EP. 293: These Are The New Trends In Overlanding At Overland Expo Mountain West 2025!

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Andrei, this is the craziest thing I have seen here at the Overland Expo. We have an Acti

on top of an electric dirt bike, on top of an Acti, on top of an F450. If that is off the hook,

I don't know what is. It's a turducken of sorts. This is an overlanding turducken.

Guys, welcome to the Overland Expo here in Denver and Andrei and I are doing a walk around.

So if you're listening to this as a podcast, you can head over to TFL Talk and watch it,

or you can just enjoy the description as we walk around and show you the craziest things.

So I don't know who thought of kind of creating this Matushka doll. Is that what you call it?

Yeah, Matushka, a lot of nesting doll. Yeah, this is wonderful. Yeah, this is

Mountain West Overland Expo and we're going to show you some of the coolest stuff, right?

We're not going to show you the worst stuff. Only the coolest. Is this your doing?

The K truck is my doing, yes. The Ford is not my doing.

So who got the idea to kind of stack these overlanding rigs on top of each other?

I've wanted an Acti for the longest time and then my buddy bought the 450 and said,

hey, you should buy one now so we can put it on top of the diamond back cover

for Overland Expo. So we did it, drove it up there. It was sketchy, but it looks cool.

You drove this on the highway? Yeah, Mike drove it on the highway

from Denver all the way up here, the way that it sits right now.

Even with a little bit like the little model Acti on the motorcycle?

That we just put up there, but the bike was up there, posted a bunch of videos of it.

Yeah. So have you ever taken this actually off-road?

The Acti is new to me. I've been restoring it for the past couple months now. I've taken it

through like rampart range and things like that. It's the Acti attack, so it's got

ultra low first, reverse, it's got a rear locker, so it can go off-road.

I didn't know there was an Acti attack, so they made an off-road one because we have one,

but it's just a standard 4x4, which isn't great because it doesn't have a low range.

Yeah, the low range is good to help getting it up the big ramps to get it onto the cover.

It makes parts a little bit more difficult to find. It's got different rear CVs and everything,

but it's a cool kind of rare model of it. Where'd you find it?

I found it, well, not locally. I found it in Salt Lake City actually,

just on Marketplace, so it was already imported, brought it in, and then I just kind of

touched up the paint, redid the interior a little bit, and this is kind of how it sat

when it was in Japan for most of its life. Yeah, the problem of course here in Colorado,

we can't at least not yet register them. Yeah, I think it goes, you guys made a good video on it.

I think next July is when you can register them legally. Yeah, I'm looking forward to it,

so we can actually take it on the road, but I gotta say, I'm a little bit taller than you are.

I don't actually fit in the thing. Yeah, I'm pushing it. I'm only like five, nine, five,

ten. Whenever I drive the Acti, my knees hit the blinkers and the windshield wipers are always

going off. My knee hits the window crank. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, so they're crazy little things,

but in terms of payload and utility, it might have more payload than 450.

It's pretty practical. A lot of people overlook them, but now that we can actually

get them here after the 25-year rule, it's rat. I love it. Well, awesome. Good job. Thank you.

All right, take it easy. Thank you guys. All right, guys, so I'm going to take the camera,

Andre, and you can be on camera, and let's go find something else that's cool here. Now,

we're kind of here for the, what, the third year in a row now? Yeah, well, we started

whenever they started the show. We were here, of course, and we're still here, but the show

really started in Flagstaff, Arizona, right? So, and then they kind of expanded, and this is our

home show in Loveland, Colorado. So this is really awesome. Yeah, it's a great place to get not

just the lay of the land for overlanding, but just for basic off-roading because you see a lot

of, hey, built up here. Yes, yes. Hey, good to see you again. We met in Detroit. Yes, we did.

At the Ford Maverick event, right? Yes, it was. Yes. Well, he's got the Midnight Maverick shirt.

Yes, yes. We'll see you around. We're just doing a walk around. No, I understand. Thank you.

Thank you. We have a lot of fans here. It's really nice to be among the people, Andre.

Yes. Among our people. Yes. So, like I was saying, what's really cool here is it's not just

about overlanding, but it's about off-roading. So you've got everything from built out to the

Land Cruisers. There's a Jeep for sale right there. Yeah, our friends at John's, right? 4x4.

John's 4x4 Gladiator. You know, really built up on some gigantic tires. I'm saying that needs a

392 under the hood, dude. Yeah, probably. When you're rolling on tires that big,

it definitely needs a 392. And so it's a really kind of interesting place to come,

to kind of find out where and what the trends are. And as we walk around here,

we should kind of look for trends as well, seeing what's popular and what people are doing,

because this is where it all kind of starts. I used to walk around some of the car shows.

So, I want to show you one trend, okay, Roman? Yeah, let's hear it. So, flatbeds, tray beds,

all right? Our Australian friends call this kind of trays. And I think they're becoming more

and more popular in the United States. So here we have a Jeep Gladiator, which is a mid-sized

truck, one of the longest ones, with kind of a little box. And look at this, there's a Tacoma.

There's a Tacoma here, with also this kind of flatbed. It's got storage boxes on the bottom,

and a lot of storage on top as well. And the red arc system underneath. I think what the

tray bed gets you is kind of the ability to do whatever you want, right? When you lose the

sides of the bed, then it opens up. Oh yeah, more width, right? Yeah, like you said, more options.

You could remove this top box if you didn't want to. You could put something on it. It's also longer

than it would be otherwise, right? My only question when they do this is, does it change

the payload of the truck? It feels like you're kind of exceeding the payload here. Well,

but most of these trucks have different springs, shocks, tires. You know, some of these vehicles

that we see here are really modified. So it's up to the builder, right? You know, they need to know

what exactly what they're doing and exactly what type of payload. I'm going to play devil's advocate.

I'm going to say that there's more to payload than just springs and shocks. There's also like

half shafts. There's also transmissions. How about the radiators? Yeah, exactly. You know,

if you overload it and the engine can't cool itself, you know, that's really important

as well, right? Yeah. So I think you're kind of running the risk of potentially

overloading a vehicle that's not designed to it. Hey, look who I see. Our friends that

Ryder just is. Yeah. So we go say hi to Tommy. They're doing their podcast. If you guys have

been watching TFL Talk or have even listened to our podcast, you know that Tommy and the team

are doing this podcast called Carish. Yeah, which is my favorite podcast, by the way.

I really don't listen to TFL Talking Trucks. I listen to Carish only. And they're recording it live

today from the Overland Expo. In the wind. In the wind. Yeah, we've had a lot of heat now. It's

all of a sudden cool down. So let's go say hi to these guys. Hi, guys. Hey, guys. Oh, look,

it's the stars of Carish on TFL Talking Trucks. Say hi. Yes. Those guys are famous. That's

Roman and Andre. Can you sign that autograph for me? We'll trade autographs. So we got to say hi to

Scott because he's the man making this popular. So this is Scott O'Sullivan. Good to see you, Roman.

So we have multiple podcasts. Hello, Scott. We're one podcast recording another podcast. Yeah,

so Scott's the single reason our company is still in business. I'm pretty sure of it.

But he does an awesome job over at Rider Justice. So he's got a booth here at the Overland Expo.

Yeah, here we are. We're also sponsoring the Moto Party tonight and proceeds from that go to the

Moto Relief Project, which helps veteran riders get their lives back together and it's amazing.

So like if there's anything good happening in the community, I guarantee Scott's involved with

it. If it involves two wheels. Yeah, that is our goal. We love the community. We love

all things, motorcycle, all things, overlanding, cars, everything. Yeah, yeah. And Scott,

what's cool about Scott is he's kind of like a legend I'm figuring out in this community because

like Scott's got a booth here and there's no cars involved in this booth and people are

coming up and are like, Scott, man. So like, you're doing something cool, man.

We try our best. We love the community. And I think the thing that's interesting about the

overlanding community, it's just about the same as the motorcycle community, meaning it's like

not many people get together for cars, not many people get together for jeeps. That's

a whole different animal, right? But the overlanding, it's definitely that community.

It's super fun. It's a lot like the moto community and I just love it. It's like a family basically,

right? It's a family. Yeah, it's a good way to everybody just geeks out,

whether you're geeking out on and it's just awesome. Yeah, yeah, very cool.

What's the coolest thing you've seen here? Anything really cool we have to see? Do you

have a million dollars? I do not. You know what the coolest thing here is? Isn't that the

Bear Naked Ladies song? We just bought a Royal Enfield. Yeah, that's a good bike. Yeah,

which one did you do? Which one did we get? The Royal Enfield. Himalayan. Himalayan, yeah.

And for budget minded people, you can't get better. Yeah, I mean those are great bikes and

they're super fun and like I said, they're affordable. And they get good fuel economy,

if you care about that. All right, we'll keep going and let you guys record. All right,

check out the Carish podcast, Scott's special guesting. Yes, yeah. All right,

if I can answer any questions, I won't do better than Case. See you guys.

Can you take this for a second? I've got a suntan lotion in my eyes, Andre.

Okay. Roman, while you get your suntan lotion out, I want to look at that Tacoma because

oh my goodness, it's insane. It looks like a pre-runner. Hey, you're missing all the bikes.

No, I was doing a very clever bridge talking about motorcycles. I don't know anything about

motorcycles. And you were like, you know, scroll, scroll. Look at that. It's a monster

truck. Look at this. It's a Tacoma in the 40s. Turn left for a second. This is for all you guys

who do overlanding the right way. And by right way, I mean, of course, on a motorcycle,

because let's face it, Andre, when you're overlanding on a motorcycle,

you smell all of the environment. You're super lightweight because, well, you have to be.

And this is, you know, the most fun and I think the most rewarding way to go overlanding.

And yeah, it's just so fun. Well, Roman, I would wager a bicycle is more rewarding.

I would wager you're not going to get very far on a bicycle. Yes, but you're moving slower than a

motorcycle. And also you're surrounded by more environment even. Yeah. Well, if you're going

to get on that route when we were going down from Dead Horse to Fairbanks, who's a guy on a

unicycle. So that's even more engaging. Well, that's really frightening. And even

you actually get off road tires on a unicycle, believe it or not. That's really frightening.

All right, let's show this master truck. Yeah, it's really cool. Let me see.

So these are 40s. Wow. Pretty cool Tacoma. Pretty cool, guys.

Mountain Yodas, Tom. Yes. How much of a lift? I don't know the exact measurements.

It's probably many, many feet. Many feet. I'm Roman, by the way. Hi, Roman.

Brian with Turn 14 Distribution. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you guys.

Yeah. So we're doing a little quick podcast. We're doing a walk around and we're kind of

picking out the coolest stuff. And this lifted taco is pretty darn cool.

Yeah, it's got outfitted with camberg billet arms. It's got goat suspension,

which is actually Mountain Yodas house brand, full coil overs with reservoirs.

It's got portal axles, big brake kit, pro charge, all the good stuff that you

want on a Tacoma. So you put a supercharger on it. Yep.

I was wondering if you, like, L-swapped it because that's a lot of tire to turn.

Yeah, a lot of tire. There's a lot of armor and stuff on here, so you definitely need that extra oomph.

What does it sound like with a supercharger? Sounds excellent. It's also got the Magnaflow

Overland Series exhaust system, so it really opens it up. Yeah, it's just a fun rig.

Well, thank you for showing it to us. It's definitely one of the coolest rigs here.

Appreciate it. Be sure to check out the Mountain Yodas booth. They're over here

by the merchandise. They have, I think, like, five to six different vehicles and

all kinds of good Toyota stuff. That's awesome. Thank you.

We'll head over there now. Thank you. All right. Appreciate it. Thank you.

Thank you. Look at this. So you were talking about

kind of chassis cab. Yeah, there's another one right there on that Orange Tacoma.

Yes, and the Tacoma we just looked at was the previous generation, and now this kind of

an orange one that we're walking towards is the latest, latest gen. So there's a little bit

of everything. And Roman, also, you know how Scott said, do you have a million dollars?

Yes. You don't have to have a million dollars either. I mean, you can if you want to, but

even if you have lower budgets, there's a little bit for everybody here.

Well, here's the thing, Andrei. As you know, I just came back from Pebble Beach.

Yes. And there you have to have a million dollars. Toidy, toidy.

There you have to have a million dollars just to kind of feel like you're part of

natural environment. Here you don't. No, you can take an old XJ and convert it into

something that's more off-roady. Yeah, well, this Tacoma is probably not

super, super affordable, but it's very nice. Very well done.

Is that the rooftop tent? It's got racks. Yeah, it's really well done.

Look at this tundra. It's way up in the air. I know. I'm not a huge fan of

tires that stick that far out beyond the body. Yeah, well, because you need,

you know, fenders, fender flares or mudflaps. I think you drive that in the

rain. You're going to blind people. Yes. But this seems to be very much a Toyota-centric

part of the show. Well, you know, Toyota is huge in this community. I mean, they've been,

they've been in this community nonstop over decades and decades and decades and it kind

of shows. But now other manufacturers, including Nissan and GMC and Lexus and Ram and Jeep,

they're all entering the game as well as far as overland is concerned.

This is another trend that we're seeing here. And it's exemplified by this rooftop tent,

that rooftop tent, and that one over there. With solar. Yeah, with solar.

So rooftop tents have gotten big, Andre. Yes. They've become party tents. I mean,

look at the size of this thing. You can get like, you can get like a small

Boy Scout camp in there. It'd be comfortable. Exactly. So like, some of them open,

like a book, some of them open just like an accordion. Some of them are triangular,

wedge style. I mean, there's so many different styles. But once upon a time,

you could only maybe get two people in there. Yeah. Now, you know, like I said,

they're just getting much more massive. I'm guessing the next iteration of rooftop tent

is going to be comfort.

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So should we look at the pebble here? Yeah, you know, I haven't seen inside of this pebble.

So pebble is a camping trailer, which is electrically powered. Yeah.

As well. So this could be quite interesting. Maybe we could peek in. Could be the next

Airstream. Maybe the next trend. Not the current trend, right? But maybe within five years,

we'll be seeing a lot more trailers with actually driven wheels, right?

Because a lot of off-road always say if you're pulling a small trailer behind you, off-road,

it's like an anchor, right? You're pulling an anchor across. But if that trailer actually

powered you along, it could be a really big deal. And can you like, like with a world control, park

this without actually having a vehicle? I think that's the idea. Do you want to peek in there?

Yeah, I'll take a peek. I'll kind of show a peek inside here.

It's very cozy in there. It is very cozy. Oh, let me show up here. Okay.

So there's a little dinette in the front of this. There's windows.

I love kind of very modern, a large space right there for a sinker to shower.

Yeah, I don't know if I like to shower in front of a big window.

Well, I'm sure maybe you could like snap your fingers and a little go opaque.

And close this. Yeah. Or maybe you're very high tech.

Or maybe you're going to be the most popular camper at the campsite, you know?

Right. Let's swing over here. Let's go left.

Or if it's me taking a shower, the least popular camper.

Be like, Roman, doesn't that turn opaque? I'm like, no.

I need to poke my eyes out. All right. Let's keep going. So we got more to this.

Oh, look at this. Somebody, this is the thing. And we should go look at that.

A Chrysler actually is a major manufacturer. Chrysler is here.

Yes. Apparently people are using Pacificas.

And they're lifting them. And they're lifting.

Well, this is not a lifted one.

You know where the Chrysler one is?

Yes. I'll take you there shortly. But first, I want to go this way.

And then we'll end up at Chrysler. Okay.

Yeah. Let's tease it.

Tease it.

So if you want to see an off-road Pacifica.

And you know what else I love about Colorado, Roman?

I mean, of course, I've lived here for 33 years.

But we have so many local companies like Moonlander.

We've worked with them. We've seen many campers that they built.

They're all aluminum. Very well made.

And they're made right here in Colorado.

Yeah. I think people who are into the outdoors come to Colorado.

Yeah. Look at this.

So it makes sense that eventually they want to not just experience the outdoors,

but then, you know, get involved in the field of out-doring.

Yes.

Is that a word? Out-doring, Andre?

Out-doring.

Out-dourcing.

Whatever.

You're setting a new trend, Roman.

I am.

You're always setting trends.

I'm a trendsetter.

From now on, it's not overlanding. It's out-doring.

Out-doring.

Sounds like a door company with a door that swings out, doesn't it?

Oh, let's check out Juniper.

Are our friends at Juniper?

Sure.

Just really quick.

Yeah, we've worked with them in the past.

So Juniper does.

Once again, another local company.

Oh, look at that.

A quartermaster, Andre.

Quartermaster with a tray bed.

What are the chances?

I love that color.

You know, this is one of the few trucks that's subject to the chicken tax.

Yes.

Yeah.

It is built in France, right?

Yeah.

Right across the border from Germany.

So that's why the Ineos Grenadier is so much less expensive

than the quartermaster because this gets this with the chicken tax.

But can you zoom in on this?

Yes, whatever you want.

So our friend Jay Couch.

Oh, he built that.

So Dirtbox Overland products.

So he built racks and tents and beds and a lot of different accessories.

He's also a local company here in Colorado.

Maybe that's why I've heard from him

because he's too busy building out quartermasters.

And his brand is Dirtbox.

So maybe we'll see Jay in a few minutes later.

I kind of feel like these kind of...

Vans?

Sprinter vans that are built out are kind of old.

I think it's kind of a trend that's coming on, right?

For a long time.

They've been around for a long time.

Yeah.

For a long time, like Storyteller,

everybody was doing these converted Sprinter vans.

Mercedes 4x4s.

But they're expensive, Andre.

You know how expensive some of these guys are?

These can be $200,000, which seems like a lot.

Even though it's beautiful.

I mean, look at all the wood.

Oh my God, this one is very well done.

And look at the little configurations.

You can have different settings for beds, bunk beds, couch, office, anything you want.

Why do they have like these women with their...

Well, if you're watching this.

Those are computer generated images from rendering.

These two guys are spilling each other.

Well, kind of, yes.

I think it's a little weird.

So he's sleeping while he's on the computer.

Well, somebody has to rest.

And over here, he's sleeping while the motorcycle is resting underneath.

That's very cool.

Yeah.

So it's very configurable.

It's kind of cool.

I was going to say, Roman, whenever you're picking something like this, right?

When a van versus a trailer.

Yeah.

A trailer, you could set up as your base camp and then you leave, right?

In a van, you have to bring it with you because it's your vehicle.

Here's before I mentioned Grenadier.

Yes.

These are now like $75,000, $80,000.

But I'm starting to see them resale for like $60,000.

So I'm wondering where the bottom of the market is.

So if you wanted to Grenadier and you couldn't get one because they were only being sold new,

now they're starting to hit the used market and they're actually becoming a little bit

affordable, which is a good thing because I think at some point that BMW straight six

is under the hood is going to be one of the most iconic power trains out there

because that's the same engine that's in the Supra, of course.

Yeah, and the Z4.

So just really briefly, let's say hello to our friends at Juniper Overland.

They're also Colorado based.

And remember we brought our Cummins to them?

Yes.

And before that they were working on smaller vehicles like Toyota Tacomas.

Now everybody's building Cummins trucks.

And this one has a scout camper on the bed.

Come on, come on, come in.

I'm coming, I'm following you.

This is soft.

Yeah, you can check out scout campers here.

Yeah, they're tall, it's a pop-up.

So it's got a lot of room in there.

I'm always impressed.

So look at this scout.

And now this bed, this tray bed, basically kind of custom storage bed is Bowen.

Yeah, also Colorado company.

Why don't you jump in there and show them how much room is in there?

Let me see.

Because this thing is massive.

I bet you're 6'4", right?

6'3".

You could probably stand up straight in there.

I can.

Look at this, Robin.

Look at that, you're comfy.

It's amazing.

It's really huge in here.

Let me take the camera really quick.

Yeah, give them kind of a tour.

So different storage solutions.

By the way, this is a solid side at the camper.

So this is not a pop-up that you go up and down.

And it's easier to set up.

You don't have to finagle with any parts.

It's already here.

Here's a little shower water system, a little cooktop, a fridge.

So everything is very modular, Robin.

I'm noticing everything is very modular.

You know, it's really cool.

Come on out here.

Look at this.

You know, when you're kind of setting up and you don't have a flat area.

Look at this.

It's a little, we're looking at what is a little kind of air cushion.

Looks like a little round pillow that you can blow up and then underneath your tires.

Underneath your tires so that you've got a flat place to sleep.

Because there's nothing worse than being one of these things.

I think having to roll over to one side because you don't have it set up right.

I want to say hi to Josh really quick.

Hi, go say hi to Josh.

Hey, Josh.

Good to see you, buddy.

I just want to say hello to you.

You're on our podcast.

So we really always appreciate what you guys are doing.

We appreciate you guys, man.

You should help me use your one here.

Use mine.

So I remember, because you helped us build out our Ram.

Yeah.

Remember, was that your first Ram truck or you haven't done many before?

We've done a handful of them.

But no, look, all Rams.

All Rams all the time.

No, I'm just kidding.

All Rams all the time.

So how's business?

How's, how are things going?

Good.

We're, we're having a very busy year.

Yeah, we're cranking along.

So just building as many rigs as we can for people and.

Can I bring my Russian bread loaf to you to work on?

I think, I know we talked about it briefly.

I've got busy.

I know, I know.

So I have a transmission problem right now.

It's not driving really well.

But, but maybe, you know, in the future, I may need some help from you.

All right.

Because you're the expert.

I'm going to take this back, Josh.

Thank you very much.

Andre, stop begging for help.

Come on.

I'm not begging for help.

You're on camera here.

Are you using the popularity of TFL to get your, your, your, your, uh,

Wuhanka sorted?

This man is like a wiring wizard.

He can wire anything at any time for any reason.

You want to wire some Russian, uh, Russian?

Good.

Yeah.

Spaghetti?

Russian spaghetti?

Yeah.

Thank you.

Thanks.

I'm just giving you a hard time, Andre.

Yeah, thanks a lot.

Yeah, of course.

You're welcome.

So Roman, I think we need to turn around soon.

Okay.

And walk the other way.

But, but I haven't seen this row yet.

Let's go look, see what's here.

You know what I'm also seeing?

This might be another trend.

And it's exemplified right by what's in front of us.

And if you look, there's an F250 and X2.

It is a Duramax GMC, I believe, AT4X.

I'm seeing a lot more heavy duty trucks than I have in the past, right?

In the past it was Tacomas and it was Rangers.

But now, now this is America, gosh darn it.

F250, AT4X HD.

2500.

I think there's a reason for this, Roman, because when you want to bring

more gear, heavier things, you want, you need bigger trucks.

You need bigger, more capable vehicles.

Look, that's why we got our GG, right, our old Army truck.

Because in a world of, you know, 2500 and 3,500, 4,500,

a military truck on 4,600 still stands out.

And I don't see anything.

I think if we brought our truck here, people would be...

It may have been one of the bigger trucks here.

People may have been in all of them.

But speaking of smaller trucks, Andre, I actually see a Maverick up there.

No way.

Yeah, let's go get a Maverick.

I don't believe it.

Somebody's actually, you think somebody's overlanding in a Maverick?

I bet you somebody's overlanding in a Maverick.

I'm sorry, outdoorsing.

Outdoorsing, yeah.

By the way, Roman, it's really windy today here.

But it's just kind of a testament to that all these people,

you know, you have to be in the elements, right?

All your awnings, all your tents, all of your gear must survive any condition.

Yeah, the problem is I don't survive these conditions because I have horrible

allergies.

Oh, no, Roman, come on.

That's a whole difference.

So, like, somebody has actually built a, look, I love the Steelies.

Wow.

And I love the fact that somebody is using a Maverick to go and explore the Great White.

Look, it's a Maverick Raptor.

Look, it says Ford with amber lights in the front.

So, if you're listening to this, what we're looking at is a Ford Maverick in blue,

where somebody's actually looks like built the custom bumper port.

What size tires are those?

So, these are a Light Truck LT24575R17.

So, the wheel is a 17.

And I'm guessing this is like a 3132.

Yeah, this is really nice.

I think that they cut out, they cut it because, look, you've got these

plastic fender flares, so it must have cut it.

Yeah, let me look.

There might have been a tiny bit of rubbing they had to fix there,

and a little bit of rubbing there, but it's very attractive, very good looking.

No, it's to the business end.

So, we've got this rooftop tent, which is actually very big.

Put on it in the back.

So, it's got a little topper camper with a tent, a hitch, and very capable,

and it's from Nevada, which makes a lot of sense, right?

And next to it, of course, is a Raptor Bronco, which lets faces be much better off-road.

Which is factory built, right?

Not updated or modified.

Exactly.

So, for me, I suppose I'd go with the Bronco Raptor, just because I get a lot further.

Good lot further, even though the Maverick is an FX4.

All right, do you want to swing this way?

I'll follow you.

Yeah, let's swing this way.

We saw our, here's a, we're looking at what is, you know,

whatever you see, these campers that you pull, and they're black or gray,

you know they're off-roading, because every time I see a black one,

remember the black series?

And you always look at the tires, and they're always knobby,

and so, you know, these are built to go.

Yeah, so this brand is called Paws, so kind of lifted up trailers, very heavy duty.

Well, and you've got Max Tracks or Max Track Knack-offs, so you know it's serious.

And also, there's another brand, MDC USA,

which is a trailer that we've used before, right?

From ROA Off-Road, RVs of America Off-Road.

And I think RVs of America Off-Road also work with Paws, Paws campers as well.

The thing about these Off-Road campers is, unlike a beam trailer, you know?

Yeah.

You need a pretty big rig at all.

Exactly, because they could weigh between three, four, five,

maybe even 7,000 pounds, right?

So you need a bigger vehicle.

Something like this.

Yes.

Now that's a big rig.

Now that's a ramp.

Yeah, we're looking at all these big ass trucks.

Look at this thing.

Holy cow.

Big, big giant fenders.

Looks like AEV.

I think AEV started something.

So if we go this way, GMC is here, but they have kind of a smaller booth this year.

Yeah, they've kind of downsized.

But they do have their Sierra EV 84, which is the first iteration of their electric off-roader.

So they have their Sierra 84 right there.

I think if I were GMC, I'd put like a rooftop tent or something more on it.

At least last year, they had like, I think they had the Hummer EV, right?

That was kind of done.

Yeah, it was like, it had a big camper in the back of it, right?

Yeah, it was kind of done for out-douring.

Yes, out-douring.

Out-douring.

That's a new word I'm trying to coin here.

Yes.

This one is more just a regular.

But they're also kind of showing, you know, GM energy is basically home solutions

where your vehicle, electric vehicle can also power the house.

That's going to be everything very soon.

Yeah.

The next generation is going to be all, I think it's called vehicle to load.

Is that right, Andre?

So here, here they have one that's kind of built out with a rooftop tent on it.

Yeah, this is a nice Sierra 84X, traditional combustion truck, right?

I can really love our Canyon 84X.

I would change one thing.

What's that?

I would remove this, these steps.

That's going to get hung up on the first tall rock.

We're looking at side steps now, guys, that are just way too big.

I think those steps have to go, yeah.

But look, somebody brought a big truck.

That is a big truck.

We're looking at Nasella chassis, which has started life as a Stuart and Stevenson giant military truck.

This is a very European way to go overlanding, right?

This is the kind of thing you see cruising across the Sahara where you've got these giant trucks.

Is that that Unimog vise?

Yeah, basically they're box trucks, right?

It's a big old box that's built on top of a, looks like a man, right?

Square, square in the face.

This is the Stuart Stevenson, which is an American truck.

And it's been redone by Nasella, who we also worked with, right?

They call these trucks Manterres.

This is pretty beefy, right?

Yeah, but now you're in like, what's that bus you like?

The very expensive bus.

Prevo?

Yeah, now you're in Prevo territory.

Well, now you need a million dollars maybe.

Not for the truck, but for the whole camper, right?

Is that Arctic truck next door to us?

Yes.

Yeah, look at that.

Whoa, whoa.

That's an F650 or 550.

Well, 550 6x6.

Yeah, with giant balloon tires.

You know, I think Nathan profiled this truck as well, yeah.

So we have a video, very in-depth look.

Hello, how are you?

Hi, good to see you.

So this here is the power stroke, of course.

And I'm wondering if even this thing has enough torque to move this.

Well, if it's a high output, it's got 1200 torques, which is a lot of torques.

Tires, dude.

They're like 40s.

And there's six of them.

Yeah, yeah, that's a lot to move.

There are 36580R20s MPTs, so basically military style tires.

So four doesn't make a 6x6.

So these guys have got to be, what, customizing it, right?

Yeah.

Yeah, I figure.

Extending it.

Yeah.

Oh, look at this.

We've got a little bit of a track vehicle here.

Yeah, tracked outdoors.

These are articulating track, they look like miniature tanks.

And they are articulated in the middle because there is a kind of a driving portion.

And then there's a secondary also driving portion.

And by the way, our friends.

They look like snow cats.

Yes.

Like mini snow cats.

Yes.

I remember I was near one in the snow and I got out of one and actually sunk into the snow.

But they have such big area that they actually go over soft terrain very, very well.

That makes sense.

They're right on top of the snow and don't thinking.

I guess that's the whole idea, right?

So you can go into places that you normally couldn't get.

And this is our friends from four little campers.

We've got a Trevor.

Oh, a Super Duty.

Yeah, look at that.

A Trevor Super Duty, like ours.

But there's a lot of music here, Roman.

There is, yeah.

We might get demonetized for the music.

Somebody's selling a Sprinter Van over there for $189,000.

So that's the type of money we're talking about here, Roman.

Like I said, to me coming from Pebble Beach, Andre, that seems quaint.

But like I said, you don't have to spend $189,000.

You could be on a lower budget and still get it down.

That's so much four wheels and tires on a Bugatti Veyron or a Huron cost.

Yes.

Or maybe a paint job on a Veyron.

Yeah, exactly.

All right, we're making your way.

Remember this ultimate Overland vehicle?

No.

We just, I just drove it.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

We did a video on this guy.

Yes.

Yeah, every year they build out.

Let's look at the motorcycle, actually.

We profiled the truck.

If you want to see it heading over to all TFL, every year they kind of build out

some fun stuff.

But I like the Suzuki that they've built out.

I like the colors on it.

We're looking at a yellow and blue.

Yeah, this is nice.

This is nice scheme here.

That's it.

It's the V-Strom, I think, DE.

And it's got the protection on the side here.

Skid plates.

It's got both hand and kind of light guard right there.

So, of course, it's got soft side saddle bags.

And the most interesting thing is it's built as an off-roader,

but it doesn't have very off-roady tires.

No knobbies.

Well, a little bit of knobby.

But once again, I'm not a motorcycle expert.

By the way, this motorcycle and also the GMC camper here,

they're going to be auctioned off for charity.

Yeah, for charity.

And the charity is Overland Foundation.

They do education.

They do land conservation, those efforts.

Look, there's a Cybertruck with a camper.

Let's go check it out.

What is it?

Because that is unusual.

What are they calling it?

What's the foundation?

Overland Foundation.

They should be calling it the Outdoorzing Foundation.

Outdoorzing?

See, I'm going to sneak that in every 10 minutes, Andre,

until it becomes part of the vernacular.

Okay.

So, I've never seen a Cybertruck camper around.

Have you?

I have.

Yeah, there's a guy in Boulder who built them out.

Really?

I think his timing is incredibly poor.

Yeah, poor timing.

But it really is.

Well, let's go check it out.

Remember when, like, the renderings of the Cybertruck came out

and people were putting campers on top?

Everybody was losing there.

You know what?

Yeah.

And now people can't run far and fast enough away from it.

I know, but so, I mean, I still see Cybertrucks around,

but I don't see a lot of them modified at all.

So, this looks like, yeah, it's the same guy.

It's a foundation series,

and he's like spent a lot of time to match the camper.

It's stainless steel to the truck itself.

Interesting.

Well, I mean, the great thing about doing a Cybertruck,

I'll show you the inside of it.

Yeah.

It's kind of a pop-up that pops up at the same angle

that the front of the truck slopes down,

which is kind of cool.

But what's the obvious advantage of this?

On-board power, right?

Yeah.

You could power...

You have, like, 7 kilowatts or 7.2 kilowatt of power?

Yeah, you could power everything in this thing.

Yeah.

And you also have the front.

Of course, if you do that,

you may not get out from wherever you're coming,

because you show your power.

Well, you have to be mindful.

Maybe you have solar that will help you out.

There's a little Chevy Astro van, Roman.

I wanted to buy a Safari version of this,

and you wanted to build it out.

But, so this is like $3,000, Roman.

Yeah, well, it's because his windows are duct taped.

That's okay.

Yeah.

Well, why be fancy when you can be frugal?

That would not do well at Pebble Beach, right?

That is, I'll show you the whole thing.

The paint is a little faded, I would say.

Yeah.

But I do like the fact that this gentleman or lady

is towing a gold wing behind it.

Yeah.

So you've got the ultimate...

It's riding for a cure.com.

Riding for a cure.

Yeah, so you feel like go to where we're going with the van.

And then if you need to zip around,

you've got the gold wing as your kind of...

There you go.

I think it's a gold wing, isn't it?

That's awesome.

Yeah, it's a gold wing.

All right, so we need to finish up, Roman, soon.

But we also need to see Chrysler and Ram.

And they're down this direction.

Now, another trend I'm seeing, Andre, is fewer jeeps and more Toyota products.

Jeep seems to be kind of waning a little bit.

Well, this is jeeps right here.

In the...

Outdouring community.

Outdouring?

Yeah.

Well, no, but look across the way.

So, yeah, you got gladiators, but look around.

There are a lot more Toyota's here.

Yeah, especially you were seeing a lot of Land Cruisers.

So when the Land Cruiser first came out, people...

Oh, look at that.

Now we're talking GXs over there.

People were like...

I love a new GX.

And they were like, this is not a real Land Cruiser.

I remember Jason, our buddy did a video, you know, poo-pooing it.

Yes.

And yet, and yet, Jason...

They're here modified.

Yes, one modified.

It looks better on bigger tires.

Look, two modified.

And I think the thing that you can poo-poo it all you want,

you can say it's not the traditional Land Cruiser.

But by making it cheaper, you've made it more accessible.

So as we're going down this row,

there's another one over there.

There's another one over there.

It just becomes Turraville because people can afford them.

If you're starting with a cheaper vehicle,

then it's a lot easier than when you're starting with a more expensive.

I don't see any of the, you know, old Land Cruisers here, do you?

No, but dude, but this is an LX700H triple locked Lexus SUV

right here that we're looking at.

Starts at 120 just before you put any other...

Before modifications.

Yeah.

I think I would do the GX if I were doing it.

Oh, yes.

So Lexus, this is Lexus's booth actually.

And across the way is Slea Fruit that are known

for modifying Lexus and Turraville.

Another Colorado company.

Dude, look at this front bumper.

Holy moly.

Yeah, that's really cool.

I love the color too.

It's kind of...

We're looking at the GX550.

It's kind of a gray, really well integrated bumper.

Looks like it's factory.

Hello, good to see you.

That's Christo.

Hey Christo, how's it going?

We got to stop meeting here.

I know.

Hey guys, good.

How are you?

Hello.

Andre.

Hey.

Roman.

I did a video with you guys.

You're on the podcast.

Hello.

Cool.

Yeah, we're just doing a walk around.

Saw your orange truck out.

Not bad.

Yeah, exactly.

Very good.

I saw you guys in the neighborhood.

Yeah, that's Tommy.

Yeah, he just came back from Moab.

So...

I like you guys are doing the

Switzerland trail thing again.

Yeah, we're back together.

Very good.

Cliffhanger 2.0.

You were terrified.

I was butt clenching.

Exactly right.

All the time in Ben's old truck.

He's old LX.

But...

Christo, is this the new hybrid?

LX?

700H.

700H with some of your mods.

Christo, I gotta say, I love what you do with the GX.

I love what you do with the LX.

You guys just look factory.

That's gotta be hard.

It takes more time.

That's why we're not always first to market.

Does Toyota ever work with you?

Do they ever come to you and say,

Hey, here's what we're doing and...

Well, Toyota, work with this guy.

Premiere, Off-Roader.

Well, Roman, they're getting closer

because they're right there.

At least our sister company is there now.

No, we actually...

On Wednesday, we actually went on a trail ride

with a chief engineer that designed the LX 700.

Oh, I interviewed him.

Six people from Japan and two from the U.S.

That's very cool.

Or they're getting information about

what should be in the next model.

So that was pretty cool.

Yeah, that is pretty cool.

And that's cool that they're doing it here in Colorado.

Yeah, yeah.

So we got to spend time on a trail.

And some of them is the first time

that they've ever driven off-road.

Strange that they designed cars for that.

But they were...

They are actively trying to get input

from the public on what they should put in the cars.

So I gotta say, I was in Japan a few months ago

and you could still get the old 70s series there.

You know that.

Brand new.

Yeah, and I had some major lust.

You know, because it's a diesel

and it's like it just looks so rugged

and looks so tough.

I know, but that's what we got.

I know, I know.

But wouldn't you, you gotta say,

as part of you would love an old 70s series.

I do have a 79 series, pick it up.

Yeah.

Okay, fair, fair.

180 chassis.

But a new one from the factory.

Not new from the factory, but we built it new.

Nice.

All right, let's keep going.

Thank you, good to see you.

Hey, I saw Kurt Williams over there.

Let's go say hi to him.

Okay.

I think he's over here.

Howdy.

I recognize you too.

Yeah, we're just doing a little bit of a walk around.

I'm looking for...

Wow.

We're not that famous people.

Thank you.

Oh, no.

We're, what, Z-level celebrities.

Z-level.

Wow.

Depends on what you're interested in.

Yeah.

You know, the poetry stuff.

Well, thank you very much.

Appreciate it.

I really appreciate it.

Let's go see if we get Kurt.

I just saw him over here somewhere.

Hey, hey, dude.

Uh-oh.

All right.

Uh-oh.

Here's Mr. Landcruiser himself.

How's it going?

I'm good with that.

I'm doing good to see him.

Yeah.

We're doing a walk around.

Okay.

So just, Kurt Williams of course.

Thank you for everything you've done for us over the years.

Runs the Toyota Museum in Salt Lake City.

A part of it.

There's a whole team that runs that museum.

Yeah, he's a small part of it.

He's part of the museum.

So if you guys are ever in Salt Lake City, please come visit.

Check it out.

What you guys doing here?

We're here with Lexus.

Yeah.

Teaching some fun classes in the Lexus booth.

Just talking about all the mechanics of them.

But, and showing off these cool vehicles.

Got a GX550 here and the 700H.

All right.

So are you a GX or an LX man?

I'm a GX owner.

I'm a GX550.

Nice.

I love the LX as well.

Front and rear locked LX.

Are you secretly coveting the LX?

Well, I think who doesn't?

Yeah, yeah.

But we have a GX and I'd love to add an LX to the fleet

one of these days as well.

No, I think I'm with you.

I think that, you know, the problem with the LX,

they're like 120.

It's just too much money to put it in harm's way.

An 85 or whatever this is, I'm okay.

At 120.

But Roman.

I'm tapping on it.

Roman.

Triple lockers.

Very nice suspension LX.

That just means you can put them in more harm.

That's true.

I will, I do aspire to have one.

I would love to have an LX in there.

So I was just talking to Christo, you know,

from across the way.

And I was in Japan a few months ago

and they do a, like I think it's a 70 series

from the factory, new with the diesel.

Yeah.

That's, that's the one.

I'm with you.

Hey, I'm with you.

I would love to have with you.

You know, I love old Land Cruisers and new Land Cruisers.

But these, the platforms we have here are certainly capable.

We all want a 70 series.

But these have a few more cup holders

and a few little nicer accoutrements

for the, the market here in the States.

So in Japan, they run like between,

if you convert it to the end of dollars,

it's like 35 to 40,000 for, you know,

it's got a diesel engine.

It still has the slider switches, you know what I mean?

Very, very simple.

Factory dash, like a 76 series

or a 79 series with that diesel is a cool truck.

And I have this contention

that if they were to bring it here,

they could sell it for like 100,000

because people would be willing to pay

to be the only ones on the block to have that.

They may, they may be willing to.

Yeah, they're not going to do it.

There are Land Cruiser owners that would do that,

absolutely as we know.

And I think that's happening.

For those that really want them, they're,

they're getting older Land Cruisers

can be imported in older vehicles, as you know.

25 years old.

So that's quite a bit older.

But you walk around this parking lot

and there are a lot of imported diesel Land Cruisers here.

As you know, I've got a handful of love old diesel ones.

But I love a new one.

The magic is getting a new, right?

I don't, I don't want to wait 25 years.

Anyway, hopefully see it tonight.

You and me and James are going to go get some dinner maybe.

Sound, I hope so.

We're going to do the Toyota doing the game not

and then we'll try to cook up over some dinner.

All right, take care.

Bye.

Thank you.

Good to see you.

Bye.

All right, well, I just got my,

what, my dropping the fact that I was in Japan

in there twice, Andre, along with speaking of older.

Oh my gosh.

Look at that.

You make fun of me talking about my loaf of bread

and then you can talk about Pebble Beach

and your hoity-toity stuff.

I go in Japan.

I know, I know.

Now look at this.

Now that's the one.

Yeah.

Speaking.

That's the one you want.

Speaking of what I was saying, right?

And it's here.

In the flesh.

I mean in the metal.

Yeah.

Yeah, this is really cool.

You can't get around.

By the way, Ross Monster is here too.

We checked out several of their vehicles.

Super high quality dude.

Custom made.

Wow.

Like they got the umla over the

oh and monster, Andre.

So you know they're European.

Ross Monster.

Monster, yeah.

So you know they're German.

Nice.

Because you're not going to have an umla.

Hey, we're back to Jeeps.

Jeeps, more jeep land.

Yeah.

But Roman.

And a Unimog.

Oh, I see an old school Unimog.

Wow.

This is, it's open roof.

Look at that.

Yeah, you know what, this first,

so there's several generations of

Unimog, but this first one,

right?

The classic one.

It's compact.

Yeah, they're small, but they're slow as,

you know, what dude?

Well, they're tractors.

Yeah, they are tractors.

Like getting this thing up on the highway

would be terrifying because you'd

have traffic backed up about 20 miles,

right?

You could get this thing up to maybe

45 with the wind downhill.

Yeah.

Kind of like our, kind of like our Gigi.

Hold on, let me, I want to look inside.

All right, go look inside.

Oh, it has a little bit of a bread loaf

vibe.

Yeah, I know this is your thing,

Andre.

I'm with you.

Bread loaf vibes.

Are we running, we're running out of time.

Should we walk over and check out

the new thing that was unveiled?

The Pacifica?

It's right here.

Next one.

Wonderful.

Let's go look at it.

It's very rare that like an OEM actually

unveils something.

Well, they used to do more of that,

but not recently.

No.

And so they have, you know, actually

Chrysler here.

Yes.

And ta-da!

No, this isn't Chrysler.

We're looking at a bunch of bumpers.

That's all right.

We have more Fords.

Hold on, Roman, be patient.

We have to build up suspense.

A little bit more suspense.

It's very rare, Andre, that I

build up suspense to a Pacifica

minivan.

Just saying, you know.

And you introduced me to a company

that actually lists them.

They do list for Pacificas.

Yeah, it's called Journey.

Ah, there it is.

Journey up-road.

Yeah.

Oh, look at this, Roman.

This whole journey, no pun intended,

has been for us to reach a new concept vehicle, right?

Pretty amazing, huh?

This is Grizzly.

So this is factory done.

There's a bunch of little grizzly bears.

Yeah, but it's not for sale.

It's just kind of a study, right?

Yeah, it's a concept from Chrysler.

And I love the wheels.

So somebody who knows color and specs has done this.

Yes.

I love the little grizzly, which I'm sure they designed.

Look at the fog lamps.

You want to show them the little grizzly logo?

Yeah.

So that looks like, you know,

like a designer went at that.

Then they added, of course, fog lamps.

Now the trick here is you can't do the hybrid

because the hybrid only comes in two-wheel drive

because there's a battery and a drive shaft

can't go through the battery, apparently.

Yes.

So this has got to be a basic one, four by four.

Look at the interior.

This is where a lot of people kind of, you know...

It does have a little rack.

This is the difference between the pros

and the manufacturer and the regular, right?

They actually change the interior.

And they do, they spend their time, right?

Yeah.

Look at all the piping, stitching, seatbelts.

The steering wheel is done.

And then it kind of has that stow and go system, right?

Where you could kind of make a flat floor.

Well, you could, you know, like my wife hates when I snore.

Yeah.

So I could sleep in the rooftop tent.

And she can sleep down here.

Or vice versa.

But there is a rooftop tent.

Whereas, I guess you can sleep here.

You could add one.

You could add one, yeah.

You think it's lifted?

I'm not sure.

It may not be.

It has a small lift, I think.

You think it's got a small lift?

Yeah.

And it's got these BF Goodrich all-terrain tires.

What do you think of the matte blue paint?

I like it.

Yeah?

I like this.

Also, you know another logo they should add to this?

What's that?

Besides the grizzly?

They need a Hellcat logo.

A Hellcat logo.

Yeah, you got a Hellcat, this gentleman.

Are you with this?

Yes.

I'm Roman with TFL.

Roman, Dan's the Roman.

Nice to meet you, Dan.

I like your street.

Andre.

Andre, pleasure to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

So you want to walk?

Here, let me put this on.

And you could do a walk around.

There's Scott.

Is this Scott?

We have Irina.

Irina?

She's next year.

Yeah.

Are you the person?

Yeah.

I'm over here.

No, you can start with the interior.

We'll start with the interior.

All good.

Let's start with the interior.

Okay, go ahead, Andre.

You want to start from the front?

Yeah, let's start from the front.

Yeah, can you show us around?

Sure.

We were just commenting on how

attention to detail is very important.

Of course.

It looks very nice.

Yeah, thanks a lot.

I appreciate that.

So we're trying to capture a more

sporty athletic appeal for the interior.

Okay.

So what we did was start with the

limited with the integrated console.

We've added the catskin leather seats

with the white and mango suede piping.

We've added the Mopar all-weather

formats.

And if you can kind of see,

there's a really nice rust orange

stitch that runs throughout the whole

interior.

And then stopping at the steering

wheel, for the first time,

we've added paddle shifters here.

We've changed the steering wheel

bezel color to this liquid titanium.

So again, it's a more athletic

appeal for the whole interior.

And then obviously as you go

throughout the car,

we've got the still-and-go seats.

We've stowed one seat to kind

of show the massive volume that

you get out of the interior.

And then we've got the Yeti Cooler here.

We've kept everything really open in

the back because you could showcase

that you can put a bike inside the

vehicle or you could put a paddle

board in there or a surfboard,

whatever you like.

In the back, we've done something

different.

I see a lot of minivan owners

that actually like take their third

row and they stow it and they

never open it.

So the idea here is to question

whether we can make the third row

optional or not.

So it's got this heavy-duty cargo floor

and it showcases that you can put

wet or dry gear in the back here.

And just how it kind of is more of a

utility function rather than just

seat function.

Right, and here too, like if you want

to camp out in a vehicle,

I need places to put stuff.

I need things to, you know,

I need to be able to lay flat if

I'm going to, if it's raining out,

I need a place that's got shelter.

The other thing is we try to respond

to what customers have been

asking for, right?

So they asked for a power outlet.

We've got a 115-volt outlet here.

We've been hearing people say,

you need more.

You need a marine grade.

We also did the space saver spare

in here.

Return to the space saver spare.

So for years that's been gone.

And it's tucked on the side.

Yeah, it's tucked on the side.

You know, you have different options

you can get in this panel.

You can get a vacuum.

You can get the subwoofer

or you can get the space saver spare.

So it's just trying to address

customer needs in a different way.

Yeah, that's really well done.

Yeah, we wanted to speak maybe a little

bit on the exterior.

That's Irina.

Yeah.

Let me get the mic, I'll get it.

Irina.

Yeah.

Let me get you over here.

Irina.

Hopefully put this on you.

I'm just going to,

this is the subwoofer.

So you don't have to wear that.

Ah, the stupid badge.

All right.

Oh, there's a video.

Can we start at the front?

Because I like those fog lamps.

Those are, those are pretty nice.

Yes.

What type of a lift?

Is there a suspension lift on this?

Yes, there's a suspension lift on this.

It's a two and a half on the front.

At 2.75 in the front, so two and three quarters

and two and a half in the back.

Okay, so it's a little bit like more level look, right?

Well, the all-wheel drive already has one inch on it,

so it's on top of the all-wheel drive.

So technically it's like three, three and a half.

But that way you can actually have

the nice big tire on there.

Yeah.

So the tire is 31 inch.

It's two inches bigger than our current Pacifica tire.

So you get that lift it off the ground,

so you get that off-road-ish feel, right?

And then you get the rugged tire,

so snow and of course, overlanding.

Yeah.

And the bumper is a little bit different, isn't it?

Yes.

So the bumper is what we did is we actually wrapped it

with a vinyl, so it kind of protects it

from all the rocks hitting it.

Okay.

And then the fog lamp is LP4 fog lamp,

but we did a unique bezel that fits it in here.

So we designed a specific bezel just for that

to fit it in there.

Yeah, I think it's an overall good look

and also you've got some extra lights kind of up above.

Exhilarating at the top, correct?

Micro.

Yeah.

Exhilarating at the top.

And then we have the awning, of course,

to see it right there.

But it's the look, we went after the look,

we wanted it to be matte.

So it's matte blue, Arctic blue.

It's also a wrap.

And then we've got the awesome badge,

you see it on the body side?

Yes.

With the symbolize the toughness of this.

The grizzly badge?

Yes.

You know what reminds me a little bit

of a like a Hellcat badge, kind of the same theme.

It's the same idea.

Same theme, but different, different, yeah.

So because we're trying to toughen up the van,

so we went after a different animal,

or we thought this is a perfect fit.

Because of Mamba bear cubs, you know.

Yes, yes, absolutely.

Protecting, yeah.

I think overall.

The sliding doors, you have so much space, right?

You can open it up, you can use it.

It's a lot of space on the inside,

that you can now really use it in a different way.

And we kind of brought it here to test it,

see what people think,

because it's such a different take on overlanding than new.

Yeah.

But it's not the only van here, right?

I mean, it's kind of in the,

I mean there's bigger, bigger vehicles,

like, you know, more gigantic ones.

It seems obvious, but somehow it wasn't, right?

Yeah.

So yeah, I mean it's the only minivan here.

But it's a more, you know, streamlined, you know.

It's more.

It's aerodynamic, so.

Aerodynamic, yes.

And you got all the safety,

Chrysler Pacifica is extremely safe vehicle,

so if you're with your kids, you're safe.

So, yeah.

One or two.

Thank you very much.

Yeah, of course.

Thank you very much.

Yeah.

I appreciate it, guys.

Thank you so much.

All right.

We're going to head out.

We're going to finish up our podcast.

Thank you.

Thank you guys.

Hey, build it and they will come.

That's right.

Thank you very much.

Yeah.

All right.

Thank you, guys.

Bye.

We'll see you soon.

I'd buy that, Andre.

Heck yeah.

Oh, we'll drive?

Yeah.

But look, but there's a RAM section here as well, Roman.

Is this the Stalant?

If we enter the Stalant's part of the walk around.

Yes, we have the enter Stalant.

But there's a guy talking to a speaker,

which is going to be annoying.

But so they also do riding drives, right?

So they have like a dirt mount where you could actually

test some of the functionality of some of these vehicles,

which is cool.

Yeah.

Is there a Hemi under one of those?

Let's look, because they're just reintroducing the Hemi, right?

There's a Rebel X.

A Rebel X celebrates 10 years of the RAM 1500 Rebel.

Hey, you want to spill the beans on what you're doing next week?

You're doing something really cool.

Yeah, I'm going to spill the beans.

Why don't you spill the beans?

Because Andre is going to Detroit,

but you're bringing back something.

Yes.

So RAM has an event at Chelsea Proving Grounds,

which is their corporate proving ground in Michigan.

And I'm bringing a truck similar to this back to Colorado,

but it's going to be a warlock.

Okay, sweet.

But that's all I'm going to say.

If there's something under the hood,

maybe that people will be interested in.

Yes, but that's all I'm going to say.

Yeah, we'll have to surprise you guys.

So stay tuned.

Oh, that's interesting.

Look, somebody's taken a Grenadier and put it next to a Defender,

right?

Which is unusual because the Defender was kind of what the Grenadier is,

or vice versa, the Grenadier is what the Defender was.

The creator of the Grenadier company wanted to build a Defender, right?

Their own version.

And now they're next to each other right here.

Let's go show them.

So yeah, the biggest, Sir Richardson, is that his name?

Radcliffe, Jim Radcliffe.

Sir Jim Radcliffe, Sir just been in the U.K.,

wanted to take the old Defender, not that one, the one that was boxy.

The original, yeah.

And keep building it.

But Land Rover said no, and so instead he came up with this.

Yeah, that's a rebel rally car.

Look at that.

Dude, look at that trailer.

Maybe we can end right there.

Have you ever seen something like that?

It's a very military trailer.

But it also has leather on the inside.

Look at this.

This is something else.

More of a kind of a streamlined teardrop trailer.

I don't know what you'd call this.

This is not a, it's not like a bean trailer.

This is more of a, this is the BRS off road.

Oh yeah, look at all the fans up there.

Wow, but look at the space, the amount of curvature here.

It is a teardrop.

It's just, it's a class of teardrop, right?

Yeah, it's just like armored up teardrop.

Yes, but tough looking and very mean.

Very mean and tough.

Well, we've done it, we've done a complete walk around.

We're back to our friend Scott.

Yeah.

So guys, well, we saw maybe 80%, maybe 70%, right?

We didn't see every single thing.

And if you guys, you know, want to find out what Tommy and the team have been up to,

head on over to Karish.

Yeah.

And we want to especially give a shout out to our patrons.

Yes.

So we started doing live shows.

Obviously this is not a live show right now.

No, we don't have a band with you.

But from our studio at home in Boulder, Colorado, we're doing also live Patreon shows.

We really appreciate your support.

And that's how you can get these shows first before anybody else does.

And also questions.

If you ask questions, we'll answer them.

And the most common question is what, Roman?

What truck does Andre drive?

Similar.

What's your favorite truck, right?

And what we showed you here is kind of some of our favorites.

No, the most common question is, you know, what's happening with the bread loaf?

What's happening with the bread loaf, Andre?

It's in the shop.

It's right there.

It's in Greeley.

It's been in the shop now for like the last three years.

Yes.

Yeah.

Let's help projects go.

So if you guys are interested in helping Andre build it out,

once he gets the transmission fixed.

Yeah.

Please watch the video.

Now that his, you know, VA swapped it.

Yes.

Then where should they contact us?

Ask a TFL truck.

Yeah, but also just follow our channels.

And I bet, Andre, I bet.

What?

I bet if you guys jumped in and helped Andre fix this,

we could show it here next year.

Wouldn't that be great?

It could be featured maybe at Scott's booth.

It could be featured.

What about that?

We could have the only Russian Buhanka at the...

Do you see any other Russian Buhankas here?

No.

I have seen nothing else.

I've just seen all, you know, Jeeps and Chetties and Fords.

Yeah.

And British Ineosprinted ears.

Yeah.

But the only thing help I need, Roman, is encouragement.

And support online.

I'm not asking for money.

I'm asking for encouragement and support.

Ask a TFL truck.

We'll see you guys next time.

Yeah.

Ciao.

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