DOTS overbuilt w/ link

"LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com" (limitedtimeonly)
02/16/2020 at 13:45 • Filed to: Overlanding, Tacoma, Dots

Saw this outside Charlotte today, an impressive build that really doesn’t belong on the east coast, but rather in the Baja 1000. Found an article about the build.

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DISCUSSION (13)

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com
02/16/2020 at 13:51

There’s got to be some Appalachian Trails and campsites to take something like that.

Ash78, voting early and often > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com
02/16/2020 at 13:53

I imagine Overlanding in the East is like: Drive 2 miles, accidentally enter private hunting land . Drive 30 miles around private property. Find a state park, pay $30 camping fees. Camp in $75k overlanding rig next to a family who is car camping with a Dodge Caravan. Instagram the sunrise over the local go-kart and minigolf spot. as you dodge all the dog shit that other campers neglected to clean up.

#PopulationDensity

DipodomysDeserti > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com
02/16/2020 at 13:53

I think that guy has more money just in patches than I have in all of my camping gear combined.

LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
02/16/2020 at 14:05

Aside from the dedicated OHV (Off Highway Vehicle) parks, there are maybe four or five areas within three hours of Charlotte where some of that capability would be put to use (such as Hurricane Trail west of Asheville). My guess is that the driver was heading to north Georgia based on where it was that I saw him, and could be going to Charlies Creek Road which I was on in my Outback , or Tray Mountain, much of which is definitely beyond my Outback.

LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com > Ash78, voting early and often
02/16/2020 at 14:08

There are a lot of nice National Forests in Western NC, Eastern TN, and northern GA to spend time in, but most of it can be accessed by my Outback. Kind of like when I went down a rough road and was glad to have my Outback, only to find a Corolla there later.

Based on where I saw this truck, probably heading to northern Georgia and the Chattahoochie National Forest.

fintail > Ash78, voting early and often
02/16/2020 at 14:11

Probably not much different in the west within 100 miles of any city. Instagramming is a big part of it. Also get new stickers, because stickers. Look at me damn it, I am rugged, adventurous, and cool! My beard says so, and my mom agrees.

Nothing > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com
02/16/2020 at 14:12

Yikes, I’d choose my nickname a little more wisely.

https://www.outsideonline.com/2391788/tacoma-utah-vandalism-tacomabeast

DipodomysDeserti > fintail
02/16/2020 at 16:14

Depends on the city. There are several very remote areas within fifty miles of me. Thankfully they’re wilderness areas. Having to carry your own gear keeps a lot of the coffee shop lumberjacks away.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go add another Yeti sticker to my Toyota.

jeepoftheseus > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com
02/16/2020 at 16:29

I’ve always thought strapping any tool that can easily break a window or pry open any storage to the exterior was a risky move. Even more so with a vehicle that is likely to be left at remote trailheads (or, equally likely, a parking deck overnight). Maybe I just don’t trust the general public as much as some.

LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com > jeepoftheseus
02/16/2020 at 17:02

I suspect this isn’t intended to be left at a trailhead . . . hikers don’t need something this capable unless they are also looking to wheel. People that I know with stuff like this are using it to drive to remote areas, camp, and drive some more. Maybe a light hike.

One can probably store the tools inside if being left at an airport, I guess.

fintail > DipodomysDeserti
02/16/2020 at 17:07

I should have said “west coast” :)

You can get somewhat remote within 50 miles of Seattle, as the crow flies, but most of the roads could easily be traversed by my fintail, and with the ever-growing population and trendiness among transplants for “hiking” and “outdoors”, you probably won’t be terribly far from other people even when seemingly in the middle of nowhere. Coffee shop lumberjacks, I like that - a significant demographic here. Load up that lifted Barbie Jeep with clip on angry eyes and a compass rose-style sticker, depart the office campus or townhouse parking area and become Grizzly Adams .

jeepoftheseus > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com
02/16/2020 at 17:41

That’s probably true. I guess my point was more that anywhere the truck is left it provides convenient tools for any potential thief. Be it a trailhead, boat ramp , job site, etc. Five minutes with a borrowed shovel and someone could access as much as they would want to carry off . At the very least some expensive damage to glass or bodywork could be done with just an attempt .

I work in insurance so the stuff that we see may bias my opinion on the matter. Even a 2” ball and mount can be slid out of a receiver to bash open a locked tool box.

Ash78, voting early and often > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com
02/17/2020 at 10:46

I love the stretch between the Nantahala and Cherokee forests, personally, And North GA mountain roads always seem so well paved, I’d rather be in a sports car than anything else :)

We just don’t have those huge expanses of public lands they have out West, mainly because we were populated first. Even creating GSMNP was a huge ordeal with the private landowners at the time. But even there, the availability (or lack) of offroading tours like Pink Jeeps show how relatively little there is — apart from just basic Forest Service roads or dirt trails that anyone can handle.

FWIW, Dollywood just started adding Pink Jeep tours to their resort packages. It’s a step...