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That's fine, Tom. My own background is mechanical engineering, and I taught statics and strength of materials for years at the college level. I'm also a life-long off roader & gear head, and I've actually seen the crack. But I can't change your hypothesis, so we'll just have to disagree...

Tom, I'd suggest that you go back and re-read the the posts on the Tiger owners' group for actual content. IMO, you've mis-interpreted the content of that thread in your comments here, and you totally ignore my statement of a likely source. The cracking discussed in that thread was _behind_...

Very cool with its echos of Gladiator styling! I love the approach & departure angles. Dunno how practical it'd be to live with day-in and day-out, but the youngster that dwells within me wants one! ;) I may be the only poster here who once owned & drove two Kaiser sedans... a '51 & a '53...

Hard to say without knowing the tires involved, but the loss of mileage may be due to the tire's size as much as or more than than weight. Going to a bigger diameter tire changes effective gearing, lowering engine rpm. Depending on many veriables, this can take the engine into the edge of a...

This weekend it's on sale at Sears for $15. Notebook grill I saw this tip on another forum. I found them at my local Sears, in boxes on a lower shelf. They didn't have one on display, the sale price wasn't marked, no one in the department. But after tracking down a searssalesdroid off...

When I was in my 20's, one of my fantasies was to own a Mike 8 (LCM, landing craft with a ramp bow), with living quarters in the well deck and a jeep or old Power Wagon (40's-50's vintage) in front. Run up on the beach, drop the ramp, and drive into town. Ah, the fantasies of youth.... :) Jim H.

When I was in tech school in the late 70's, I was 'volunteered' to drive the school's 15 passenger Dodge vans when we took field trips to various industries.... main thing I recall was that the 360's in them were hugely, _hugely_ cold-natured. Even in the summer, even after a few minutes of...

There's what appears to be the identical model camper mounted on a vintage 2WD Chevy with duallies about 10 miles from here. Looks a little more run-down than the one on the Dodge, tho'. It's parked right beside the road that a friend and I take for a lunch get-together every Friday. I've...

That's a very sharp and pretty unique unit! Welcome to the forums. It's not a rock-crawler, but it's infinitely more liveable, especially in nasty weather ;). I know what you mean about getting looks in a campground... folks are endlessly curious about 4x4 C's. Again,welcome. Jim H.

For those who like a little breeze.... I was at WalMart to pick up a small fan for the house. I noticed a 10" 'battery or plug-in' portable fan on the shelf. It was designed to run on 8 'D' cells... which means 12V... Ah, ha! So I took it home, cut the wire to the wall wart, and substituted a...

"....The aluminum and steel surfaces are easy and polish up very nicely. The fiberglass takes some work......" Yep. That's some good paint they use on the aluminum of the coach. Not that it'll do either of us any good, but I'm wondering if they couldn't offer something similar on the roof...

You said the RT wasn't rugged enough... having owned two, I'll pretty much agree, tho' the older Dodge RT's did at least have pretty good ground clearance. You might look for one to convert to 4x4. It's already got your 'creature comforts' done and done well. But be aware that it'd have some...

Actually, I've heard that he more recently said, "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a low tire and a loose fan belt." :) Enjoy the trip! Jim H.

Key, that's one seriously unique van! Neat!!!! What brand and size generator? I'm asking because I may have a few ideas.... Roadtrek (Canadian maker of class B van RV's) has used two ways of mounting the Onan 2800 on their Dodge van conversions. In the early '90's, they made some with the...

Coincidentally, I went to lunch with a bud Friday. As we were coming back, I pointed out this unit's absolute twin sitting at the back of a used car lot. Dunno if it was for sale, or just parked between runs. Jim H.

Jay, FWIW (and on a whole different scale ;)), I put 16" Michelin LTX M/S's on a Chevy Roadtrek class B van. They transformed a formerly well-mannered driver into a definite wanderer. The problems persisted thru several alignments and a bunch of tire pressure changes. It only went away when I...

Your lower pic is what the current Tigers use. Very handy. I can recall looking at pix on the factory website the first time and wondering what those funny little bumps were for.... :) Jim H.

You beat me to it.... ;) It's a great place to get such info. To the OP, you'll get a lot of 'buy what I've got' responses there, but the valid ones will tell you why. Browsing old posts will be very informative, too. Some, maybe even most, of those guys aren't your normal "RV'er type"...

Nice van! FWIW, the two generators are Honda EU2000's with inverter output that can be paralleled. If you just need 2kW or less, you can run just one, saving gas and noise (and they're the gold standard for quiet). If you need more you can run both on the same output line, unlike most...

Wow! Unique! Peculiar, but very nice, looking CX! Yes, a _lot_ of extra work went into it. I know a lot of folks don't use the shower in their smaller RV's. They're mostly always in CG's and prefer to use their facilities. Plus removing the waste tanks would improve departure angle. A...