Turns out I need a real truck. Kindly help me choose one!
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hdas
Active member
Found another solution. This one seems a bit cooler. but it's a full bumper system from Expedition One. It will set you back $3.5k aprox.
badm0t0rfinger
Raptor Apologist.
chet6.7
Explorer
Hopefully they have got their stuff together by now. There is a thread about the early buyers of that product.
ramblinChet
Well-known member
If you are still considering the HO engine with Aisin transmission I would check around for updates although it appears this issue has been successfully resolved. Incidents such as this occurs with every manufacturer from time-to-time although I wanted to share it just in case.
2022-2023 Aisin Transmission Failures Tracking
2022-2023 Aisin Transmission Failures Tracking
phsycle
Adventurer
Does that include labor? Or just parts?
hdas
Active member
It does include labor.
hdas
Active member
Thanks! This stuff is hard to ignore. What a nightmare for these owners!.
ramblinChet
Well-known member
You are welcome. The reason I shared it was so you were aware of it and could take the time to confirm that it has been resolved if you were still interested in a version with that particular transmission. My first-hand experience with Aisin transmissions has been that they are impossible to destroy. Three of my Jeep Cherokee XJs had Aisin-Warner AW4 automatic transmissions and no matter how hard I used and abused those vehicles off-road, the transmissions worked flawlessly.
hdas
Active member
What is difficult for me to establish at this point is, what is the balance of cost/benefits in order to choose properly?: It seems that for my specific application, the SO engine is sufficient and It could even be a better experience in terms of shifting and MPG, however I'm giving up a bit more power and a very robust transmission in the AISIN. Is this a wash then?.
FWIW, my dad in Colorado went through this a couple of years ago. I turned him on to Dave Smith motors in Kellogg, ID, www.davesmith.com. They pick you up at the spokane airport. He worked a deal with them and said it was far and away the best experience and best pricing he had seen compared his Colorado experience up and down the front range, and took a quick Southwest Airlines flight to Spokane from DIA.
phsycle
Adventurer
Honestly, this is the classic case of paralysis by analysis.
My rule of thumb is to Keep it simple. I’d still recommend going with a simple gas engine, and a basic trim that gives you what you absolutely need. Build it quick/simple and get out.
Otherwise, your build snowballs from $60k into 6 figures and long wait time. That’s a lot of trips.
hdas
Active member
I hear you, but some of us are like that. I spent 6-8 months thinking and tinkering with a gravel bike build, until I knew why I was making every choice and what were the tradeoffs. I think most of the time I'm trying to minimize future regret. The uphill battle here is that I'm not a car mechanically inclined person. Perhaps this overlanding rig will force me to become one. Surely at the expense of another interests.
Off course we all have a budget of time. Our goal is and has been April 2024. The timeline seems ok, get the truck from now to December, build the rig from Jan to March. I do need to anticipate delays and many components have waiting times. So a lot of the other decisions are being made in parallel. I will start a separate thread regarding the overlanding rig, once the truck order is in process.
I'm really appreciative of all the feedback I've gotten here.
Todd n Natalie
OverCamper
I get that. I probably researched trucks for 6 months before I ordered mine.
I was all set to go on a '22 Tundra. Had a an incoming Lunar Rock SR5 TRD Off Road picked out and number all worked out with trade in etc... At the last minute decided to try out one of the new redesigned '21 F150's. Ended up ordering a '22 F150.....
