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Ha ha Good luck. I bet the only guy that knows is the old dude that’s quietly trying to make it to retirement before the whole place goes to crap?. The young guys probably can’t tell the difference between a 3500 and a 5000lb product unless it has a label on it

I think the design is ok but it’s highly dependent on the component quality which has obviously become degraded to the point that the design lacks durability and service life. Most of us who build stuff have seen great examples of a long time solid product become useless garbage simply due to...

The PB is pretty cool. If ford made a Expedition version they would sell a ton to the wild fire urban interface regions. I could ditch my portable generator and just plug the truck into the house instead of the generator?

I’ve heard the same from other owners

Yeah 430 is no joke

GM is now selling a 2.7L truck engine Would be really interesting to compare it to the Ford 2.7. https://gmauthority.com/blog/gm/gm-engines/l3b/

Yes they had several and had issues with all of them. However!!! Taxa is very popular with first time trailer anything people and I would bet a percentage of their axle issues are poor towing skills related.

I hate this guy but his video gets right to the suspension setup I’m going to look for. Yes thats the trailer now on my list. No slides!! Yes it will suffer and need typical Junk RV rebuilding of cabinets and water systems. Electrical is hit or miss in these but simple enough to address. The...

Yeah I gave up on the garage idea 74.5 inches would have been no tires on some sort of rollers approach for a Taxa Mantis. I need to build a level platform to extend a cement pad to move a shed then my side yard becomes long enough to fit a 21ft but that’s literally going to be touching tail to...

Yes different systems Dexter has had fewer issues. Timbren has been the biggest problem for most people. I have come across both designs having similar alignment issues but for different reasons. Given the choice between the two I’d choose Dexter. Given the choice for something other than these...

I wouldn’t surprised if we see this trend across multiple brands. The torsion axle quality/ failure issues are impacting every brand that was using them. When I first started shopping it was being handled by the trailer makers “yeah you got a bad axle we’ll fix it” then it just got worse add...

I think the joined torsion axles are less prone to the bent or failed swing arms that seem to be a constant failure point in these axles. I don’t doubt that some are likely over loaded or have taken side loading hits from dropping off road shoulders but many are nearly new hardly used trailers...

I was getting serious about buying 20ft and under rig just as the Pandemic hit. My top three were BC built Escape 17 or 19. Chatted up Grassland a bunch given he’s running a Escape 19 he had some good thoughts. I put my shopping on hold due to the Pandemic. But was on 8 different owners groups...

Those over seas trailing arm systems are impossible to fix here unless you find someone with fabricator skills. The timbren axles have been really problematic since about 2017 ish and got exponentially worse during the pandemic. Bad swing arms not manufactured correctly many trailer brands...

Yes its a US company Geo pro actually runs their air suspension system on their 19ft toy hauler

Three neighbor families are 5 all three run custom vans. Two are long whb tall vans one is a merc duelie and one is a Ford transit high top duelie. The 3rd is a mid height shorty Merc with pop top. They all do ski stuff in the winter and summer trips. All three have over $160,000 into their...

Near swap for timbren style suspension. Geo pro is using it on their 19fbth. Definitely something to look at if your trying to ge away from the faulty torsion axles plaguing all the various brands right now. https://www.morryde.com/products/air1-suspension-control/

True Except even my 4x6 I wouldn’t drag back into those areas. Hell only thing I’d take back into those areas is a clapped out 4x4 or dirt bike.

Bunks we use on boats easily accommodate 250lb grinders. Its not an issue.

We are moving from a 55 x70 queen ish bunk shared, to two single bunks. I’ll need to tap my racing sailboat background to build a second top bunk for one kid. Not a big deal as long as there is wall space. Pre teens boy and girl shared bunk space is definitely a no go at this point. Even hotel...