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I will look through my notes and see if I can find it, but I do remember reading a build thread that used linear actuator motors and a bit of software to raise a camper top evenly. Avoiding binding or an out of balance lift would be much more crucial on a top than with a bed. If you are not...

Simple, is most often best. MFTB has produced Grade A Select garbage for the last 7 or 8 years. The Duonic transmission was awful, the lack of low range was a dumb decision and and there are dozens of threads on here detailing serious problems encountered by owners of the latest generation...

Buy a used CO2 tank (#20) from a welding supply store. Throw a decent regulator on top, along with a guard and a decent quick connect air hose. There is no small/portable compressor in the world that beats the speed and reliability of this system. No power is required, tanks are bulletproof...

The 45 is cool and one of my favourite early 'Cruisers. The fact that you invested the time, money and energy required to set it up properly, shows. Too many people want an 800 pound spring to carry 15,000 pounds worth of "overlanding" gear in their JK, then complain that the ride sucks. I am...

Peter will be quite familiar with these, but I must laugh at the 79 Series trucks set up for touring with thousands of dollars spent on suspension, yet they carry a wheel over the smallest wombat hole. I realise that some 70 series are coil sprung and IMO, that makes it even worse. Spend the...

Do some research before you purchase from Kelderman. Twin ORI struts could be an option instead of coils. They act as springs, dampers, bump stops and limit straps, all in one package. A single unit could be used with a light duty leaf to give you the best of both worlds.

There is no such thing as an air bag compatible bumper. That is marketing schtick. Air bags are triggered in modern cars by sensors measuring g-force, i.e. an accelerometer. You were traveling at 30 mph and 0.5 seconds later you are traveling at 0 mph, air bag fires, in a nutshell. Put 15...

I would contend there is no such thing as an "over land vehicle" and that most people who say they want to go "overlanding" are merely camping out or temporarily living out of, whatever vehicle they have. I have camped out of the back of a Honda Civic and a Toyota Camry for more than a week...

Did you tell the old cab that it was being made redundant and that it had to hire and train its replacement? :D If it isn't too much trouble, I would love to see a weight on one of those cabs off the truck.

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Yes, and I will correct yours too. 'Anyways', is the informal, non-standard form of 'anyway'; the latter is proper English, while the former is not. :D RBA last posted in this thread on July 11th, 2018, which was approximately 18 months ago. Hopefully he will chime in with a trip report or two...

There are many builds documented on this and other boards, but, as each build is somewhat unique, I do not believe that you can write a set of instructions, i.e. "How to Build a 12 foot long camper" for everyone to follow. Guiding principles and ideas, however, are present in nearly every build...

Baja, National Luna and Leitner Designs, all make top notch products. P.S. Replace 'then' with 'than'. A conjunction is a word that connects two clauses or coordinates words in the same clause. Than is a conjunction used to introduce the second part of an unequal comparison. It also introduces...

Perusing various forums and sub-forums will expose you to many different schools of thought and projects. Look at $600,000 Unicat builds to see what they are doing, then look at a $10k budget build using fiberglass and plywood. There was a build on here a few years ago, made by a guy who used a...

If the spring rate on your coil over is correct and you have a harsh ride, either the valving or the compression is not up to par. A 700 pound spring, should be a 700 pound spring. Tuning a damper for great handling and ride is an art and frankly, most people suck at it. Get your dampers tuned...

It is nice to see something other than Jeeps in a film and Monteros are quite capable of performing as a mild overlander. I believe the rear ring gear is 9 or 9.5" in diameter. They are stout.

I love build threads filled with engineering and cool custom parts. :D As I am only on page 5 of 56, I will go back to reading now.

OEMs are not incompetent by any means. They are however motivated by bean counters, lobbyists, profits, market share and their board or share holders. None of that is conspiratorial in any way. That said, the fact that they are not motivated to find the BEST solution to the problem, only the...

I'm not sure who the questions are for, but there really is no "perfect" answer when you are dealing with passenger cars, SUVs and Cross-overs, most of which are basically "cars". If we were discussing proper recovery gear and techniques for a real truck, such as a 70 Series Land Cruiser or a...

Stiffness should not be confused with the proper length spring. If you want a lift or a certain ride height, that is set by the free length of the spring, less what is loaded onto it just sitting still. So a 20" long spring may compress 4 inches when installed (I just made that up). Then based...