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Years ago, I went to Everest and I had something like the picture. It was a solar charger that had batteries in it. It had a clip on the end, which i clipped to my back pack. I used to to keep an iPod charged. It was awesome. But it’s old, probably broken in a box somewhere. the wife and I are...

On a side note. The new plan is to purchase an 80 inch wms wide axle. With a 3 inch OD axle tube. Then cut 6 inches out of the center, and use a 3” ID .120 wall or .25 wall sleeve, drill 4 holes cross pattern at each end. And either bevel and weld the two axle halves back together, then grind...

I’m not entirely sure how covid would have an employee tell me I was buying one item, then have it be something else, and then have the employee tell me that the order has all of the items needed to make a complete axle, only for it not to... and finally have the employee say the pricing total...

Dang. Build just got delayed even more. Some boxes from etrailer came. Apparently they decided only one spindle was needed on the order. I have a feeling they quoted me the total price with one spindle and saying it included some other parts to get me to buy it. now, if i were to order the...

I was of the mindset that my rtt had to be at the rear of the trailer. I just saw a couple where the rtt was mounted at the front and there were two panels mounted at angles at the rear. That is a huge idea. Onenthing I should mention: I don’t do much skinny trail in the tree trails anymore...

Im in the design phase of a camping trailer, and Id like to have my solar panels mounted on the exterior of the trailer. So, if needed, they are always charging when driving. Initially I was going to mount them on a panel that flipped up, mounted to the drivers or passenger side of the trailer...

I went back and forth over the gas can thing. Mostly because I’m a bit disabled and anyone who has tried to fill their trucks with a gas can knows it sucks. I have a 5 gallon in my bypass/bed cage and I can use a shaker hose until it’s light enough to lift and fill by hand. but at the end of...

Back to planning the build. Axle location axle location axle location. Im kind of suprised there are not more truck leaf, or long travel leaf sprung trailer builds...and with that the need to mount longer shocks. I think I have an idea for my shock mounts, I just need to finish my list of what...

I want to bring this back up, partially to add some info but also to ask some questions. The info I will add is this: -For every degree you lay the shock forward or back ward (from the 90* angle of front half of the leaf spring to the shock in an L shape) it reduces the effectiveness on the...

Definitly using a max coupler. A leveling jack mount at each corner is smart. Initially I was just going to do two on the rear. rear hitch receiver is not a bad idea and going on my list.

I am starting to realize I’m going to have to build the frame and the rack, and any storage bits... like cooking gas and tow vehicle gas storage racks... then weigh everything and THEN mount my leafs and my shock mounts.... and the wheel wells. I wanted to have the wheel wells Z’d into the...

Im in the process of drawing up the frame for the upcoming trailer build. Im scouring the web looking for little details for items that Im not thinking about and where it will be too late after Im done. So are there any fabricated ideas you wish you had done when you were still at the...

I was looking at electric actuators... but not sure if 2, one on each corner would lift it smoothly. And then having a locking pin. Or if I’d need , one at each corner. and then how much power it would draw to lift and lower. I’m disabled, so I can crawl up to a rtt, but having it low to flip...

Sadly right now I’m being drug through the mess of e trailer... they sold me some brakes and spindles that were supposed to have brake tabs on them... turns out they don’t. I called and after taking the high road and just excepting that nothing in life is perfect and mistakes happen, they...

I am not sure if you posted this and I over looked it... How are you raising and lowering the tent on the rack?

well, it could also be that most people will run a winch on their truck. So no need to run a second. id prefer not to run a winch on my truck...so the trailer... if not with legitimate negatives, is still a possibility.

Lolzzz my biggest concern would be the oz hitch or what ever it’s called that I have, not holding and seperating from my truck. I mean, there has to be a reason this isn’t a more often used idea....

I was trying to find if anyone has tried a trailer mounted winch. I have winch laying around, and no space on the front of my truck. I could mount it under the bed of my truck where the spare tire was and have the lead exit the trailer hitch or I could design a fair lead into the bumper easy...

One of the other things I just started thinking about... when I was trying to sort shock placement... was the need for a bump stop. The shock was designed to run an air bump oddly enough. It drastically changes the ride and ability of the truck... so I’m wondering if I should skip the rubber...

Yea... It’s that big mamma jamma at the bottom. They didn’t finish developing thay leaf pack before putting the truck to market. Long story but it’s what ended up on the truck and it is what it is. my goal is to not drive fast... or slow way way down. I’m fairly sure when I pull it with the...