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Hey, good to hear form you, have not seen you on the board for awhile. Your 100% correct, it is all a compromise. It seems people just can not understand MY MISSION for this vehicle. I am not designing something to go into the deep dark rain forests or up into the hills of Moab. I keep...

Thanks for the links! The 2012 MVPA think looks interesting although they are planning a pretty slow pace and they are only starting in Canada and only going to Anchorage and Fairbanks. If I leave Florida and drive to Alaska, I'm going ALL the way to the end of the Dalton to Prudhoe Bay. I...

Well they do say that the Dalton is much better to drive in the winter than in the warmer times. I'll have a heater...lol... Maybe April? Lets see it there is any interest in such an expedition and see what your schedule looks like and make a new post/thread and see what we can get going????

I agree. A MV convoy to some remote AK village (Like Prudhoe Bay) would be cool. However.... I'll need a few days to actually build my MV before we get rolling. But... we could start planning something for say Feb-March 2013. That would give people plenty of time to start getting ready...

LOL.... you WILL see me there once the rig is done... This is EXACTLY one of the many places I had in mind in designing this thing.... That grass sure LOOKS innocent enough doesn't it??

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Project update: I have: Read literally hundreds of posts in almost as many threads both here on SS and on some other boards. Personally sat in, rode in and or drove several different MV's and commercial trucks. Spoken at length to my primary chassis fabricator in several different sessions...

Thanks for the post! Did you ever get any feedback on that winch? I looked it up and from the sounds of it, it will be a very nice option for a lot of people. Might even work for my project depending on cost. Since it is brand new I could not find a price for it, or how much cable it will...

Your not being a smart ass, I asked for advise. If I like the advise you give me or not is not your problem, it is mine. As for making the truck do something it was not designed to do, your partially correct. Of course that means your also partially incorrect. What I want to do is see if it is...

For what I’m building I want the extra stability and support of the second axle in the back. Especially in soft terrain, a single will sink in a lot faster than the tandem. Additionally I want the extra drive from the second axle. So, I guess, yeah, I want/need it. For factory built RV’s of the...

Just got off the phone with Soni. He answered a boat load of questions for me. We are definitely looking for a M916. Not the A1, A2 or A3 (But the A3 might work if we don't the ... No A?) I thought I had read in his "Bad ass truck" post that the USMC version had 3 lockers, he corrected me, it...

I want the USMC one because of the 3 lockers, because I like the MC and now because it appears I need it to go the speed I want to go. As for the speed rating on the tires... I'll have to look into that for sure!

Even the M820 is not long enough. Frame extension. A very heavy duty over built one. For this I have access to a guy that builds both heavy duty trailers and off road race trucks and has welding certifications up the wazoo. I have faith that however he builds the extension it will be every...

You guys are making my head hurt.... Sigh.... OK, so it looks like I was wrong but not completely wrong. At least this explains why the hoods are different. So If I read this correctly, the one Soni has is a M916 with no extra letters/numbers after it? And am I right in understanding that...

"M916 for RV Build Project" I have been looking for a truck to convert into a really big RV. Thought about the Duce or the 5 ton and then with more homework I think I have found what I really want. With some searching (And some help) I figured out that the M916 is what Freightliner calls...