Ground tent camping is not my favorite but this trail made up for it...
This was the first half of day one on the trail in the new truck - a new AEV Ram Prospector XL. This was a LONG day, so I had to break it up into two videos. We covered a lot of ground and the San Rafael Swell did not disappoint. The only way we could camp on this trip was to use a ground tent, so we picked up a gazelle tent - which I believe is one of the best ground tent options, but…
To get access to the gps files for this route, from Kevin: lso.link/swell
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That is a beautiful truck!!!!!!! congrats!!!!
Very cool channel! Although I’m amused, I use to live in Navarre, and you are a big Rocky Mountain Guy! Awesome. It’s a big lift to tent camp with kids. I was a single dad with a 7 and 3 year old. My pop up was awesome!
Love the video and love the energy Jason. Please change the song though!!! That horn is brutal in it haha. love the content!
clicked, liked and commented! thanks
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Whaaaa Jajajajaja 😂 good video👍
Jason, it nice to see you posting videos again, thank you. I enjoy your content.
@SwellRunner
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Mike! Trying to keep it going!
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Nice to see you back doing what you love Jason! Love seeing the adventure.
The new truck is amazing!! Enjoy it. 😊👍🏻
The found tent... We struggle with this, too! Definitely leave the bag. We leave it because if the person who lost it circles back for it, it's there for them to find. Also, if we leave it and the original owners don't come back, it will be there for someone else who needs it more. That's our philosophy! Love the new truck! And love the videos! Keep 'em coming!
Love the new ride brother and nice to see you on the trail again!!! 🙏🏼👊🏼🇺🇸
Jason nice Truck nice family all the way from Scotland👌👌
Just awesome.. your Ram 💪
I love those fender flares and wheel well cut outs. They do it right, for sure. Congrats.
I love your AEV truck. I’ve got a Silverado 2500HD Z71 and I love off roading and camping with her so capable
always enjoy your videos. love the new truck
Beautiful Rig and great content 👍
Beautiful truck!!!
Wow Ben has grown up a little! Haha great to see a video from you.
Great video !!!
welcome back ........again. Are you going to be sticking around?
@SwellRunner
Жыл бұрын
We'll see! But probably not. I seem to come and go these days.
Love to see the over landing stuff again!! I must say, as nice is that truck is, I miss the 4runner 😢
Looks so good! I generally consider things left out on public land to be trash if left behind, but since moving to Idaho, the culture is that if it's not yours, you just don't touch it. I would have to come back in a day or two tho. If they haven't come back for it by then, the odds that they're going to are basically 0, so at that point, I'm just cleaning up public land by taking it out. Tricky situation. Love the kids keeping us honest! 😄 I did pick up a shooting stick once, because a) it looked like it had been there a while, and b) it was in a place that rarely sees any traffic, and the odds of someone finding it were slim to none. I felt better when I saw one in the store and it was like $20. At least they weren't out a car payment if they did come back looking for it.
@SwellRunner
Жыл бұрын
I hear you in all that. Had we not just passed those on moto i probably wouldn’t have left it. I’ve lost things in trail and gone back for it being grateful I found it.
Great looking truck! I have a 22 Power Wagon the same color. Love it! Great for overlanding... I even took it on hell's revenge in Moab!
@SwellRunner
Жыл бұрын
Nice! Did you do the gate? I never have.
@jimvalentine3444
Жыл бұрын
@@SwellRunner I tried to, my running boards were too low. I did do the water fall.... I'm running 37's with a 4" lift.
Jason! huge fan of the channel. Also was surprised to see you went to Costa Rica recently with some dear friends of ours - small world!
Ahhh teenagers haha. Love the new truck. Good to see some content!
I like the AEV Prospector. I have 4th Gen RAM 1500, and I really like the build. With all of the big trucks coming into overlanding it would be nice to see add ons for them, particularly better skid plate options being longer wheelbase.
I’ve been overlanding my raptor since 2017 and it’s so nice to see full size rigs becoming more and more popular. I used to be one of the biggest out on the trail with a rooftop tent now with rigs like yours I look like a Tacoma 😂.
@SwellRunner
Жыл бұрын
Raptors are great!
Good to see you back on the trail. Love the AEV Prospector. Not too sure about the orange gazelle. I feel like it would burn my retinas even with my eyes closed. Looking forward to seeing part too.
The second gate was a perfect situation to let Boy get behind the wheel to pull forward and familiar with driving, he's old enough for that!
@srod2987
Жыл бұрын
If he wasn’t such a lil prick
@stlouisarch2162
Жыл бұрын
@@srod2987 He's a teenager. It's the nature of the beast.
Rad truck. I wish aev offered products for the superduty. Especially the front bumper and flares
I like the new truck and the old one. Lol
We have the same tent for our family of 4. We use 3 Exped Megamats that fit perfectly inside a Wyoming king-sized fitted sheet. We also discovered the rain-fly is way easier to put on and off with the roof popped down 😅
@SwellRunner
Жыл бұрын
Awesome! I'll definitely be keeping the tent around - we actually used it a couple weeks back for a family camp trip we did. And yea, we discovered how much easier it was to put the rainfly on pre-pop later that day, lol.
I have that same tent and its boss! It survived 50 mph winds and rain in the Sand Hills of Nebraska at a Star Party (astronomy event) ! The only tougher tent is the Kodiak Canvas I have but that Gazelle sets up so quick its awesome!
@SwellRunner
Жыл бұрын
Awesome! Although it doesn't sound fun being in winds like that.
I would move the tent to a location that it would be seen and then leave it.
I’d leave the tent. However, I’d make it easier for them to find. ie Stand it up, tie an orange ribbon on it-Make it stand out.
Where did you get the tent?
I'm honestly with your son on the tent, it's super dusty so it's been there for a bit so it would be ok to take it
Inspired me to get a capable truck and go over landing 😁
jetboil doesnt need a lighter…
Wait, the MSR doesn’t have a built in igniter like the Jetboil does?
@SwellRunner
Жыл бұрын
Flip no. Of course my jet boil stopped working after a while too. But still🙄🙄🙄
I think ground tents have lots of pros over a roof top tent or a live in system. Honestly I think a good compromise for me personally is a ground tent system and then staying in an Airbnb every few days for basecamp exploring.
@SwellRunner
Жыл бұрын
My thing is with a rooftop tent or my camper setup, all I need to do is get my vehicle relatively level and I can sleep comfortably. With a ground tent there is so much more to consider. Including space. But to each their own!
@woolengrappler
Жыл бұрын
@@SwellRunner that is true! The Australian swag tents are appealing. I like how the mattress, bedding and pillows can be rolled up in one big bag and thrown in a truck bed or roof rack.
RIP
Can you go into cost and wait time etc for something like this?
@co4x4
Жыл бұрын
Yes please! I to would like to know some of the details of ordering procedures and wait times.
@SwellRunner
Жыл бұрын
Ok - so, you can order one new, build the truck out the way you want, and you can probably have the truck in a few months. That's actually what I originally did - I started an order with the truck I wanted - then when it's done it gets sent to AEV for them to do the work. BUT, mid-stream, Jackson called me (a few weeks after I put my order in) and said he had one coming in that the buyer backed out from and offered it to me. I started the process in March and had a truck in May. If I'd have kept my original build, I think I would have had it by July or August. Jackson is more than happy to help on new builds - he was phenomenal to work with. instagram.com/glendale_dcj/
@SwellRunner
Жыл бұрын
See response to Max
@co4x4
Жыл бұрын
@@SwellRunner thanx for the fast reply
@410Expedition
Жыл бұрын
Whut? 😂
Hi Jason ! nice video I like the new truck !, what is the name of your glasses?
@SwellRunner
Жыл бұрын
ROKA
"WUT"
@SwellRunner
8 ай бұрын
“Way Up There”
I don't like the full size trucks for ovetlanding. I just yook delivery of my Badlands Bronco it is awesome
I assume it has lockers? No? Wow that’s crazy. No lockers….
@SwellRunner
Жыл бұрын
Never wished I had them in the last truck.
@3smoke
Жыл бұрын
The don't add lockers to the diesels because they can't handle the torque.
Yeah I was wondering what size that shirt was my dude... what?
@SwellRunner
Жыл бұрын
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What?
What?, what?, what? ……🤪
Jason, I'm a bit confused.. chronologically speaking.. when was this in comparison to your farm in Florida? Are you back in Utah? Great video as always BTW 👍
@SwellRunner
Жыл бұрын
I’m still in Florida. I picked up this truck in may and went up to Utah for a couple nights to camp before heading home to the homestead in Orlando.
@TheHooligan-5
Жыл бұрын
@@SwellRunner Gotcha! Stay safe and hopefully you can keep these videos coming. Always look forward to your content
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Leave the tent, they will find it when they search for it
@SwellRunner
Жыл бұрын
That’s what we did. Figured it was best
What…?
@SwellRunner
Жыл бұрын
What
@benkoertge127
Жыл бұрын
@@SwellRunner what
@zenofthemoment
Жыл бұрын
What!
@tacoma_jon
Жыл бұрын
What?😂
What!? 😂😂😂😂
Don’t have a lighter 😂 I’m not laughing at you but the situation because it’s happened to all of us. Now I have lighters all over the place.
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Can’t believe that you chose unreliable Doge! Well I am disappointed to Tundra V6 Route
you should be letting Matt drive, he looks way too old to just be holding a camera
Hi, could you help check your inbox on IG about the product sponsorship?
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