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I guess the hard side, TC folks have nothing to talk about. I too like the newer, more compact towable campers that have come out recently. I thought I was on the trailer page for a minute. Nah. The trailer builders on EXPO are the wild and craziest, think-outside-the-box people I know. It's too...

I personally know several folks who have and are full-timing in their TC's for a year or two up to 10 years, plus. Their stories are over on RV.net/truck camper forum; no one to my knowledge in a soft side. All hard sides, and not a small footprint either. If you are going to live through cold...

Kevin, Lookin' good, my man. You have poured a lot of high tech lotion onto that Mopar. This is the first I've seen of 8 on 6.5" wheels of any kind with a 6" back spacing, except custom by Stockton Wheel. Stock B.S. is a bit over 6-1/2" mostly to ease the stress on those (for me) unit bearings...

First choice would be the factory Westin brackets. They do have some engineering to them, not just a couple 1/4" plates. Mine is a Warn carrier and brackets for the 15K winch, which looks sturdy enough, especially with more tubing welded on and the radiator saver extension tube and plates. Note...

Gorgeous rebuild! These are made the old fashioned way: way too heavy; way too bomb proof. Can be towed, wheels optional. I have a DD document on how to incapacitate and demolish the M-100 and not leave it for the Krauts. It is a couple dozen pages of 'put hand grenade here' and 'blow up this'...

Yes, the Springs-Over-Axle offers the best clearance. Nothing hangs down to get thumped by a passing rock. Notice how nothing is lower than the axle: in order to get some 'ride' quality out of the trailer off-road, I lowered the pressure in those 15" trailer tires to 9 pounds. Still more...

This has been a good discussion on how to bring a 50 to 70 year old suspension back to life. Having owned a '42 M-100, a '67 M-416, and a '68 Con Fer Toyota jeep trailer, and building my own jeep trailer in 1965 I have a different perspective on jeep trailer suspensions. 1. The militaries are...

Panga, Is that a USAF surplus International 4x4, 1-1/2 ton with radio box? Intriguing idea. Tell us (me) more. Is it gas or diesel? Auto trans? Which t. case? Box insultated? Is that 13 feet high? jefe

dupe. It's snowing hard right now and the site can't get a confirmation back to me.

Tony, I do not have the specific info you request, but I do have a Dodge 2500 4x4 with a Lance hardside, which should be ballpark height of a Granby w/ stuff on the down-position roof. My advice is to plan on more headroom than you think you will need, especially if you have the luxury of a pole...

Bryon, It was good to meet and talk to you today. You are in the assemble parts/re-build stage with the basic truck and the box of your EEXP is in one piece, if not with many accoutrements. For your fans out there his truck is an '01 CTD, Auto trans, D70 rr end, with the camper package. My '01...

Took this pic today of my 1982 CJ8 Scrambler with stuff: The right running light is gone as the winch brake is in the way. Jefe's Scrambler as of 8/13. 1982 Jeep CJ-8, desert sand and Nutmeg, by now all rattle can sand. AGR power steering box and pump, MORE 1-1/2” forward steering box...

You know, today I blew off the decks and driveway with an electric leaf blower and with a 200 foot driveway I always use my Honda EC2000 generator on a small garden wagon and just pull it around while blowing. I think the leaf blower draws 1600 watts and I use a 25 foot 12 gage cord with it to...

I've used a Premier Power Welder since 1996 and have maybe 100 hrs on it. It is very forgiving and makes you look like a better welder than you are. I bought it to self-weld the front axle SOA perches and shock mounts to the axle, and subsequently a few more jeep SOA's. It was a sight with the...

You are going to plan your own trip, but you might think about buying a truck and truck camper in L.A. Why? It's a large market with plenty to chose from and it's not in the rust belt (aka; the Northeast). It's also the closest U.S. city to fly into from OZ. Visit Canada and the Northern tier of...

I guess I must ask what your traveling M.O. will be. Are you going to: 1. Camp in organized, for pay campgrounds? 2. Camp off grid, i.e. boondock and dry camp? 3. A mix of campgrounds, boondocking and stealth camping? 4. are you expecting to travel and camp during North American winters? The...

My 3" lifted Dodge 2500 has a bed level of about 43". I use the factory jacks (I don't know how happy they are) and four 8x8" wood blocks with the Lance and put a couple saw horses underneath as there is not enough travel in the jacks to lower it to the ground. My jacks are left at home though...

Back in the day with my 1970 FJ-55/Chevy 307 V8/Hone Over Drive/ i could go a long way. With what? It's been 40 yrs. since I owned the FJ, but it had a replacement fuel tank with a 53 gallon capacity. On the tailgate were two 5 gallon jeep cans. On the roof or on the Con Fer Toyota jeep trailer...

A nice compact package on a short bed and side entry too. I like the layout and the dinette set up. A few questions. Do those two rear jacks really reach the ground? How is the box attached to the flat bed? If it is indeed bolted thru the floor, is the tray on a pivot system? What capacity are...

Read over Hackney's ideas on pivoting frames: three point, single point to the front. three point, single point to the rear. four point diamond shape, solid in the middle, pivot on the ends. All the European Camping Trucks use the pivot system of one kind or another. If you don't have a way to...