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What do you think it weighs in at? I have a trailer I am planning to rebuild in the spring and those composite panels look like the best thing to help keep the weight down! Their video of deflection has me thinking of using them for the floor, wouldn't have to worry about rotting.

Would you mind sharing what tray you used/where you got it for your second battery? I have an 06 that I will be slowly working on and your photos of the install really made me rethink how I am going to tackle this part of the project. As far as the lift, did you source everything individually...

I think that would be my last interaction with that particular body shop.

Rainforest Edition means it runs on panda blood and cocaine!

Read through your thread, and seeing the pics really makes me miss California! I lived in La Jolla for several years and definitely didn't get to see and do everything I wanted before I moved back east...Pismo looks like a blast! I also wanted to thank you for the photos, gave me some...

Just read through your thread, looking forward to seeing how it turns out!

Bear Creek Canvas has replacement canvas for tow behind pop-ups, but their website does say that if they don't have a pattern for it that you can send in your old canvas and they can work with that.

The Scepter/USGI cans are probably the toughest option out there. We crashed a vehicle at speed, and when walking around to collect all the bits and pieces later we found the water cans pretty far away still intact. I drank out of them for years while in the military and find them as easy to use...

I tried to use a Coleman 5-gallon water jug and the valve leaked steadily, woke up one morning to a mud puddle under the table! After that I just moved on to a Scepter 5-gallon USGI can. No leaks, no worries, and it wasn't that expensive. Rotopax does make water jugs but I think they are at...

Good to know, guess I will be looking for that Olympic product jscherb suggested.

Have you thought about an adjustable length tongue? I figure now would be the time since you have it torn apart again. Then you could make your A-frame "deeper" to tie it back farther into the frame but still be able to adjust it longer for clearance. Or you could maybe do something like this...

The people over on tnttt seem to really like a product called CPES for sealing the outside of their wood trailer builds. Clear Penetrating Epoxy Sealer. I am not sure on the price, but it does sound like it holds up incredibly well. I stumbled upon it when trying to find something to seal the...

Were you using a Bluetooth GPS receiver with this or did it sync with your phone? I have been thinking about picking up a tablet to play with as a navigation device and have been trying to read up on it.

Check out this build, the pop-top might be something you find interesting! http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/137366-Tacoma-aluminum-Pop-up

My pop-up has a cable-pulley system, I am not sure where you could mount the crank with that type lift system, but I have seen the older Palomino campers with external arms that lock into place once it is lifted which are much simpler. If you were not popping up that high, maybe gas struts...

This sort of debate reminds me of all the people I encountered over the years trying to tell me that Ford owns and builds the Cummings engine in my truck. I have very little interest in the Renegade, but what little I have read about it indicates that Jeep handled the design while it is all Fiat...

Well since we are throwing out a what-if list here... I would take a new version of the J10, with the 4.0L V8 diesel that Fiat is playing around with. It should come factory equipped with a water fording package, and have an optional enclosed utility bed like I have seen on a HiLux.

You mean the Fiat Panda: I think a Grand Wagoneer would be interesting, if they don't screw it up, but I do wonder if there is actually a market for it. Jeep does a lot of stuff that just leaves me shaking my head.

Not to derail the thread, but I have wondered how your tops were holding up - and your trailers! I have browsed through your threads from time to time and do enjoy seeing what you come up with. My only experience with fiberglass was repairing the chainplates as well as some crazing on the hull...