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A container of Kitty Litter helps with the 2nd use of a potty bag.

They put an arch in them because trailers are traditionally overloaded to the hilt for the under-specced axles that most factory's put under them. Then they wear the inside edge of the tires and fairly soon, the scrubbing begins that leads to an even more bent axle. The arch also tends to...

A sleepsack is a good start. We had to put our little guy in a set of thick footie pajamas and a snow suit with some winter socks for his bigger sisters. That kept everything except his nose warm and he learned to sleep with his face cuddled up with us to keep that warm. A tent is kind of a...

When you have the cover off, look to see if you can see some clutch disc's in there. If you can and you want a L/S that works, throw some clutches in there. You have to drop the diff but it's not hard if you have some long bolts and a vice. The clutches tend to break the wave washer under...

It's definitely hard to avoid project creep when you get into things like this. You keep telling yourself "For another 20 bucks I can get ........" The next thing you know, $20 has turned into $200.00....

While you are in there, measure the deck clearance on both banks of the short block. Mine was .050 higher on one side than the other. If I remember, thats about a point higher compression on one side than the other.' Don't forget the freeze plugs, neglect that bad can't have been good for...

I've owned both trucks, OBS and now a Super Duty. The Super Duty is twice the truck of the OBS vintage. The frames are stronger, the engines run harder and everything is industrial grade compared to the OBS stuff. I love an IDI diesel and when you think about the money you can spend getting...

Holy cow. I'm happy to be able to take 3 weeks off in a year and I NEVER get to take them all at once. If I can get 10 days in a row off work including weekends it's a really rare thing. I've got family that only gets 1/2 a day per week off work. Granted the pay is nice, but I gave up...

Thanks for the ideas.

Presently we travel in a 4 door F350 longbed and a camper shell. It fits our needs when we can find a decent place to stay and a decent place to eat but when things are not going well it sucks sleeping in the front of the truck. I've looked at trailers, we have a ginormous toy hauler for the...

You should have to drive the race into the hub. If you get the bearings tight enough to expand that race, you won't be able to move it very far before the bearing destroys itself. Sounds like a bad bearing race (too small), or a spun hub bore. If you can't get new hubs, you can take a little...

Nice. My first rig was a bronco and I still miss it.

If you are running hubs, you can get away with a full time locker in the front a little easier. Unlocking one hub ensures you can turn and eliminates some of the driveability issues, but the vehicle will pull to that side a little due to the extra drag on only one wheel. Locking both hubs but...

Having pulled my share of trailers off road for work, I'll share my .02 It will all depend on where you want to wheel it. If you have trees and rocks on either side, you will hate that extra foot of width. I wheel a Ramcharger and it's a fat pig. I have to constantly watch everything off...

My thought, but I've not done the research, is to use a 2wd Jeep front axle. You can find them around, they are just a tube with the C's on the ends. You can go from there with the hub etc. You could do the hub for a parking brake, but a cable operated drum brake would be easier since there...

Look at it this way. Nobody ever says, man, I shoulda got a 1/2 ton, this 3/4 ton is way too much for pulling this trailer. Think about that for a minute. Now, I understand the whole concept of wanting to stick with what you have. I'm the world's worst at jury rigging something to do a...

Run that thing till it drops. If you want more power, find a turbo kit or supercharge it. A Cummins in that old body and frame will be more problems than it will ever solve and that old inline 292 will get the job done for 1/100th the cost and half the weight over the front tires. An...

If you aren't going to put more than 150K miles on it, then stick with the gas engine. The Ford V10 has a huge following for a reason. The 6.0 Chevy V8 will do anything you want to do, and be very reliable, even if it gets the same MPG as the V10, it will outrun one any day of the week if the...

looking good. I think that shade of paint looks better than they did back in the day. GM's version was a little more yellow, unless it's just the lighting.

Trutracs are seamless, but you have to know how to drive them. ARB and Tacoma rear lockers are good when you need them, but for an everyday driver, a L/S diff is much better at getting you going from a stop on slick pavement or ice. You can't exactly lock an ARB or other selectable locker...