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I used a GoPro 11, then an app called "Telemetry Overlay" to convert the stream of GPS data from the camera into information and to create the gauges.

Hi, Chris! Good to hear from you. Maybe I should make a little video of how I outfitted my 4Runner and the "stuff". A lot of it seems like overkill, but when you're all by yourself in the middle of the desert and haven't seen a soul since that gas station the previous day, it's good to know you have basic gear. Just a few mods to the 4Runner: no lift, but I replaced the front bumper with one that accommodates a winch while not disturbing the radar screen. I removed the back seats and installed a Goose Gear drawer and sleeping shelf system that gives me a completely flat surface behind the front seats and lots of storage in the drawers and under the platform where the seats used to fold up. On the platform I have a cot, Thermarest pad, and sleeping bag, plus a duffel bag with my fishing gear, Bluetti portable power station. I didn't take a fridge, but used a cooler and restocked with ice every couple of days. In some of my videos you can hear the melting ice sloshing around. I use a portable Smittybilt compressor. It fits under the shelf, along with a chain saw, camp table, folding chair, portable toilet, privacy tent for the toilet, tool chest, tire repair tools, etc. I have molle panels over the rear-most windows on which I hang a machete and some recovery gear - kinetic rope, soft shackles, tree saver, fire extinguisher, first aid kit, shackles, snatch block, etc. I'm using BFG KO2 tires. I did not take traction boards but should have - I needed them once, along with a good shovel, when I got high-centered on a rock. On the western part of the trip I took a 25-lb bottle of oxygen and an aviator's supplemental oxygen system, which was helpful in the high Colorado passes. I have a Garmin InReach mini for emergency communication, and took 30 days of dehydrated meals. Have a good trip next spring - and have fun planning it!

@@rwpattonstl very cool setup, Bob. I did the ARB bumper on front which allows the winch to be self contained. I also have a smaller winch mounted to a receiver which I can use on the rear. Thanks for all the update. I'm sure various forums would love to see your "build". CJ

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks! Oregon is very interesting, but I saw a lot of fire damage and between the heavy overcast and the dark evergreens I was glad to get to the end.

Thanks, Scott. I'm glad the videos are helpful. I'll make another video to discuss the mods and gear that I used, but it's a 2020 TRD Off-Road Premium with BFG T/A KO2 265/70R17 tires (31.6" diameter). The suspension is stock (no lift), but I added a winch (didn't use it), a front bumper to accommodate the winch but not obstruct the radar, rock sliders, an awning, and a differential breather to the rear diff to help keep out water. Had it inspected after I finished the trip; there were a couple of small dents in the muffler but no damage requiring repair. In the interior I removed the rear seats and added a sleeping platform and drawer system so that I could sleep comfortably in the 4Runner.

Thanks, Chris. I used Go Pro 9 and 11 cameras, which attach a stream of GPS data along with the images. An app called Telemetry Overlay converts that data stream into a variety of information gauges that show location, speed, elevation, and rate of change of any of those, some of which I've displayed on the screen. I recorded almost every minute of the trip - hundreds of hours of enormous files - which I've condensed into what's posted here. I edited the final version with Adobe Premiere Pro.

Absolutely. Rough, desolate, and big.

Yes - the sky was remarkable, both weather systems in the daytime and the stars at night.

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks so much. I appreciate it, and think you got exactly what I wanted viewers to absorb. I turned 75 two days before I started the western portion of the trip, and I think you are wise to divide the journey into three parts. It is a fabulous trip (more so, now that it's over), but by the end of the trip my fatigue had begun to impair my judgment.

Thanks!

Thanks! Good luck on your trip this year.

Thanks for the question. As I mentioned on the opening screen, I was pressed for time so I skipped the Idaho TAT and drove directly from Tremonton to Farewell Bend. My plan is to return this year and do the Idaho portion.

Yep. That waterfall is a pretty spot and is easily missed. It used to have a rope swing and would have been a good swimming hole. And yes, the stretch at 12:00 was "interesting". :-)

Thanks ! Tennessee has several roads that look like they were paved - poorly - at one time but have not been maintained, so erosion has made them into messes. I thought the roads in east Tennessee were the worst of the entire trip.

Thanks! Yes, it made a long day. And fatigue sneaks up on you.

Thanks! Glad you liked it. I recorded the video with a GoPro 11, then processed it using an app called Telemetry Overlay to create the gauges using the GoPro's GPS data.

@@rwpattonstl thank you so much!

Somehow, that's not surprising. Just checking in was an adventure. It took about an hour.

Thanks. It's worth planning for.

It's an app called Telemetry Overlay. It generates the gauges using data collected by my GoPro camera.

Thanks! I enjoyed the drive across Oklahoma.

There are two routes: Poncha Creek Trail, which I used, is the one laid out in Sam's CO3 track. Marshall Pass Road (County Road 200), that I understand is a much better road that runs generally parallel, also goes to Marshall Pass. One thing to note is the absence of signs at the place I stopped. The main Marshall Pass signage is actually a little below me at the Pass. I'm sure most people - wiser people? - use the better road.

Usually unless you're airing down below 20 more like 15 you don't get a much bigger footprint I never used to air down my first landcruser a1973 40 series it was stock with Dunlop safari tires would take on beach second truck a 1997 80 series landcruser with falken wild peaks no different.

I recorded the video with a GoPro 11 camera, which also obtains and records GPS data. I use an app called "Telemetry Overlay" to extract that information from the GoPro files to create the gauges and overlay them into video files (very large mp4 files). Then I edit and process the resulting files using Adobe Premiere Pro to create what you see. The files are large and it's quite a time-consuming process. In respect to navigation, I use an app called Gaia GPS on an iPhone following routes originally created by a fellow named Sam Correro www.transamtrail.com/

Thanks for the information

Have a good trip! It's a test of fortitude, but it's a terrific experience.

Gaia GPS.

For sure!

Thanks much!. I'm glad you liked the video. Videos from the west are coming shortly. And the trip was a very good change of scenery.

Might be possible but I wouldn't recommend it. I especially wouldn't try the mountain passes in Colorado with one. They might actually be prohibited on some trails in Colorado. The other thing to consider is durability. The TAT will beat the hell out of a trailer.

@@rwpattonstl Thank you so much for the information and replying so quickly.