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Yah, some of us weirdos go everywhere, near regardless of season or weather. That's why you go with a 4-season setup, right? :LOL:

Seems the new Expo doesnt like Flickr video links. Ive uploaded to youtube.... seems to be working now. (y)

A heads up for those looking to align their lifted or leveled Superduties. If you are chasing your butt trying to get thing aligned, read on.... I've been struggling to get our 2011 F250 properly aligned since swapping to a set of heavy duty front coils that resulted in about 2-1/2" of lift...

The reason is simple. You literally have twice the tire contact patch, so applied PSI from tire to surface is reduced by 50%. Running loaded all the time will help. As will tire selection. If you intend to run on slick surfaces, the last thing you want is a tire with large tread blocks...

The single reason why we kept to a SRW setup is how utterly useless (and dangerous) a dually can be in slick winter/snow/ice travel.

No one size fits all. Flex it out and see. I like to keep at least 1-1/2" of clearance from everything once flexed to allow for safely running snow chains

I've been refilling the small tanks for decades :LOL: All that's needed is bigger tank, an adaptor and a custom tool to operate the bleed valve. Only in the past 4-5 years have we converted over to Isobutane for backpacking, simply due to weight.

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From a recent trip. This time serving as base camp for a 7-Devils backpacking trip :cool:

Another trip in the books, with another 400 miles or so on it. Doing fantastic, though I still havnt had a chance to get it aligned. It drives great, but has a bit of wondering. Dropped it off at the local shop and looks like we need caster bushings to add more caster, as well as a pitman arm...

It is a silly design. But so far no problems. We have near 30k miles on the setup, typically at 60-80PSI before the leaf swap. With the higher load rated leafs they will seldom be used, so I don't foresee a problem ever.

Yeah, I noticed the rear didnt change much, but the front raised it quite a bit. But we are in business. Just finished a near 800 mile trip with the new suspension and it is fantastic. Just incredible how well it handles highway travel, and no more bottoming out the front off the pavement. Its...

They are a dual pane insulated glass with aluminum frames. Made by Hehr. Absolutely love them. This camper has been on the road since 2012, and zero problems. Regardless of temp, from -20 to 140(F) and regardless of wind/rain/snow, they do awesome. And nearly regardless of weather, they can...

Thanks! Tires are the high capacity Toyo AT2 285/75r18’s. Rated at 4080 lbs per tire. Wheels are off the shelf Les Schwab wheels, 18x9 Raceline Defenders, rated at 3650lbs per wheel.

Just another day amongst the trees. This pull-out with an old fire-ring on a forest road happened to be a small cow pasture. :D

If you are inclined to stick to Ford… Any 2005+ F250/350 would be a great fit. If you are looking to stick to Ford, any 2005+ 3/4 or 1-ton would do great. Beefy running gear, great powertrains, and proper chassis. I stick to 4wd for a multitude of reasons, but one many forget about when...

At 8443lbs you are likely near or over 5000lbs on the rear axle. At the very minimum, from a raw safety perspective, you must upgrade tires and possibly wheels. A proper load-E tire with a max load rating of 3200lbs or so (pretty standard) and wheels with a similar load rating (If existing are...

Sorry, but Id never consider a 8.8 as a legit axle to haul serious weight, even with its oil bath “bearings” The bearings that use the axle shaft as the inner race, so when they go they destroy the axles as well? Yeah, no thanks. ;)

That's nice My concern is about bearings. Full floaters are oil bath, and designed to haul. And by design also have a considerably higher safety factor.