May 12 – 14, 2017
Lots of photos of the things we saw this year.
Vendors
Campers & Overland Vehicles
XP Camper
We did catch up with Marc Wassman of XP Camper on Thursday night and visited his vendor site off and on during the weekend.
The Cube
Built on a Mercedes Truck chassis
We stopped by to visit Earthcruiser several times.
Global Expedition Vehicles
A very large truck
AeroContinental
Their vehicle is metal covered with rivets.
Jon checks out the back of the vehicle
Bliss Mobil BV
This one was very large.
Alaskan Campers
A hard-sided pop up truck camper
VMI Offroad
They have an unusual pop-up
Kodiak Trailhead Pop-up
A Few from Unknown Vendors
Roof-top Tents and Trailers
There were quite a few of these this year.
Terracamper
A pop-up roof
Tepui
Friday night, they had a happy hour with free beer and a musician performing from one of their rooftop tents.
We were impressed.
AT Overland
An interesting rooftop tent by Nemo.
Camping Structures
Advanced Shelter Systems
It was great to see Shelterpod at Overland Expo. They’ve been to a couple of these before and their tents held up well against the strong winds.
Overland Vehicle Rentals
You don’t have to buy your own Overland Vehicle, there were several that rent them, too.
Adventure Travel Sports Rentals
Adventure Travel Sports Rentals
They’ve been to several Overland Expo’s, too.
Adventure Rentals
They brought a couple of items to the show.
Additional Vendors
And a few more vendors
The Turtle Expedition was there.
They had started out in the Showcase Vehicle section but moved their vehicle to the vendor area. It was good to see them again.
Kargo Master Safari
The brought live music, too. It is an interesting trend.
As always, we always visit the Garmin (formerly DeLorme) booth.
We love the inReach. It is a great device for two-way satellite texting and reaching out for help in case of emergency. We used it last year when we were stuck in the Black Rock Desert Playa. We didn’t have cell service, so being able to reach out for help was great.
ARB 4×4
They brought a great display for their air lockers.
Here are a few more images
Great write up.
How was the fit and finish on the XP Cube build regarding the panels? Especially the extrusions used to hold the panels together.
XP doesn’t use panels and extrusions like that, it is a single smooth finished fiberglass assembly with no seams, etc.