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I'm very intrigued by the idea of picking up a Y62 based vehicle and using it as my adventure vehicle in the desert Southwest. Depreciation seems to have hit these trucks hard and there are a lot of trucks out there that seem to have never been driven off pavement. What's the upper limit of...

I missed out on a great looking LR3 this weekend. I've been casually watching used vehicle ads with the intention of adding a "new" adventure mobile. I had just about given up given current used prices and resigned myself to just buying something new when a 2005 LR3 popped up on Friday. 93k...

Saw this browsing my local Craigslist today. If anyone is looking for a BIG vehicle project: Year: 2004 Make: Freightliner Model: FL70 4x4 VIN: 1FVDBSDC34HM88268 Stock #: 64605 Condition: Used Mileage: 68,007 Exterior: Red Transmission: Automatic Engine: Cat C7

I just moved West (Las Vegas area) and am looking for a family adventure vehicle that handles washboard/rutted BLM roads better than our Transit Connect. I searched the forum and found a thread from 4 years ago on the GMT900 (10th gen) Suburbans, asking why they weren't used as expedition...

I built a two person, folding sleeping platform for my second gen Transit Connect a few years back. It lets you have the middle seats up then fold out to a near full size bed. Then I had a kid to make three people in the family and the platform got less use as I needed to remove the car seat...

I just purchased a Kodiak Canvas tent and am at the suggestion of this forum am planning on getting some lag bolts to use as stakes to speed set up. What have people found to be a good general purpose length? I see in Burning Man forums that 12 and up are the recommendation, but I'm not sure if...

I'm looking to buy a family tent for car camping. I have multiple backpacking tents, but now I have a four year old, so I want a larger space than those tents or our van platform provides. We're moving from the Northeast to Las Vegas, so uses will mostly be in the mountain southwest. I'm...

Has anyone seen any particularly good floorplans for vans that sleep three and contain a bathroom? I currently have a Transit Connect with a removable folding platform in the back. It was great for my wife and I and worked when my son was an infant, but now the platform is too small, so I'm...

I'm looking for recommendations for books on building an expedition camper. So far the two I've found are Wiggleworth's "Build Your Own Overland Camper" and Dolde's "Motorhome Self-Build and Optimization", which has just appeared in English in the last year or so. Does any one have experience...