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How does that compare, units produced-wise compared to the venerable Jeep XJ with its 16 year production run? 1984-2001. I"ve owned 3 of them: 1989 Limited; 1990 mid grade which I rolled off a cliff in Telluride; 1999 which I still have. jefe

SandyVan, On sand? Here's a video from a recent trip to the Anza Borrego Desert with my 10K pound XTC (extreme truck camper) on a second generation Dodge Cummins platform. This is a sand hill known as the Diablo Drop Off, a 300 foot blow sand hill. Near the top are some deep moguls which test...

RegCab, Unfortunately I have an inside mount to frame, class V receiver hitch with 3/8's thick plate hangers that eat up that space diminishing it down to a max of 33 inches. If I didn't need the hitch so often I would do as my bro John did and just remove it altogether. You know, I have a...

Soul-surfer, I too have a what I assume you mean a Dodge Ram pickup and have struggled with the placement of the spare tire. I run 35's on Expedition rims the spare of which will not fit between the frame rails in the stock location. 33's are about as large as will fit under there, so currently...

I like the looks of your build. Lean and mean with no extra fluff. Hobbs, is this a 3-point bed for articulation? Or is the builder making it with opposing springs on a shaft similar to the MilSpec trucks? I see those large holes and thought, maybe... I've been looking around for a replacement...

Two. My first Jeep in 1965, a 1949 Willys Overland Ute Wagon; only year with the flat grill; with Chevy V-8, 3 on the tree, Dana 18 T. case, 5.38:1 geared Dana 25/41 axles, SOA (one of the first i'd done or even seen), Studebaker 33% O.D., single, swing down tail light on the tailgate. My...

I am looking for a new aluminum bed with storage boxes also. My '01.5 RAM short bed is getting long in the tooth and has pulled an anchor bolt bracket (one of only four 3/8" bolts holding the bed and my 2600 pound loaded and wet Lance camper down to the frame). The woe is exacerbated by this...

I've enjoyed this thread a lot and learned something about upfitting the newer RAMs. Another take on the anti-sway bar. On my 2001.5 Ram with Lance Camper, I simply disconnect one side and zip tie it up to the bar for the duration. This worked well on trips in both directions down and up the...

Moose, since most tires are now mfgr'd in China, whatever they come up with will generally be available world wide. The 37 inch size lets out most truck camper users, unless they have a lift and/or some fender clearancing. A friend had major clearancing on his 20XX Dodge Ram 3500 SRW; changed...

You know, I don't remember since that was 2001-2008. Probably the KO's. Can you tell by looking at the tread of the left tire? RegCab, I would jump on a set of Tradesman 18", 18x8 steelies in a N.Y. minute. jefe

RegCab, Yes, we stayed at Agua Caliente hot springs about a decade ago and it was a hoot. About 75 Quail would come running around to our our back door every evening before sunset looking for a handout. Luckily, we were there in January and during the week so we had no neighbors. It was actually...

Not necessarily. There are super singles that are just a heavier wheel. I run 10 inch wide Stockton Wheels (the so-called, "Power Wagon") on the rear to good effect. 1/2 inch plate hub with no cut outs; machine welded both sides. Not going to break like the aluminum wheels. The track is...

David, I've run 2 or 3 sets of BFG K0's and had a sidewall cracking problem every time. On one I had a tread-sep woe that could not be fixed, no matter I put 8 or 9 plugs in the tread. The separation just kept migrating. I t got old stoppiong every 10 miles to put air in the tire just to make it...

So it's really about your traveling style. Lots of off-roading: smaller lighter set up. Mostly highway: a big truck with duals and a big camper. My bro John has a nice set up for off-roading: A Ford F-250 with a 9.5 foot OUTFITTER! camper. He still had trouble squeezing through places that we...

One of the two components in your projected rig has to change. Either get a bigger truck with a higher load carrying safety margin with super singles, or get a smaller, lighter camper. But there are tradeoffs involved. One is tire choice. 19.5's have the highest load rating, but have no sidewall...

I see Faux Buc has hit again. I signed up for the $99.99 non-commercial plan with them so my pix should survive the link. Our little Lance is the narrowest, least tall, fully equipped hard side truck camper I could find. Good thing for places like Sandstone Canyon: This was last week in Fish...

For the full trip report lots of pix and vids open this: https://forums.goodsamclub.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/29610085.cfm

We're just back from a 10-day, 1300 mile round trip to the Anza Borrego Desert in So. Cal. We covered a lot of territory, mostly on 2-track washes. It is a particularly dry year there so the bloom failed to materialize. This was about it; But we knew that going in and just wanted to test the...

Boxcar, it's always a treat to read your threads and see what you are doing. jefe

It's kind of old tech, but the game rules are the same no matter what year. I'm very happy with my Stockton Wheel steel 10"x16", so-called, "Power wagon" wheels on the rear axle. These have a solid (no cut outs) 1/2 inch steel plate center hubs with what looks like 4500/5500 thickness DOT...