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One pretty good reason to own a hard side I always wondered what the maximum snow load of a hard side truck camper would be. At least this much; and this is in my driveway! That little person down the walk is my fetching frau, Jeanie, who is 5'4", not a midget. All four corners of the 'one ton'...

Some kindred spirits here. jefe. Camping, 10K feet, east side Sierra Nevada, CA on October 5th, 2011

John, I pulled this thread out of the archives. What's up now? Are you in production, or has the world-wide business downturn turned down your ambitions? I'm in the throws of doing an Expo type buildup on my Dodge. I've asked about an aluminum tray for my '01 Dodge in the 2nd gen forum with no...

ntsqd, Thanks for your advice. I've transferred the thread back over to Open Roads/RV.net/truck campers and found a friend on there that has developed a 3 point aluminum flat bed (or tray) for his short bed Dodge. It will sit one inch lower than the stock bed surface, and be able to move the...

ONELEG, On further examination of the tire sites out there, it seems that all of the wide Mickey Thompson's are not gone. Here's one still available, if you can use a 35.4" tall tire: #5268 LT375/65R16 36X15.50R16 BLK 126N 89 load range; D weight rated:3,750 lbs. @50 rim: 10.0-13.0 11...

justdoit, I don't see any problem here. Well, maybe, how do you open the two wings of the tent camper once it's up top? Will there be access from inside or from a ladder? A tape measure will be your friend over and over again. Try to keep as much weight as you can down low. Looks like a nice...

Here's a shot of the 15.50's (375-55-R-16) under the rear I took today. The 12" wide wheels have a 4.5" off set vs. the stock off set of 6.25". so, the wheel stick farther out, but not as far as a set of duals. The fender flares are cobbled up 7" aftermarket Jeep TJ flares, which just cover the...

Chase, What? Regulator? You mean the red thing? No, we rent the tank. You must be in the biz. Here is a pic of the super singles on the truck. They have a 4.5" back spacing which pushes the tire out farther, but not quite as far as duals. The rear fenders are 7" Jeep TJ aftermarket flairs...

Have used BFG-AT's and find the sidewalls crack after too-short a time. They did have good wear. Several had blowouts or tread separation. Not good. Currently using Mickey Thompson 375/55R-16's (33x15.50's) on 12" wide rims. Much quieter than the former 33x14.50 Nitto Mud Grapplers I wore out...

ntsqd, I read through most of the links you provided and obtained mucho info for my project. Seems NO ONE has actually tried a triangulation of a standard short pickup bed. Only flat beds and direct to intermediary framing triangulation. I crawled under there and took a good look. Firstly, the...

1Leg, Here's a comparo between the front 33", 285x75R-16 and the rear 33", LT375/55R16 regards, as always, jefe

DT75, Here's a side view of the bad approach angle: regards, as always, jefe

DT75KLH, It's a Warn winch carrier made for up to 12K lb. winches. I fudged a bit using it with the 15K lb. winch, but have made some gussets and used better fasteners than supplied. I did have to dig on Warn's website and finally called Warn in OR and talked to a tech. He said installing a 15K...

oneleg, Here's a piece I wrote explaining the 'super single' concept. It's not new. *(about 2008) Hello, intrepid travelers. Some time ago I posted a piece on moving to Super Singles on the rear axle of my TC. My shameless moniker was, "Redneck Duallies". I mention in the piece that there was...

I couldn't edit my post above, so, After re-reading your post, I noticed you keep your jacks on. Me thinks that a spare tucked under there wouldn't hang down any farther than your rear jacks do, negating the worry about the tire being the lowest item in departure angle. As for me, no jacks on...

deminimus, This is a quandry for all of us truck camper types. When I read your post title, I thought, before opening it, what a great idea putting the second spare on a 2.5" square tubing rack inserted into your class V hitch hole and tucked under the rear of the camper. After actually reading...

Charlie, I read the specs on the big 6x6 with Meritor axles and variety of speed auto trannies. But what about the T-case? None listed. What about lockers? None listed. I guess it's not like one of us would go out and buy one, unless you are a government. I still have the Clark 280VO, 5 speed OD...

jefe here. Life long 4 wheeler, rock crawler, explorer, back packer. I have a dream. My dream is to build my ''01.5 Dodge/ '98 Lance Lite from a pretty convincing poseur into an outback winner. I've already started the project with; rear super single 33x15.50's on 12" wide wheels. Power Loc rr...

Rambleon, You've covered most of the basses. Personally, I think the 6.2L and 6.5L's are dogs. Go over to the Chevy Diesel site and read up on those engines. On the other hand, the basic platform of this Mil truck is good. 1-1/4ton, Sturdy diffs/axles. I think the rear axle came with a Power Lok...

http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/listings/forum/27.cfm is the direct link. regards, as always, jefe