Monthly Archives: February 2008

Warn XD9000i Winch

The Warn XD9000i winch is a 9000 lbs capacity winch, typically in 12V (24 V models are available). It is for full-size vehicles – remember to size a winch, you should have approximately 2 times the GVW of the truck.

Lonely Planet’s South America On A Shoestring

The Lonely Planet Guides are one of the most popular guide books on the market today. Their guide to South America on a Shoestring is a great overall travellers guide to South America.

Selling South American Topographic Maps

We are now offering large scale (1:500,000) topo maps of South America for download directly from OverlandResource.com. These are calibrated and georeferenced and come with a complete names database for OziExplorer. The maps are originally produced by the Soviet Military, so they are in Cyrillic.

Learning Spanish On The Road

Do you fear travelling to a foreign country, and not understanding the language? This is how I, a Canadian, learned Spanish on the fly, in real time, on the road. And you know, it was fun. Really fun.

Thule Bar End Caps

It is so annoying when we loose the little details that complete a product. The end caps on Thule roof racks are one of those things – so here they are, if you need them, buy them!