A solid group of good friends, industry experts and enthusiasts having a laugh with overland and offroad conversations. Rig talks, trip recaps and more. We are the not so serious overlanders.
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We sit down with our least experienced off-road friend to find out why he still hangs out with us.
We play a rig building game, rate how each other did, banter, and find a winner!
Overlanders arrested, OnX does good things, BYD might be making better cars than what you've been lead to believe, what vehicles can we NOT get but wish we could?
Colin tells the wrong story, and Sean has his first Colorado car scene experiences.
Sean brings some automotive news, from Cadillac and Kia, we forget to do an intro, and what is the ideal first car in these price ranges?
Nissan has some competition for the Forester market, how much better is an XJ than a 100 series Land Cruiser? And, some under rated overland platform ideas you may not of thought about yet.
Ryan Rupcich @readyrig4x4 joins us again for extended stories from his KOH experience and updates us on the build progress of his wild ZR2 Colorado.
Sean, Mike and Colin discuss Mike's most recent vehicle shuffling, some automotive news, what we saw from King of the Hammers, and of course, would you pay money for this?
Sean joins Jesse and Colin from Colorado and releases some automotive news, we oogle at a consignment dealer website, then decide if we would pay money for various trucks.
Sean's final episode in the studio, our Toyota insider gives some info on recent real world developments, winter camp story time, and Sean wont pay money for an ambulance.
Sean joins Mike Colin and Steve from Florida to draft cars from each era, then drops a bombshell on us about a new Ram truck before finding out if we would pay money for a plethora of Suzuki's
Sean Jesse and Colin cover some automotive news, check out some odd builds that we may or may not pay money for, then get into some half baked plans that probably wont ever materialize.
The race that you SHOULD be following, plus, Mike has a coolant leak, Steve nerds out on motorcycles, Colin still hates Subaru's, and to everyone's disgust, Sean picks a vehicle he would have over a Miata.
Luke, Colin and Sean cover some recent automotive news, come up with new podcast names, and Sean tells us about the vehicles of Columbia. Then Mike finally shows up to play would you pay money for this with us.
Jesse and Colin do their best to fool a not on socials Tyson with some fake and some real rig builds from the internet, plus some stories from our most recent outings.
Might be to early to tell at recording but rumor has it Honda could be making moves, Mike has Miata speculations, would you pay money for this!? A quick PRI insider rundown, and opinions on a couple recent YouTube builds.
Sean, Colin, Jesse and Mike form opinions on a wild vehicle recovery tactic performed at an off-road park then do a deep dive on the vehicles that had the biggest influence on who they are today.
Sean and Colin hit the news feed, Sean still has a soft spot for sprinter vans, and two dilemmas finally come to a close.
The crew does their best to stay on the rails after an in studio explosion, Jesse and Colin talk about their wet dune adventure, Sean feels left out, and Steve knows how to pronounce Denio.
Sean has the crew guess what his partners new vehicle is after dropping bombshell news, We get a boots on the ground recap of SEMA, and as the number one midsize truck podcast we check out the all new Kia Tasman.MERCH : https://campfirepassport.myshopify.com
Nissan has a very gimmick based build coming to SEMA, how Ferrari is this Stance Works F40, plus an "offroad" Volkswagen nearly keeps us on the rails. MERCH : https://campfirepassport.myshopify.com
Our take on decorating your vehicle for the holidays, an onx build challenge deep dive, and really cool big cab over trucks. MERCH : https://campfirepassport.myshopify.com
Alex and Ossie from The Fit Garage join us to talk about taking over the shop, troopy builds, a Volvo 6x6, and other Land Cruisers. MERCH : https://campfirepassport.myshopify.com
Sean's got some gripes this week, we talk Alucab's new truck camper, and wonder what ever happened to bed nets. MERCH : https://campfirepassport.myshopify.com
Tiny campers, a Series 3 Land Rover, a BMW got invited on the Unreal Adventure!?
Jon from @carrickcustoms9504 AND The OBS Truckery Podcast joins us to talk about how he got his start, OBS trucks, and maybe a couple off the rails things like NASCAR history and old Audis.
Jesse, Sean and Colin discuss the updates to the new BFGoodrich KO3, the sensationalism surrounding what's been called the Hoonigan bankruptcy, and what its like waiting for parts.
Our crack pot conspiracy theorist (Jesse) attempts to give excuses as to why he calls the Toyota Pickup a Hilux, there's a new Armada coming as well as a more offroad friendly Bronco Sport. Plus, would you pay money for this!? with a twist.
It wouldn't be us if there wasn't audio quality issues for our 50th episode! Topic round robin, would YOU pay money for this? And our favorite pod memories from our first 50(ish) episodes!
Sean and Jesse talk about how much the like lifted cars, Colin pitches the sale of an odd wrangler build plus more volkswagen problems and what have we done to our rigs since the Rubicon trail.
Mike struggles to hold things together with us as we critique some more rigs and cover some new truck news. Then its time to break down Luke's vehicle colors.
Ethan from @4x4bend joins us for a second time because it is once again time to prepare yourselves for the premier 80 series Land Cruiser event in Oregon and other offroad vehicle talks.Sign up for the event here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/eighties-on-edison-2024-tickets-1010185410757?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl
Everyone has probably seen it by now but a new stock ford ranger attempted the Rubicon and as you can imagine things didn't quite work out. New ZR2 talks, and rigs we found on the internet that may or may not be cool.
@roam4lo joins the pod to talk about the growth of their guide service, their new full service shop, as well as past present and future trip plans.
Sean and Colin make the best of getting stood up by criticizing someone else's content full well knowing our own is sub par. Then more rigs from the internet reviews!
Jesse struggles to speak and then leaves early after rigs from the internet sharing, post Rubicon Trail talk, and just missing a rescue made by Matt's Offroad Recovery.
A day late and way more than a dollar short, A legend of the Montero world joins us to tell us how it all happened, plus some last second Rubicon tips.
Sean Colin and Steve share some cool cars from the internet with each other and break them down. Plus our last minute race to get ready for the Rubicon trail.
Sean and Colin go solo again but this time the Toyota recall is on the docket, a new Jeep that is confusing to non Jeep people, and making stylistic choices for your offroader.
The crew examines the MegaRexx SVN Overland, Jesse tells tales of his trucks first outing in 9 years, and just how far can you go with custom plates?
Sean brings the group more internet rigs to talk on which turns into cheap vehicles we could buy and not help but fall in love with despite how shit it just might be.
A deep dive on vehicle colors thanks to a cool old Dodge, leads us into a conversation about things we never forget to pack when heading out for a camp trip and somehow never need it.
The crew runs talks rigs they'll never afford by running down the 700 HP Fox Factory Silverado and the unfortunate announcement from Earthcruiser closing its doors. Jesse also spurs talks of Rubicon trail prep as the one with what might be the biggest project ahead of him.
What is known as our annual season opening trip is in the books, Tyson, Sean, Colin and Steve discuss the ups and downs of not only the trip it self, but getting ready for it as well as the aftermath.
Sean Colin Mike and Luke deep dive on the new Toyota 4Runner, then go over the ins and outs of how far behind we all are on getting ready for our annual first trip of the season.
Russel @fiend_metal and Jamie @arcforcestudio join the pod from Jesse's garage to tell tails about the early days of the Gambler 500, their increasing involvement and the trials and tribulations of building vehicles for them.
Sean and Colin have a little date night conversation in a stripped down one on one podcast sure to peak everyone's interest.
@manny.adventures comes on the pod to tell us just how bad it was, and what really came of it all in the end.
Luke joins us to test out our new equipment, Mike didn't know the new ranger existed, we rank our NEW mid size truck options and talk electric.
Conner Heckert @conheck_offroad and Denali join the Sean and Colin to talk about his rig, content creation, and of course dogs!
Ryan @readyrig4x4 joins Sean and Colin to tell his story about being the first to 37s and no lift on the second gen colorado ZR2 and how his KOH experiences inevitably lead him down the path of his crazy build.