i've got to build a vehicle that will be able to servive the harsh terrain of alaska and all of the upper providences of canada!
the reason i promised my dad when i was little i would take him so i guess i better start now.
i need something we can live out of, travel on the road (legal as best we can!), get decent gas milage and be reliable and self-efficient.
what i've come up with maybe a crew cab or suburben. i'm not worried about wheelbase. it's got to have a diesel (probably a late model 12 valve cummins.
things i've got for it:
(2) steering rockwell's
rockstomper 20x13 beadlocks
16.00r20 michelin XL's
(4) sway away 18 inch travel shocks
(4) optima batteries
very good welding/fabrication skills
free steel to some degree
(i'm in school at night for welding diploma)
not to bad limited budget about 1000 month to put into this rig
i just need info and opinion's about best body to chose and parts that don't freeze up or help keeping them from freezing
also don't know whether or not to run air bags or put coils on the shocks for the loads we might be carring.
ANY HELP WOULD BE GRATLY APPRECIATED
BYE I'M OFF TO THE MONSTER TRUCK JAM TONIGHT FOR MOR INFO FROM THE BIG DOGS!!!!! THANKS RYAN MCKEE :flipoff2:
the reason i promised my dad when i was little i would take him so i guess i better start now.
i need something we can live out of, travel on the road (legal as best we can!), get decent gas milage and be reliable and self-efficient.
what i've come up with maybe a crew cab or suburben. i'm not worried about wheelbase. it's got to have a diesel (probably a late model 12 valve cummins.
things i've got for it:
(2) steering rockwell's
rockstomper 20x13 beadlocks
16.00r20 michelin XL's
(4) sway away 18 inch travel shocks
(4) optima batteries
very good welding/fabrication skills
free steel to some degree
(i'm in school at night for welding diploma)
not to bad limited budget about 1000 month to put into this rig
i just need info and opinion's about best body to chose and parts that don't freeze up or help keeping them from freezing
also don't know whether or not to run air bags or put coils on the shocks for the loads we might be carring.
ANY HELP WOULD BE GRATLY APPRECIATED
BYE I'M OFF TO THE MONSTER TRUCK JAM TONIGHT FOR MOR INFO FROM THE BIG DOGS!!!!! THANKS RYAN MCKEE :flipoff2: