Combat Crawler + Commando decals, with the Oscar Mike styling, should be worth extra points.Quote:
Originally Posted by teleee
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Combat Crawler + Commando decals, with the Oscar Mike styling, should be worth extra points.Quote:
Originally Posted by teleee
The spare tire fanny packs are one of the things that really cracks me up. Haven't seen that much before, but I guess it's becoming a trend? Also, like that Sprinter doesn't have enough room inside for like, well, ALL that stuff?! As a former owner of a Sprinter 4x4 work van, I find the whole GOTOS on the Sprinters particularly comical. Those things have so much freaking room inside. Would swallow up long lumber and extension ladders like a boss. These guys have hot tubs, huge leather sectional couches, and jumbo flatscreen TVs getting in the way or something that they have to tack literally everything on to the exterior?
This is modern "campers" in a nutshell (Pete's trailer from a Goofy Movie):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxd-tF1wHa4
Out of all the stuff people buy to hang on their cars that will probably never get used or could be stored on the inside of their bug out vehicles, the spare tire back pack is not something I’m going to make fun of. Especially if it is being used for its intended purpose. Especially these days. Yes, I own and use one.
They are primarily for garbage transport and every time I see one, I think some might actually be practicing pack it in, pack it out principles. Around here, with all the new “outdoorsy” people, there is trash and human shit all over anywhere close to a road. I have one of those old people can grabbers and a small spade in my Trasharoo so when I get to where ever we want to camp, I spend a few minutes scooping the human and dog shit from around the camp so my dog doesn’t eat or roll in it. Then I spend a few minutes can grabbing the litter so I don’t go the whole night staring at trash and being pissed about how lazy our society is. No way do I want to store someone else’s shit and toilet paper inside my vehicle on a trip. I used to bury that stuff but lately I’ve found that it’s getting hard around dispersed sites to turn up dirt without turds already there.
We’re a gross society. Plus those backpacks make fine firewood foraging collectors when you see something worth burning and you pull over quick and throw a couple pieces of wood in the backpack.
Really a good accessory for leaving things better than you found them. I wish all these new overlanders and RVers would spend the $50 on the backpack instead of the $300 on traction plates or more off-road lighting.
But mine also doesn’t live on the back of my car getting sun faded and brittle. It’s only on if we’re going car camping and then it gets sprayed out and stored when the trip is done. I’ve walked by some of those in town and they stink.
I agree that in theory those backpack trash bags are a useful idea - but what do you do when camping where there are bears? Do you move that bag every night inside the vehicle? (and every time you leave the vehicle unattended?) Even raccoons will get into that.
20 mm ammo can and compactor bags for trash if we’re somewhere with scavenger issues. But if there were scavenger issues with poop, I wouldn’t have to scoop it up.
So, are all of these things strapped down on the exterior locked somehow? I would think if one of those vehicles came through Portland it would be stripped clean by morning.
Right? Or any other big city worthy of the designator.Quote:
Originally Posted by alembical
I like the $190 Kryptonite chain that's looped through the handle of a $15 shovel. The apparently small solar panel attached to the Packasport is an interesting choice. Seems like there would be plenty of more protected real estate elsewhere on the roof. To Montucky's point - how much shit really needs to go on the outside/top with such a big vehicle?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tap
And the sticker game is telling - POW+Winter is Coming, generic trout and likely-misappropriated old Buffalo Bills decal? This guy plays hard.
It might be a reminder to lock the bike when it's on that rack. If it's right there you can't forget easily.
I still love that you rallied and embarrassed the wife.Quote:
Originally Posted by teleee
Haha, yup. "Hey, I know! Let's 'Protect Our Winters' by directly knocking off like 10 mpg off our hudge van by relieving it of whatever aerodynamics it had left and toting around an extra 10K lbs of overland equipment all the time in case we have to make that arduous trek to the Whole Foods!" Great logic there, genius Sprinter driver.Quote:
Originally Posted by alpinevibes
Careful, you’ll upset the fan boisQuote:
Originally Posted by MontuckyFried
saw a POW sticker on an track hoe yesterday at work wanna take a photo but I don't post personal photos on line
does that help cut back on the blue diesel smoke coming out of the exhaust on a cold morning?
Clearly.Quote:
Originally Posted by abraham
But homey has a $3,000 bike rack setup ( https://www.sprinterstore.com/produc...oor-bike-rack/ ) and I guarantee you he'll never forget to lock up the Yeti/Pivot/Ibis/S-Works he hoists up there.
I spied the this 16pt gem again and got a front view.Quote:
Originally Posted by alpinevibes
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Apparently it’s a rental that some locals have as a business to honeypot the GOTOS wannabe crowd for $500/day. https://www.aspenjeeps.com
I’m guessing they’re making pretty good money with the shitload of people coming here. Bravo!
you been to whole foods lately? It can get dangerous...Quote:
Originally Posted by MontuckyFried
$500 a day to rent a jeep?
Fack
Still cheaper than renting a Honda Fit in Montana these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Core Shot
Dadumching!Quote:
Originally Posted by MontuckyFried
Sorry I’m not getting more than eight-nine points.Quote:
Originally Posted by alpinevibes
Big ass front bumper
Winch
Light bar on bumper
Big ass tires
RTT
water and gas cans
Top rack
What else?
Some of the stuff is hard to see, but below is what I spied back in May. There's a full size spare mounted up underneath the RTT on the rack/exoskeleton surrounding the truck bed. I think it's actually 14 w/ the 3pt wooden shovel, but the full body rhino liner paint job should count for something.Quote:
Originally Posted by TBS
- Shovel (old-school wooden shaft +3 points)
- Square flat water jugs
- Fuel can
- Traction plates
- Winch
- Add-on lights
- Vehicle mounted tent
- Fire wood
- Custom bumper
- Solar panels
- Wheel jack
- Black rims
- Obvious lift kit+chunky tires
OK thanks for clarifying
we may have a new leader
Glad someone else thinks a firewood stash is worth points
OMFG that website just reeks of entitled doucheryQuote:
Originally Posted by alpinevibes
I wonder if they charge extra to find/tow the gapers that get stuck or roll over.
I think i would award another .5 point for the writing/graphics on top of windshield with another .5 possible if its about something to do with the rackQuote:
Originally Posted by alpinevibes
What is the black, upside-down wine bottle looking thing? Suspiciously looks like a mini version of the larger 5G antennae popping up all over the place.Quote:
Originally Posted by teleee
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Go back and find the orange Covid response team jeep that BBear found a few pages ago. Some kind of cell phone signal thingie IIRCQuote:
Originally Posted by Nobody Famous
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Any rim size over 17", *maybe* 18", on a supposed trail rig, wrapped with an aggressive M/T or A/T tire is a negative multiplier per inch.
How's that 6" sidewall workin? Air it down often?
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Originally Posted by alpinevibes
No doubt it's very on the nose, but I will say - this a business started by [seemingly normal] locals. At the end of the day, I don't see their advantage-taking as any different than my guide buddy charging $200/person for a 1.5hr "guided hike" on the nature trails in town. Or the skiing company charging you $1200/day for a private lesson+lift ticket+rental for sliding on groomers.Quote:
Originally Posted by TBS
Rich rubes will pay for whatever looks good in a photo and it's up to the rest of us to be the first to profiteer.
I have no problem with locals profiteering off of clueless rich tourons.
And their website has done a good job of marketing to these people. Reminds me of the vibe Talisker was trying to evoke in Park City
I loved the descriptions of the routes people could take in their hi-luxe Jeeps. Sounds like terrain I take my Outback regularly.
LMAO. Yup. I bet your Outback or my old '86 Subaru GL back when I had that have done WAY more off-roading than most "overland" and off-road rigs ever will. Hell, even my buddy's old 80s Toyota Tercel made its way through some hilariously gnarly stuff. No hi-lift jacks or G.O.T.O.S. gear required. Good times...Quote:
Originally Posted by TBS
I wonder how any of us ever made it through teh wilderness without all our fancy, overpriced crap tacked to the outside of our vehicles?! Savage times.
I mean, most of the routes they mention are smooth paved roads.Quote:
Originally Posted by TBS
^^^But they did mention some dirt roads too.
Maybe they can lightly wet the vehicle and sprinkle moondust all over them, especially the back windows, to get a more realistic user experience.
The drive out to Crystal Mill itself is rough but not technical. I was out there last Saturday for a run and it was mostly bros in shiny Tacomas and Wranglers, thinking they were doing some wheeling. Meanwhile a latino guy and his family came bumping by in a 05 Rav-4 and an septuagenarian came rolling out in a ~10y/o Outback. And fwiw, no bros went past Crystal towsnit, to Lead King or Schofield, which would require a real 4x4.Quote:
Originally Posted by TBS
There used to be a fake spray-on mud product, in an aerosol can, for maximum poseur look.Quote:
Originally Posted by bodywhomper
I can picture said bros out there with spotters helping them navigate such 'treacherous' terrain.Quote:
Originally Posted by alpinevibes
That's genius.Quote:
Originally Posted by El Chupacabra
Is Schofield even open? Not sure it is cleared yet.
Not open, and still snow through the top of Lead King as well. I just meant that these guys in kitted out rigs weren't even rumbling around "to see where this goes."Quote:
Originally Posted by Name Redacted
But they were great at kicking up dust a little too fast, rocking the dad hat, rocking the DSLR and a clutching a beer while they said Yes To Adventure.