We’ve realized how important it is to provide information to more than just English speaking folk - so we’ve installed a translation engine onto the website that will (hopefully) allow more people access. Languages include Italian, Portuguese, German, French, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Bulgarian, Czech, Croat, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Swedish, and finally Norwegian! It will take [...]
We’ve spoken with a number of Overlanders, and the biggest complaint we hear about rooftop tents is keeping them clean. And for some reason it’s the men who don’t seem to care, while the wives just hate sleeping on the scratchy, gritty, sand that collects on the mattress. This short article lists the few things we do to keep everyone in the household happy!
The biggest strength in OziExplorer is its ability to display georeferenced, scanned paper maps. But many really good maps don’t come in the rectangular format that OziExplorer likes to display - there are often city cut-outs, indexes written down a sidebar of the page, legends, and even advertising. Using the moving map feature, your track would run through the middle of these areas, making them useless to you. So, what can you do?
International Travel Maps have some of the best paper maps available for expedition and adventure travel. Based out of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, these guys have been producing maps for over 20 years. This article describes the process we use for calibrating the maps for use in GPS software, and shows how well they actually work.
We’re seeing more and more fully customized CF-28 Panasonic Toughbooks out there, particularly on eBay. Vendors are buying old laptops in poor condition, pulling them apart, and refurbishing them. This article is a quick review of what you might expect to buy.
16′3 NEW Super Fiberglass canoe Kevlar reinforcement
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Do you have the discontinued Garmin GPS 35 TracPak GPS, and you need the manual? OverlandResource.com has a free copy available for download.
One of the issues with a dual battery system is to keep both batteries equally charged. This applies whether you have a 12 volt series system to make 24 volts or more, or if you have a 12 volt parallel system for extra starting power or maybe a secondary power system for recreational use. This article describes how to charge two batteries so that both of them are charged the same.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
For true international coverage, the Iridium 9505a satellite phone will do you well. It is a compact and lightweight unit, and with the Iridium service is easily expanded as a data connection.
Having the security of calling anyone, anytime, internationally around the world can be really important. It might to for a lifesaving call for help or just to update family and friends of your travels. As the cost of the service plans come down, satellite phones have become ever popular. Globalstar is one of the few industry leaders with a network of 48 satellites covering more than 80% of the earth’s surface.
Along with the ever-growing article archive, we are now listing eBay products that we have either bought or have researched and consider valuable for overland expedition travelling. Visit our Product Listings to see what’s there. eBay has been a great online resource for us in our trip preparations so we though we’d share [...]
Part of expedition travelling is about taking time from our regular lives to take on the world outside. One of the things we need to consider when doing this, is how we’re going to give back to that world, the one far from home, the one where people have not and have less. This article discusses some ideas you could consider.
Hi-Lift Jacks have been around forever, and are probably the first staple in recovery equipment. Everyone needs to have one, and once you know all the ways that you can use them, you’ll find it an invaluable addition to your gear.
Keeping your valuables secure from theft in your vehicle is a huge issue for anyone, but even more so when you’re on a expedition and away from home. Tuffy has an excellent track record and a lot of really great products customized for various vehicles.