Smittybilt Scout Trailer Reviews?

[CRYA]

When you say hubs, what do you mean? The brake drum or the thing with the lugs (studs) on it?

For bearings and the cup these are the ones:

Timken Set 12 (LM12749 cone and LM12710 cup) = Outer Bearings
Timken Set 13 (L68149 cone and L68110 cup) = Inner Bearings
National 473317 Oil Seal

Thanks. Wrong thing. Drums. Not Hubs. THANKYOU

 

[emtmark]

You wore out the drums! What happened!


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[CRYA]

You wore out the drums! What happened!


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Nah not worn. Service guy showed me something about a part that was spinning in the drum that shouldn’t be. No idea.

 

[Jared Ropelato]

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Looks like your water placement would help with balance and tongue weight.

 

[Jared Ropelato]

This weekend I made some brackets to hang my four floods, two on each side, on separate switched circuits.

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I also picked up a Basecamp stove and made up a base for it. Works great!

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My wife snuck out and caught me in action
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Hey, did you weld those brackets or bend metal? Asking because I am now the proud owner of this great trailer and all the amazing work you did and I want to make some more. Loving this thing btw.

 

[Jared Ropelato]

Ended up having a SoCal fabricator build me a bumper to my specs, a bit of all the great ideas I saw here.

What did they charge ya?

 

[emtmark]

I was at the SoCal overland expo and thought the boys would like to see the ol scout in action. They said they would love to see it. Then two days of zilch, I was a sad panda lol.

I would have loved to have had them get me the right part numbers for the big slides in the back. Sigh I can tell the lock mechanism
Is about to ******** the bed


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[Jared Ropelato]

Just wanted to jump on and say thank you to everyone who contributed to this amazing thread. It has helped tremendously.

I also wanted to should out SmittyBuilt for their incredible customer service. I reached out to them after purchasing our 2017 Scout trailer which has been owned previously by two members of this thread. Smitty didn't hesitate to immediately send me out the frame braces at no cost to make sure I didn't' end up like some of the other owners with a failure in the field. Don't know of too many other companies that would be so gracious to the 3rd owner of an 8 year old product. I've got some brand new equipment that I've had much more trouble with from a brand perspective.

I also wanted to shout out Dirtworx for still offering up his great swing out and working with me to make it just what I need. Still a great community around these great little trailers. I'll post some photos in the next few weeks as we get it fully built out and ready to roll. Cheers.

 

[Pau Hana]

I was at the SoCal overland expo and thought the boys would like to see the ol scout in action. They said they would love to see it. Then two days of zilch, I was a sad panda lol.

I would have loved to have had them get me the right part numbers for the big slides in the back. Sigh I can tell the lock mechanism
Is about to ******** the bed


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EMT there is a post on page 189 of this thread that has part numbers. I was looking for the same slides awhile back.

 

[emtmark]

I got an email
Back from them about replacing the rails

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I’m not overloading and always use the travel locks.

Don’t know why they keep **************** the bed.

Sigh

I’m about to go hack up the stove side to fit a blackstone travel grill anyways wish me luck


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[emtmark]

Don’t know why all the filler crap I can’t seem to post without it


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[mfcoffroad]

What's going on everyone! After owning the trailer for 8 years I've started actually using it! I currently have a CVT tent on top, Overland Vehicle Systems 270 degree awning, ARB fridge, Habitat lift struts, Habitat rack, dry box, ARK tongue lift/tire setup, 11 lb propane tank and mount and Smittybilt generator. I have a plethora of items waiting to be installed, but will be taking everything off it to sand it down and raptor line it black. Underneath will be undercoated for protection as well. The following items are waiting to be installed right after:

Habitat onboard water system
Dometic propane burner and dometic sink
Waterport 8 gallon passenger side mount
Dirtworks tire carrier
Triton on demand hot water system
Shower
Renogy Solar panels (2x @20 watt each to tend on board battery)
Water tank level system
LevelmatePro leveling system

As for the electronics, I do need some assistance with wiring the way I envision it.
This is what I have:
Noco Genius 1 bank 10 amp charger
2x Renogy 12 volt 100AH lithium batteries
Renogy DC to DC charge controller with MPPT
Renogy 1000 Watt inverter
12 channel 12 volt controller for all 12 volts items on the trailer
Renogy BT2 monitor
Necessary battery disconnects

While driving, the Renogy DC to DC controller will keep the batteries topped off. When stationary I can switch to solar from their button. As for shore power, that will power the charge controller, and maintain a 10 amp charging cycle on the batteries. I would assume that a disconnect should be wired on the DC side of all charging lines to the batteries so as to not over load them with charging amps. 1 for the NOCO charger DC side, one for the Renogy DC to DC vehicle alternator side correct? The nice thing about the Renogy DC to DC charging controller is it is either vahicle charging OR solar charging.