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Just an opposing thought to consider on slides. They do increase living space dramatically but we chose to seek out a trailer without one. They add a bunch of weight for the given length of the camper, they add a bunch of complexity and issues as they get older, they are less efficient to heat...

My wife and I bought our travel trailer to use as a house on wheels while she travel nursed. She ended up taking a good offer locally right after we purchased the camper but had weighed the options about what would be the best setup for traveling around and living. For us it was a Suburban with...

The Burbs are pretty cool. That said, we have kept ours pretty stock for daily driving, towing, and two track type stuff and full disclosure use an 80 series Land Cruiser for more of our get into the nasty stuff vehicle. Not that the Burb couldn't do it, there are some good suspension options...

It's the fact that they are more substantially upgraded in regards to brakes, front end, transmission, frame, motors which yields more payload and towing capacity plus better ability to be pushed hard with less fear of premature wear and failure. That's why I spent time seeking out my GMT800...

I think there is truth to that. I think if your idea of "overlanding" is traveling and poking into some choice backcountry more so than wheeling 4x4 trails with a household full of crap festooned all over your truck then I think the 3/4 Burbs and trucks are pretty sweet. Great drivetrain, much...

If towing is a primary concern go with the Suburban 2500, they are the best towing SUV out there. The tow and payload ratings are better than the Excursion and they ride great when towing. The 100 series Land Cruiser is too small for a family of 6 if traveling any distance and needing to haul...

That's awesome, hadn't heard of that hack but that sounds like gold.

That's good info on the 8.1 and the relationship of load, and mpg's. I did a 4,000 mile trip to Colorado from Michigan and back in November and averaged about 10.5 with my stock height 6.0, 33's, and 4.10's. I have never wanted for power other than climbed steep grades in CO towing our 23ft...

A couple more things to consider when looking at various 2500's.... I have an '04 with drive by wire, I really don't care for it. In low range when trying to creep through technical terrain it is hard to modulate and makes it very easy to surge and hard to be smooth. Same to some extent when...

That's impressive! I was nervous as hell in my old D1 Land Rover squeezing through that. I wouldn't believe an H2 could do it without having watched that.

This is my 2004 2500 with 285/75-16 General Grabber AT2's on stock wheels. Truck is stock other than Bilstein 5100's and I cranked the front so it is about 2" lower than rear. Front seemed sagged when I got the truck. Rides great, I get a little rubbing on the front when turning hard and the...

A few from Sept

Yeah it has, have had snow in the ground for close to a week following what was essentially a Cat 1 hurricane last week. Record waves on Lake Superior, a couple of buoys measured waves over 29'. Got a bit disillusioned by the Photobucket thing and haven't updated this since. I see the images...

Some pics from over the summer. Funny, we use this truck quite a bit but I rarely take any pics of stuff we do with it, compared to our Cruiser at least. Still love this ol beast of burden.

If you could only have one though, this scratches that itch pretty well.

I don't find the concept vehicle all that desirable personally as I like vehicles that are good for traveling and that's a bit much but what I am fired up about is purely the ability to pick and choose some accessories. Hopefully the bumpers work with the non ZR2's. One of the AEV owners...

Well, for those of us with these trucks who have been waiting for the aftermarket to come out with some goods, this is huge. Especially a company like AEV as they make high quality products.

https://youtu.be/wzIKjihISIU Yes please. Stoked to have the first real entry into the aftermarket for these trucks.

I have seen a best of 35.6 with ours and 32 is pretty typical highway driving. Great little work horse. Tows our 23 foot camper easier than our 3/4 ton Suburban with 4.10's and the 6.0. Saw 15.6mpg towing our 23' camper on our last mountain bike trip to Copper Harbor while the Burb sees 8 to 9...

And my point is more along the lines of you don't need to throw the whole catalogue of crap at a vehicle, I think people are way overbuilding their rigs. You do that to any vehicle and it ruins it. Crossing the Atacama solo or something sure you can justify it. Hell, better throw a dual spare...