Recent content by lolzhax

Hey sorry I didn't see your reply sooner. I did a little under 3k miles in total on the trip and only used 3rd gear while climbing hills when it bogged below 60mph. 4th gear was good on most the flat highways. 5th was only used for coasting down hill. The main thing that helped was just trying...

Made it all the way to Colorado. We're out in dispersed camping outside Silverton off the Million Dollar Highway. The JK 3.6 is a dog but the trailer is handling it. This winter I think I'm going to ditch the old Toyota truck axle and use a trailer axle.

First trip

Today, I replaced the chains with vinyl coated 1/8" stainless steel cable.

So far they're good. I mounted them to 1/8" thick, 2" angle iron with grade 8 bolts so they're very stable. I was concerned after watching a YouTube video of someone who used them and had a very wobbly rack but I think his base was the issue.

Thank you! Yeah right now my issue is that the paint is too soft to sand. It needs time to cure so I have it baking in heatwave outside on the street. Lol

I know I said I was done but this thing was sitting in my entry way and installation seemed like the best way to get it out of sight. Lol (max coupler)

And here she is. Exactly 2 months to the day after I bought it. By no means is it "done" but it's done enough for the summer (with a few small exceptions) and 100+ degree temps have set in. We need to get to higher altitude real soon. The only thing I really need to do is a little bit of...

I won't lie, I'm not super happy with the paint job but I guess I should be satisfied considering the surface I had to work with, being as rough as it was. It just seems like after coat #2, the paint didn't self smooth like it was on the first 2 coats. I'm going to leave it to cure, use the...

Rack is painted. Doors have a first coat of Duralex marine paint (alpine green) curing.

I've been non stop working on this for the last 6 days but I've been slacking on updating everyone because it's been a lot of mundane work. I completed painting the inside of the cabinets. I think I'm going to use husky tool box drawer liners on the shelves. Today thankfully we found a way to...

Cabinet work has begun. Heres a before and after example. Whoever painted the inside of the cabinets black had used a really nasty paint that's soft like a gel. It gums up my sandpaper pretty bad.

Yesterday I finished all the welding and patching holes in the bed. Rolled in bed liner and starting on sanding the body today.

Well I did just buy a 2 pack of those heavy welding blankets. :tearsofjoy:

I'm taking the entire month of July off work and any free time I have outside of father duties I'll be working on this thing so expect some fast movement pretty soon. :)