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These are the size of the larger Adventure Truck XT, not the original size. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

There are two current versions of the Adventure Truck, the Hilt and Next, both on the RAM 5500. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

There is a forward facing rear seat with a lap and shoulder seat belt. The side facing rear seat has just a lap belt. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

This discussion is now past “going off the rails”, we now seem to be stuck in a middle school playground altercation :) Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Boy, has this thread gone off the rails [emoji854] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If you are trying to attract the best talent in Mexico you are not going to get them with low wages, paying them high wages (relative to the market) along with training and good benefits and chance for advancement in order to avoid high turnover doesn’t seem inherently exploitative to me.

How much of everything else are you thinking of importing? A major question is how will you construct the camper cabin and how will you attach it to the F550? For 4 season use a composite panel cabin will give the best insulation performance. Look at Total Composites in Canada and some of the...

Plenty of experienced talent in Mexico who have worked in vehicle assembly plants and vehicle parts suppliers. The Kenworth K-370 chassis (North American version of the European DAF LF) for our GXV truck was assembled in Mexico. AAV in Australia has the camper bodies built in South Africa and...

Sure but their employees didn’t seem to be exploited in Oregon so no reason to expect them to change their approach just because it may be easier to exploit labor in Mexico if that is where they are headed. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It specifically indicates the goal is to restart production in North America which means US, Canada, or Mexico. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Production HILTS have been delivered and GXV is building production EPICS but have not seen any deliveries yet. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Next is built in the GXV facility in Springfield MO, not at the Storyteller facility in AL where the Hilt is built. Next is very much a GXV design compared to the Hilt, dual pane glass windows from Outbound, Mastervolt lithium batteries and electrical system, typical GXV cabinetry, and the...

Here is the build thread https://forum.expeditionportal.com/threads/acela-6x6-with-slrv-expedition-box-new-build.214505/

All the Kenworths used by GXV are the K-370 models with 33k gvwr…

I expect Mike and Rene may be ready to return to overlanding South America full time after developing a successful business that was inspired by their South American travel in their Unimog truck. Good luck to them. Sale of the business to Storyteller was a wise move to transition the business to...

Yes, the website for GXV is now part of the StoryTeller website. The Springfield MO (not MS) facility is very busy building the GXV Epics and Mike and Rene are still there. I think the Epic may be the only configuration available and custom trucks may not be done anymore. Not sure how much you...

Not much lower as I recall but if they are selling a standard configuration with a few standard options their design and build costs should be less than the custom builds they have done in the past. Looks like GXV has also reduced models down to a few standard configurations.

Here is a production unit

No one is being forced to buy an expensive rig. There are lower cost alternatives that meet the vast majority of buyers needs. The expensive rigs are a very small percentage of overlanding rigs and are getting more and more expensive so even less will be purchased. EarthCruiser has found this...

Could very well be a production rig, only one I have seen pictures of is the prototype which has lights on the nose but nothing else.