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Roads close at times, mainly for drifting snow. But In near 20 years, Ive only chained up on the highway once. We carry chains for off highway travel. Most campgrounds are never closed/gated, and are not plowed. Many of the access roads to good spots are not plowed/maintained either. Very...

Id suggest visiting a dealer that carries similar beds, and take notes. Also, as one that has built a few beds, good luck with the build. Lots of great ways to build a bed. The latest (and likely final) bed I've built I decided to reverse the C-channel. I wish I would have thought about doing...

A Bigfoot with rot doesnt surprise me at all. They are actually well known for leaks, rot, and mold...

Of course method of construction and exposure to vibrations has something to do with failures. No surprise there. Though relative to other types of RVs, Id wager that truck campers spend more of their lives on the road in use than parked un-used. And considering the absolute garbage...

MPG for gassers is awfully dependent upon terrain as well. Our setup averages right at 10mpg for Idaho travel, nothing flat. We have seen as high as 12mpg on long flatland trips.

The jacks are only used loading and unloading, then removed once loaded. The jacks themselves are electric remote control jacks that make loading/unloading very safe and easy. The dry weight of the camper is roughly 2200lbs. Wet and loaded it is about 3000lbs. Winter trips are nothing...

Here are some (rather terrible) Iphone pics from this morning. Ill let the photos do the talkin' but let me know if you need more info.

Yeah, but I wasn't about to add links to each end of the cross bars. Enough bloody knuckles doing just one end. Anyone that has worked on chains knows the pain and struggles! :LOL: Only real concern is that I now have the icebreakers contacting a bit of side-wall. Ill have to keep an eye on...

I'm prepping for a (late) winter trip here in North Idaho. Looking to hit one of our favorite snow shoeing spots, and will likely need chains. While checking things over, it was painfully obvious that one set of chains was beyond saving. then I realized I still have a seldom used set of...

Yeah, I certainly do not envy you and your cab mount job. No fun! As far as the idler goes, its often FAR cheaper to source the correct bearing and swap it out instead of the entire idler. Just takes a bit more time, and hassle to source the correct bearing.

Likely an idler pulley bearing, or simply an old/dry belt.

The core support will definitely have a couple, as the cab is joined to the support via the inner fender support. Certainly not like the old trucks!

Sorry for the slow response. The "hinge" you see are simple attachment points I designed and integrated into the camper. I'm prepping the truck and camper this weekend for a winter trip, Ill take some photos of the setup.

Its an Airlift kit ?

Im surprised to see your cab mounts in that kind of shape. My 2011 with a bit more than 140k on it shows zero signs of cab mount issues. And its not like ours lived a babied life before we got it (at 110k or so) It was a service truck from a Canadian mining company, and the underside was...

Im running the dynatrac freespin kit on my 2011 Superduty I feel it is money well spent. I dont anticipating doing bearings on this truck ever again. As far as inspections and parts, the only really picky items on these trucks are steering components. Primarily due to the front suspension...

Bone stock brand new… If Gasser, Ford If Diesel, tossup between Chevy or Ram The Chevys are incredibly comfortable and smooth, but if you run heavy Id avoid the IFS and go Dodge.

Spent another weekend up on the property with this dude. Such a pleasure raising this guy. Cole, now at nearly 2 years old

If you have a door just behind the front wall, cabover forces on the cabin will be focussed most on roof and belly of the cabover. Roof will in in tension and belly will be in compression. So as long as the front wall is strong enough to resist those compressive forces (pushing it in) you...

Id avoid tube all-together and just use plate. Similar to whats actually in the camper, but without the tub frame. See the one triangular plate? Id add another forming a V, so it ties into two walls/sections of the camper. Then thru-bolt it thru wood framing and with steel plate on the other...