Overlanding and Offroad articles

Quick Facts: Topic: Search and rescue insurance and medevac plans for US overlanders Search and rescue: Colorado teams charge nothing; New Hampshire, Utah, Oregon, and Hawaii allow bills in set cases Air ambulance median charge: $36,400 by helicopter and $40,600 by fixed wing (GAO, 2017 data) Garmin SAR 100:...

Quick Facts: Story: A Ford F-150 production disruption at two plants, reported Sept. 25, 2026 Dearborn Truck Plant: All F-150 crews canceled from Thursday, Sept. 24, through Tuesday, Sept. 29, per a Ford memo seen by Reuters; the UAW says through Sept. 30 Kansas City Assembly: 15 F-150 shifts...

Quick Facts: Topic: Jeep Wrangler storage sorted by how often you reach for each item. The three tiers: every drive, every trail and emergency only. Why it matters: loose cabin gear turns into a projectile in a hard stop, crash or rollover. Cargo space behind the rear seat: 12.9...

Quick Facts: Topic: Why auxiliary lighting makes airborne dust harder to see through Real mechanism: Backscatter, governed by beam width and lamp height Color effect: Comfort only, because dust scatters every visible wavelength alike Best fix: SAE fog lights mounted low, below your eye line Fog beam limit: 485...

I've hammered my truck down hundreds of miles of washboard roads over the past decade. I've learned most of what I know the hard way: loose bolts, rattled gear, a cracked bracket on a rock slider, and one memorable afternoon diagnosing a mystery vibration that turned out to be...

Quick Facts: Topic: Wood stove vs diesel heater for hot tent camping, run in the Bereg UP-5 and UP-7. Wood stove heat: Radiant. A HuntTalk field test pushed a tent past 120°F with a 160°F peak. Diesel heat: Forced air. The same test peaked at 65 to 70°F at...

Quick Facts: Topic: Colorado ghost towns you reach by dirt road or 4x4 trail Towns covered: 10, ranked from easiest to hardest drive Easiest stop: St. Elmo, a passenger-car drive at 10,000 feet Hardest stop: Holy Cross City, where the Forest Service warns stock vehicles to stay off the...

Quick Facts: Vehicle: 2028 Jeep Grand Cherokee (WL generation), per a MoparInsiders source report. Reported engine: 3.0L twin-turbo Hurricane inline-six, Standard Output tune. Expected output: About 420 hp and 468 lb-ft, the current Grand Wagoneer rating. Old HEMI output: 357 hp and 390 lb-ft from the 5.7L V8 in...

Quick Facts: Product: Wasatch Lite V2 aluminum hardshell rooftop tent, by Sterling Adventure Co Type: Full-aluminum hardshell wedge, sleeps two Open size: 83" L x 51" W x 52" H Closed size: 83" L x 51" W x 4.7" H Weight: 96 lbs shell, roughly 105 lbs fully loaded Mattress: 2" high-density memory foam, 78"...

After decades of camping and overlanding across the American West, I've watched more people buy the wrong-sized trailer than almost any other gear mistake. Some load a compact trailer beyond its limits three trips in and wonder why the axle is groaning. Others drag a full-size rig through tight...