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    Rec-Specialties Moab - At Overland Expo East 2023

    I stopped in to see their stuff - both the F550 and the Acela-based rig. Nice guys, very helpful. For my application - I felt like there were some obvious things where they were coming at it from a traditional RV angle rather than from an off-grid/overlanding angle. Honestly I can't remember...
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    StoryTeller Overland GXV Hilt

    Wonder if they'll have this prototype at Overland Expo East ...?
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    For sale 2017 Earthcruiser FX. 51,529 miles. Eastcoast New price: $250,000

    I'm not sure the "Heavy Wench" (sic) is a very good selling point ... ;)
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    EOG 550 Loki v Earthroamer

    We're still 2-3 years away from pulling the trigger - waiting for our youngest to go off to college - but I've also been researching the F550-based rigs, like ER and LOKI. So I'd also love to hear any experience anyone else has with LOKI, as well. In our case, we're coming from a little hybrid...
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    Big custom camper sightings

    Haha - we saw it a week later at Overland Expo Mtn West, and figured it must just be for hanging out on remote beaches in style. Clearly I was mistaken! The woman we talked to at the expo says they live near Camp Lejeune, buy excessed vehicles, and mount older, better built fifth-wheel trailer...
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    First U.S. Spec Kimberley T3 Kruiser Ready to Roam

    @donthompson - nice to meet you at Expo Mtn West, really appreciate all the time you spent with my wife and I sharing your experiences so far with your T3. Hope you enjoyed the weekend; it was an extremely productive (and enjoyable) one for us ...
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    ACELA 6X6 WITH SLRV EXPEDITION BOX NEW BUILD

    Very sorry to hear of your health conditions. Happy to be praying for you in that. Meanwhile, I really appreciate all the advice/answers/encouragement you've given me on this forum. It's a beautiful rig. You've done a great job with all the layout and design details. Someone's gonna be beyond...
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    Manufactures with vertical slides/pop up

    US-based GXV has the Pangea model which you've discovered. Austrian firm Action Mobil (actionmobil.com) and German firm Unicat (https://unicatexpeditionvehicles.com/) both show lifting roof models on their web site. Pretty sure I saw something online from UK-based Motorcraft Adventure...
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    ACELA 6X6 WITH SLRV EXPEDITION BOX NEW BUILD

    Again very helpful. I appreciate all the insight you've shared.
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    ACELA 6X6 WITH SLRV EXPEDITION BOX NEW BUILD

    @poohbearusvi As I'm continuing my research for our eventual expedition vehicle, and trying to balance the tradeoffs between extended-journey-comfort and ability-to-access-beautiful-places, I'm settling in on something about the same size as your rig (give or take, maybe a bit shorter habitat...
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    Help with chassis and box selection...considering Excap / Steyr / Krug / Bliss for US based XV

    Following this thread with interest. We're at least a few years away from starting the process of acquiring an XV - but I'm too am thinking we want a cabover, and have run into all the same tradeoffs you have. Will primarily use it in US - but want to be able to venture into the rest of North or...
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    New for 2022? GXV and EarthCruiser hints

    Well - that is all certainly true in many acquisitions. Typically, at the hands of what you'd call a "financial" acquirer. But there's another type of acquisition - a "strategic" acquisition, where the acquirer is not purchasing "profits to be realized from reducing inefficiencies," but rather...
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    Jeep Wrangler as a TOAD?

    I'm a few years away from having to address this, but already thinking about it - so very much appreciate all the insight you've all shared. Thanks all.
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    Kimberley Kampers USA

    It’s a beauty. Congratulations!! Would love to hear your impressions after you take it out a few times …
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    US cabover chassis options - Mack??

    Still defining all the use cases, but including at least: Extended travel. Part-time mobile office. Basecamp for adventures. Able to haul our toys: gravel bikes, road bikes, inflatable SUPs. I'm picturing something similar to the Acela 6x6/SLRV unit "poohbearusvi" shared on another thread. Maybe...
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    US cabover chassis options - Mack??

    I see that. But I'm a total rookie. Help me understand :) The low end of the Mack TerraPro GVWR range looks similar to the Acela Monterra 6x6 to me ... which was the platform for a beautiful SLRV build featured in another thread. And the Mack has several suspension options, including "vendor"...
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    US cabover chassis options - Mack??

    Well, I have at least a partial answer to the question - specs say the cab is optimized for a single operator. None of the pictures on the website show a second (passenger) seat. I wonder if that's fixable ...
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    US cabover chassis options - Mack??

    As I noted on another thread - I'll just admit up front I'm a total rookie. Not to travel, camping and adventures - but definitely to expedition vehicles. It's years away still that we'd build/purchase, but I'm starting to think about the use cases for our next step, and an expedition vehicle...
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    Anybody own an OPUS-15?

    We have an OP15. We love it. We use it as basecamp for family adventures - me, wife, our 13 year old. We don't climb much anymore, so usually that means biking, hiking, kayaking, that sort of thing. We've done a couple of extended road trips that way (one nearly 8 weeks) further afield, and...
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    ACELA 6X6 WITH SLRV EXPEDITION BOX NEW BUILD

    Once again, very helpful. Really appreciate all you've shared in this thread that you've learned from the process.
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