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DK Diesel (DJ Kosa) in Bellingham, WA

NOCO onboard battery charger New bed-frame with air holes all around Mattress underlayment 3/4"

Pictures of the NOCO Bed frame (notice the small computer fan for air circulation) Mattress with 3/4" underlayment

I built a big rig on a RAM3500 truck. I started with a mega-cab and lengthened and "leveled" the frame. Check out the build here...

Found it ... http://stazworks.com/

I hate to do this to you but ... I got some rims (20") from a guy custom, but for the life of me I can't remember the name of his business. Its in my build thread though. I could figure out how to search it fast...

DK Diesel in Bellingham, WA did the truck extension.

Just adding my .02. With my build I was 13,200#, BDS leveling/lift kit and Toyo 37" Trail Grapplers. The Fox 2.0s were not enough. I only got 6K miles. I switched to King 2.5 custom valved by Thuren.

Well the latest big trip is in the books. We did a ski adventure chasing the powder and gypsying from one parking lot to another fully off the grid. We were in Utah, Wyoming & Colorado. We had some very cold temps overnights and the rig was up for the task. The Rixen/Espar hydronic heat kept us...

Thanks for the question. It is a good one ... Somewhere in the thread there are pictures of the frame before everything gets mounted. But, basically it is a 3-point mount. Front mounts: Custom welded to the frame behind the cab there are two feet or platforms approx 8" square. These were...

A further update ... I had trouble with the Fox 2.0 shocks on the front that came with the BDS kit. Both ended up leaking out and only made it approx 6,000 miles. First bad news, is I had no idea how bad it would be to drive this thing with bad front shocks. It was definitely a handful. Short...

Sorry, I just found this unanswered question ... You might be done or already well on your way with your build. In the end I was not able to find anyone that could deliver FRP panels for a reasonable price and weight versus doing it myself. So, we built a vacuum table and made our own. Carbon...

The 3500 ride has be excellent. You might have seen that part of the build included a leveling kit from BDS. I think it works out to 3" of lift in the front. I also did air-bags in the rear to help with the load from the camper. All of these changed the handling for the better. I already needed...

Rim repaired. Gotta love steel and a hammer. New tire. 37x13.5R20 Nitto Trail Grappler. I added a gantry sort of thing to the roof and made up a 6:1 hoist out of Harken sailing blocks. Getting the spare on and off now is a one person job. Problem solved.

I have started to make some progress. Bike fork mounts installed on the one wall and shelving built to hold 20 plastic boxes. The shelves will get shock-cords with hooks for each box stack to keep them on the shelves going down the road. I still need to figure out velcro holds for the rear...