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No, that's home made. No experience with Belair, but I'm sure you can find some online. They are slide-ins, and pretty heavy.

https://belairshells.com/custom-camper-shells <$6,000

Look at Bigfoot and Northern Lite. No slide. They advertise as 4 season, and have a durable shell and fewer places to leak.

^^^ Can you describe what you noticed regarding exterior toughness differences between this and your Kodiak?

That's what I figured... mirrors won't help....

Sadly this is true of everything made now... actually it's even worse. All the midsize trucks now have tall hoods as well. The 2nd gen Tundras at least have short hoods, though they are quite tall. Guess we just need to install forward cameras to see where we are going on the trail...

^^^ Gen 2 (07-21) Tundras have a smaller turning radius than Gen 1 though... by a good amount... and it's less than any domestic full size. You can even get Gen 2 with a double cab and 8' bed... ;) I jacked the following dimensional comparison from a Tundra site. I think it would have been a...

... his comedy of how not to do things... 🤪 Regarding the "full width door" it's quite stiff and strong being mostly carbon and weighing 70 lbs. Unfortunately it's also warped a bit (~0.25" out of plane?) plus I compounded the issue by not having the top where the hinges attach, perfectly in...

You are correct, in a 37 an e-load will usually be 3750 lbs at 65 psi. But it sounded like you'd be well under that. And 38 or 40" have a higher rating. The Founders tires you linked are 68mph, 6600 lb @120 psi. I'm pretty certain the 37-40s will ride better and give you more options. The...

Cool project! Will be good to see it come together. Is there a reason you aren't getting super singles in a common size so you can use standard tires? 20" are pretty common, and you could use 37-40" tires. 4k lb per should be plenty. IME in the west, ground clearance is most important (even vs...

^^^ Many are saying this is the case... which makes me wonder why it isn't restricted, and if it will be shortly...

With my Tundra I had to flip the front forks around, which is easy enough to do, and I also raised the platform as high as possible. Just barely fits with a L Kona Unit and 29x3" tires. Very nice rig! Hope you sell it soon, Peter...

Based on what I've been able to find out, Starlink is the only choice. If you want to use it while in motion the plan for that quite expensive. A $2500 dish, and $250/mo for 50GB of mobile priority data... vs $600 and $120 or $150/mo unlimited with the other plans. I don't know if anyone has had...

Yes, pickup frames are all boxed and very stiff in torsion now... C&C are still C channel behind the cab.

^^^ The actual size is 285/75r18 (8" rims are fine). Not a 35x12.5... which usually specs a 8.5-11" rim.

I'd like to see how they are made. I thought it would be a structural sandwich, but I guess not. 1/4" is thick... a sandwich panel would be more like 1/8" on a side with nothing but foam in the middle.

I didn't realize you were talking about the spare! Sometimes you can deflate and ratchet strap them. If you go "light" on the cab you can fit them behind it, also.

Like this?

I didn't see any declaration of bankruptcy... just shutting down... directly after a 3-year massive boom in sales. This is definitely a more challenging "bust period", but we all knew it was coming... and a well established and experienced company like EC who benefited from the boom, would be...

The covid economy based on a $7T free money infusion certainly wasn't sustainable. But that isn't why EC quit.