The Story Of A Cummins Suburban (Lots Of Pics)

[71CumminsBurb]

Hey man...did you get a chance to snap a few pics of your slave cylinder mount yet?

I'm in the middle of a mad dash to get my rig running before the snow flys!!!

[RatRod68]

Originally Posted by mosesburb

I checked out your Ranger in your sig. Now I am no fan of Rangers, but that thing is sweet!! Very nice job!!

Thanks man! Its still got a long road ahead, but will be worth it. Just don't understand why i had to start such a CRAZY project with a Ranger. A freakin Ranger! Ugh.... Oh well. lol

[scotts72heavyhalf]

That last pic you posted was something we saw on our way home Texas when we bought our truck. Burb looks good!

[DirtyLarry]

What happened here Nick? Did you fall asleep or something and forget you have us all strung out waiting for more pictures? It’s been 8 days for crying out loud!

[1985-GMC]

I hope you're alright! It had me wondering if you were ok after no update for 8 whole days!

[1985-GMC]

Yeah that's for sure! I have one of DirtyLarry's truck as my background right now.

[Redaddiction]

Any pictures of the fridge mounted?

[hgs_notes]

Oh sure. The old "I was in the hospital" excuse. Seems like all that laying around would have given you ample opportunity to do some photo editing and downloading.

Bull Durham's "Into the Shower" scene -...

[jbclassix]

Hey, there is a very familiar burb on the front page of ColoK5...

[mosesburb]

Originally Posted by 1985-GMC

I hope you're alright! It had me wondering if you were ok after no update for 8 whole days!

Originally Posted by jbclassix

Hope everything is OK, or getting better.
Posted via Mobile Device

The hospital determined my death was not imminent and kicked me out with the same pain I walked in with. It was comforting to know my death was not imminent though.

Originally Posted by Mr Pops

good thread to get a desktop background!

Yeah, I have one of the pics from this thread as mine.

Originally Posted by 1985-GMC

Yeah that's for sure! I have one of DirtyLarry's truck as my background right now.

You could probably find a better one in this thread...... Maybe something without a stinky gas engine in it.

Originally Posted by Redaddiction

Any pictures of the fridge mounted?

You know, I *think* I have ONE somewhere. I will look for it and post it when I do. It is nothing spectacular though. Just that little bracket on the floor and rachet straps.

Originally Posted by hgs_notes

Oh sure. The old "I was in the hospital" excuse. Seems like all that laying around would have given you ample opportunity to do some photo editing and downloading.

Yeah, I should have had the presence of mind to grab a laptop on the way to the ER.

Originally Posted by hgs_notes

Bull Durham's "Into the Shower" scene - YouTube

Why does it not surprise me at all that the first person to post up a video of a bunch of dudes in a shower in this thread is you??

Originally Posted by jbclassix

Hey, there is a very familiar burb on the front page of ColoK5...

Yeah, it looks familiar. Nice little honor there.

[hgs_notes]

Originally Posted by mosesburb

Yeah, I should have had the presence of mind to grab a laptop on the way to the ER.

Why does it not surprise me at all that the first person to post up a video of a bunch of dudes in a shower in this thread is you??

LOL! Best scene in the movie you lollygagger.

So what were you doing for the 7 days you were not in the ER and hadn't posted. We figured you had a long convalescence in there with tubes and machines that go 'bing' etc. etc. You know, laying around on your lazy ass. Not something as simple as 'my whatzit hurts when I push here and here and here' and the Dr says your finger is broken. Come on! Details dude.

[1985-GMC]

Originally Posted by mosesburb

You could probably find a better one in this thread...... Maybe something without a stinky gas engine in it.

Hey now, I still have those stinky gas engines in my trucks.

[Dieselwrencher]

Originally Posted by 1985-GMC

Hey now, I still have those stinky gas engines in my trucks.

Hint hint, spark plugs are the enemy!

[DirtyLarry]

Originally Posted by 1985-GMC

Hey now, I still have those stinky gas engines in my trucks.

Mosesburb just likes to poke fun at me about the stinky “gas” engine because when we were at the Overland Expo he had his superburb parked right in front of my truck with the engine idling for like an hour while his fumes filled up my camper. With the fact I couldn’t hear myself think or let alone breathe I tried my best to be as polite when asking him to turn that damn tank off before I went AWAL. I never understood why the diesel types think diesels need to idle all day! I may have said something about his stinky engine at that time so he has enjoys poking fun at me now.

It is actually pretty funny because I too am a big Cummins engine fan but I cannot stand the smell of raw or spent diesel fuel. Diesel fumes even give me diarrhea too! Even funnier is the fact I work for a diesel engine manufacture but can’t stomach the smell of them.

[WIDESIDE72]

I just spent a couple of hours enjoying your thread! I just hit the high points, mainly the posts with photos. My compliments to you on a well built trail ready truck! it is good to see one being used. I wish there were places like that here in Texas to explore.

I have a question about the Suburban. I noticed that the firewall and dash are green. is there a story there?

[1985-GMC]

We don't even need a grid heater in the winter down here, they start up like normal. Now my friend's F*#d on the other hand... Hahaha

[hgs_notes]

That last pic of the rocks makes it look like they were shaped by someone making an arrow head. Like scallops were knocked out of it rather than the erosion seen in most of the other pics. Pretty cool stuff. Maybe I'll have the Jimmy ready for a trip out there next year. I'd like to take a road trip with my son before he moves out of the house.

[mosesburb]

Originally Posted by hgs_notes

That last pic of the rocks makes it look like they were shaped by someone making an arrow head. Like scallops were knocked out of it rather than the erosion seen in most of the other pics. Pretty cool stuff. Maybe I'll have the Jimmy ready for a trip out there next year. I'd like to take a road trip with my son before he moves out of the house.

Those last two pics were of/in the same area. It is absolutely impossible to try to convey the view obtained while standing there with a picture. The widest angle lens could not grab the unbelievable optical overload obtained at that one point.

[mosesburb]

So we meet up with Larry in a parking lot and head out toward Mesa Verde National Park. Initially, this was to be our day two stop, but because of the aforementioned fires, well, no such luck.

Some scenery along the way:



I like this pic, but I wish I held the camera a bit straighter. One of the detriments of drive-by photography I guess:



We ended up rolling into Durango for the evening while Larry and Lynn went to a camp ground in MVNP. We came across one of these--actually a few of them:



We spent some time wandering around downtown Durango, got a room and the next morning headed back to MVNP to meet up with Larry. On the way we passed what had been the Mancos fire that was burning wildly when Larry passed through a few days prior:



Pretty amazing those houses were saved:



We arrived:



Old Suburbans that have a Cummins in them with a straight pipe sound really cool in tunnels.....



We took the Balcony House tour. Pretty neat deal. You have to climb that 35' ladder. Kind of an odd feeling after about ten feet or so as the ladder has a harmonic motion/frequency when there are ten or twelve people on it.



This is where Balcony House gets its name: That balcony is how they got into and out of the rooms.



Now this little gem is how you leave the lower area of Balcony House. You climb a ladder then proceed up the rounded rock face that has little flat spots cut into it for your feet all while traversing it at an angle. Little bit sketchy to say the least.



This is another area to view more ruins. This place is almost more inpressive than Balcony House. It is the Spruce Tree House. Really neat.



Apartment living at its finest:







On the way out:

[RINC]

Wow !

I have seen a lot of that area .......... from the paved road.

Thanks for the up close pics !

[mosesburb]

So after we left MVNP, we headed over to Durango to meet up with our buddy Bill in his well-equipped Ramcharger. We got some Serious Texas Bar-B-Q and lit out towards Imogene Pass. First view of Silverton:



Rolling into town:



The Wyman Hotel. Super-cool looking building.



In this pic is the Idarado Mine Trestle, the Vanderbuilt Mine, the Genessee Mine, the Yankee Girl Mine, Red Mountain number 2 and Red Mountain number 3. Yep, all in one pic.



Colorado suffers from surface water contamination from mine runoff too. Neat looking in an odd sort of way, but really bad when you think about it:



Close up of the Yankee Girl Mine:



Head frame of a tram:



View down Hwy 550, also known as the Million Dollar Highway as it cost a million dollars a mile to build back in the 1800s.



Tunnel on 550 before Ouray:

[mosesburb]

So we just barely get to Ouray and we take a left onto Camp Bird Rd. This leads us toward Imogene Pass.

Neat overhang on the trail:



This is right about where Camp Bird Rd turns into Imogene Pass: The bridge looked a little too sketchy for some heavy full-size trucks



Our camp that evening on a nice point looking out over a nice valley with some fantastic views of the surrounding peaks: (We were actually chilly/cold that evening--slight change from the triple digits of our previous camps)



Up the trail a little ways:



Old miner's cabin:



Still furnished:



Just past there, a view over Camp Bird Mine 14 Level is quite the spectacle:



On an unrelated, but related side note, a company is in the process of purchasing the Camp Bird facility and 11,000 acres surrounding with plans of restarting the operation and renovating the victorian era buildings on site. As of today they have built a building to house heavy equipment and have about ten or so employees on the project. The portal on 14 level has collapsed recently and needs repair to allow access to the workings. The 14 level portal is also a flowing stream currently and, quite ironically, is flowing some extraordinarily clean water that they are planning on holding and using in buildings and offices.

Quite a drop-off here:



We were getting a kick out of these people in the tour truck. They paid a bunch of money to see the sights and the people in the last two rows were constantly turned around watching us crawl over the trail behind them. They were taking pictures and videos of us for a couple/few miles.



Larry demonstrating why a low center of gravity is a good thing:



Up toward Yankee Boy Basin:



Tundra flowers in bloom with Bill's Ramcharger at the top:



Top of Imogene:



Proof that we all made it:

[hgs_notes]

Love that 1st pic with the overhang. My first thought at the sight of the wheelchair was "I wonder what kind of ride that would be going down from there?" Looks like a helluva trip. You almost done with it so you can start posting pics from the next one or 3?

[kikkegek]

oh man!

pics just get better and better:

are you some kind of sebatical leave from work?

[FrankieD]

Great Pix my wife would be beating my arm up in fear of the cliffs. We did Pikes Peak and she flipped.