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Experience The Difference of the EXD Camper

If you’ve been following our blog and social media pages, you’ve well seen the release of our newest EarthCruiser vehicle, the EXD camper. A few blogs back we compared 1 ton trucks to popular conversion vans. Like we said in the blog, we love the van life concept, and the EXD is how EarthCruiser would do vanlife! Since the release of the EXD we’ve been getting a lot of questions regarding what makes it such an amazing machine. Most recently Truck Camper Adventure (TCA) asked to interview Lance about what makes it different. Below is some of the dialog… TCA:

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Budapest to Bamako Rally

The Start of the Desert

Mines in the Desert From the high Atlas Mountains, we came down to the beach and then into more of a desert area.  Much like Central Oregon, this wasn’t a sand dune desert but a more rocky, gravelly one.  This is where we entered Western Sahara, which is about 800 km of what was once disputed territory between Morocco and Mauritania.  Both sides used to mine it…land mines! So we pretty much had a transit stage from outside of Dahla to our first camp at Bou Lanour in Mauritania. It was suggested we didn’t venture too far from the road,

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Budapest to Bamako Rally

Budapest to Bamako and Back – Post Rally

Budapest to Bamako We’re on the plane home now from the Budapest to Bamako rally and we’ve had an amazing time.  It was a long couple of weeks -nearly 20,000 kms there and back. We didn’t have access to wifi, hence the lack of posts.  We did finish the race in Banjul and did really well considering we really didn’t know what we were getting into.  Initially, I thought this was a GPS charity event, which it was but it was also a very serious well-organized play for keeps rally. The teams that came in the top 3 positions had

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Time to Cross Some Borders and Catch a Ferry

Tips for Crossing Borders As we’ve been driving and crossing borders on major highways, some countries have a “rest stop” like areas where you can buy a vignette which seems to be a “pre-paid” toll card.  It doesn’t seem to be mandatory to buy one as you aren’t funneled into this area.  We did buy them but wondered if it really mattered as no one checked them.  We started the race and crossed into Slovenia, another vignette country and almost didn’t buy one.  But we did, this one was a nice sticker (we didn’t notice) while the others were just

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Budapest Here We Are!

Being Tourist in Budapest It’s been several years since we’ve been in Budapest and it is truly a really lovely city at night which is when we arrived.  We’re at a hotel somewhat on the outskirts (has a big carpark which is essential for a vehicle rally!) but we spent Wednesday doing a bit of well-deserved sightseeing. I am a keen fan of public transport systems and no matter how confusing or in a language I don’t understand, it’s always a challenge for me to figure it out.  Budapest’s was no exception and Lance and I spent several hours on

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EarthCruiser in Amsterdam at Centrum Ermelo
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EarthCruiser Alpha Omega Goes to 4×4 Centrum Ermelo

To Centrum Ermelo We Go We arrived in Amsterdam after a long flight to find Alpha re-aligned and ready for Lance to do some other maintenance and install his new, hand built UBCO bike rack (more on that later).  Ronald and Ton his dad own 4×4 Centrum Ermelo.  Their main business is building and supporting rally cars and Ton is currently on the Dakar with a client.  The Rally business is big in Europe with people spending 100,000 Euro + on these vehicles.  There are many rallies with European championships, a big one called the Balkan Rally and several in

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Internship @ EarthCruiser – Ian Ray

EarthCruiser Summer Internship with Ian Ray Intern: Ian Ray High School: Bend Senior High Year: Senior – Class of 2018   Why did you want to be an intern at EarthCruiser? I wanted to be an intern here so I could learn engineering and manufacturing workshop skills.   What have you learned so far from your internship here? I have developed my skills using Solid Works to design and assemble parts. I have also developed my skills in the shop, especially in the woodworking area.   What is your favorite part about interning at EarthCruiser? I enjoyed the internship, but I liked

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The Gambler 500 Race Report

Gambler 500 Recap Last weekend EarthCruiser EXP Alpha Omega and the workshop Chevy took on The Gambler 500 – Oregon Race. The navigated race covered 500 miles from Portland, Oregon to Hoodoo Ski Resort back to Portland in a two day off road course. EarthCruiser crew members entered in our never say die Chevy ute – they had a ball and so did we in Alpha Omega. The boys did an out standing job and our role in Alpha Omega was back up and recovery for 500 miles of car fun! Official EarthCruiser Crew Gambler team photo – please note, Goldy

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EarthCruiser Crew Member Ashton
Meet The EC Crew!

Getting to Know EarthCruiser Crew Member Ashton Cerny

Meet Ashton Cerny Ashton Cerny, Marketing Coordinator and in charge of GZL sales, will have been with EarthCruiser for a year in August. She was born in San Jose, California and raised in Modesto. In her spare time, Ashton enjoys hiking, paddle boarding, and hanging out with her dog. The joy she feels while working at EarthCruiser comes from the idea of helping people build their dreams to explore the world. Ashton brings to the company a positive attitude and a wealth of sales experience. As the Overland industry grows by leaps and bounds, Ashton hopes that we travel to

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EarthCruiser Community
International Travel
News From The Road
Tips & Tricks
Blog

Experience The Difference of the EXD Camper

If you’ve been following our blog and social media pages, you’ve well seen the release of our newest EarthCruiser vehicle, the EXD camper. A few blogs back we compared 1 ton trucks to popular conversion vans. Like we said in the blog, we love the van life concept, and the EXD is how EarthCruiser would do vanlife! Since the release of the EXD we’ve been getting a lot of questions regarding what makes it such an amazing machine. Most recently Truck Camper Adventure (TCA) asked to interview Lance about what makes it different. Below is some of the dialog… TCA:

Read More +
Budapest to Bamako Rally

The Start of the Desert

Mines in the Desert From the high Atlas Mountains, we came down to the beach and then into more of a desert area.  Much like Central Oregon, this wasn’t a sand dune desert but a more rocky, gravelly one.  This is where we entered Western Sahara, which is about 800 km of what was once disputed territory between Morocco and Mauritania.  Both sides used to mine it…land mines! So we pretty much had a transit stage from outside of Dahla to our first camp at Bou Lanour in Mauritania. It was suggested we didn’t venture too far from the road,

Read More +
Budapest to Bamako Rally

Budapest to Bamako and Back – Post Rally

Budapest to Bamako We’re on the plane home now from the Budapest to Bamako rally and we’ve had an amazing time.  It was a long couple of weeks -nearly 20,000 kms there and back. We didn’t have access to wifi, hence the lack of posts.  We did finish the race in Banjul and did really well considering we really didn’t know what we were getting into.  Initially, I thought this was a GPS charity event, which it was but it was also a very serious well-organized play for keeps rally. The teams that came in the top 3 positions had

Read More +
Blog

Time to Cross Some Borders and Catch a Ferry

Tips for Crossing Borders As we’ve been driving and crossing borders on major highways, some countries have a “rest stop” like areas where you can buy a vignette which seems to be a “pre-paid” toll card.  It doesn’t seem to be mandatory to buy one as you aren’t funneled into this area.  We did buy them but wondered if it really mattered as no one checked them.  We started the race and crossed into Slovenia, another vignette country and almost didn’t buy one.  But we did, this one was a nice sticker (we didn’t notice) while the others were just

Read More +
Blog

Budapest Here We Are!

Being Tourist in Budapest It’s been several years since we’ve been in Budapest and it is truly a really lovely city at night which is when we arrived.  We’re at a hotel somewhat on the outskirts (has a big carpark which is essential for a vehicle rally!) but we spent Wednesday doing a bit of well-deserved sightseeing. I am a keen fan of public transport systems and no matter how confusing or in a language I don’t understand, it’s always a challenge for me to figure it out.  Budapest’s was no exception and Lance and I spent several hours on

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EarthCruiser in Amsterdam at Centrum Ermelo
Blog

EarthCruiser Alpha Omega Goes to 4×4 Centrum Ermelo

To Centrum Ermelo We Go We arrived in Amsterdam after a long flight to find Alpha re-aligned and ready for Lance to do some other maintenance and install his new, hand built UBCO bike rack (more on that later).  Ronald and Ton his dad own 4×4 Centrum Ermelo.  Their main business is building and supporting rally cars and Ton is currently on the Dakar with a client.  The Rally business is big in Europe with people spending 100,000 Euro + on these vehicles.  There are many rallies with European championships, a big one called the Balkan Rally and several in

Read More +
Blog

Internship @ EarthCruiser – Ian Ray

EarthCruiser Summer Internship with Ian Ray Intern: Ian Ray High School: Bend Senior High Year: Senior – Class of 2018   Why did you want to be an intern at EarthCruiser? I wanted to be an intern here so I could learn engineering and manufacturing workshop skills.   What have you learned so far from your internship here? I have developed my skills using Solid Works to design and assemble parts. I have also developed my skills in the shop, especially in the woodworking area.   What is your favorite part about interning at EarthCruiser? I enjoyed the internship, but I liked

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Blog

The Gambler 500 Race Report

Gambler 500 Recap Last weekend EarthCruiser EXP Alpha Omega and the workshop Chevy took on The Gambler 500 – Oregon Race. The navigated race covered 500 miles from Portland, Oregon to Hoodoo Ski Resort back to Portland in a two day off road course. EarthCruiser crew members entered in our never say die Chevy ute – they had a ball and so did we in Alpha Omega. The boys did an out standing job and our role in Alpha Omega was back up and recovery for 500 miles of car fun! Official EarthCruiser Crew Gambler team photo – please note, Goldy

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EarthCruiser Crew Member Ashton
Meet The EC Crew!

Getting to Know EarthCruiser Crew Member Ashton Cerny

Meet Ashton Cerny Ashton Cerny, Marketing Coordinator and in charge of GZL sales, will have been with EarthCruiser for a year in August. She was born in San Jose, California and raised in Modesto. In her spare time, Ashton enjoys hiking, paddle boarding, and hanging out with her dog. The joy she feels while working at EarthCruiser comes from the idea of helping people build their dreams to explore the world. Ashton brings to the company a positive attitude and a wealth of sales experience. As the Overland industry grows by leaps and bounds, Ashton hopes that we travel to

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