Ram 1500 Built for a 36-Day Overlanding Trip
YouTuber explores Arizona, California, Utah and Nevada in a cinematic off-road journey.
Gear Into Adventure is an adventure lifestyle vlogger’s YouTube channel. For his first full-on overlanding trip, this guy isn’t just dipping his toe in the water… he’s going straight for the deep end. The first episode of this video series is about the preparations for a 36-day trip across four desert states.
He doesn’t introduce himself by name, but we gather he’s called Victor. What Victor lacks in introductory skills he makes up for with a heavy eastern European accent and a huge sense of adventure. He certainly seems well-prepared despite having rushed the build of his Ram 1500. He’s loaded up on gadgets but, most importantly, a solid navigation system as well as physical maps. On top of that, he’s made sure he has plenty of fuel as well as an air compressor.
Victor mentions on his Facebook page that he has plenty of footage to edit up into episodes, so the good news is that he survived. He also mentions there were a lot of challenges and some breakdowns, so this should be interesting to follow.
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Victor doesn’t go into the mechanicals of the Ram 1500 build in the video, but we do know he’s running a Zone Offroad six-inch suspension system with Pro Comp SS Monotube shock absorbers. To control the body roll, he uses a Hellwig lifted rear sway bar kit. For traction, he has Fuel Assault 17-inch wheels wrapped with Nitto Exo Grappler tires. For when traction fails, he’s installed a waterproof Smittybilt winch.
All of that should boost the Ram’s already solid off-road ability. We look forward to seeing exactly how his adventure plays out.
