I started overlanding because I like dirt roads and sleeping on top of my truck. But somewhere around my third mutual aid stints — watching people scramble for water and power after a hurricane gutted their town — I realized my weekend camping rig was already more prepared than 90% of the houses on that block. That’s the thing nobody talks about. A properly built overlanding rig is a bug-out vehicle. It’s mobile shelter, power generation, water filtration, food prep, and communicatio