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I'm thinking RegCab's G-56 is all in all better than the obsolete NV5600. I have no qualms nor woes with the NV. For what it's worth here are both trannies in a comparo: New Venture NV 5600: 360 pounds cast iron case aluminum top cover ratios: 5.63/3.38/2.04/1.39/1.00/0.73/5.63R The gears are...

C7train, I'm assuming you have a short bed truck and looking at a Lance 825. Do you have the upper secondaries that come with the Camper Package from the factory? My '01 2500 came with the factory secondaries which increased the payload to 2600 pounds and I added more to the secondary pack, and...

I'm 73 with similar back problems. The solution was to keep the stock Corp. clutch when it needed replacing. With the smooth NV5600 even Jeanie thought it was easy. I had no trouble with the stock clutch which lasted 165K miles even with aftermarket steel wheels and heavy 35" tires and a 10,400...

Christopher, What year RAM 2500 are we talking about? Once I know that, I'll be able to see where the actual capabilities lie and where the edges are. I wish it were so simple. Before you do anything you might check out my recent article about upgrading wheels/tires/axles/gears/suspension on a...

Beefing up jefe's Gen II drivetrain Mike @ truck camper adventure magazine TCAM rolled out my camper specific drivetrain article earlier this month. With a truck camper in the bed the weight on the rear axle can tax your tires/wheels/suspension to the max. What to do? For those with a GEN II...

Just a user report on my now front/rear True Tracs. I've had the truck camper out in some pretty deep snow of late (the most we've seen on the west slope, Northern Sierra Nevada for 6 years) and I can report that my expectations on how a Faux Dana 70 and true Dana 80 under a 10,400 pound truck...

Thanks to all who waded through the build with me. Mike Smith, the editor of TCAM told me that this article has had 1200 hits already. When my neighbor, Rob, stopped in and wanted to 'see' how all the upgrades 'looked', he was sorely disappointed. There was nothing to see. We walked around the...

Mike at truckcamperadventure.com rolled out my article on the finishing of my drivetrain build. Here's the link: http://truckcamperadventure.com/2017/01/extreme-truck-camper-drivetrain-build/ let me know what you think. This is all about readying the truck to accept the camper, not the camper...

Mike @ Truck Camper Adventure on-line magazine has rolled out my piece on an XTC drivetrain build. This has to do with the preparation of my 2001.5 RAM CTD truck to carry a camper, not the camper itself. My wife, Jeanie, sitting next to me as I type this, says, "It's a bit too technical for me."...

What does lightweight really mean? The simple answer to the OP is, "nothing". The term light weight has been so overused as both a sales ploy and propaganda to sell units that it means absolutely nothing. Why? Too many variables. One man's light is another man's too heavy. The OP asked a simple...

Mr. T, It seems we've traveled many of the same trails in our time. Jeanie and I escaped from So. Cal. in 2006 when I retired from the L.A.Philharmonic and teaching to the West Slope. While living in La Crescenta I spent a lot of time at the Hammers with various hard core off-road people...

Grogie, Some of us have prepared for off camber by using Camper Guides, the black triangles in this pic: I'm using the Lance version that came out a decade or more ago, but there are going forward many better setups. The guides keep the box from moving from side to side thus taking the stress...

This is an excerpt of a piece about my complete drivetrain upgrade coming out in January/2017 on Truck Camper Adventure on line magazine for off-road style truck campers. Part of the upgrade was going from 3.54:1 gears to 4.10:1 gears to compensate for 35" tires and heavier steel wheels. I had a...

Adventuretrek, I could not access your photo bucket pics without a password. You need to hire a good website designer to give your product a little more visibility. Remember the essential position of a well run business: "Don't waste my time". jefe

You will continue to receive a lot of conflicting personal preference about tires on here, but there is one thing sure: One size does not fit all. We all have differing needs and wants in a tire to match our rig's capability, weight, size, and 'off-load look'. I'm not into the final item...

Another vote for a front Eaton/Detroit True Trac. Compared to other multi-tasking locking diffs, it has fewer and stronger parts with no clutches to wear out. It should be fine in a super 60 and is oh-so transparent on snow and ice. The other issue is: a rear Dana 135 was not available on a 2015...

Check out the new thread just above this one on the Lance 650. http://truckcamperadventure.com/2016/12/hellwig-lance-ultimate-adventure-rig/ Oh, and give me the willys, here it is: My first of 14 4WD's. 1949 Willys Ute Wagon with a chevy 265 V8, Dana 25 and 41 axles, Studebaker 33% Overdrive...

Interesting piece on the Lance 650 on Mike Smith's Truck Camper Adventure on-line magazine. I had a feeling this offering would take off. It's a good read. Clab the new Nissan/Cummins diesel pickup to the 650 and you have quite a rig. jefe...

Chase, I"m in a similar boat. Most of my winching now is related to firewood gathering (aka: scavenging). Some of those oak logs weigh several thousand pounds. If you have enough line to keep you out of the timber trajectory, a deadman, and keep the winch line attached up high you have enough...

The important thing when using a synthetic line is to keep the trajectory as straight out of the fairlead as possible. With your jeep you won't have to worry about not enough line strength. Be sure the snatch block is free of sharp edges, burrs, or metal splinters. I've used and worn out 6 or 7...