So you’re thinking about a mid-distance, overlanding trip that involves remote, backcountry driving that’s easily reachable from the Mid-Atlantic and accessible for most make and model vehicles—look no further than Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (UP). My daughter (Raegan aka Rae) and I had the chance to get away for a week this summer to take a 2600 mile round trip from Northern … [Read more...]
American Expedition Vehicles (AEV) – Factory Tour
While planning out the routes I’d traverse to and from the Upper Peninsula (UP) Overland 2015 gathering in Michigan, I was determined to carve out a bit of time to visit with the folks at American Expedition Vehicles (AEV) just outside of Detroit. Thankfully everything came together and Kyle Leeds, International Parts Representative, agreed to host my daughter Raegan and I on … [Read more...]
AEV Ono Camp Hatchet – Review
American Expedition Vehicles (AEV) advertises their Ono Camp Hatchet as a Jeeper's best friend, but does it really live up to their marketing claims? When I think of a Jeeper's best friend, I think of Dana 60 axles, a friend with a trailer, HEMI swaps, and big ole' mud tires. Now AEV is known for making some pretty serious equipment (good enough to be used by an OEM … [Read more...]
National Luna LED Light
As a Jeep Wrangler owner, one of the first things you discover when camping in the middle of no-where is that the interior lights of the Wrangler do not provide adequate lighting to the rear exterior of the vehicle. While trying to prepare dinner on a dimly lit tailgate during my first few camping trips, I quickly realized that I needed a lighting solution that covered the … [Read more...]
FOX 2.5 Factory Series Shock Review
Here at DirtRoadTrip we love suspension, so when we saw that FOX had a fully adjustable internal bypass shock with a remote reservoir for the JK, we knew who would be taking our money next. In November of last year we installed the FOX 2.5 Factory Series Internal Bypass shocks on our 2014 JK Rubicon, and they have been nothing but flawless. Over the past 6 months we've put … [Read more...]
