Smittybilt Scout Trailer Reviews?
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thardin68
Active member
OK, Good feedback. I guess I will do the right thing, pull the springs and cycle the suspension to mock it up.. I'm thinking add in some fender width and raise them a couple / 3 inches.
If I dont, I will second guess myself forever anyway....
ebrabaek
Adventurer
If you pull the pin on one of the straps, and then jack the trailer with the OEM jacks, just remove the spring and let one side drop. Smity says you can use 35's, but the stock 33's are pretty close when you push it.
mep1811
Gentleman Adventurer
What kind of flaps are these?
Great looking setup on the back end!
I'm wondering if you have a shot from under to show exactly how it's attached?? Also, how do you find it tracks now with the extra weight of the bumper, fuel, spare etc on the back??
Phenomenal job on this.
thardin68
Active member
TerraFlex. They appear to be easily removable.
MOD3RNFJ
Member
ebrabaek
Adventurer
Thank you sir.....?
Water project done. The basis of the project came mostly from RWB_Runner post way back on page 9 of this thread.
From Smittybilt representive! The original design was in front of the trailing arms. It hung too low and added some tongue weigh, which I didnt like. It was just over 15 gallons. … it was quite expensive to produce. If I were to do one, I'd put it in between the trailing arms, as far reward as possible. This basically puts the load slight reward of the axle line. I had it plumbed with a 12 volt on demand pump. 18x18 x 7 would fit nicely and give you about 9.8 gallons. I would have the fill port in the middle so that a hole could be placed between the rear sliding drawers"
We used a 10-gallon tank 17x14x10. We will do a couple of trips and have some ideas on how to expand if our missions dictate the need for more. I did take Habitat's idea of a faucet. I would have waited for their solution but already used my generator box for my electrical setup and liked the idea of less tongue weight. We decided to put the tank less water heater away from under the tent or the front. Instead of trying to pipe another connection from the propane tank in the front, will just use a propane bottle. Still looking how to mount on the back door also. The picture from underneath is not very good, but you may be able to see that the tank is out of the way of the suspension and relatively protected. We did put on a thin sheet of aluminum as a rock guard. It won,t pass as a skid plate, but it would have to be very unusual to see a scenario where you would need it in that exact location.
Now, get those brackets on and off to Big Sur in a couple of weeks!
From Smittybilt representive! The original design was in front of the trailing arms. It hung too low and added some tongue weigh, which I didnt like. It was just over 15 gallons. … it was quite expensive to produce. If I were to do one, I'd put it in between the trailing arms, as far reward as possible. This basically puts the load slight reward of the axle line. I had it plumbed with a 12 volt on demand pump. 18x18 x 7 would fit nicely and give you about 9.8 gallons. I would have the fill port in the middle so that a hole could be placed between the rear sliding drawers"
We used a 10-gallon tank 17x14x10. We will do a couple of trips and have some ideas on how to expand if our missions dictate the need for more. I did take Habitat's idea of a faucet. I would have waited for their solution but already used my generator box for my electrical setup and liked the idea of less tongue weight. We decided to put the tank less water heater away from under the tent or the front. Instead of trying to pipe another connection from the propane tank in the front, will just use a propane bottle. Still looking how to mount on the back door also. The picture from underneath is not very good, but you may be able to see that the tank is out of the way of the suspension and relatively protected. We did put on a thin sheet of aluminum as a rock guard. It won,t pass as a skid plate, but it would have to be very unusual to see a scenario where you would need it in that exact location.
Now, get those brackets on and off to Big Sur in a couple of weeks!
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thardin68
Active member
Awesome write up! Thanks for sharing. Just ordered a bunch of stuff on Amazon!
XJOverlander
Member
something like 2.25" lowest and a hair over 12" highest.
adjustment intervals are about 2.25
" or so.