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Next order of business was to fab some "spring buckets" part of the special sauce for the forward part of the SF. I made these using 3x2x 1/4 thick box tubing with a 1/4 piece of plate to cap the ends. The welder is a 3 phase industrial mig my buddy owns and it was ironically in a shop that...

Now with the subframe attached at the rear I could clearly see how much it wants to separate from the truck chassis, yes its a lot! The right side of the SF is tight against the trucks frame and only lifts one side at a time.

Once I fitted everything and drilled the holes to match the existing holes on the truck I welded the plates on

I went with a rigid attachment point at the rear of the trucks frame using big 3/8 plate that would be bolted to the truck with 3 - 1/2 bolts per side, the plate would be welded to the subframe later. The front of the subframe would get the special sauce that allows the truck frame to twist...

Eventually it started taking shape in steel, I'm using 1/8 thick 2x2 and 3x3 box tubing which isn't really as heavy as it looks. You can see where all the corrugations use to be welded into the under floor of the bed to add rigidity. Obviously those needed to come out to make room for the new...

I'm still here! The truck and I have had many adventures since my last post although she's under the knife once more, I am redesigning the bed mount system once again. This time she's getting a torsion free subframe to mitigate some issues I was still experiencing with the rigid 4 corner...

That came out very nice good on you, you'll enjoy that for many years!

I also have a dog that stays behind in my Alaskan camper when I go on a MTB or Moto ride and he's fine as long as I take some common sense precautions, If I'm in the boonies with-out any crowds around I'll leave the entry to the camper open with my awning deployed if it's sunny and he goes in...

If you look on amazon there are tons of different universal "fork boots" like you see on a moto. You could probably find something that fits your shocks. They will definitely get thrashed. A buddy of mine is already seeing pitting in the chrome on his 4runner rear kings from not running some...

Cool rig I'm looking at getting into getting into a Montero as a Trail / DD rig. Make sure you put some protective boots on those rear shocks! The front wheels kick up alot of rocks n sand and launch it right at the exposed shafts on those rears and will ruin em in short order. You'd think that...

I have a utility bed on my F250 with an Alaskan camper in it. I just ended up bolting it through the floor, since I of course couldn't use a turnbuckle system. It's actually much better than having turnbuckles yank at the corners of the camper as the truck flexes off road. In the rear I have 2 x...

I replaced my old Dometic 3 way with this https://www.truckfridge.com/product/tf130-12-volt-dc/ and never looked back. Works way better , has much more usable space inside and was a nearly exact fit in the old cabinet opening, I had to zip about a 1/4 inch on one side of the Cabinet. It's...

That is truly amazing!

Alaskan Campers uses these now to rave reviews as well, I'd love to have one someday if not in my current rig then maybe the next.

Bowdown on your fabwork very nice! I'm curious how she's holding up and if you'd do anything differently now that she's been out in the wild for awhile now. I mounted a utility / tool bed on my obs and alaskan combo and had to revamp the bed mounting system after some shakedown runs to play nice...

My 2000 Cabover has front and rear proportioning valves that have adjustment dials on them with an electric pump. I've needed to adjust them several times as things seem to get unbalanced now and then. The way they work is, upon raising, the front is full bore to compensate for the CO weight, so...

Up for sale is a set of Fox Shocks that were custom tuned by Agile OffRoad to run on an OBS (pre superduty) truck. The shocks have brand new bushings and work great they were just slightly too long to work on my F250 that has a TTB front axle. They are tunable and rebuildable! 22 3/4 eye to eye...

Wow that came out great congrats!

We have the weboost drive 4G- X OTR 470210 seems to work quite well

Why did I have to look at this thread before dinner????