Chris In Milwaukee
New member
Good morning everyone,
I'm currently driving a 2011 Ram 1500 Outdoorsman. Best vehicle I've ever owned. Love it!
I've just recently run across the concept of overlanding, and I'm totally enamored with the idea of it. YouTube and I have had a standing date every night to watch everyone's adventures with their vehicles, traveling the countryside and enjoying all it has to offer. One thing that I've noticed is that if you really want to get into the thick of it, a wide, long wheelbase heavy beast like mine doesn't seem as well suited to it as the folks in the Jeep community look to have it. Having been watching series from 4xOverland, Lifestyle Overland, Trail Recon, and most recently Eddie and JL Journal, I can't help but think I need a JL!
I'll be scouring the forum to see what there is to learn, as well as following everyone's adventures in Jeep-dom. It may be hard to let go of my posh Hemi heavy, but I'm open minded and ready to give the Jeep a go. While the Rubicon and Moab are amazing looking vehicles, a friend who drives a JK suggested I buy a Sport and make changes to that instead of an expensive model. Jury is still out on that.
And as a side note, I *really* appreciated Eddie's video on the underside tour of the JL. I had some questions about the systems that no other resource seemed to have an answer for. Thanks for taking the time to introduce us non-users to your hardware!
~Chris
P.S. - I'm duplicating some of this post in another area since some folks may ignore the "wave" section and dive into the good stuff
I'm currently driving a 2011 Ram 1500 Outdoorsman. Best vehicle I've ever owned. Love it!
I've just recently run across the concept of overlanding, and I'm totally enamored with the idea of it. YouTube and I have had a standing date every night to watch everyone's adventures with their vehicles, traveling the countryside and enjoying all it has to offer. One thing that I've noticed is that if you really want to get into the thick of it, a wide, long wheelbase heavy beast like mine doesn't seem as well suited to it as the folks in the Jeep community look to have it. Having been watching series from 4xOverland, Lifestyle Overland, Trail Recon, and most recently Eddie and JL Journal, I can't help but think I need a JL!
I'll be scouring the forum to see what there is to learn, as well as following everyone's adventures in Jeep-dom. It may be hard to let go of my posh Hemi heavy, but I'm open minded and ready to give the Jeep a go. While the Rubicon and Moab are amazing looking vehicles, a friend who drives a JK suggested I buy a Sport and make changes to that instead of an expensive model. Jury is still out on that.
And as a side note, I *really* appreciated Eddie's video on the underside tour of the JL. I had some questions about the systems that no other resource seemed to have an answer for. Thanks for taking the time to introduce us non-users to your hardware!
~Chris
P.S. - I'm duplicating some of this post in another area since some folks may ignore the "wave" section and dive into the good stuff
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