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Well for one I could use a bigger vehicle so I actually fit in it. My head was on the roof of my toyota truck, I have to drive my 4runner with the seat party reclined and my head still hits the roof, and it's even on the roof of my '53 one ton army truck as it is a nowhere near as large as...

My '53 M37 is rated to 7 feet fording depth, with the fording kit installed, 4 feet without the fording kit. But it also came with waterproof ignition and distributor, water tight crank case ventilation, water tight fuel tank vented to the air intake and water tight diff vents etc. But at 7...

Usually a Braden PTO winch, 10klb The power wagons came out of the chassis built for the military in WWII They built these into the late 60's or 70's and exported them all around the world. There are still a lot of them out there, and parts are surprisingly easy to find, not only here but...

Actually about 750lbs... I'm dropping one into a 1953 M-37 military 1 ton pickup currently.

Thanks Sport-trac.. I'm really surprised more people don't use old power wagons for expedition vehicles, they are stout old trucks, not too big, and you can still get all the drivetrain parts. They were even exported all over the world, thousands of them in the middle east, asia and S. America...

Heh, old and new Power Wagons...

My full size rig.. Being built right now. Pics are from when I bought it 18 months ago. It's a 1953 M37 3/4 ton Dodge 4x4 military truck. Stock with a flathead 6 engine, all gear NP200 transfer case with a 2:1 low range, 5:83 gears in the original 9-5/8 axles. Braden 10,000lb PTO winch up...

Might be a little off topic, but how is the herc in the M-37? I'm doing an M-37 now and was planning on a 4bt.

I use a 276c in the truck and on my bikes, that series is great. The only downside is proprietary memory cards that are size limited. Bigger screen though, and the best overall GPS I've seen besides memory card issue limiting you to 512MB of memory. A hoss GPs other than that though. The new...

That sounds like a good solution, but it depends on where you plan to go riding and with who. There are a lot of places you can go easily on an XR that you really don't want to try to go on a big BMW, and likewise a big BMW will shine on both maintained dirt roads and long distance pavement...

UV can also rot some poly lines. There are several types of plastic line, best to check the specs on what your buying and it's resistance to chemicals and UV. Though under a truck it's probably not getting a whole lot. Resistance to petroleum solvents is an issue too.

Start working out and getting used to heavy dead lifts, those suckers are a bear to pick up when you drop em in the dirt n mud. They really rock for pavement touring though, very nice ride and handle much better than they would appear to.

I wish I could find more tires for a 16" wheel that are 36"+ tall and 9-11" wide. :)

And a bunch more... fairly common as they have been used from WWII to present for all the army M series trucks I believe. Ebay link to racks

There's a couple of used military pioneer racks on ebay now. One is item # 200197067687

I'll vouch for Renazco, they will make the seat to your order as well. Not cheap though. The KTM seat I got from them is a lot easier for week long trips than the stock KTM 2x4. The only drawbacks to an XRR is lack of electric start, and for those wanting to do long adventures and packing...

You might want to check out Two Wheeled Texans as well. http://www.twtex.com All Texas riders and a lot of dual sport riders and dual sport trips there, and it's a very friendly forum like this one.

You might want to check out Two Wheeled Texas as well. http://www.twtex.com All Texas riders and a lot of dual sport riders and dual sport trips there, and it's a very friendly forum like this one.

Yup the riding determines the bike, if your just doing maintained dirt roads the BMW will be fine, if your looking at unmaintained dirt or anything rougher a BMW is too heavy and a lighter single is a lot better.

Yup the only way I'd buy a wreck like that would be for a parts donor if had a bike with a blown engine, even then I wouldn't pay much. Any bike that may have a bent frame is something to stay away from.