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I drive a 2001 K2500 Suburban 8.1 and love it.

I think the excursion and Suburban make excellent overland rigs. I have a 2001 K2500 Suburban with the 8.1 4L80E 4:10 gears and G80 locker. I can't imagine overlanding anything else. I just can't figure out these tent things people keep talking about?? Lol

will need to get tires in 2019. Any suggestions? I went from duratracs to Cooper ATP which are made for Discount/American tire and could not be more impressed with them.

Great kit! I also have a second Altoid tin with char cloth and cedar bark strips along with pine pitch when I can find it. There are several ewetoob videos on how to make char cloth. My favorite is from Brooke Whipple aka Girl in the woods.

It's nice to see a family upgrade to enhance the enjoyment of the overland lifestyle. Congrats and enjoy! Bill

What part of Michigan are you in?

I went through a similar thought process one time. I had a 1979 k2500 suburban. I put a 427 in it that I had sitting in the corner of the garage, SM465, 205. I drove it for several years before I got a great offer on the 427 from a corvette restorer. I sold the engine a set the rest behind the...

Has anyone here built a truck bed trailer for overlanding ? I built one from a a 1969 Chevy truck. It is used as a water hauler. We live in a class A motorhome in the mountains of north Idaho full time. I have 4 plastic food grade barrels laid horizontal in the trailer. The first 3 are for...

There is a great place here in Idaho for military vehicles, www.idahomotorpool.com for bigger stuff and one in Texas for cucvees and restorables. Www.vintagemilitarytrucks.com

I was watching some videos where the guy was walking through a huge army surplus store in Idaho Falls . It got me to wondering if anyone has found good overlanding uses for surplus goodies ? (Other than humvees and 5 ton military trucks )

But we don't buy our Suburbans on their gas sipping ability. ....lol. Mine is a 2001 k2500 8.1 4l80e G80 with the factory air ride shocks for now.

Our new firetruck

This will be our overland /expedition rig.

We bought a second vehicle today, so I should be able to start improving the Suburban. We picked up a 2004 S10 blazer that's just over 200,000 miles and it's almost good as new. 1st owner was a local fire department as Chief's vehicle. 2nd owner received it as a wedding gift and drove it less...

What are the advantages of having a ham radio and a cb radio or instead of cb?? I already have a cb in my suburban. It's a Uniden 787 with a .....hhmmm...I forget if it's a k30 or k40 antenna . It worked well back home in Michigan, but here in the mountains of north Idaho. ....not so much.

They work perfectly for cooking tomatoes, onions, and peppers on when making salsa.

That thing was photo shopped a lot! Leaking tons of oil, rusted through in a few areas. All four doors have been replaced, and the smell of transmission fluid would scare the hell outta Smoky Bear! We passed on it and bought 2004 s10 blazer. It's right at 200,000 miles but it's like new inside...