Hell yeah! Love the Broverland setup.
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One Piece at a Time: My 1985 Diesel Suburban
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I have that same coffee pot in the coach lol.
Nothing like percolating good joe in the field.
Can’t wait to make some use of it. I’m a proper geardo now.
The cases might be a bit much, but I hate gear bouncing around. The truck certainly has fewer stickers, but it’s still a rolling billboard for this year’s video.
David
How many days until departure?
Ole girl looks good, I had thoughts about mine as I moved it out of the garage today and it’s my only project vehicle at the moment.
Ole girl looks good, I had thoughts about mine as I moved it out of the garage today and it’s my only project vehicle at the moment.
We pull on Wednesday to stage in St George. This year’s trail starts in Elko, NV.
David
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Let her fly like an eagle!
Gonna miss ya by a couple of days. There is a gamble event in St. George this weekend.
I'll be in St George this time next month 
Just need to load my personal gear, tools, and spares. We did one more test setup, and watched the eclipse.
David
David
This is such a cool build!
I am trying to learn/plan ahead a little for my truck. I saw you mention (I think here and on YouTube) for your rear suspension you opted for leaves because you didn't want to go through the bed floor. This is a priority for me, too.
Looking at ORD's site, the lengths of the King coilovers vs shocks of the same travel appear to be about the same. Is the benefit for shocks just that you can get away with mounting them at more of an angle? I assumed the shocks would be shorter overall for a given travel length than coilovers, but was surprised that doesn't appear to be the case?
Thanks in advance and sorry if I missed this info.
I am trying to learn/plan ahead a little for my truck. I saw you mention (I think here and on YouTube) for your rear suspension you opted for leaves because you didn't want to go through the bed floor. This is a priority for me, too.
Looking at ORD's site, the lengths of the King coilovers vs shocks of the same travel appear to be about the same. Is the benefit for shocks just that you can get away with mounting them at more of an angle? I assumed the shocks would be shorter overall for a given travel length than coilovers, but was surprised that doesn't appear to be the case?
Thanks in advance and sorry if I missed this info.
A King shock can become a King coilover just by using a threaded body. It's mostly the same stuff, but they do have compact versions of some travel lengths.
You're right that when you separate the spring from the shock you can angle them to get more suspension travel out of a shorter shock. That's how my rear ended up making almost 16" of full droop travel with a 14" travel shock. It's all setup to take advantage of the shackle effect from a tension setup.
A coilover just packages your rate and damping devices into one, and if you get an internal bypass, there are some really nice options out there. I would heartily recommend IBPs if it's in your range.
Hope that helps.
David
You're right that when you separate the spring from the shock you can angle them to get more suspension travel out of a shorter shock. That's how my rear ended up making almost 16" of full droop travel with a 14" travel shock. It's all setup to take advantage of the shackle effect from a tension setup.
A coilover just packages your rate and damping devices into one, and if you get an internal bypass, there are some really nice options out there. I would heartily recommend IBPs if it's in your range.
Hope that helps.
David
That helps a ton, thank you for explaining this to me!
Have the total seal rings made any noticeable difference in oil soot/oil change intervals?
The oil stays cleaner for longer, but it still gets normal black by the end of a change interval. I still change the oil after each of these ~1000 mile dusty trips.
David
Awaiting the write up on most recent adventure, pictures are a +. 
I have more video than photos, but here’s a representative chunk of highlights across the dirt.
First, my LB7 gauge cluster blinked out, so I borrowed my dad’s LML.
We staged in St George, and drive to Elko for the start of the trail.
The truck was a champ on the highway. 14.5 mpg with the new 5.13s. It’ll keep going past 90, but I’m too chicken.
All the gear worked really well. For nomadic trips like this, a roof tent is darned handy. We had the setup down to a fine art. After three days, we were down to about a 10 minute setup.
We saw plenty of snow, but it was basically ice cream with zero traction or compaction, and the dirt was soaked and loamy.
The photo is too big to attach, but at a point the truck couldn’t find traction and continued to dig off the side of the trail. It got to the point where we had to winch, and it felt super puckery. In that exercise, we were at the end of the day, and I was down to 1/4 tank so the pickup uncovered and we also had to bleed the fuel system. There was plenty of time because Nate blew a bead moving to act as a recovery point.
We wound our way through Nevada to the California border.
Las Vegas is just over that ridge.
The awning was handy for shade several times.
We ended in Bullhead City and will pickup there for next year.
Kelly’s S10 is a favorite. Excellent build and driver.
Back in St George, I went to get the LML we had stored at Matt’s and wheeled one of their jeeps.
That wrecker is a slick truck.
And with an extra day on hand, we did a razoo through sand hollow with a friend’s JL. Super capable truck.
Few photos. Lots of video. 780 miles on the dirt. Three air filter changes. 8 days.
David
First, my LB7 gauge cluster blinked out, so I borrowed my dad’s LML.
We staged in St George, and drive to Elko for the start of the trail.
The truck was a champ on the highway. 14.5 mpg with the new 5.13s. It’ll keep going past 90, but I’m too chicken.
All the gear worked really well. For nomadic trips like this, a roof tent is darned handy. We had the setup down to a fine art. After three days, we were down to about a 10 minute setup.
We saw plenty of snow, but it was basically ice cream with zero traction or compaction, and the dirt was soaked and loamy.
The photo is too big to attach, but at a point the truck couldn’t find traction and continued to dig off the side of the trail. It got to the point where we had to winch, and it felt super puckery. In that exercise, we were at the end of the day, and I was down to 1/4 tank so the pickup uncovered and we also had to bleed the fuel system. There was plenty of time because Nate blew a bead moving to act as a recovery point.
We wound our way through Nevada to the California border.
Las Vegas is just over that ridge.
The awning was handy for shade several times.
We ended in Bullhead City and will pickup there for next year.
Kelly’s S10 is a favorite. Excellent build and driver.
Back in St George, I went to get the LML we had stored at Matt’s and wheeled one of their jeeps.
That wrecker is a slick truck.
And with an extra day on hand, we did a razoo through sand hollow with a friend’s JL. Super capable truck.
Few photos. Lots of video. 780 miles on the dirt. Three air filter changes. 8 days.
David
Nice trip, did you ever need the Baja designs bar ? how'd do if ya did
I ran it a handful of times, and it was great as long as I let the dust settle ahead of me. Zero hood glare.
David
All them louver slots absorbed the light. 
I absolutely love these trips and extremely jealous.
