Expedition Modded Jeeps - Let's see 'em!!
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From: Midwest City, OK
Originally Posted by wvxlt
Can someone explain the pontoons? It looks cool, but how would it help? The tires need to touch the bottom to move the Jeep, unless they added an outboard or something....
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From: WV
Originally Posted by Mark Doiron
I'm on my phone, but if you Google "Jeep round the world trip" you should find their blog pretty quickly. They got to Siberia before the journey died in d unusually heavy snow. They planned to sail across the Bering Strait with the pontoons.
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From: Midwest City, OK
Originally Posted by Mark Doiron
I'm on my phone, but if you Google "Jeep round the world trip" you should find their blog pretty quickly. They got to Siberia before the journey died in d unusually heavy snow. They planned to sail across the Bering Strait with the pontoons.
pny2009.com/
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From: Midwest City, OK
Here's another extreme event involving Jeep JKs--this time only slightly modded Rubis--Winch and special tires (to cope with the glacier ice) ...
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hoehenrekord2007.com/cms/front_content.php?idcat=96&idart=162
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From: joplin, mo
Just watched all of the videos for the accross the world expedition.... and my initial thoughts were proven true I believe..
Did it strike anyone else as more than a little goofy to be dragging that trailer which is bigger, taller, longer, and wider than the jeep thru 3 ft snow, and everywhere else? If I was going around the world, I think I would just take a ferry accross the large bodies of water.. LOL
That stupid trailer was constantly getting them stuck, and eventually was (in my mind) resposible for their failure.. going thru differential gears like candy.
To be honest.. I thought even the jeeps had some really poor choices and engineering for that type of journey... but maybe that's just me
Did it strike anyone else as more than a little goofy to be dragging that trailer which is bigger, taller, longer, and wider than the jeep thru 3 ft snow, and everywhere else? If I was going around the world, I think I would just take a ferry accross the large bodies of water.. LOL
That stupid trailer was constantly getting them stuck, and eventually was (in my mind) resposible for their failure.. going thru differential gears like candy.
To be honest.. I thought even the jeeps had some really poor choices and engineering for that type of journey... but maybe that's just me
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From: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Canada
Local Jk crew had a run exploring Cascade mountains, part of Coastal mountains and had a blast! We hit a Whipsaw trail and ran into 3' of snow in the first 30 kms of the trail! The scenery and wildlife were amazing! here are few pics
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From: Orlando, FL
Originally Posted by 56willyswagon
Just back from a 19,296km (12,060 mile) expedition across Canada and north to the end of the Canadian Road
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From: P.E.I. Canada
I would not want to use anything else, other than a RTT.
Each tent has its benefit. Maggiolina takes a little more to set up.
It must be cranked up, and down.
The tent has no bungie cords on the inside to pull the fabric in as you lower it, so you must push the fabric back in as you lower it.
The fabric breathes great and needs almost no time to dry out in the morning before you pack up and move on.
Something that is very importantant if you are moving each day.