Alaskan Camper Build Up
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Dave Kay
Adventurer
Ditto~! I also would like to see more on Ozymandias's truck/camper~! Looks and sounds like a lot of work devoted to your vehicle and I'm sure more of us are more than curious to learn about it.
Kind regards
Overland Hadley
on a journey
x3! Looks like a great rig, would be great to know more about it.
Ozymandias
Observer
Thanks to all, I'll see what I can do.
Right now I'm on to build a new Camper on the same chassis, this aluminium and stainless steel cab is to heavy for what I drive, new one is composite from a german company called Ormocar.
Right now I'm on to build a new Camper on the same chassis, this aluminium and stainless steel cab is to heavy for what I drive, new one is composite from a german company called Ormocar.
Carlyle
Explorer
Hello Ozymandias,
You have caused quite the stir on the Expedition Portal with the picture of your camper. Looks like great work and I would like to hear more about it and the one you are planning as well. I looked closely at diesel heat and cooking, but decided in the end to go back to propane mainly as an initial cost saving and no one at the time was willing to put an oven in a camper. Glad to hear that they are now, because it really expands your cooking ability. ON the other hand, the PlatCat is working great, and propane appliances are working great and the instant heat is nice.
BTW, I thought that was an amateur radio antenna until I looked really close at the picture and realized in was a pole in the background!
I will look again for the 275/80-20 XZL tires and hope for the best again. The MPT's are great tires, just a soft compound. No other 20" tire seems to have the load capacity in this country. I briefly considered retreading, but with the failure rate and the lack of companies to do it, I gave up on that proposition. I had heard the same about the shocks and appreciate the opinion, when I go to re-shock in the next year or two I will be having a set made up by King.
My most recent issue has been wheels, the set of five that I had made now has a 60% failure rate in the welds where they were put together. I gave up on trying to get customer service from the company last year after they took ten months and literally dozens of phone calls and emails to get the one back from repair. I ended up having to purchase a fifth wheel last year from 1st Attack to use as a spare, though it is a slightly wider wheel. After the last weld failure, I am now using that as one of my drive wheels and have ordered a complete set of them from 1st Attack. $2000 plus learning mistake once again... Until the wheels are built I have no spare and having to cough up thousands of dollars on something that should have outlasted the truck.
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Have you considered the Goodyear g275MSA? The name is deceiving, it's a 335/80r20 like the contis. Higher speed rating, harder compound. Not quite as good offroad, but I have contis on my mog and goodyears on my 550 and the goodyears, despite limited miles in this assessment, just seem like a tougher compound in the thread and the reports I've read have them lasting substantially longer. My contis Mark the driveway and the goodyears don't, for what that's worth. The goodyears are also substantially more quiet than the contis at freeway speeds.
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http://www.goodyear.com/cfmx/web/gov/pdf/military_tire_brochure.pdf
They can be really hard to find and seemingly erratically available. You might want to reach out to jeep (flatbed and composite panel build thread dodge 2500). I think the guy at stazworks was also able to get them at one point, so he could be an avenue. I couldn't find much info either, other than a few scattered positive reviews. I had a lot of issues with uneven and quick wear on my continentals. I only have 1k miles on the goodyears, so it doesnt mean that much, but they still look brand new and the compound seems much harder.
They can be really hard to find and seemingly erratically available. You might want to reach out to jeep (flatbed and composite panel build thread dodge 2500). I think the guy at stazworks was also able to get them at one point, so he could be an avenue. I couldn't find much info either, other than a few scattered positive reviews. I had a lot of issues with uneven and quick wear on my continentals. I only have 1k miles on the goodyears, so it doesnt mean that much, but they still look brand new and the compound seems much harder.
Carlyle
Explorer
Thanks for the advice!
I was at my local shop getting a fuel filter and front end lubrication on my truck and started thinking more about the Goodyear g275MSA tires
I crawled under the truck and did some measuring, with the wider rims I will be able to squeeze the 41" tires under my truck. Looks like Stazworks can get them when I go to switch, it may require some trimming again though.
Ozymandias
Observer
Instead of to much Trimming you maybe consider a bodylift of 1-2", i did that too and only need the pucks and longer screws with 1".
Ozy
Ozy
The listed specs on the goodyears are a 41.6 diameter, but even at full inflation, I only measure 40.4". I was able to get them in on my f550 with no lift, though I did have to get creative with my front sway bar (I managed to replace my 2016 sway bar with a 2015 f350 sway bar from hellwig that allows full turning radius) and had to do a fair bit of cutting.
Carlyle
Explorer
I've heard the same and appreciate the opinion of someone who is using them. What did you pay for the set btw? How are they off and on road versus stock shocks?
Carlyle
Explorer
Nice to hear I won't have to do any more chopping when I go to change tires again later this year.