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I wish it was a full month, but we did manage 16 days, which is a record for me (sad but true). I put new tires on the truck, had it serviced, loaded up the kayaks, mountain bikes, climbing gear, fly rods and headed north. We paddled the Greys, Snake, Gallitan, Flathead, Kananaskis, and...

Absolutely going to give that a try this weekend, thanks!

You'll like the Freightliner, they move a bit quicker on the hills than the Internationals. Heading out in a few weeks for a long loop into Canada, back through Wyoming to catch the eclipse. Rig is running great. Biggest issues are with electrical components. Just had to replace the stereo...

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Sadly, the one I want doesn't exist quite yet- a PHEV cab-forward, crew, 1 motor per wheel, with a range extender. I'm a bit intimidated by taking on a custom chassis project, both technically and financially. The electric medium duty chassis market is getting a little more traction lately...

We get out a fair bit, mostly short trips- just enough to make sure that it continues to be an expensive project! Last week I finally got to take one of my wheels apart to solve a slow leak problem. Two hours later........ It's a lot of bolts, and a lot of air to take in and out of such a...

Here's specs from one of the configurations: Thickness: 3.5” (88.9mm) Face Skin Thickness: 0.17” (4.3mm) FIPSI: 4.0 Staggered Pattern Weight: 5.3 psf (25.9 kg/m2) Core Material: Polyisocyanurate Foam 2 pcf density Thermal Resistance: 11.67 hr*ft2*°F/BTU Last I checked, Creative Pultrusions has...

Unless the honeycomb cavities are filled with foam, a foam-core panel will have far better thermal performance. That's why my build (all PPE honeycomb) included an aerogel insulation layer in the living spaces. If you're looking into PPE honeycomb, it has some great attributes for a box...

I'm very pleased with my 7400 with the DT570. The Internationals aren't speedy over highway mountain passes, but they sure get the job done off road. No wonder they're such a popular choice for bush trucks.

Hey, I have one of those.... That build was as much fun as my expo rig, maybe more! My son an his buddy, both rapidly becoming talented nature photographers and videographers, already up since pre-dawn capturing the early light on Temple of the Sun and Temple of the Moon. My jobs are...

Just did another 5 day trip, including 40 miles of fairly technical 4WD tracks in Cathedral Valley, north end of Capitol Reef in Utah, and another 200 miles of muddy dirt roads. And while I appreciate something new about my rig every time I go out, I also become aware of many things that could...

I've been following Total Composites, wished you would've been around when I did the build! Next time...... (not too far off, actually)

You obviously attended the same finishing school as Donald Trump. This thread started out being somewhat interesting, then not so much, but being a pompous *** takes it off the list completely. I'm sure you'll have some amazingly long reply, but I won't be reading it.

Who did the 4x4 conversion on the NPR?

I got mine from: http://stazworks.com/tires.htm And they were definitely "as new". Keep in mind I had to pay a few hundred to ship them, however. Ordering them new does cost more than $2K USD.

There are plenty of sources for surplus XZL's in the US, both new and lightly used, and they're not very expensive. I paid $650/each for six, including Hutchinson wheels.

Or you can still send your daughter to college (along with several hundred of her friends) and have this, which weighs less than 30K lbs and can actually go down a fire road, well, at least a very wide one: Always entertaining to catch up with this thread. Since I just spent another 4 days...

I love my 7400 chassis. And mine has the DT570 motor, rather than the 466. In the new models, that the MaxForce 9 vs. 7, I believe. Great truck. Looks like Bulldog is using the same Hutchinson wheels and military XZLs. The boys at Buckstop Truckware have a template for the bumper and do...

My panels used a composite, random strand skin with a thermally-fused polyester veil. The veil allowed us to use fiberglass lay-up for butt joints, which is how all of the cabinet shells and internal walls were made. The joints are very strong and almost invisible. Laminate was then glued...

Most qualified upfitters can do the fabrication work, and they'll be familiar with the spring-bolt system used on my build and lots of others. Design and engineering work for the actual subframe for whatever body you design will be a little harder to find. The closer you stay to time-tested...