Need a favor from someone with a 92-99 Chevy/GMC Suburban.

[Great-Kazoo]

They were all designed for 6-8" bed 48-52" ( between fender wells) trucks. I put one on a 12" trailer we made. If you use the suburban / Tahoe chassis, plan on cutting everything down /off on side of body from behind driver-passenger seat. OR are you trying to fit camper in to the body, keeping side areas removing roof.

[Colorado_Outback]

With the base of the camper being 7.5' I think I can get away with putting it behind the rear seats and keeping all 4 doors. I have read that you can fit a 4x8 sheet of ply flat with the 3rd row removed and 2nd row flat, and I know I could ditch the rear seats and have a more compact/balanced unit but I really want to keep it crew.

With the camper weighing in around 1K and the Burb having about 3K between curb weight and GVWR I think I should be able to make it happen

[ray1970]

Not to complicate such an interesting project, but wouldn't it be easier to just stick it in the bed of a crew cab truck?

[Wulf202]

Suburban are cheaper and have a shorter wheelbase

[Colorado_Outback]

Not to complicate such an interesting project, but wouldn't it be easier to just stick it in the bed of a crew cab truck?

100 times easier. You can get a nice suburban like this for around 4K
http://cosprings.craigslist.org/cto/4479648380.html

Crew cab silverados are harder to come by in that generation and you would pay 6-8K for a similarly equipped Silverado extended cab vs the Burb.

Plus I have been wanting to build a unique rig and try to get it featured in a magazine of some kind. Just a personal goal of mine.

I like the camper trailer as its setup now, the Cherokee pulls it and all is good but it leaves a lot to be desired when exploring. Turning it around in the back country is a chore and setting the camper on a rig like that would up its exploring capability a ton. Plus being able to setup at events like the Hill Climb with ease.

Lots of positives to this setup in my opinion, like LS swap ability down the road. Tons of LQ9 6.0L's on the internet to be had. The right cam, tune and intake/exhaust and it would be a beast.

[ray1970]

Fair enough. Makes sense. Thanks.

Post up pictures as you go along.

[Colorado_Outback]

Fair enough. Makes sense. Thanks.

Post up pictures as you go along.

For sure!

And then there is this...