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Oh man that sucks! I guess getting closure is better than wondering what happened. Hopefully some good camera gear is recovered. I hope your insurance company helps you out. I know my rig is very under insured for that type of loss. All of the money I have in parts, and time I have in...

Sorry to hear! Dodge/Chrysler/Jeep makes pure junk these days. Nice looking 4Runner though!

Driving on washboard with SFA doesn't have to suck, but it usually isn't cheap or low maintenance. See my jeep thread. Lol Lots of expensive parts and plan to change joints frequently. Truly though after I had my jeep setup, I could haul *** on rough washboard and rough roads in comfort. It...

I'd say it depends on what the rig is intended for. Lots of highway miles, washboard roads, forest service roads, and occasionally harder trails, doesn't make a ton of sense to do a solid axle swap. After dealing with tons of issues on my last Jeep, I was fed up. GRANTED they were jeep...

;) Just teasing of course, can see 1 of 3 tires spinning.

Sorry to hear man! I'll keep a lookout!

I think the dakars are fine, my opinion is just that they aren't well matched to what he wants to do. I am running mine with an extra leaf, and the big overload removed. If you leave the upper overload in place, you're seriously limiting travel as well. I have allpro's u bolt flip kit with...

Or Alcan spring or someone. Honestly deaver really pissed me off recently by not returning calls or emails and being less than helpful. Bill at Alcan says he routinely builds Tacoma springs for people hauling four wheel campers. He says he designs them to carry an additional 1000lbs over...

Someone spent all the money on bumpers and racks, snorkel and lighting, but skipped on lockers and winch? Lol

You're off with the OME Dakar springs in my opinion. While they carry weight well, it is only because they will be riding on a big heavy overload spring. Those springs are good at carrying a few hundred pounds comfortably. More than that, and they carry it comfortably ON ROAD but will not...

Your not even at gross weight yet! ;) Thinking back to my ranger, I'm pretty sure it ran around right at gross weight most of the time too. Weight adds up quick!

SWE, I don't have a real good guess for weight of the camper to be honest. I added a bunch of stuff between the different times I put it on the scale. And I didn't note whether I had full water and stuff like that most of the time. As far I can tell, the weight on the camper is empty with no...

Well a bent frame is no good! I know there are several weld on kits for reinforcing the 1st frames. Usually for high speed off road stuff. I have seen a few 2nd gens box the rear of the frame for high speed stuff as well. Otherwise I haven't seen issues, and there are a lot that are way...

Gotcha, was just curious. I didn't think your truck was all that heavy, but obviously I understand wanting to get it just right!

Those aluminum skid plates sure look nice! What made you go with Deavers rather than allpro expedition leafs? Good reminder on the CV boots too. I've had an assortment of hose clamps to do the same thing, for quite a while. Actually I have a handful of small misc items that I haven't been...

Yep, terrible. Stay away. Or visit and leave. ;) I guess I did take a picture of the truck up at timberline. Not exactly exciting. The skinny tires with all that weight really worked great though.

Thanks. If I remember right the Chevy 63" springs are just a couple longer thinner leafs with a big overload, and the overload carries the heavier weight. Technically I could re-install the OME overload in my leaf spring upside down (it's normally negatively arched) and it would easily hold...

Yes I talked with Jeff. He is the one I talked to weeks ago and he told me to email him. I did, several times. Called several times. Then I talked to him on the phone yesterday, finally. I won't call deaver with any future business either, with the lack of return emails and the way I was...

Wow talk about frustrating!!! Nobody wanted to listen to my numbers. I finally just got my wife to send a picture of the axle/spring weight rating on the truck. 1000lbs over stock capacity is actually a little OVER the number I've been asking for. No matter how many times I said "everything...

I may call them tomorrow. I did talk to both Deaver and Alcan today. For some reason when I tell any of these guys that I want to carry xxxx amount of weight on the rear axle, at a certain height above stock, they seem dumbfounded. Seems like the simplest thing to do and verify. But they...