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An M100 or M416 would be ideal bit they are rare and when I do find them they fetch a good price. I looked into replica's but for what is asked for the tubs is only a few hundred less for what I see complete original trailers for. I am also not sure if a fiberglass tub would support roof rack...

Is this a camper\sleeper or a Utility rig? Do you have pictures? I was thinking about doing this for a modified build of a Mechanics Illustrated camper I found plans for on TnTTT; it looked like a bean was about 12' long, just 6' head room short door. I figured it would just fit a standy wet...

That's a good group, I am a member there as well. Part of my question comes from some of the techniques they use. Since I asked I found out some stuff in my research; First, the the cloth isn't like canvas or nylon where you can stretch it over a skeleton, it will sag into the voids once wetted...

Would this approach work, building a frame out of 1/2" square stock (I'll ask my cousin what wall thickness to use for a given desired load capacity) and then skinning it with fiberglass cloth and epoxy resin in layers to build it up to the required thickness for the specific load\use? I see a...

I don't think I am trying to "Max out the unit" as much as I am trying to figure out what "Max" really is so I don't max out the unit; I apologise if I am coming off that way. Most of Canadian regulations are written for the few who will not use common sense and not for those who are relatively...

Still garage less...

I found this product for a Honda Pilot BX2251 Honda Pilot | Blue Ox its installed so that you can tow your vehicle behind an RV. I am wondering if this could be installed and used as a recovery point? It bolts to the frame top rails in 9 spots on each side. I know the tow bar connections are a...

Yeah I think that is likely the best approach, most of my exploring is fire roads and resource roads where my obstacles generally require a chain saw more so than a winch. Because I have been pushing it a bit now that I have an SUV the idea of carrying more equipment has been on my mind; since I...

Yeah but I have no place to mount one. I did find a front hitch mount for a Ridgeline but it is only rated at 350lbs tongue weight and 3500lbs trailer weight; not sure if that can support the pulling force of a winch. The other issue is that the designs I seen will lower my front clearance by...

Now that I got a look at it I see what is going on; I have used high lift jacks with supervision and know they can be dangerous but never used them in that way; why wouldn't you use a come-along in this way? Is there a functional reason or just a weight saving one? All of my recoveries have been...

All good info, I am unable to watch that video right now but I am wondering is that a manual winch? We use the term come-a-long or coma-long here. I thought about something like that first to go with traction pads and a kinetic strap (I figured if I built up some energy into the strap with the...

I think the high lift Winch Kit was what I was talking about with the Superwinch 1140232 I called it a portable winch. I was thinking about that over the hitch mount option because I could use a my front recovery posts and a synthetic strap on one end of the winch and an unmoveable object on...

Hi all, I have been looking into adding a winch to my recovery gear and was thinking about getting a hitch mount winch plate here then I got looking into portable winches but none of them seemed like they would be good. 2000lbs pull, 6000lbs max, with 16000lbs break. Wasn't too sure what all...

I got 1450 by subtracting GVW from GVWR I got from the internet; I just checked the door sticker and it says 1150# maximum of all cargo and passengers. So 1150#-650#=500# is what we have to work with. Since it says what my maximum tongue weight is with 4 people or 600# then that means I can only...

To add to my last post, perhaps the reason why some people have widely differing experiences with towing various different trailer weights is because of the tongue weights vs total weight. 10% is thrown around a lot and 13% to 15% for Campers was mentioned here in this discussion. The scamp 13'...

That helps! So according to my door sticker and doing the math I get 1450# as my total cargo capacity, the book says it is 1150# but it also says refer to my door sticker so lets go with 1450#. My Family weights about 600# (half of which is me lol) so 850# is our total carrying weight. With 600#...

Ok, now I got you... still cannot find a GCWR for this model, only the little table in the manual that I shared. Guess I shouldn't have settled on an SUV...

I guess the best thing to do is to rent a uhal and start putting bricks in it lol

All I really need in a camper is; a bed, outside shower, gear racks, and galley hatch. A loo would be nice but not necessary; the trailer is more of a crappy weather escape than something we use. Most of the time we will be camping on private land near a cabin or using it as a bedroom when we...

Reasonable expectation; to go 600kms from PEI to NS on the 100 series highway with my wife and kids and dog safely within 2 tanks of gas. Based on yours and the previous response I am beginning to think towing "specs" mean absolutely nothing. As for our gear, all gear goes in the trailer; other...