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zip
Trad climber
pacific beach, ca
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Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 29, 2018 - 01:45pm PT
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I sold my Sportsmobile, and am looking for my next overland expedition vehicle.
The Earthroamer is on the top of my list.
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Apr 29, 2018 - 02:08pm PT
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Would that be a step up or a step down?
Now, EarthRoamer has upped the ante with the new $1.5 million XV-HD model.
https://earthroamer.com/xv-hd/
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zip
Trad climber
pacific beach, ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 29, 2018 - 02:11pm PT
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That thing is a behemoth.
I would be buying a LTS, used.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Apr 29, 2018 - 05:02pm PT
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There's nothing you could do to a Ford truck that would cause me to pay more than a $100k for it.
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JLP
Social climber
The internet
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Apr 29, 2018 - 05:23pm PT
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I wonder if anyone has managed to drive one of those rigs to SA and back and lived to tell about it.
"Earth" seems a stretch, I think the inhabitants of the most remote places in the world would kill the occupants of that thing, at first sight, then part it out and sell it.
They should just call it the Cali Roamer or North American Whitebreadmobile or somesuch.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 29, 2018 - 05:24pm PT
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Was looking at those used ones today! Lotta samolians for vehicles with 70-100,000 miles.
Could buy a brand new F-350 and put a new Arctic Fox 1150 camper on it for half of a used ER.
Those Earthroamers ain’t jack compared to those German Unimog monsters. People drive them all over Africa without problems. Seen ‘em all over S America.
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WBraun
climber
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Apr 29, 2018 - 05:32pm PT
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$1.5 million for the XV-HD model.
Meh ... sounds cheap!
I think I'll order two them (one for back up) since they are so cheap .....
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Apr 29, 2018 - 05:49pm PT
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That video of Berdoo Canyon was classic, wife hated it. Whats the next family adventure, forced crack climbing?
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Apr 29, 2018 - 06:11pm PT
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it CAN jump a shark, right?
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Apr 29, 2018 - 06:39pm PT
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It didn't look like that tough of a road. A couple rocks that could of been moved with a pry bar. Hell, my old '74 land cruiser wouldn't have blinked.
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AP
Trad climber
Calgary
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Apr 29, 2018 - 06:45pm PT
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I would rather have a $10000 truck and $120000 worth of foreign trips.
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DonC
climber
CA
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Apr 29, 2018 - 06:57pm PT
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that is not a difficult trail. I've done much harder, solo, with no spotter, and no concerns. One of the issues is that is such a large and heavy truck.
I have a 2006 Tundra 4 x 4 with a FWC pop-up, E rated tires. The smaller truck, and lighter/low profile camper makes stuff like that easy. I can easily go where larger/heavier trucks have difficulty.
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JLP
Social climber
The internet
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Apr 29, 2018 - 07:39pm PT
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It didn't look like that tough of a road. Exactly. On a dirtbike, that would have been a 6 second video.
I've seen a few Earth Roamers around Moab - they seem just slow and in the way and driven by old people with no off road experience who didn't know any better when they bought the thing.
With that kind of money burning a hole in your pocket, seems to me you could get way more functionality other ways - maybe a class A towing a Jeep - etc.
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Apr 29, 2018 - 08:40pm PT
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That Jeep is kind of cool. But not $120K cool.
And the Nomad Yoga family in their ridiculously expensive ER, filled with trash and PBR. Sheesh.
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DanMerrick
Social climber
Mo' Hill, CA
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Apr 29, 2018 - 09:12pm PT
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To earn money requires training, experience a trade or a modicum of skill. To save money requires foresight and planning and restraint. Spending money requires no skill, knowledge or even consciousness. Any idiot can spend money. Go ahead idiot.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 29, 2018 - 09:20pm PT
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I seriously doubt many Earthroamer buyers are regretting their moment of weakness. Most of them did not come to that state by accident and certainly did not commit themselves to a life of sewing chalk bags by doing so. I’m sure they appreciate all yer pity, especially for their inability to understand that they were not buying a rock crawler. If I do decide to get one I’ll certainly take all this wisdom under advisement, but if I decide to get an equivalent boat I’ll know where to come for further elucidation.
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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Apr 29, 2018 - 10:58pm PT
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I have an F250 crew cab 4x4 diesel with a cabover camper. Is it really worth 5-10 times as much to not have to walk around to the back? I guess if you've got the bucks, you'll pay for luxury. I just think of all the other things I could do with that money and it doesn't seem like I'd get that much more enjoyment out the difference between the two.
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F
climber
away from the ground
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Apr 29, 2018 - 11:14pm PT
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DanMerrick
Social climber
Mo' Hill, CA
Apr 29, 2018 - 09:12pm PT
To earn money requires training, experience a trade or a modicum of skill. To save money requires foresight and planning and restraint. Spending money requires no skill, knowledge or even consciousness. Any idiot can spend money. Go ahead idiot.
Spot on. If you have to ask for advice about buying a goofy ass RV on the supertaco, well... you might be a good customer for Flip Flops bridge business too?
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