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I always chuckle when we unwashed criticize a $1million rig. You have to remember these campers are built to the buyer's expectations and not our expectations. Those buyers are different than us, for better or worse.

All this talk of "stupidly expensive" and "value not there" doesn't compute when you're talking about a purchase by someone with the means to make it happen. You may think it's stupid, you may think the value is not there, but other people think differently. Why are there so many used ERs...

Gator70...go ahead and build one yourself and see how much it costs.

1) The EC comed with a typical Isotherm refrigerator with small freezer compartment. Many people add a separate portable refrig/freezer that lives in the rear storage area. But in our experience we eat way less when we're camping than we do at home. We do simplified meals on the road, plus...

Ooof, 90# of air in those rear tires to hold all that weight. How low can you guys go when off road before you blow the tire off the rim??

There is a sucker born every minute. P. T. Barnum.

It's really easy to blow past your vehicle's GVWR if you're talking four people, two spares, a dirt bike, 4 bicycles, an oven, 50 gallons of water, 50 gallons of fuel, etc... Do the math, it doesn't work. And if you grow past 14,000 pounds on a medium duty chassis, you get into a new heavier...

Two years of ownership seems to be the point where the fantasy sours for many.

Great point. And in my experience, the mechanical skills of the owners tend to decline the higher the price of the rig, especially the post-Covid zombie apocalypse work from the road buyers. When you hit half a million bucks I think you'll find these owners pay somebody else to turn a wrench...

Trust me, you don't want a high tech suspension on a heavy expedition rig. They're almost impossible to repair on the trail or in a Third World country. Leaf springs and good old shock absorbers are the way to go on a big rig like this. But the problem is that our better halves don't like the...

A steal at this price. New ECs are going for well over $500k and the new ones are gasser Izuzus, for better or worser.

"This is the last diesel Fuso Earthcruiser made, which the owner of Earthcruiser company had commented was a unicorn." FYI, If the build number is #25 it isn't the last diesel out the door at EC. A 2018 diesel, build #49 is for sale on EC's website. Fuso stopped importing their trucks into...

Owner-only forums keep conversations civil and to the point. Plus truck outfitters/builders are busy building custom trucks and don't have extra people on staff to monitor forums. If you're an enthusiast of certain types of vehicles and want to ask a question of an owner, do it here on...

It's also odd that nobody at Storyteller or GXV has responded to these complains on this forum. I mean....boys, this is the leading forum for expedition vehicle buyers. Other builders reply in person to forum posts, why not you guys?? Oh wait, Storyteller (and I assume the new GXV) only...

It's too bad that there are no longer any factory made medium duty cabover 4x4s offered in the US. It's a shame that 40% of the length of this rig is taken up by the cab and engine, leaving little room for living space. It's a nice build that could be so much better on a cabover.

Wow, great subject! FWIW, I run a cabover with a house on back, 10’ tall, 21’ long. My camera choices have evolved over four years and 50,000 miles. I have a 10’ high rear view camera, an under bumper mounted rear view camera, and one camera on each side of my cab facing to the rear. All...

Any press corporate release is typically drafted using unicorn farts and fairy dust. And to quote Mike Tyson: “Everybody has a plan until they’re punched in the face.” I have no doubt that Storyteller will keep GXV in production in Missouri, AS LONG AS THEY’RE PROFITABLE. We’re in the peak...

However, the dynamics of one entrepreneur buying out another entrepreneur will make it untenable (or undesirable) for Mike and Rene to remain in their position for more than a honeymoon period. There can only be one boss. Can you imagine Mike and Rene being employees at their former business...

Oh damn. I hope the acquisition doesn’t break Storyteller. That’s a truly odd marriage, apples and oranges, or better yet, a cat and a dog. Typically companies are acquired by larger suitors looking to buy and expand market share. But GXV’s market is small with little in the way of volume...

The Whitehorse Wallmart. Ouch, but so true.