This Unicat built 6×6 U2450 camper is currently for sale by Couch Off-Road Engineering, for about $380,000. This Terracross 52 on an International truck chassis is an impressive build. Unicat is, and has been, the world leader in top of the line global capable overland vehicles. This Safari Extreme on FMTV M1078 Chassis build is for sure a “Wild Thing”! 9. Global Expedition Vehicles makes some of the largest and most comfortable overland vehicles in North America. This monster GMC C4500 with custom composite camper has already tackled Baja, and is ready to take you, and your friends or family, around the globe. This classic Mercedes truck offers up style, durability and a huge amount of living space.ħ. I expect some very cool builds to come out of this company in the future. I was impressed with the attention to detail and high end components that went into this initial prototype for Overland Explorer. It had a full rebuild in 2015 and is currently for sale for $225,000 by Hellgeth Engineering. This 1987 Mercedes Unimog 1300 is truly ready to take you anywhere in comfort and style. If you want to truly make your 4×4 Sprinter off-road capable, and look good while doing it, look no further than Roam Built. Retail pricing on this build is about $100,000. This is what you get when you build out a Hummer Ambulance into a overland vehicle. The Land Rover Forward Control 101 series 2B “Over-Lander” is a VERY well traveled home! Check out “ Overland With Dipli” for full travel stories on this rig, and for a quick overview of what this machine is all about read THIS. We’ll start this post with my pics for the Top 10 Homes on Wheels from Overland Expo 2016, from smallest to largest:ġ. Lots more coverage coming your way soon, which includes Off-Road Adventuremobile, Hot Gear from Overland Expo 2016 and all the happenings from around Overland Expo 2016. It was an incredible year, which broke attendance records, showcased a bunch of new products and was the quality gathering of the overland tribe that is always expected of this event. Balancing family, work and time away will be key for me and play a large role in how much time I spend on this trip.Let’s kick off the Overland Expo 2016 coverage with the top 50 homes on wheels, that I spotted around the show. I've even considered not staying for the entire thing but it seems like you lose access to a lot of good classes if you don't register for the full expo. Be back at work again Wednesday or Thursday. 3 days of expo and hit the road late Sunday. Ideally, I think I'd like to leave early Wednesday, from SA, and arrive in Flagstaff Thursday afternoon. Not sure how long it takes to cross and you can always make the time spent there longer with the more exploring you do. Traveling through Gila NF is possibly the biggest unknown. San Antonio to Flagstaff is about 15 hours so while it's doable in a day, spreading it across 2 would be preferred. There's a lot of options for exploring, beyond what I mentioned. Lists a lot of roads that you don't see in Google Maps. From there you can turn back north to see cliff dwellings or continue south and out of the parkĪ map of Gila NF is available here. Once GNF there are several gravel and dirt roads accessible from Hwy 180 and Hwy 12 that cross the Tularosa Mts and eventually connect to NM 59, which also intersects a Forest Road that leads to NM 35. Hwy 191 (Coronado Trail) to Springerville, then to Flagstaff via I-140 as beforeįrom OEW 1 (Highlights: Gila NF and Gila Cliff Dwellings)Įnter Gila NF via Hwy 60 and Apache Creek or continue south to Alpine and take Hwy 180 to Luna To OEW 2 (Highlights: Coronado Trail - considered a "classic" scenic byway) Hwy 60 W from Socorro, past the Very Large Array, to Springerville, AZ Hwy 380 Roswell, through Carrizozo and the Valley of Fires, to I-25 up to Socorro To OEW 1 (Highlights: Roswell, NM Valley of Fires Rec Area Very Large Array Observatory) These are some of the routes I've been considering:
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