5 Common Mistakes New Overlanders Make and How To Avoid Them

In this episode, I'm going to chat through my experience at the first ever Overland Adventure Summit which took place in Stanton, Kentucky (https://www.overlandadventuresummit.com). I'll walk you through the layout of the event, the venue, how it was run and maintained, and ultimately, was it fun and valuable for folks interested in camping, overlanding, or the outdoors in general. Check out the full episode for all the info! NOTE: At about 1:22, there was supposed to be an image of the SHW logo, but it didn't render correctly, haha. Just trying to head off the comments telling me. I'm aware, :D. If you want to learn more about the companies that put on the event, below are links to their websites. Commonwealth 4x4: https://bit.ly/3z9ClHw SHW Offroad: https://bit.ly/4biMa3D A huge thanks to my featured partners: ICECO Fridges (the best fridges for the money, hands down-Use code ALLTHINGSOVERLANDING for 12% off your order):  https://icecofreezer.com/ALLTHINGSOVERLANDING Openroad 4x4 (my favorite roof top tent and winches. Great quality for a budget price!):  https://openroad4wd.com?aff=47 Moon Fab Awning (super flexible, non-permanently mounted awnings for all kinds of applications. This link will take you to more info on how I have it set up on my 3rd gen Frontier):  https://moonfab.com/pages/experts/jason-fletcher Kenda Tires (my favorite tires for the last 10 years):  http://bit.ly/3YSwrlh Northology Adventures (sign up for their FREE monthly magazine and check out their events!):  https://bit.ly/3jvJG7J Click here to join the Patreon community for exclusive content and access to the Discord channel:  https://www.patreon.com/allthingsoverlanding Click here to get a patches or stickers:  https://allthingsoverlanding.com/shop/ For a full list of my gear, check out this page for quick reference links:  https://allthingsoverlanding.com/gear/ Looking for budget light bars, rock lights, and LED strips for your rig? Check out Nilight and use code ATO for 5% off! https://bit.ly/3vuhN8F For more great content and info, you can follow me on Facebook, Instagram, or search for All Things Overlanding on all the major podcast channels! Facebook:  https://bit.ly/34pYsXv Instagram:  https://bit.ly/34pYS01 TikTok:  https://bit.ly/3BWJbzJ YouTube:  https://bit.ly/3cV5ZBb Newbie Overlander Facebook Group:  https://bit.ly/3b7RNos

In today's episode, I'm excited to share with you 5 of my favorite companies that make overlanding related gear. Whether you're a seasoned overlander or just getting started, these companies offer some of the best products to enhance your adventures with solid warranties and great customer support. From rugged gear to innovative solutions, these brands have become my go-to for reliable and high-quality overlanding equipment. Let's break them down and watch the full video to hear more about each company! 🔹 Featured Companies: Moon - Amazing quality awnings that can be mounted in a variety of applications and ways. Here's a link to more info on my setup: https://moonfab.com/pages/experts/jason-fletcher ICECO - Innovative fridges in all sizes and styles with great reliability and great customer support. Use code ALLTHINGSOVERLANDING for 12% off your order: https://icecofreezer.com/ALLTHINGSOVERLANDING Xtrusion Overland - No rust due to aluminum construction, amazing flexibility with mounting stuff, and constantly innovating with new designs and uses for their modular system. Here's a link to my set up: https://bit.ly/3T4V3aU Openroad 4x4 - Great quality, budget minded winches and roof top tents. https://openroad4wd.com?aff=47 Kenda Tires - Some of the best tires for the money in my opinion that you don't hear about enough. Learn more here: http://bit.ly/3YSwrlh 💬 Join the Conversation: What's your favorite overlanding gear company? Have you used any products from the companies I mentioned? Drop a comment over on my other social channels and let's chat about our favorite overlanding gear! A huge thanks to my featured partners: ICECO Fridges (the best fridges for the money, hands down-Use code ALLTHINGSOVERLANDING for 12% off your order):  https://icecofreezer.com/ALLTHINGSOVERLANDING Openroad 4x4 (my favorite roof top tent and winches. Great quality for a budget price!):  https://openroad4wd.com?aff=47 Moon Fab Awning (super flexible, non-permanently mounted awnings for all kinds of applications. This link will take you to more info on how I have it set up on my 3rd gen Frontier):  https://moonfab.com/pages/experts/jason-fletcher Kenda Tires (my favorite tires for the last 10 years):  http://bit.ly/3YSwrlh Northology Adventures (sign up for their FREE monthly magazine and check out their events!):  https://bit.ly/3jvJG7J Click here to join the Patreon community for exclusive content and access to the Discord channel:  https://www.patreon.com/allthingsoverlanding Click here to get a patches or stickers:  https://allthingsoverlanding.com/shop/ For a full list of my gear, check out this page for quick reference links:  https://allthingsoverlanding.com/gear/ Looking for budget light bars, rock lights, and LED strips for your rig? Check out Nilight and use code ATO for 5% off! https://bit.ly/3vuhN8F For more great content and info, you can follow me on Facebook, Instagram, or search for All Things Overlanding on all the major podcast channels! Facebook:  https://bit.ly/34pYsXv Instagram:  https://bit.ly/34pYS01 TikTok:  https://bit.ly/3BWJbzJ YouTube:  https://bit.ly/3cV5ZBb Newbie Overlander Facebook Group:  https://bit.ly/3b7RNos

In this week's episode of the podcast, I wanted to talk about the all new Overland Adventure Summit. This is a new event that takes place in Kentucky and is happening the first week of June. I've been posting about it on my other social channels (links below) so sorry for the late notice if you don't follow elsewhere, but if you can get that weekend off, definitely come check it out. Not only is it put on by Revere Overland, Shawnee Hills Workshop (awesome drawers and seat deletes), and Commonwealth 4x4 (Overland upfitting and builds) but it's also in the beautiful Red River Gorge area and super close to the Daniel Boone Backcountry Byway trail systems. So, there will be a ton of trails to hit, awesome vendors to check out, and raffles to potentially win. If you don't have tickets, use code Jason 9376 and get them ASAP: https://overlandadventuresummit.regfox.com/overland-adventure-summit?r=JASON9376 A huge thanks to my featured partners: Kenda Tires (my favorite tires):  http://bit.ly/3YSwrlh ICECO Fridges (long lasting fridges for great prices):  https://amzn.to/3TGtcgm OpenRoad (great budget priced winches and roof top tents):  https://openroad4wd.com?aff=47 REDARC (all kinds of trick power management solutions):  https://bit.ly/3rt1ZiB Northology Adventures (Sign up for their FREE monthly magazine and check out their events!):  https://bit.ly/3iww7Ue Click here to join the Patreon community for exclusive content and access to the Discord channel:  https://www.patreon.com/allthingsoverlanding Click here to get a patches or stickers:  https://allthingsoverlanding.com/shop/ For a full list of my gear, check out this page for quick reference links:  https://allthingsoverlanding.com/gear/ Looking for budget light bars, rock lights, and LED strips for your rig? Check out Nilight and use code ATO for 5% off! https://bit.ly/3vuhN8F For more great content and info, you can follow me on Facebook, Instagram, or search for All Things Overlanding on all the major podcast channels! Facebook:  https://bit.ly/34pYsXv Instagram:  https://bit.ly/34pYS01 TikTok:  https://bit.ly/3BWJbzJ YouTube:  https://bit.ly/3cV5ZBb Newbie Overlander Facebook Group:  https://bit.ly/3b7RNos

In this week's episode of the podcast I'm talking about some of the easiest to make mistakes that new Overlanders often make. How do I know this? I made all these mistakes myself. So, I figured I'd share to hopefully help you avoid some of the expense and pain I went through. As mentioned in the episode, below are some links to the things I mentioned that I really like. Hitch Mounted D-ring for rear recovery point: https://amzn.to/3UUcoTO Openroad Winch: https://openroad4wd.com/collections/electric-winches-panther-2s/products/13000-lb-winch-with-synthetic-rope-and-2-wireless-remotes-panther-series-2-s?aff=47 Cheap Flashlights: https://amzn.to/44Wflrp Novsight Ditch Lights: https://amzn.to/44Wfpr9 Colight 6.5" Spotlights: https://amzn.to/4ar7qn3 Auxbeam Ditch Lights: https://amzn.to/3KaeWrS A huge thanks to my featured partners: Kenda Tires (my favorite tires):  http://bit.ly/3YSwrlh ICECO Fridges (long lasting fridges for great prices):  https://amzn.to/3TGtcgm OpenRoad (great budget priced winches and roof top tents):  https://openroad4wd.com?aff=47 REDARC (all kinds of trick power management solutions):  https://bit.ly/3rt1ZiB Northology Adventures (Sign up for their FREE monthly magazine and check out their events!):  https://bit.ly/3iww7Ue Click here to join the Patreon community for exclusive content and access to the Discord channel:  https://www.patreon.com/allthingsoverlanding Click here to get a patches or stickers:  https://allthingsoverlanding.com/shop/ For a full list of my gear, check out this page for quick reference links:  https://allthingsoverlanding.com/gear/ Looking for budget light bars, rock lights, and LED strips for your rig? Check out Nilight and use code ATO for 5% off! https://bit.ly/3vuhN8F For more great content and info, you can follow me on Facebook, Instagram, or search for All Things Overlanding on all the major podcast channels! Facebook:  https://bit.ly/34pYsXv Instagram:  https://bit.ly/34pYS01 TikTok:  https://bit.ly/3BWJbzJ YouTube:  https://bit.ly/3cV5ZBb Newbie Overlander Facebook Group:  https://bit.ly/3b7RNos

If you haven't seen/listened to last week's episode, check it out here (podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/allthingsoverlanding) or here (YouTube: https://youtu.be/d9OoecANvg4) because it was the 5 things I'll ALWAYS do to my overlanding vehicles going forward. In this episode, I'm going to talk through the 5 vehicle modifications I've learned better than to do after 5 years of trips. Listen to the full episode and drop your comments on my other social channels for what you think you would never do to your overlanding vehicle. Here are the things I mentioned in the episode to make finding them easy: Here's my new roof top tent: https://openroad4wd.com/collections/roof-top-tent/products/openroad-hard-shell-roof-tent-peakroof-series?aff=47 And here's the similar, but less expensive tent (under $2K): https://openroad4wd.com/collections/roof-top-tent/products/openroad-aluminum-hard-shell-rooftop-tent-lt-series?aff=47 Naturnest roof top tent: https://amzn.to/3O2GCl0 Here's the other variant of the tent with the awning just off the back if you prefer: https://amzn.to/3O2tw7a RC Killa Supension for 3rd Gen Frontier from All Dogs Offroad: https://www.alldogsoffroad.com/alldogs-offroad-rckilla-coil-spring-aal-lift-kit-for-2nd-gen-nissan-frontier A huge thanks to my featured partners: Kenda Tires (my favorite tires):  http://bit.ly/3YSwrlh ICECO Fridges (long lasting fridges for great prices):  https://amzn.to/3TGtcgm OpenRoad (great budget priced winches and roof top tents):  https://openroad4wd.com?aff=47 REDARC (all kinds of trick power management solutions):  https://bit.ly/3rt1ZiB Northology Adventures (Sign up for their FREE monthly magazine and check out their events!):  https://bit.ly/3iww7Ue Click here to join the Patreon community for exclusive content and access to the Discord channel:  https://www.patreon.com/allthingsoverlanding Click here to get a patches or stickers:  https://allthingsoverlanding.com/shop/ For a full list of my gear, check out this page for quick reference links:  https://allthingsoverlanding.com/gear/ Looking for budget light bars, rock lights, and LED strips for your rig? Check out Nilight and use code ATO for 5% off! https://bit.ly/3vuhN8F For more great content and info, you can follow me on Facebook, Instagram, or search for All Things Overlanding on all the major podcast channels! Facebook:  https://bit.ly/34pYsXv Instagram:  https://bit.ly/34pYS01 TikTok:  https://bit.ly/3BWJbzJ YouTube:  https://bit.ly/3cV5ZBb Newbie Overlander Facebook Group:  https://bit.ly/3b7RNos

In this week's episode, I'm going to be talking through the 5 vehicle modifications I have grown to love over the last 5 years of Overlanding. Sometimes you modify a vehicle in a certain way and it doesn't work out, which I'll cover in next week's episode. But in this one, I'm going to talk about the 5 mods I'll always make to all future builds. Check out the full episode for all the info and pop over to my other social channels to join the conversation! Here are links to some of the gear I mentioned or showed in the episode: ARB Universal Diff Breather Kit: https://amzn.to/3UBlUuK Lensun Hood Solar Panel-2022+ Frontier: https://www.lensunsolar.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=641&tracking=1lwv8CUmNm5jtTNDfvZxbmwrKRRGa7PHvY7WOd9O7ZTB6CkLi9bP9EP9xg8xDg0t Dual 100W Solar Panels on the cheap: https://amzn.to/44x5ckG Y splitter to run the solar panels in parallel: https://amzn.to/3QB3EAy 200AH LifePo4 Battery (around $400!): https://amzn.to/3JPcWFr ICECO APL55 Fridge and Slide: https://amzn.to/3y96iHx Weboost Overland: https://amzn.to/4bbNKF2 Offroam Phone Mounts: https://amzn.to/3ybP5Nt Garmin Overlander GPS Nav: https://amzn.to/4aeughQ A huge thanks to my featured partners: Kenda Tires (my favorite tires):  http://bit.ly/3YSwrlh ICECO Fridges (long lasting fridges for great prices):  https://amzn.to/3TGtcgm OpenRoad (great budget priced winches and roof top tents):  https://openroad4wd.com?aff=47 REDARC (all kinds of trick power management solutions):  https://bit.ly/3rt1ZiB Northology Adventures (Sign up for their FREE monthly magazine and check out their events!):  https://bit.ly/3iww7Ue Click here to join the Patreon community for exclusive content and access to the Discord channel:  https://www.patreon.com/allthingsoverlanding Click here to get a patches or stickers:  https://allthingsoverlanding.com/shop/ For a full list of my gear, check out this page for quick reference links:  https://allthingsoverlanding.com/gear/ Looking for budget light bars, rock lights, and LED strips for your rig? Check out Nilight and use code ATO for 5% off! https://bit.ly/3vuhN8F For more great content and info, you can follow me on Facebook, Instagram, or search for All Things Overlanding on all the major podcast channels! Facebook:  https://bit.ly/34pYsXv Instagram:  https://bit.ly/34pYS01 TikTok:  https://bit.ly/3BWJbzJ YouTube:  https://bit.ly/3cV5ZBb Newbie Overlander Facebook Group:  https://bit.ly/3b7RNos

In this week's episode, I'm talking with Chris Holloway who is the creator of the MOORE Expo as well as Cindy Pope from Northology Adventures who ran the campground at MOORE this year and last. We're running back through our thoughts on the expo now that it's over, some behind the scenes stuff regarding how it all comes together, and more! As mentioned in the episode, if you'd like to donate to NCMEC to help them combat missing and exploited children, click here: https://give.missingkids.org/fundraiser/5117242 Thanks to Chris and Cindy for hanging out! It was fun, as always! A huge thanks to my featured partners: Kenda Tires (my favorite tires):  http://bit.ly/3YSwrlh ICECO Fridges (long lasting fridges for great prices):  https://amzn.to/3TGtcgm OpenRoad (great budget priced winches and roof top tents):  https://openroad4wd.com?aff=47 REDARC (all kinds of trick power management solutions):  https://bit.ly/3rt1ZiB Northology Adventures (Sign up for their FREE monthly magazine and check out their events!):  https://bit.ly/3iww7Ue Click here to join the Patreon community for exclusive content and access to the Discord channel:  https://www.patreon.com/allthingsoverlanding Click here to get a patches or stickers:  https://allthingsoverlanding.com/shop/ For a full list of my gear, check out this page for quick reference links:  https://allthingsoverlanding.com/gear/ Looking for budget light bars, rock lights, and LED strips for your rig? Check out Nilight and use code ATO for 5% off! https://bit.ly/3vuhN8F For more great content and info, you can follow me on Facebook, Instagram, or search for All Things Overlanding on all the major podcast channels! Facebook:  https://bit.ly/34pYsXv Instagram:  https://bit.ly/34pYS01 TikTok:  https://bit.ly/3BWJbzJ YouTube:  https://bit.ly/3cV5ZBb Newbie Overlander Facebook Group:  https://bit.ly/3b7RNos

In this week's episode of the podcast, I'm talking about the 5 pieces of gear that I no longer use much if at all on Overlanding trips. What stuff didn't make the cut? I'm going to focus on the things I thought I would use more, but don't. Things like my awning, leveling blocks, my Ignik Propane Firepit, a shovel, and water filtration systems. Check out the full episode for all the details and explanation as to why I think those things lost their place in my gear and drop your thoughts below if you're on YouTube. If you're on the podcast, head over to Newbie Overlanders on Facebook (link below) and join the conversation there. Here are links to the things mentioned in the video: Camco leveling blocks: https://amzn.to/3Jt36sC Bunker Industries traction boards: https://amzn.to/3QhVmNU Ignik firepit: https://amzn.to/4b7LD4J REAPR Shovel: https://amzn.to/49PAILR Krazy Beaver Shovel: https://amzn.to/49RBIPy DMOS shovel: https://amzn.to/4debc5R OVS 180 Awning: https://amzn.to/3xZ08JF OVS 270 Awning: https://amzn.to/4d9LwYc Moon shade: https://moonfab.com/pages/experts/jason-fletcher Itehil water filtration: https://amzn.to/3xP7j7v 3 gallon aqua brick: https://amzn.to/49No5kt Camplux Nano: https://amzn.to/3JwUAJ1 Flextail small pump: https://amzn.to/3Uft7jQ A huge thanks to my featured partners: Kenda Tires (my favorite tires):  http://bit.ly/3YSwrlh ICECO Fridges (long lasting fridges for great prices):  https://amzn.to/3TGtcgm OpenRoad (great budget priced winches and roof top tents):  https://openroad4wd.com?aff=47 REDARC (all kinds of trick power management solutions):  https://bit.ly/3rt1ZiB Northology Adventures (Sign up for their FREE monthly magazine and check out their events!):  https://bit.ly/3iww7Ue Click here to join the Patreon community for exclusive content and access to the Discord channel:  https://www.patreon.com/allthingsoverlanding Click here to get a patches or stickers:  https://allthingsoverlanding.com/shop/ For a full list of my gear, check out this page for quick reference links:  https://allthingsoverlanding.com/gear/ Looking for budget light bars, rock lights, and LED strips for your rig? Check out Nilight and use code ATO for 5% off! https://bit.ly/3vuhN8F For more great content and info, you can follow me on Facebook, Instagram, or search for All Things Overlanding on all the major podcast channels! Facebook:  https://bit.ly/34pYsXv Instagram:  https://bit.ly/34pYS01 TikTok:  https://bit.ly/3BWJbzJ YouTube:  https://bit.ly/3cV5ZBb Newbie Overlander Facebook Group:  https://bit.ly/3b7RNos

In this week's episode of the podcast, I'm talking about what gear I still use on every trip after over 5 years of doing Overlanding trips. What has made the cut and what do I no longer use? In this week's episode, I'm going to focus on the things I love like a built in fridge, a roof top tent, a dual battery set up, suspension and tire upgrades, and lighting upgrades. Check out the full episode for all the details and explanation as to why I think those things are gamechangers and why I'd recommend them for folks diving deeper into Overlanding. Here are links to all the things I mentioned in the video: ICECO APL55 Fridge like mine: https://amzn.to/4aV2XcV Fridge slide for the APL55: https://amzn.to/4d187WF ICECO JP50 (my old fridge that is fantastic and more budget friendly): https://amzn.to/4cXheI1 Slide for JP50: https://amzn.to/449m6G8 Openroad Roof Top Tent: https://openroad4wd.com/collections/roof-top-tent-peakroof-series?aff=47 Naturnest (my previous tent which is slightly more budget friendly): https://amzn.to/4aUvdMW Dual Battery from REDARC: https://bit.ly/3x4KiaA 2022+ Nissan Frontier Lift I run: https://www.alldogsoffroad.com/alldogs-offroad-rckilla-coil-spring-aal-lift-kit-for-2nd-gen-nissan-frontier Kenda Tires I love: http://bit.ly/3YSwrlh Here are a couple of options for ditch lights that I've run- Novsight: https://amzn.to/3W7cLN7 Colight: https://amzn.to/4cXmPy5 A huge thanks to my featured partners: Kenda Tires (my favorite tires):  http://bit.ly/3YSwrlh ICECO Fridges (long lasting fridges for great prices):  https://amzn.to/3TGtcgm OpenRoad (great budget priced winches and roof top tents):  https://openroad4wd.com?aff=47 REDARC (all kinds of trick power management solutions):  https://bit.ly/3rt1ZiB Northology Adventures (Sign up for their FREE monthly magazine and check out their events!):  https://bit.ly/3iww7Ue Click here to join the Patreon community for exclusive content and access to the Discord channel:  https://www.patreon.com/allthingsoverlanding Click here to get a patches or stickers:  https://allthingsoverlanding.com/shop/ For a full list of my gear, check out this page for quick reference links:  https://allthingsoverlanding.com/gear/ Looking for budget light bars, rock lights, and LED strips for your rig? Check out Nilight and use code ATO for 5% off! https://bit.ly/3vuhN8F For more great content and info, you can follow me on Facebook, Instagram, or search for All Things Overlanding on all the major podcast channels! Facebook:  https://bit.ly/34pYsXv Instagram:  https://bit.ly/34pYS01 TikTok:  https://bit.ly/3BWJbzJ YouTube:  https://bit.ly/3cV5ZBb Newbie Overlander Facebook Group:  https://bit.ly/3b7RNos

In this week's episode, I wanted to talk a bit about how I'm falling down the rabbit hole of "prepping" and also why it works really well with overlanding. If you aren't aware of what prepping is or think it's just about the nuclear apocalypse, there's a lot of positivity that comes from being prepared in the event of getting stuck offroad or while remote and a lot of the gear from overlanding carries over to prepping as well. So, check out the full episode to hear why overlanding and prepping go hand in hand and how I'm repurposing some of my old overlanding gear to get more prepared for something like getting stuck or breaking down while overlanding. A huge thanks to my featured partners: Kenda Tires (my favorite tires):  http://bit.ly/3YSwrlh ICECO Fridges (long lasting fridges for great prices):  https://amzn.to/3TGtcgm OpenRoad (great budget priced winches and roof top tents):  https://openroad4wd.com?aff=47 REDARC (all kinds of trick power management solutions):  https://bit.ly/3rt1ZiB Northology Adventures (Sign up for their FREE monthly magazine and check out their events!):  https://bit.ly/3iww7Ue Click here to join the Patreon community for exclusive content and access to the Discord channel:  https://www.patreon.com/allthingsoverlanding Click here to get a patches or stickers:  https://allthingsoverlanding.com/shop/ For a full list of my gear, check out this page for quick reference links:  https://allthingsoverlanding.com/gear/ Looking for budget light bars, rock lights, and LED strips for your rig? Check out Nilight and use code ATO for 5% off! https://bit.ly/3vuhN8F For more great content and info, you can follow me on Facebook, Instagram, or search for All Things Overlanding on all the major podcast channels! Facebook:  https://bit.ly/34pYsXv Instagram:  https://bit.ly/34pYS01 TikTok:  https://bit.ly/3BWJbzJ YouTube:  https://bit.ly/3cV5ZBb Newbie Overlander Facebook Group:  https://bit.ly/3b7RNos