As an involved mentor, I often get the opportunity to haul robots and tools and parts and stuff for the team. Over the years, I've used several different trucks to do this. This past summer, I finally finished building my 57 Chevy Suburban. It's a great robot hauler, it's roomy, has only a front seat, has rear doors instead of a tailgate, and gets sort of decent gas mileage. Drivetrain is a tired old 350, TH400 automatic transmission, and Ford 9" rearend with 2.75 gears. Creature comforts include heat, cruise, an amp/speakers, and not much else. And...it looks great!
I will have it at the kickoff event in Phoenix in a couple weeks, to haul the KOP home.
Shown in front of the movie production office for
La Vida Robot, in Albuquerque this past October.
256:1 gear reductions provide surprisingly little torque once the gears have failed. - Kevin Sevcik [more] 
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