New to GM diesel

[CRApex]

18 hours ago, gemarsh said:

Or Stripes!

EM50 project!

[nitro882]

On 1/11/2024 at 7:37 AM, Kerry Pulaski said:

That is quite a sweet rig, and color combo. Happy to be back into the Duramax, '24 Denali-U, 2500HD. I put in a ScanGauge III, as the gash gauges are lacking. Use it for work, but restored, upgraded and modified the xxxx out of a '73 26ft. GMC Motorhome. That club is also like a cult, of owner's helping owners. Till '76, these had an Old's 455ci front wheel drive ('77-'78 then a 403), 4 wheel independent rear air suspension. One owner replaced the 455 with a Duramax !  That must cruise !!

Next mod is a Limited Slip for the Front Diff., as it is Front Wheel Drive only, and 4 wheel rear disc brakes (now that a kit includes an electric parking brake caliper). When retirement arrives, going down the Smokey Mountains Blue Ridge Pkwy., and all other National Parks as I can.

Enjoy your travels !!

 

That is awesome. That rig deserves its own build thread. We need more info and pics….. 

[Kerry Pulaski]

Yes the movie Stripes, EM-50 Urban Assault Vehicle.  The rear panel is actually one section, fastened in with "T" Nuts.

In the movie they put a hinge on it to form a ramp, to drop down for the firepower launches.

[Joel Crow]

On 12/26/2023 at 1:12 PM, nitro882 said:

 

 

Congrats on the new RV and truck. What are your plans for the RV? Are you going full time? Where do you plan on going? 

 

We just got our first 5th wheel last week and have moved into it full time. At 46' Its by far the longest thing i have ever towed but im taking it easy and doing ok with it. If there is one piece of advice i can give, If there are any doubts just stop and have your wife spot for you, a set of walkie talkies is a good idea as well and will really help a lot. There have already been a couple times where i could not see what i needed to and had to have my wife spot, the first day we were pulling into a harvest hosts at dusk and i could not see the right wheels well when taking a right hand turn. If i didn't stop and have her spot it i would have run the tires into a 2' deep drainage ditch that in my mirror looked like flat grass. Also needed it on the right rear when pulling out of a pull thru spot a couple days later. The park was tight and having spotter there to watch the right cornet making sure i didn't take out the light post was a good thing since there was no way i could see it. 

 

Here is a shot of my new rig. 

Oh wow this is beautiful! I love how the red truck flows back with the red striping on the rig! It seriously looks like a class A!

 

We love our 36’ rig! Just took two weeks to go down to the Keys (via JAX, Sarasota, Ft Lauderdale, Key West) then St Augustine on our way back home to Charleston.

 

We are considering going full time, yes! Once you “really” sit down and plan a drive out west, you realize it’s like minimum 10 stops, and with a week or two to enjoy each stop, then a month on the west coast, then repeat the time to come back east, hell you might as well just live in it full time lol! 

 

Be safe out there!

Joel