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Definitely need to add some rear end protection. Would be ashamed to see it damaged by somebody who thinks driving is secondary to their phone.

Can't wait to see the results. Met those guys last year at Expo West. Nice work, and great group of people. BTW...it's Wednesday. Cue the pics in 3...2...1

I just took another look to see what you're talking about. There is a fair amount of clearance for the shock body at the notch for a larger diameter shock body. The piggyback portion of the shock will have to be mounted in the lower shock mount direction though. There is no room to have both...

OK I see what you are saying. I have in my back pocket one option if I think the stresses are more than wanted. I can redo the two horizontal pieces to allow the trays closer, then turn the bars on the bikes to they can sit closer. I don't want to do that as it is a PITA every time you use...

Rear Seat Delete V1 We ordered the Ram without a rear seat, but ended up with one when we took posession of a near identical truck. Earlier post captures the details of all that. Pulling the seat was as easy as a few bolts, some compressed air tools, and some large impact sockets. After...

Bumper mounted lighting Ordered up some lights from Baja Design. They said 4-6 week lead times. These showed up in less than a week with no backorders. Christmas comes early. That's a lot of amber going on there. I had a set of squadron sports in the combo pattern on our last Sprinter...

Kmacafee - Nice setup. I am not really sure how your setup differs in stress to the rear jack brackets less than mine. Both extend and hand bikes horizontally aft the rear jack brackets, and should stress it in a similar manner. Yours holds the bikes hanging by the top tube, mine by the...

Camperthing - The only rear shocks I have ever seen on the Cab Chassis is the stock ones. No one claims to make something to fit...at all. The AEV lift requires cutting and raising the lower shock mounts, then reusing the rear stock shocks. No thanks. The Fox 2.5s are for a different...

2" Lift Setup On hand: Thuren 2.25" front springs Thuren HD track bar Thuren rear bump stops Sumo Spring front bump stops (via Thuren) Fox ATS steering damper (via Thuren) Bilstein front shocks (temporary use until custom valved Fox show up) PMF 2" rear spring block (temporary use until custom...

Ford makes a F-150 with a higher payload option. I'm wondering what is upgraded besides the springs they perform for that option from the factory. Transmission, trans cooler, brakes, axle, rear gearing, other? It seems that duplicating whatever Ford is doing would mitigate the argument on...

This is specific to Baja Designs, but from what I am reading in your initial post it doesn't sound like you need THAT much light. Slower speeds, forward throw...their Squadron Sport in combo pattern (a pair of them) is a significant amount of light with a high quality build for decent light/$...

Darwin - The rear (bike/gear) rack is attached to both the camper at the camper jacks, and the frame at the tray. It does have some isolation for flex, but not much. If one end has to lift, it has to be the end not attached to the frame via the rear rack.

UglyViking - To be fair, I am not having issues to date with the FWC I purchased used and mounted on this truck. Their engineer could not provide confirmation that it would be OK on a tray similar to what they use, which is Norweld, primarily because Norweld does not make trays for cab/chassis...

Thanks King. We like the aesthetics of this setup. We looked at everything out there last year at Expo West, and were both in agreement this is the setup we wanted. AEV with the full upper would have been our second choice based upon aesthetics alone. It did take a while to hear back from...

Rear Bike/Gear Rack Goals for the rear rack are to: Hold two mountain bikes...they must not stick out above the roof or past the side walls when driving, and be as high up as possible to reduce the likelihood of damage in a rear end collision. I've been rear ended three separate times in...

Winch and Expedition One Bumper Installation of the winch into the bumper began by laying out all the parts. Everything seemed fairly strait forward, if a bit slow due to fitting tools/hands into small spaces. The hook is massive. My foot is exactly 12" toe to heal in these shoes. First...

Closing out the frame flex issue reference the aluminum tray, as well as the response from Four Wheel Camper -Engineer from FWC: They deferred to the tray manufacturer, which is a bit weak given the tray manufacturer doesn't have FWC's engineering specs. So I went to the tray manufacturer...

RAM 5500 Camperthing: The frame is similar, but not exactly the same from what I can see in the video. Having said that, the profile looks similar enough. It's mostly the factory penetrations in the webbing and some finer details. For all practical purposes, I'd say it is the same. Curious...

RAM 5500 Camperthing: Your inquiry raises a good point. I have an industrial design background, but I am not an engineer. I know enough to know that it's a concern, but don't know enough to quantify the actual risk. I have put some thought into this and here is the info I have right now...

It will cost us a few grand, but we're making progress instead of sitting on our thumbs. My buddy did not have his tray on order, which would have led to it sitting in a storage lot for months before he got to it. He was making truck payments, and paying storage fees for something he could not...