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Well…the choices are fairly slim in that China seems to be the source of them. Shurflo was the best and I think still is. If you spend more money you do get a better pump.

I took some time out to upgrade my 120 VAC outlets with ones with USB chargers built in. Found yet another cheap RV builder practice. Self tapping outlets…aka fire starters. How these meet code is beyond me. They nicely cut the conductors upon installation. Weirdly Amazon carries these awful...

Toyota brakes are always in need of bigger. I run a Sport Edition 4th Gen 4Runner and just discovered you can upgrade its brakes to the slightly bigger and better 5th Gen brakes! Damn you Toyota…

Same here. Get Tundra wheels. Not surprisingly they work with the Tundra brake upgrade. Craigslist. I got two sets of the “Star” wheels. Very inexpensive.

Ah…I was trying to match that to Timbrens wares. No match for me there. Not sure if the shocks will help much. Seems like a great test for a GoPro with and without shocks.

I use a Weigh-Safe hitch on my 4Runner. Even with a really modest weight trailer (2200 lbs empty) I blow up the tongue/hitch weight around 260 to 350 pounds. I move stuff around to dial in the weight for towing. Tow a trailer and it’s like a bin for stuff…as it should be. The OP will be at...

This! I am a mad fan of the 4Runner ( I own two of them). However, if I was towing what the OP asked about I would skip the Toyota tax and look at a domestic 1/2 ton or bigger. Or pay the Toyota tax on a Tundra. If he really wants a 4Runner then the only sound choice is a 4th Gen V8. It’s a...

Two choices in 4Runner I own and use heavily in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. Red pill or Gray pill? Take the Gray one. The 50% towing notion is a sound one. Consider the fact that a 4Runner weighs 4500 pounds in its V6 form. Doubling that weight with a trailer is fine on the flats...

Drive much in the mountains? I do. I pulled a 2200 pound Aframe trailer with a 3.4 liter 3rd Gen 4Runner. Not at all fun. I am sporting 4.88 gears in it as well. I now have a V8 4th Gen 4Runner. Incredible difference. If it’s all flat then sure a V6 4Runner will move it well enough. Throw in...

My Starcraft Aframe is a 2016. I have a box full of extra screws and locktite handy. I find replacing things with quality marine grade equipment is a good path forward. Expensive but durable. I settled for being happy with the tires, wheels, axle, suspension and frame. I can fix all the rest. I...

Or…if plumbing isn’t your thing how about the awful use of self-tapping outlets. I was swapping my outlets to ones with USB chargers. Nice crap outlets were used. Cut the ground wire in half and nearly clipped the conductors as well. As an electrical engineer I just wept and gamely replaced...

It holds the bottom drain portion to the top. It leaks! As it was design to do clearly. Starcraft probably pocketed $2 extra dollars using that crappy part.

Attached is an image of a fine example of RV’s being crap. Note the sink drain with a screw holding it together. Really! Camco sells an 8 dollar replacement improved design part. It’s unbelievable where RV manufacturers will save a few pennies. But hey, a leak surely is better than the fire...

Random pic showing the box channel. I am installing a spare tire hoist underneath in that space.

Both. The outside steel is C channel with an inside section using box channel. The frame is stout and well designed. The inside is the usual disposable RV stuff.

Update six years later…ish. Still rolling with the Comet. StarCraft sold itself to JayCo and these are no longer available. The pandemic seems to have fatally wounded Chalet so most A-Frames are from Aliner. What have I learned? Coat the raw plywood inside. It sucks up wet otherwise. I used a...

I have tried all the ways to purify/sanitize water. I have a small UV filter for cups and and in-flow filter I experimented with. All to get water from streams, etc. so…here’s the thing. UV sterilization requires exceptionally clear, aka filtered, water to begin with. No murky water allowed...

Oh that would be nice. At least the Aluminum frame part. The non-wood sub floor should be good but who knows long term? All affordable commercial built trailers are inexpensively constructed. Staples everywhere. Basically a fiberglass/foam/sheet metal can of sorts. The one downside of an...

Shocks? And what sort of odd axle is that? Was this actually engineered or just cobbled together with random parts?

Haunt eBay and look for a Pelican 1550 case. The US military uses them in huge amounts and surpluses them routinely. You will pay 1/3rd of the retail price or so. Great case.