Alaskan Camper Build Up
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Larry
Bigassgas Explorer
The rig is looking great as usual Carl. Definitely my favorite build on Expo! :drool: I still can’t wait to see it in person sometime. Man, that is a real bummer about the leak behind the siding.
Hmmm, I’m not too surprised with the balljoints as I predicted in the quote above early on in your new RAM build as I was concerned about the excessive positive offset on those Rickson wheels. As long as you run those wheels I predict you will continue to see premature balljoint wear and probably start eating the front unibearing$$$$ before much longer as well. It will be interesting to hear what the Dodge dealer says when they see the offset on those wheels. I still vote to ditch those Ricksons or have them build a different set with more negative offset. Then again, maybe it is just the pictures that make those wheels look like they have so much positive offset??
I thought of your truck not long ago as I stumbled across these guys in Indiana a while back that build brush fire trucks. Their single wheels look well-built not to mention they appear to have the correct offset to prevent premature balljoint and wheel bearing issues. It looks like they only list 20 x 11” wheels on their website but I bet they could build anything you want. Just a thought
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Hmmm, I’m not too surprised with the balljoints as I predicted in the quote above early on in your new RAM build as I was concerned about the excessive positive offset on those Rickson wheels. As long as you run those wheels I predict you will continue to see premature balljoint wear and probably start eating the front unibearing$$$$ before much longer as well. It will be interesting to hear what the Dodge dealer says when they see the offset on those wheels. I still vote to ditch those Ricksons or have them build a different set with more negative offset. Then again, maybe it is just the pictures that make those wheels look like they have so much positive offset??
I thought of your truck not long ago as I stumbled across these guys in Indiana a while back that build brush fire trucks. Their single wheels look well-built not to mention they appear to have the correct offset to prevent premature balljoint and wheel bearing issues. It looks like they only list 20 x 11” wheels on their website but I bet they could build anything you want. Just a thought
Hope we can connect soon
Overland Hadley
on a journey
20x11, that is a wide wheel!
Here is the website page with info on their super singles. http://1stattack.com/brush-fire-trucks/super-single-wheels
Larry
Bigassgas Explorer
Carlyle
Explorer
Looks nice Larry, but the Conti's probably won't fit a 11' rim well and the Mickey Thompson Load Range E tires they quote at the website are only rated to 3500 lbs. Any thoughts?
The 275/80R20 MPT 81 Measures 37.4" Tall and 10.43" Wide. It is speed rated for a maximum of 68 MPH. Max load rating is 4674 Lbs at 77PSI. Preferred rim is 9" Wide
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Larry
Bigassgas Explorer
I agree, those wheels are way too wide but my thoughts are to call them and see if they can custom make you a wheel to your width specs. I was never promoting the 11” wide wheels all along, I was just showing their offset looks better than Rickson and the fact there may be other single wheel options out there besides Rickson. The next question for 1st Attack is if their wheels are DOT rated. I’m would think they are but you never know as they may consider their brush fire trucks as off-road only. If you call them, let us know what they say :coffeedrink:
I just want to see your awesome rig with some better wheels someday :elkgrin:
The Flat Bed
Any info as to where i can purchase this bed
Thanx
John
shanz3n5@gmail.com
Haven, who is on this forum found this beauty:
I have this flatbed coming from the US dealer at an awesome price and should be here next week. The bed is sans the side rails and headache rack.
Thanks Haven!
Any info as to where i can purchase this bed
Thanx
John
shanz3n5@gmail.com
Carlyle
Explorer
Hi shanz325!
Sorry about the slow response, but I've been busy on projects and not catching up on the forum recently. Bad me….
The bed, or at least the pieces I used were made by Ute an Australian company, they do have a distributor in Seattle, WA. Talk to Randy Cryer, owner I believe at 206-510-8621 and he should be able to set you up with something at a reasonable price.
Carlyle
Explorer
Hi Francis,
Good to hear from you and hope all is well in the new year! I'm wintering it out in Colorado as usual and counting down the days until my next vacation. Drop a pm and I'll shoot my email to you and we can chat.
Carl
Carlyle
Explorer
Ashamberg,
The Viair system I'm using is the "X'treme", but using two instead of one tank so that I can run air tools a little bit better. http://www.viaircorp.com/oba-xtreme.html
I use air bags in the rear for leveling, but they are not tied to the system as i have heard of people having issues, so i just adjust as needed. I use the on-board air for tire inflation, air bag inflation, running air tools, using my jack, transferring water to the water tank etc.
Hope this helps.