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Welcome to the wonderful world of actually posting on ExPo! Your Silverado is a great truck just the way it is and is perfect for exploring the SW desert, it will take you on every trail in Vegas area including Burrow Wash and Rocky Gap just the way it is right now. Before I dive deep into the...

I like the baofeng uv-5r, have the same camo one but with the longer large capacity battery.

toastyjosh, No idea yet, most likely either a manual transmission or a 4L80 whenever I find a suitable donor truck. In the mean time I think I'm going to temporarily strip some parts off it and put it onto the Yukon. There are too many things to make it reliable at the moment and It's much...

First official modification: ROOF RACK! 7 years ago I built a perfect roof rack for my Suburban. Low profile, cargo basket big enough to hold a twin size mattress or 2 37" spare tires, enclosed cargo box and strong enough to carry 800# on very long trips. Factory roof rails 4 pairs of Yakima...

Airbag light is on, easy fix. One of the reasons I was able to negotiate the price down with this truck is that it had several warning lights on. TPMS, Check Engine and airbag. Airbag faults are usually the easiest or most difficult to fix. In my case it was the B0084 code: Right front impact...

I do like the look of 00-06 Avalanches with the plastic cladding, unfortunately they did not make the plastic cladding on the newer 07-13 Avalanches. So I will most likely not be swapping the front end to Avalanche/Suburban. Yep, it sure is exactly the same as a Suburban and I like GMC...

bigdogyj, AFM is not disabled. I am going to wait until something goes haywire with the motor before messing with the AFM. I am looking for a 6.0 with 4L80 to have at the ready for a swap in when either LC9 and or 4L60 goes. I am also very intrigued to see how this turns out. Stay tuned for...

charlieaarons, I don't have my milepost or map of the Dalton but this tree was around the Brooks Range for sure, definitely not north of it. Dempster is just about all Arctic Tundra and don't remember seeing any spruce trees along it. This is the farthest north spruce tree along the Alaska...

JaSAn, From what I remember, I think I just hit a patch or rocks they used to fill a sink hole/frost heave and it just shredded my tire.

How's the Mudhorn doing? Any new updates? On a side note I have officially joined the GMT900 mafia with a 2007 Yukon XL which will have just about every part that fits from my 2000 Sub swapped over.

So I crunched some numbers and decided that if I find a 07-14 Suburban 1500 for under $4,000 I will buy it as a temporary adventure travel truck while I look for parts to fix the 2000 and possibly put a manual transmission in it. Found this 2007 Yukon XL with 200k miles on it, SLT trim with...

So apparently I really like 1/2 ton Suburbans and big tires. Found this 2007 Yukon XL 1500 with with 200k miles at a price that I really could not resist passing up. My plan for the Yukon: [DONE] Roof rack with cargo basket and ski box [DONE] Front 1-2" level kit [DONE] Bilstein 5100 shocks...

Roof rack came off today... I wonder what kind of shenanigans I am upto...

Hillbilly Heaven, Yes, that is one of the options that I am looking at right now. Looking for an affordable running parts truck to pull a 4L80 from, sell the motor and part out the rest to make it completely free. Wiring in a 4L80 is relatively simple and I already have a transmission flash...

Smileyshaun, I just don't have that kind of a budget, mine is closer to $0 + my labor. So a rebuild will be a no-go unfortunately.

NevadaLover, HAHA, big cushy road pillows, I absolutely love it, no better way to describe 37" tires at 18psi. I am trying to figure out an affordable way to get them onto the 2500 but have not found a way under $4,000. I guess my big problem is that I pull a 10,000# trailer with the 2500...

zoomad75, I completely agree with you, it's a great point. Rebuilding a 4L60 will cost money both for me and a shop to do. It will also take time at least 2 days for me to pull mine out and put a new one in. That's provided I can find one that is cheap and reliable enough to put into my truck...

First official trip into the wilderness! Two years ago when I bought this mythical 2500 Suburban I decided to test it's off-road superiority and went on an easy drive, mostly highway but there was about 1/2 mile of dirt to a really big can of PBR in the the Nevada Desert. The truck did OK on...

dirtdobberoffroad, Completely agree with you. I rented a 2021 Durango last week and with the rear seats folded I could not fit everything I had behind the 3rd row of the Suburban. I can not justify going smaller, my only options right now would be either another low mileage 00-02 Suburban 1500...

skrypj, Yes you are correct, I would have to build half the stuff anyway, but I also thoroughly enjoy building and customizing my own rig, helps me troubleshoot quicker when something goes wrong on the trail. I have a couple electrical gremlins that are lurking around that I can not find...