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Arveetek I miss that 7.3 often. Anytime I hear one I look up. Even the smell. As my only vehicle day to day, though, I would prefer gas. And you make some great points, you really have to love owning one and be able to afford it to make it worth your while. Or tow heavy, often. SDDiver5, fully...

That thing is clean, and a great deal, good find. They truly are amazing trucks. I am actually looking around slowly to see if I can't find an 03-04 with the newer interior, barn doors, in charcoal/dark grey. I get in my 1500 from time to time and I just really love the interior so much more...

I wanted to bring this thread back up with some new thoughts, being a couple years since the post. First off, for all you saying stick with a suburban, you were right. Bought a 2002 Excursion with 102k on it. Flew to Cali to pick it up and headed back to Colorado. It was an amazing vehicle for...

I probably agree we'll have gas for a while, just a bit more expensive. Diesel will may be around longer and may even be cheaper with our dependence on heavy duty trucking. Extremely hard to say and I dont know what may happen in a SHTF scenario. I think the liftgate may pose a problem, but...

Appreciate all these replies and the thought that went into them. A lot of blood, sweat and tears haha, that's pretty accurate. I agree I'd have less problems with a new rig. But I have no desire whatsoever to get something newer with more computers. I see more things to break and I also don't...

Thanks for the replies. Vtsoundman and Rovertrader, this line of thought is really where I'm at, and I am willing to pay a few extra bucks now to have less headaches down the road. Averaged out over 15-20 years (maybe thats optimistic) I think you save money. I have thought about the 8.1...

Do I keep the suburban and fix it up, or look for a lower mileage excursion and put the poptop on it? Six years ago I build this out: https://expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/2003-suburban-1500-pop-top-conversion.142300/page-15 The poptop setup works really well for me. I barely notice...

Hey thanks for the help. I think that would actually fit nicely for the poptop. I was a bit worried it would be much larger. Now to see if I can find one cheap enough...

Hey everyone, had a quick question for excursion owners out there. Asking for a little help. Couple of you may know me as a suburban guy, but I keep have problem after problem with my old rig. Now its the transmission--for a second time. Debating looking into an excursion, however, I would want...

pulling up an old thread here.... usually a suburban guy but wondering about how much trimming you did to get those 305 in there with just the 880s?

Really interested to know what's next as well. Wish I could afford this thing as I just hit an elk in my rig.

Looks like you have been busy! Interested to see where this solar project ends up. Love being able to take it off and on. I recently just threw up a Bolder 50 to my roof racks. Goal zero is just so easy. Need a way to be able to put it in the sun if I am in the shade though. Also nice to see you...

Oh I meant rear coil spacers to lift me and inch higher. Anyone on here with 285s and a two inch rear coil spacer? Anyone else getting any rub? Very much a bad thing so I will most likely flip the shock bolt and see if that helps.

First heres how the new tires look. Think they are the right size for the vehicle.. En route on Rollins Pass Road having the girlfriend drive and here is the photos of the bolt and nut: looked like the bolt was hitting right around the top of the outside wall tread pattern. Here is the...

So I just put some brand new Duratracs on. Went up a size to the 285/75/16s. However, I took a run up to the continental divide above Boulder near Rollins Pass and had quite a bit of rub on the way up so I cut out some of the fender walls on the trail but noticed my rear shock mounting bolts...

Dude! Killer work on this so far. Only thing I would advise on the underside is if you have any air bubbles after laying cloth over the wood, you should cut them out and fill them again with resin. Even the smallest ones will continually expand and shrink in different climates and start to break...

Rayra I think you're onto something with that one. Pengyou, there are so many ways to go about doing this and I can say a lot of them would be easier than the route I chose. I think that could work well, it all depends on your own personal skillset and what youre best at, mine happened to be...

Suburban. Too many benefits.

Hadnt thought about cutting them down thats not a terrible idea Rayra, will look into it if I decide I want to mess with more custom stuff ha. That Aries guard is pretty much just supported by the three bolts on each side, thats it. And ya wow thats pretty crazy, almost three whole years on...

David I swear one day I will get to it considering how much video I shoot, just haven't taken any of the pop top in action. Maybe Ill make a little edit next trip. Glad you enjoyed the build. Thanks TB... and Heidiurs let us know how thats coming, theres a cool one on here of a square body...