In an old IVECO 90-16 fire engine, with two children and two dogs, the family crosses Russia, races through the Kazakh steppe and takes on the Pamir Highway, on the way to their dream: Mongolia.
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Pickup beds are great. They have one drawback: they are long. And when you need to get right to the back, you are in for a climb. That is why several makers offer bed slides. To strap gear down, most slides have airline rails along the sides. Front Runner has now brought out ones that work like a roof rack instead.
H&R Spezialfedern is taking over the off-road specialist STOCK & STEIN and the TREKFINDER brand as of 1 June 2026, with plans to expand the portfolio and international marketing.
The new exhibitors at the Abenteuer&Allrad 2026: clever camper tech, roof tents, living boxes, off-road tyres, cooking gear and even self-drive tours. An overview of who's new.
Thomas Hofmann's Ford Ranger 3.2, The Beast, is a work tool, off-road vehicle and overland camper in one. A Four Wheel Camper pop-up cabin, Ironman suspension, a 6.2 t winch and a build born of real use.
horntools expands its roof tent range with the Triangle roof tent Cloud: around 60 kg, just 12.5 cm high closed, a 140 cm sleeping area and set-up in under three minutes.
Advertisement: Crumbling railway bridges in the jungle, a base camp at 4,000 metres, a DC-3 into the Amazon and diesel at bargain prices: Colombia is becoming one of the most exciting overlanding destinations in the world. We drove the 33-day trailcompass expedition that shows what this country has to offer.
From 23 to 26 July 2026, off-road travellers meet in Wiesentheid in Bavaria for the second BushCamper Owners Week, deliberately small and cosy, for people who like being on the road and want to learn from each other.
ORYX Solutions launches a modular CNC-built interior for the VW Crafter and identical MAN TGE (L3): bed system, kitchen unit, wet cell, cabinets and a seat box, around 180 kilos complete.
Five Mountains 2026, the final edition: a self-driven off-road expedition across the Balkans from Ancona to Serbia, with wild camping, hotels and Iron Mountain sections.
Sylke and Norbert Frommherz turned a 1991 Puch 230GE high-roof from Swiss military stock into a minimalist camper: a light wood and aluminium build, simple power supply and about 3,000 euro in six weeks.
The Vickywood CAMP BREEZE is a compact, light camping chair with a packed size of under 40 cm, around 1.7 kg, that carries up to 150 kg and simply comes along on every trip.
Falken showed its 4x4 tyre range at Abenteuer & Allrad, and at the centre stood the WILDPEAK R/T01, a hybrid tyre that brings all-terrain and mud-terrain together under one roof and comes with a five-year warranty.
When Andreas Christl watched those bright blue Grenadiers rolling off the line at the Hambach plant, a special paint job for a French energy company, he knew straight away: I want one of those. Can't be done, came the answer. But anyone who knows Andreas Christl knows there's exactly one thing that doesn't exist for him, and that's "can't be done".
What the established exhibitors are showing at the Abenteuer&Allrad 2026: new roof tents, living boxes, tyres, water treatment, fire bowls, racks and more, from AllRoad to ZURRSCHIENEN.
Six decades of Taubenreuther: from construction machinery to WARN winches, the Camel Trophy, a major fire and the 4x4 scene. The story of a stubborn Upper Franconian off-road family.
Alex, Janine and their two kids drove an old Iveco 90-16 fire engine all the way to Mongolia. Part 1 of their family journey, from the first breakdowns through the Balkans to Turkey.
SeaLand-pro's airline-rail holder gives the WM Aquatec filling filter a fixed place in the camper, independent of any magnetic surface, made in Germany.