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No need for a crane just a boat winch and a plank or ladder. Somewhere in my Freightliner thread is the video of how I get my spare onto the roof rack. 2 man job but not physically taxing. And I think my tires are a little larger than most. But that is great use of you rack space. What are you...

Unistrut is still going fine. No sign of rust and we actually have had some rain this year. The jack is a high quality Chinese knockoff. Those wheels should last at least 600 feet. If you can I would suggest getting the stick on mounting for your panels. It would save about 2" of height and...

Does this make my butt look big. Trial run to see if the winch could handle it and get some measurements. This is my answer to the California 55 for trailers speed limit and the Overland Expo space constraint.

I just use harbor fright jacks. Make sure you test them under load as soon as you buy them. I have had a couple leak. But once you get a good one I have never had a problem with it failing afterwards. You do have a manual mode. I have only used the PSP twice. Personally I have never used the...

Winches add a lot of weight and without suitable ground anchors are useless. My thoughts are to save the money you would spend on winches and hide it somewhere in the truck to pay for a tractor to pull you out when required. Maxtrax believe that their product will handle my truck at over 20000...

I am still using the Fleetline ones that came with the truck. They handled Baja roads OK. But I did talk to the guys from King Suspension about getting some big buggers (3") when I put the other axles under the rig.

Slight uphill works as well. My votes. Synthetic and crimped [emoji1] (never solder then crimp but crimp then solder is OK)

Bummer you have already ordered a cable. I have 2 good wire ones sitting in my shop looking for somewhere to go.

Since we will be. Ringing this rig to Expo I decided to finish off a couple of items that have been on the punch list forever. Probably the most interesting was making up some mounts for the traction mats. These are the old Marsden PSP landing mats in steel. Fairly heavy and not very pretty. But...

No pics it doesn't exist. [emoji1] After playing with generic crimpers I have now started soldering all my big cables. I was spoilt with the quality crimpers we used to have and the stuff I have now just doesn't float my boat. But at under $30 I may give a set of those a try. Especially if they...

Well thanks and congratulations.

I would suggest trying to get a copy of the MCO from the manufacturer. Other than that it is stamp the number into the chassis and take it for an inspection. Worst that will happen is you may need to do a bonded title.

Ok guys the truth. I'm not the only one who thought back to dress shopping with the missus in the early days: "Does this bumper make my ******** look big!"

No I never got to that. I bought a set of MRAP axles (locking planetary axles) to put in it and then found the new truck. (Which will get the new axles)

This probably doesn't help but I have found these to be very useful on the Freightliner. truck-window-screen . They add that little bit of security from the reach in and grab something crowd compared to a cloth/mesh screen.

Having seen what he has done with his truck I would say prioritizer not plodder. Sometimes it is better to spend $ than time.

I liked the look of those sofa's but they will not do any custom lengths which is a PITA.

Hit the 50 votes in under 8 hours. Not too bad for something that is "Function over form".

Good nah great job!! Does the welding offer extend to painting :)

The pump sucks. I have had 2 fail and a new pump is $80. So we just use a squirty bottle. But I agree with Joaquin, more comfortable on old knees and the base is a bonus.