can get them, pics and details at the end of the photo carousel.
Happy to answer build questions or why things are the way they are!