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Best 4x4 vehicle for very long trips in remote wilderness?
I'm considering taking a very long road trip to northern Quebec and
Labrador. That's the real North, very remote and wild, with very poorly maintained gravel roads (huge potholes, etc) and very few gas stations. Later, I'd like to drive to Yukon territory and Alaska. Obviously, I'd need a 4x4 vehicle-probably a SUV. It must be very tough, reliable, (breaking down in the middle of Labrador would suck), with good ground clearance and lots of cargo space for supplies and spares and extra fuel. We're two adults. Having room for sleeping in the vehicle would be great. What vehicle do you guys recommend? Thanks. |
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Best 4x4 vehicle for very long trips in remote wilderness?
Late 80s/early 90s GM Suburban. If the drivetrain is in tip-top
shape, this would be a trouble-free rig. And if it did break, parts would be easiest to come by at an auto parts store or a junkyard. Either the 350 gas engine or a 6.2L diesel would be good. Matt 99 V-10 Super Duty, Super Cab 4x4 On Thu, 02 Mar 2006 15:13:19 GMT, 223rem > wrote: >I'm considering taking a very long road trip to northern Quebec and >Labrador. That's the real North, very remote and wild, with very poorly maintained >gravel roads (huge potholes, etc) and very few gas stations. Later, I'd like to >drive to Yukon territory and Alaska. > >Obviously, I'd need a 4x4 vehicle-probably a SUV. It must be very tough, reliable, >(breaking down in the middle of Labrador would suck), with good ground clearance and >lots of cargo space for supplies and spares and extra fuel. > >We're two adults. Having room for sleeping in the vehicle would be great. > >What vehicle do you guys recommend? > >Thanks. |
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Best 4x4 vehicle for very long trips in remote wilderness?
I agree, I have a 89 4x4 1/2 Burb with 3.73 gears and stock sized
tires with a smooth tread (Michelen LT tires rated at 50 PSI) that I have had since it was new. It has 175k miles on it and it has never left me stranded or broke down on more than a dozen cross country trips and themost recent cross country trip was to Colorado in 2003 when I put on 4500 miles in a little over 2 weeks. It has a 40 gallon tank and has fantastic range. 600 miles on a tank is quite doable and 500 miles plus is a piece of cake with a lot a reserve left over. I visit relatives in SC one or two times a year and I can make the 565 mile trip down there from Ohio on one tank with no problems. I plan to take it to Colorado and Wyoming this summer. 1991 was the last of these great road beasts as the newer models have more things to go wrong with them and carry less fuel though a burb in the 92 to 96 range would be my second choice with its trouble free TBI injection system. One word of advise, they will do a lot better on MPG if you use better fuel. I get as high as 19 MPG with mine and it still gets 17 even when running 75 mph with 93 octane fuel and base timing set 8 BTDC. When it was new and fueled with 87 octane it struggled to get even 15 MPG and wanted to ping to even at stock timing of TDC. Set as above it has great power and responce too with its 350 TBI motor. Also the TBI motors allow you to tweat the base timing for best performance with fuel type and altitude while the newer muiltport models do not. (when I am in CO area I set the base timing at 12 or 14 BTDC and it helps a lot in the thinner air as the ECM does not do as well on its own). On Thu, 02 Mar 2006 07:25:23 -0800, Matt Mead > wrote: >Late 80s/early 90s GM Suburban. If the drivetrain is in tip-top >shape, this would be a trouble-free rig. And if it did break, parts >would be easiest to come by at an auto parts store or a junkyard. > >Either the 350 gas engine or a 6.2L diesel would be good. > >Matt >99 V-10 Super Duty, Super Cab 4x4 > > >On Thu, 02 Mar 2006 15:13:19 GMT, 223rem > wrote: > >>I'm considering taking a very long road trip to northern Quebec and >>Labrador. That's the real North, very remote and wild, with very poorly maintained >>gravel roads (huge potholes, etc) and very few gas stations. Later, I'd like to >>drive to Yukon territory and Alaska. >> >>Obviously, I'd need a 4x4 vehicle-probably a SUV. It must be very tough, reliable, >>(breaking down in the middle of Labrador would suck), with good ground clearance and >>lots of cargo space for supplies and spares and extra fuel. >> >>We're two adults. Having room for sleeping in the vehicle would be great. >> >>What vehicle do you guys recommend? >> >>Thanks. |
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Best 4x4 vehicle for very long trips in remote wilderness?
Matt Mead wrote:
> Late 80s/early 90s GM Suburban. If the drivetrain is in tip-top > shape, this would be a trouble-free rig. And if it did break, parts > would be easiest to come by at an auto parts store or a junkyard. > > Either the 350 gas engine or a 6.2L diesel would be good. > > Matt > 99 V-10 Super Duty, Super Cab 4x4 > Thanks. I'm not sure which one of these http://www.edmunds.com/used/1990/gmc...ban/index.html has the "350" engine (is that 350 cubic inches?) And I dont see a diesel option. Am I missing something? |
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Best 4x4 vehicle for very long trips in remote wilderness?
On Thu, 02 Mar 2006 16:04:49 GMT, 223rem > wrote:
>Matt Mead wrote: >> Late 80s/early 90s GM Suburban. If the drivetrain is in tip-top >> shape, this would be a trouble-free rig. And if it did break, parts >> would be easiest to come by at an auto parts store or a junkyard. >> >> Either the 350 gas engine or a 6.2L diesel would be good. >> >> Matt >> 99 V-10 Super Duty, Super Cab 4x4 >> > > >Thanks. I'm not sure which one of these > > >http://www.edmunds.com/used/1990/gmc...ban/index.html > >has the "350" engine (is that 350 cubic inches?) > >And I dont see a diesel option. Am I missing something? There was awlays a diesel option in the older burbs and I almost was going to by one back then and likely would of it I had ordered it as none of the new one I found back then were properly optioned for my needs. A I turns out I found a gas model porperly equipped and bought it and never regretted it. It still runs great even today. |
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Best 4x4 vehicle for very long trips in remote wilderness?
On Thu, 02 Mar 2006 15:13:19 GMT, 223rem > wrote:
>I'm considering taking a very long road trip to northern Quebec and >Labrador. That's the real North, very remote and wild, with very poorly maintained >gravel roads (huge potholes, etc) and very few gas stations. Later, I'd like to >drive to Yukon territory and Alaska. > >Obviously, I'd need a 4x4 vehicle-probably a SUV. It must be very tough, reliable, >(breaking down in the middle of Labrador would suck), with good ground clearance and >lots of cargo space for supplies and spares and extra fuel. > >We're two adults. Having room for sleeping in the vehicle would be great. > >What vehicle do you guys recommend? > >Thanks. Hummer H1 Wagon. Does everything you want. |
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Best 4x4 vehicle for very long trips in remote wilderness?
On Thu, 02 Mar 2006 19:25:09 -0500, PeterD > wrote:
>On Thu, 02 Mar 2006 15:13:19 GMT, 223rem > wrote: > >>I'm considering taking a very long road trip to northern Quebec and >>Labrador. That's the real North, very remote and wild, with very poorly maintained >>gravel roads (huge potholes, etc) and very few gas stations. Later, I'd like to >>drive to Yukon territory and Alaska. >> >>Obviously, I'd need a 4x4 vehicle-probably a SUV. It must be very tough, reliable, >>(breaking down in the middle of Labrador would suck), with good ground clearance and >>lots of cargo space for supplies and spares and extra fuel. >> >>We're two adults. Having room for sleeping in the vehicle would be great. >> >>What vehicle do you guys recommend? >> >>Thanks. > >Hummer H1 Wagon. Does everything you want. except cost, range, and ungainly size too. |
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Best 4x4 vehicle for very long trips in remote wilderness?
Oh, and better take something bigger than that .223! Like a Marlin Guide
Gun is about perfect. Maybe a shotgun too if the ptarmigan are in season. -jeff |
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Best 4x4 vehicle for very long trips in remote wilderness?
Jeff Olsen wrote:
> I would recommend a good mid-90's Toyota Land Cruiser. Thanks. Yes, I know that Land Cruiser has an excellent reputation. So it comes down to 2 vehicles: the Land Cruiser and the Chevy/GMC Suburban. A Suburban is a good choice because Chevys are very popular in those parts (I doubt the 'Indians'/'First Nations' can afford expensive imports, so if your Toyota breaks down you're stuck) and also because it can be had with a Diesel engine, and I imagine that Diesel fuel is easy to come by that gas (lumber trucks are very frequent there). |
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