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Title: Turtles across the land - A Jeep Wrangler as an overland vehicle.
Post by: Jeffy on November 18, 2010, 11:08:27 PM

http://theroadchoseme.com/

(http://www.expeditionportal.com/images/stories/articles/DanJeep/dan_jeep_driving800.jpg)

Preparing to leave Uyuni I feel like we’re setting out on a mission to mars. We being myself, Warren and Sara in their Toyota 4Runner and Rob riding a Harley Davidson.
No, that’s not a typo. Harley Davidson. Street tires. 10cm of ground clearance.
I ask all the guides I can find exactly which tracks we want to take (the biggest ones), how far we need to cover gasoline-wise (500km, 600km to be safe) and if we’re going to make it (maybe).
Still unsure of what to expect we pack food for three nights, fill our drinking water and for the first time I carry a jerry can with 20 extra liters of gas...

http://www.expeditionportal.com/component/content/article/38-slideshow/217-turtles-across-the-land-a-jeep-wrangler-as-an-overland-vehicle.html

Title: Re: Turtles across the land - A Jeep Wrangler as an overland vehicle.
Post by: chrisfranklin on November 20, 2010, 06:34:41 PM

That's an interesting read.  Seems that the dude is having a much easier time with maintaining the Jeep vs the folks he ran in to in the other makes. 

Title: Re: Turtles across the land - A Jeep Wrangler as an overland vehicle.
Post by: dwtaylorpdx on November 20, 2010, 06:43:59 PM

An all stock jeep is pretty darn reliable... If your not beating it on hard core rocks and sucjk it gets ya there and it brings ya back....

Dave

Title: Re: Turtles across the land - A Jeep Wrangler as an overland vehicle.
Post by: neale_rs on November 22, 2010, 09:52:19 AM

Very interesting.  Looks like the Jeep in holding up very well.