Now that summer is finally in full swing, here are 5 tips to make sure your next DirtRoadTrip is a success. Here are some words of wisdom that will ensure you don't end up being "that guy" everyone is talking about around the campfire. 5. Plan Ahead You would think this piece of advice would be common sense, but you'd be amazed at how many people we run into on the … [Read more...]
Left Foot Braking: why and when to use it
Unless you daily drive a cab-over dump truck, I doubt many of you reading DirtRoadTrip use your left foot to brake your vehicle. That doesn't mean that there isn't a time and place to do it. In off-road driving there are situations while navigating obstacles in 4-low where using left foot braking techniques can actually help you maintain better control of your acceleration, … [Read more...]
5 Tips for Camping with Your Wife
If you're a reader here, you're probably into spending your weekends camping and hitting the dirt, but if your wife/girlfriend/significant other/girl you're trying to impress doesn't share the same level of enthusiasm, what do you do? So here's DirtRoadTrip's 5 tips for camping with your wife (we're both married now so obviously were experts). 1. Be reasonable in your … [Read more...]
Top Ten Overlanding Tips
10.) Overlanding Not Car Camping Get your terminology right! You want your neighbors and co-workers to think you go on adventures, not siting around a fire eating little smokies. 9.) GVWR Is Just A Recommendation Engineers always incorporate a factor of safety into all of their designs, so don't even think twice when you're loading up your fridge, enough water for … [Read more...]
