Wow...Shovels?

[jhmover]

He has plenty of room for his closet full of official Camel Trophy khaki shirts, pants and pith helmets.

 

[Blue]

No, maybe I better postpone this expedition until I can build an Expedition Trailer. I mean, what would happen if I became stranded, trapped beneath a heavy object, had my legs eaten by a bear, etc.? Therefore I better bring a full complement of winter gear and clothing, just in case I'm stranded for a few months. It could happen on expedition, these are the kind of things you have to be prepared for if you're going to expedite with the big boys.

 

[jhmover]

Don't forget at least 500 pounds of MRE's just in case.

 

[emmodg]

Pleeeeeeeease go read post #74 on the "shovel" thread. Thank GOD that gentleman had a shovel or he AND his children would have been in peril.

 

[bovw]

I'm going on an Expedition to get some Guinness.

 

[traveltoad]

I'm going on an Expedition to get some Guinness.

Brilliant!

 

[montanablur]

It's a shame because that forum has a ton of potential. There is actually a lot of good general travel related info and some great trip reports. The Land Rover section is unfortunately filled with so much misinformation it takes too much work to wade through the bullshit.

Those guys will never know what they lost in a great resource such as Muskyman, but chances are they will never realize they actually needed that knowledge.

 

[Steve Rupp]

The Land Rover section is unfortunately filled with so much misinformation it takes too much work to wade through the bullshit.

This is amazing because it's exactly why everybody on the site hates discoweb. They don't want to wade through goofing around to find good information. They'd just rather stroke each other's cocks and fill the forum with absolute horrible know it all info.

 

[bovw]

It's a shame because that forum has a ton of potential. There is actually a lot of good general travel related info and some great trip reports. The Land Rover section is unfortunately filled with so much misinformation it takes too much work to wade through the bullshit.

Those guys will never know what they lost in a great resource such as Muskyman, but chances are they will never realize they actually needed that knowledge.

Well said Sinuhe. I do like the cooking and communication stuff, and I'm always on the lookout for another picture thread of yours. The rest has fallen by the wayside for me. I thought Thom, Steve, and Mike had some great input in the LR section personally.

 

[jhmover]

I did run into a guy with no shovel, we took the kids to the snow, him and another guy decided they were taking their Toyota and Nissan pickups down the road past where I parked, which was closed where I parked and not plowed. They got about 50 feet before they both got stuck. Then one of them walks back and shyly asks me if I had a shovel. I ended up putting the tow strap on the Nissan and pulling him out (in addition to no shovel he had almost bald tires), the Toyota made it out by itself after everyone got in the back so there was some weight on the rear axle.

This wasn't even an expedition! Just 50 feet or so past the end of the plowing. LOL

 

[az_max]

I did run into a guy with no shovel, we took the kids to the snow, him and another guy decided they were taking their Toyota and Nissan pickups down the road past where I parked, which was closed where I parked and not plowed. They got about 50 feet before they both got stuck. Then one of them walks back and shyly asks me if I had a shovel. I ended up putting the tow strap on the Nissan and pulling him out (in addition to no shovel he had almost bald tires), the Toyota made it out by itself after everyone got in the back so there was some weight on the rear axle.

This wasn't even an expedition! Just 50 feet or so past the end of the plowing. LOL

you didn't need an expedition shovel for that, you needed a DumbAss<tm> Shovel for that!

 

[jhmover]

I basically laughed all weekend over this....it turned a boring trip to take the kids to the snow into something funny as hell.

 

[GregH]

8 pages of posts and not really one that even touches on anything worth reading.

that site is just really a buncha mall crawling posers all sitting around worshipping the "certified master trainers" and the internet engineers.

I think its funny one of the last posts in that thread is someone from the UK posting how the same shovel that works for dirt will work for snow...now there is a post that clearly comes from experience:rofl:

poserportal.com

Don't tell me you're surprised?

The vast majority of Rover owners are morons. At least there is some sort of regulating influence on Dweb. However, it's not nearly the entertainment since Kyle left.

 

[Jason T.]

I visit expeditionportal and yes, I'm disappointed that the shovel thread has gone 8 pages. But hey, this thread about the thread is already up to 3 pages! This one is much funnier though.

I think that site has good info, except for the LR section. Did you see how many pages there were on the rear door table thread? It's no wonder why most other brand enthusiasts have a poor view of Rover owners.

My only other gripe about expeditionportal is the winch based threads. Everything from "you don't need one because you should just become a better driver" to "all you need is an 8K lb. winch for your 20K lb. truck, oh, and mount it on the rear"

I hope some of you come back, it's disappointing to see them get the best of you.....
Jason T.

 

[emmodg]

Expedition Portal has become THE forum for: Those that don't like profanity, have precious egos, want to tout themselves as "experts" and don't want to be questioned why, would rather hear praise no matter how bad of an idea or theory they have come up with, have had their feelings hurt on DWEB and/or Pirate, love to use the terms "overlanding" and expedition", are embarrassed to ask questions anywhere else, think that driving on a dirt road in a foreign country "certifies" them as expert off-highway drivers and truck builders, have more money than sense, second rate web-engineers, those that desperately want to be listened to, and those who would rather die a horrible death than admit their wrong.

 

[rovercanus]

Expedition Portal has become THE forum for: Those that don't like profanity, have precious egos, want to tout themselves as "experts" and don't want to be questioned why, would rather hear praise no matter how bad of an idea or theory they have come up with, have had their feelings hurt on DWEB and/or Pirate, love to use the terms "overlanding" and expedition", are embarrassed to ask questions anywhere else, think that driving on a dirt road in a foreign country "certifies" them as expert off-highway drivers and truck builders, have more money than sense, second rate web-engineers, those that desperately want to be listened to, and those who would rather die a horrible death than admit their wrong.

You could have just said, Canadians.

 

[Blue]

I visit expeditionportal and yes, I'm disappointed that the shovel thread has gone 8 pages. But hey, this thread about the thread is already up to 3 pages!

Good point, now I feel slightly foolish. Back to the top with this thread.

 

[clalor]

I think that site has good info, except for the LR section. Did you see how many pages there were on the rear door table thread? It's no wonder why most other brand enthusiasts have a poor view of Rover owners.

I actually started that thread over there before I started appreciating Dweb. It turned into more fluff than I hoped for. That's partly my fault for being damn lazy. This place seems to be better when it comes to making shit rather than just bolting it on. Lesson learned.

Someone should start a thread on toilet paper over there and see what happens.

Ha! Someone did this a few days ago, by one of the ExPo team members no less:

http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27260

 

[jhmover]

I though you were just shitting but it's true....:rofl:

 

[az_max]

I though you were just shitting but it's true....:rofl:

He's not just shitting, he's wiping too!

:rofl: