I moved into my full time Jeep and lived in it for 3 years covering 54,000 miles – I wanted to adventure

A MAN has lived out of his Jeep Wrangler for three years to travel the world and ‘have a big adventure.’

To travel the world on a budget and embark on the journey he’s always dreamed of, one man turned his 2011 Jeep Wrangler into a home on four wheels.

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Dan Grec, an Australian man with an insatiable taste for adventure, moved into his Jeep Wrangler and traveled across Africa for three years.

By the end of the trip, he had put 54,000 miles on the odometer, making the most of the modifications added to the Wrangler to enable him to be independent, even in the most remote areas.

“I built this because I wanted to go to faraway places,” Dan told Outside Magazine’s of 101.

“The goal wasn’t to build a cool car, the goal was to have a big adventure and the car made that possible.”

Grec’s Jeep underwent major changes to handle the African jungle.

Tall and aggressive tires were one of the first additions to the Jeep, along with steel wheels replacing the usual aluminum wheels.

A small but efficient kitchen was created from the back entrance, complete with a counter that folds down to house its single burner gas stove.

“The stove uses the same fuel as the Jeep,” Dan said.

“So when I would be fueling the Jeep, I would also add it to my little burner so I wouldn’t have to worry about the propane tanks.”

To increase the speed of his Jeep, Grec installed a 10-gallon fuel tank that fits neatly behind the spare wheel.

Also behind the spare wheel was a full-sized shovel to dig out his Wrangler if necessary, and track pads if his Jeep needed help over the curb.

Choosing a Jeep Wrangler as his adventure vehicle, adding a tent to the roof was easy.

Although, he modified his roof configuration to add a place to sleep and a place to stand and to be out of the weather.

Grec removed the roof and replaced it with folding wooden slats, with the open slats allowing him room to stand and work and a tent providing shelter, and the closed slats giving him room to sleep.

“Camping and living outside is great, until the rain starts pouring, or until the mosquitoes are scary,” Dan said. “

“And then having this inner living space is where your intelligence comes from.”

Sleeping on top of his Wrangler allowed him to have more interior space, while also feeling less dangerous at night when the area’s wildlife was most active.

“There were many nights where I would be (on the roof), and I could hear the hippos walking around the Jeep,” Dan said.

“One day, I heard lions roaring. And it felt like you were safe, this was, in a way, a safe place.”

Currently, Grec is working on building a Jeep Gladiator to get him started on his next adventure, which he has yet to announce.

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