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the pickup box might be an issue

All that said I have never seen this kind of destruction before. Not sure if it is a design or loading issue. Pretty sure it has nothing to do with driving. In the !960s, 70s, 80s.... we drove just as hard and stupid as today yet I never saw frames bend like this. The campers today are stupidly...

The entire truck and camper porpoise which creates the stress on the frame between the cab and box. The cab adds integrity to the front half, the box adds integrity to the back half, but there is only the frame with no "body on frame" integrity added between the body/box. Kind of like opening a...

And this from 40 years ago.... The information is out there even when it is hard to find.

THIS ^^^ quite apart from the fact no sales guy is going to tell you it cannot be done unless the answer is obvious, the spec sheets for everything are buried so doing yer own homework is impossible. With that said when I see these rigs my mind goes.....

Best post on this thread, focuses on what we should focus on, getting out of the truck to see how wonderful the back country is. Once you put feet on the ground who cares what you drove to get there. What a gorgeous bridge. Someone should put on a new deck.

Number One. Calm weather and a flat solid surface. Think WalMart parking lot. Number Two. The rule of backing up..... Position, Position, Position, you want to be lined up PERFECTLY before reversing and you want to pull straight out when off loading. Get the wheels straight before lifting...

This ^^^ says it all. And if we all do this car lots will be full of unsold inventory. The easy money of the past 20 years, sub prime fiasco included is finally catching up. It was unsustainable 14 years ago. The bail outs in 2009, COVID income subsidies and stimulus cheques today have just...

Maybe, a massive recession would do it but if that hits even a 50% price drop might not be affordable. You say affordable rigs..... they might only be affordable if you have cash.... and you might want to hold onto the cash as basic necessities rise in price.

yep, there are a couple of cheap like $300 winches which seem to be very popular with excellent reviews from guys who wheel and winch all the time

I love yer sawhorses. I have 6 of them. Definitely one of those best buys, I use them all the time.

M8000 all the way.... Warn makes 3 levels of winch. Made in America Assembled in America with off shore parts and Made in China M8000 was, hopefully still is Made in America. Discounts usually apply to the off shore versions.

It would be cool to discover the purpose. It might be used to recover a surf boat at the beach. It might be used way more often than the 16K synthetic winch on the duramax diesel dually with an RTT....

At $150,000 in 1974, a Camelot Cruiser would set you back $905,000 in today’s money, according to the U.S. inflation calculator. And according to the U.S. Census, the average take-home pay for an American in 1974 was $16,070.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1974-gerstenlager-camelot-cruiser/

Charging options are bound to increase exponentially over the next 10 years as will range. Some of the experiments in Europe seem almost sci fi. And China has more electric cars than anywhere with a billion people to drive the industry.

ps, all the mods you list have little to do with overlanding..... cool tho they might be any stock YJ. TJ. JK, JL, JT is 100% ready to overland. Sleep, eat, poop is all you need to add.

An other way to think of it.... weigh the trailer, set the axle so 10-15% of thebtotal is on the hitch.... To do that you might need to build it, load it, scale it, then place and weld on the axle mounts.

60/40 is for uniform loading but it actually refers to weight distribution. Calculate the load and center the axle so 60% is ahead of the axle 40% is behind the axle. Regardless of the tongue length. Calculate based on the full load including the storage box weight. 60/40 refers to pounds, not...

VAN all the way. I think an AWD Chevy is the best buy period. Family of 5 plus a dog and towing a trailer says "technical terrain" in Utah is not a reality. The 20' trailer will keep you off anything technical. Otherwise I'd say get a JT/JKU/JLU but you might need to triple the budget...