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Thanks, they did turn out decent. Far from perfect cosmetically, but perfect was never the goal. Not one body panel on this thing without a few dings/dents, and Im perfectly okay with that. Make them too nice and you are afraid to run them. In other news, we just broke 200 miles on the fresh...

Quite the before & after Oh so close.....

The rig now has about 200 miles on it. Not many kinks to work out (yet) :oops: But I do feel that the factory coils, with 250k+ miles and a winch bumper made for a front suspension that needed sorted. I sourced some Jeep Liberty coils, and from reading others with experiences with them...

Final bumper fab finished. Sand blasted and shot with urethane primer. Then shot with Raptor Liner (more on that later)

Back at it. Fender fabrication.....

I know you two are having fun.... but all you need to do is a simple google search to find forum threads with regards to 37's They fit on new Superduty trucks, F250/350 with nothing more than a leveling kit. https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1681808-2022-f350-37s-with-a-2-5-leveling-kit.html...

Thanks for the vids. Its an interesting concept to wrap my noodle around. I understand the whole tank tread thought, though I still dont beleive it.. :ROFLMAO:

To be fair, NONE of this even has bearing on the original question…. does a deflated tire have a smaller diameter, in order to fit in the stock spare location. The answer to that is yes…. and no. Without weight on it, a tires diameter varies very little. However, deflate it enough and it...

flatten a tire in a rig with a locked diff on pavement and report back. ;)

Perhaps I should clarify, as there are obviously few ways to look at this. I purposely omitted the word radius for a reason. With a lower PSI tire the distance (okay... .radius) from ground to center is different. But thats the point. No way, no how is that irrelevant. That difference is...

I never said anything about radius. With the same road speed, a tire with lower pressure will turn faster than one with high pressure, as the DISTANCE from road to wheel center is different. Simple geometry.

A bit more specifically, when weight is on the tire the distance from ground to wheel center will vary with PSI, so even though the circumference of the tread doesnt change, the wheel/tire speed will. A tire at full pressure will result in lower wheel speed than at lower pressure. This is how...

Plenty of reasons to want a full size spare. We run a full size matching wheel/tire spare as I prefer to do a 5-tire rotation.

Easy enough problem to overcome. We have weathered many 60+ MPH storms in our camper. Tip #1 is to point the truck into the wind. Tip #2 is to anchor the bed to the axles/wheels, eliminating as much suspension and subframe sway as you can. After strapping it down, I also air up the suspension...

its worth a read. And why it isnt pinned (if it isnt) by now is a mystery. And let me know if you still have questions. Ive hand built a couple of 3-point torsion free pivoting flatbeds. The latest being the one we are currently running under our custom camper...

did you happen to open up the walls (from the inside)? Ive repaired a few of those and the insulation job on them is utterly terrible.... All white styrofoam, fitted about as roughly as you can imagine. Massive gaps.

FYI, https://forum.expeditionportal.com/threads/pivoting-frames-and-mounting-campers.25494/

Pretty ignorant to advise against gas over diesel in cold temps. Its a simple matter of physics. Gassers are easier to start and come up to temp sooner than diesels of similar displacements.

Thanks. Im happy with it! And I rolled it across the scales this afternoon. With a full tank and my 190lb self, weight came in at 3100lbs. 👍