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I thought I would rattle a few cages here. I still like mine, and it's great for what I need, but the point was that when you have one person with no cargo, it does fine. It was sold to be optimal that way. When you start loading it up and adding big tires and more passengers it's target 'zone'...

Three and a half years ago I posted on this thread about the exigencies of owning an XJ. In the meantime, I installed a Detroit True Trac, torque biasing limited slip diff. in the front to go with the rear trash-lok. I think it's the only 3.73:1 geared XJ around. I'm still using it as the best...

MacG, It is a true parallel universe, except for the age thing. We bought a 42K mile used 2011 WK GChero Limited at the end of 2012 with all the same stuff you mentioned including the 2-speed t. case, a must, IMHO. This week it turned over 100K miles. Jeanie needs it for the weather here on the...

It's official. Sean, my gear man at River City Differentials has the same exact '01/NV5600 truck as I do and today he changed my diff gears from 3.54:1 to 4.10:1, a very satisfying change. With 35" tires, 6th gear was worthlessly too tall except for downhill with the wind @ 75 mph. Now i get the...

Adam, We thought as you mentioned above before our 32 day round trip to AK from L.A. in 2003. I had bags and plastic boxes behind the seat for all our extra clothes. The trip taught us that we don't need bags or suitcases, except for one overnight bag for the occasional hotel. They were, as they...

Anthony wrote: "What do you suggest for brakes? How does yours stop?"jefe writes: I've never had any woe with the disc brakes and it seems to stop the 10,400 pound truck camper fine. The only change between the 2001 and 2001.5 is the addition of larger 3 series disc brakes all around. Here is my...

Alaska/California, From 2000 to 2002 the stock 16" steel wheels on a 2 series Dodge Ram were actually 7.5" across; inside bead to bead. Why the change? First of all they had to change the cross section to accommodate the then new disc brakes. They decided to make the back spacing 6.25" to ease...

UHauler, You did see me on Hwy. 20 near 5 mile house, as I live 5 more miles up Hwy 20 off Casci Road. I'm always on the lookout for interesting camper designs and applications of the many rigs i see passing the other way. The really weird part is I saw YOUR rig at the same time and thought to...

sg1, Did you open the top vent a little bit and keep the cabinet doors ajar? Nothing like running a propane heater to humidify up the joint. My bro has an OUTFITTER! 9.5 and it is amazingly cold worthy with the 'sleeping bag' curtains and all weather tanks. He does run the heater a lot but with...

My first choice in any country, if you are not a savvy mechanic yourself, is to have a vehicle that can be worked on in that country by someone who knows that vehicle, and spare parts can be had with the least amount of time lag. This usually means drive what the locals drive and make the fewest...

There seems to not be a lot to work with in terms of buying a ready made camper box with a walk through. To obtain an education on Pivoting frames do read dhackney's long running treatise on pivoting frames...along with the 200,000 others who have read the thread. The larger and heavier the...

The AT3's are indeed heavier. But why? Bigger tread blocks and smaller voids. Pretty simple. Also, the carcass seems heavier, thicker and tougher. Here are my new 315/75R16's, 34.49" diameter, 3860 load capacity: front 7.5" wide, bead to bead stock wheels, and rear 10" wide, bead to bead...

Here is the way I carry the steps when pulling a trailer: Note the 4 extension bars. These are important and flexible as to use. Here they are when I use the rear rack with fuel and firewood: and folded completely under for a better departure angle (on the White Rim Trail, Moab) I've used two...

I found this 1967 photo of my 1966 FJ-40 in winter time. Stock except for the 8" wide front wheels with Armstrong Norseman L-78-15 winter tires; and 10" wide rear wheels with ******** Cepek 11-15 Farm Implement tires which were not made to be a traction tire so we put chains on. Factory PTO winch...

Nice looking rig. To me it has a late 70's/early 80's look using a Ford E-350 C&C and installing a custom made fiberglass C class body. The suspension lift is tall enough to assume it has a driven front axle. Hard to tell in that pic, but i think i see a transfer case skid plate under there...

Darwin, yes, i do carry a spare underneath the back. It's within 2% of the same diameter, which is all that makes any difference, as my current tires and on a rim the same as the current front wheels. I'm cogitating on making a spare tire rack that plugs into the rear receiver similar to Alex's...

You don't have to be a mystic to ascertain the best approach to making your truck into a camper hauler. I was over on the Dodge full size thread above and was struck by the wide range of ideas and approaches to so-called, "overlanding" with pickups. Only one guy who bought a brand new Dodge...

The custom made Stockton Wheels were $240 each. Add $50 powder coating per each. They are heavy and reduce the acceleration. At the same time, some of that has to do with going from 33" to 35" tires, which weigh more and have fewer rotations per mile: all unsprung weight. There is a back story...

Beautiful work, once again. Perfect size for two adults that want to get away from the madding crowd. I've been working on the old crate the last little while replacing the crack prone aluminum wheels with steel wheels. Fronts are stock 2000-2002 Dodge SRW, 16", 7-1/2" bead to bead; 6.25" back...

MTNMOBl, Whoa, there is no end to that camper! Was that a 14 foot? It doesn't even fit in the frame. Is there enough wheel travel to interfere with the rear fender openings? Are those 37's? Do you have 427, 430 or 488 gears? Impressive rig alright. jefe