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Carolyn, A few things to think about. 1. Be sure to drive any new-to-you rig for at least 1/2 an hour; pull over to the curb; pull into a gas station; park in a regular parking spot in a crowded lot. If you haven't hit anything, or scraped the air conditioning unit off the roof, you are good to...

Jack, Hardside? Is this a new model? I tried getting through your build blog and covering almost 50 pages, once you got past one clown's insults, there wasn't enough time in this day to get through it. You are making every hardcore GM fan wanting to follow your lead and do just as you are doing...

365, Yes, he's JR on the Pirate Page. John Reynolds. I'm his older bro, Jeff Reynolds. I was the spotter for him on the 1999 Warn Rock Crawling Championship at the Hammers. He came in 11th out of 140 on his first try. The first year of the "KotH", they had only a dozen or so rigs all lined up...

C7train, Very nice rundown and comparo on things truck camper vs. things Van. We just returned from Death Valley and I turned out this story about the week: put this in your browser: It has too many pix for this forum, but you'll see the same footprint Lance on a built Dodge shortbed doin' the...

My bro and I spent 6 days in Death Valley last week (mid April). There are a lot of shots of his 9.5 OUTFITTER! (Extreme Truck Camper) in there plying the sand and rocks. Unfortunately, the forum does not allow as many pix as i loaded for the piece so a link will have to suffice. jefe...

A couple off-road-ready truck campers do the Death...Valley that is. Unfortunately, the forum does not permit as many pix as I have in the piece, so a link will have to do. regards, jefe http://forums.goodsamclub.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/29263020.cfm

I've had it with the $50 China Freight 'high volume' air compressors. The first one lasted a couple days, or I should say a couple air ups, overheated and stopped working altogether, never to return. The next one worked for about one tire from 22 pounds up to 65 pounds before it went to one...

Ridge, Truly one of the most gripping off road travelogs I've read in years. I like your indominable trait of forward motion. Just sit there a while a figure out how to accomplish your goals. In my 50 years of hard core four wheel driving, I'm remembering a race across the southwest desert...

RegCab, We've done a couple trips in them and they are heavy on heavy wheels. Tough, but eat into the mpg. I have yet to lower the pressure on them. We'll see during Easter Week. I'll make some kind of T.R. after the fact. jefe

Redman, I enjoyed your writeup. I've seen you driving around town. We live 10 miles east of Nevada City @4114 feet off Hwy 20 at Casci Road, and get lots of snow, so we're also ready for winter to end. I see you have the official Nevada County conveyance: a Ram pickup. Jeanie and I, in our RAM...

We air down a lot. Our XTC (extreme truck camper) is purpose built to run the dunes or grind through 2 feet of snow. For washboard or rough jeep trails (not rock crawling) I'll air down to 30 pounds. For the dunes I run the 10K pound rig at 22 pounds of air in the tires. Works fine. I do have a...

Trekkie, I finally was able to open your pix and found them enlightening. How's the weather in July around the Equator? I noticed almost everyone had air conditioning. Is that required for the heat and humidity? Anyone break down along the way? I like the views near the southern end of the PanAm...

Are you planning on lowering the pressure in the tires to get across the sand dunes or run the beach? If the answer is no, then the widest 19.5's on the rear will do. If the answer is yes, then you need to rethink 19.5's as they cannot be successfully deflated for sand. I've just gone through a...

My bro and I will be driving our XTC truck campers again to Death Valley in a couple weeks. We too have been there dozens of times over the years. I went to the Death Valley Facebook https://www.facebook.com/DeathValleyRoadConditions/posts/1333290100094974?comment_id=1333989706691680 and asked...

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B85, I was this close....(holding thumb and forefinger almost together) to buying a 1078, 2 yrs ago when I sold my CJ-8. It had worn out tires and much of it was striped. Jeanie took one look at the pic and said no. Meanwhile, I've been working on optioning the best way to ascend to the inner...

I like your build. What is the purpose of the Chevy spring swap? Are the leaves a different spring rate? Different arch, like a slight lift? More pliable for axle twisting? What about the centering hole, or hanger bolt loops? Are they the right size? If flex is in your future, see if '06-08...

This dilemma has been broached a lot over time with the expedition community. Wait, there are no more expeditions, unless you are going to Mars. The term; expedition is a sham, only to induce wonderful memories of the good old days, not anything happening currently. We are reduced to being a...

Sounds like a good one to me. If used only in the USA or Canada; what a buy. After about 2006 when they started to put the pee canisters aboard, your chances of going to a 3rd world country or to Mexico or Baja are limited to border towns. The DEF tanks don't play well with low sulfur diesel...

Below is my current rear spring pack. From top to bottom: 2 thin secondaries (some call them overloads, but only the bottom thick spring is actually an overload) from an '01 Dodge 3500 4WD dually 1 slightly thicker secondary that came stock on my 2500 with the Camper Package 1 spacer block 3...