Mark Harley
Expedition Leader
Nice work on the pintle mount. " I hate to see THE TOWER OF TERROR pintle mounts.
Andy's M416 Rehab
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BADDANDY
Adventurer
3.5" inch lift on 35s as it is. Any more and it wouldn't fit in the garage.
TenaciousTJ
Explorer
You're in WA, right? Why build a top, I've got one for sale here!
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=100968
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BADDANDY
Adventurer
BADDANDY
Adventurer
She tows nice, no weave or anything and can't even tell it's there. Alot less hitch clunk compared to my little Haulin trailer with a normal ball hitch too. "Must get 31" tires" to get rid of that hitch extension. Bought material for a lid also today.
I thought this pic Mark would be a little diff than the norm. Plane is the one I flew on for my Air Force career.
I thought this pic Mark would be a little diff than the norm. Plane is the one I flew on for my Air Force career.
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Mark Harley
Expedition Leader
That combo looks great!
It turned out well!
Thank You for your service!
Mark
It turned out well!
Thank You for your service!
Mark
rat patrol
Adventurer
Glad to see you were on the 141B. I jumped out of those and Dad was load. Nice set up too
BADDANDY
Adventurer
Another fun day, NOT! I gooped some more along the gap between the tub side and channel. I added some box channel gooped and screwed along the sides of the lid to fill out to the trailer edge. I cut some slots in the lid's front rail and chizzled out some wood for the hingle plates to sit flush and also bent up the tub side of the hinge plates. I cut out, drilled holes, and painted reenforcement plates for the hinges and highlift mounts.
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BADDANDY
Adventurer
Yesterday was installing the highlift jack mounts with backing plates. I placed the Tentcot on the lid and noticed that it had feet on each leg that I could use to hold it to the lid if I could remove them. Sure enough, only one rivet on each foot attaching them to the leg. So, out came the drill and mounted them all to the lid, sweet! I also mounted the bike holders to the lid.
BADDANDY
Adventurer
Today I mounted the lid. You can see in the pics that I used backing plates, cut off all excess threads on every bolt, and the installed the lid's seal. I then bent and mounted a rear locking clasp. Everything on the lid and tub has a backing plate except the Tentcot feet and the bike mounts. I loaded everything up for a 2 week trip that I'm going on next week. I got the camping gear, off road gear, generator, running gear, MTB gear, and clothes in it. I took out the rear seat of the Jeep, so the only things in it are me, navigation gear, the frig, and a little cooler for drink and snacks while I'm driving. I'M DONE! Then 5 minutes ago I noticed no spare tire. Hmmm, maybe place it on the tongue, so now I do have something to do tomorrow.
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BADDANDY
Adventurer
I placed the spare inside the tub between the red tubs and under the tent cot. Now my pack and clothes will be inside the Jeep. I placed the bike in it's mounts, but need to remove it to get the trailer out of the garage, LOL. I never checked the tire pressure since buying the trailer and yup, way under inflated, so filled them to 30psi, should roll alot easier now. I remeasured the pintle height and the trailer dropped an inch, so I lowered the hitch and was able to get rid of the hitch extension. Hoo Hoo! I've realized I need to mount some handles to the lid to aid in opening it.
