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I started with the same trailer and after 10 years it is being rebuilt. The frame had cracked, as I knew it would. We cut the spring hangers off and welded in a 2x2 subframe.

Yea, my brother in law rented an off road excursion trailer. For the amount of money one of em costs one would think axle placement would have been more of a priority.

With 500 lbs of tongue weight and another 200 up top, weight is your enemy for sure. I’d stay away from anything steel. Go for lightweight aluminum. I use a Frontrunner rack. Actually two of them, one on the 80 and one on the trailer. 500 lbs of tongue weight? I’m having a tough time wrapping...

You got it- share with people that we know will appreciate it. That means, to me anyway, personal contact, friendships, family, not something posted up somewhere for all to see. I’m guilty of posting up a drive or two on YouTube in my previous life. I unsubscribed to a lot of the...

Who are most people? I don’t know anyone that has ditched a CAT. There might be a handful of hardcore gear/motor heads, but most people? I drove 18 for 27 years. The three best things that ever happened in the industry? No Idle policy/law. Computerized log books ( E-Logs ) and emission...

There is not much that gives my wife and I greater pleasure than to stumble upon an unknown and perfect campsite, to find incredible scenic vistas, or to traverse remote and beautiful trails, using paper maps, a compass and dead reckoning. Do we use apps when on the interstates or paved roads...

Quick silver mine, Big Bend NP & abandoned ranch home in Southern California.

I enjoy contrasting old with new. A tile grain elevator is very rare, with a string of brand new tankers next to it. This one located in Kansas caught my eye, so we turned around. I will scratch-build one in HO scale to be used on my 1961 era pike. The small grainary is also in Kansas, with...

The largest I’ve ever been in was 6; 7 including us, which was too many. we usually go alone, (my wife & I and our stuff). Sometimes family will join us for a week. 3 vehicles total would be an ideal number for touring outside the lower 48.

My history goes back to vehicles from the 60s 70s and 80s. The two Jeeps I owned from the early 2000s? The diesel went from sweet to nightmare ( high pressure fuel pump failure, resulting from constant bubbles in fuel because no pusher pump existed in fuel tank, mopar cheaped out with the...

Everything that smritte said! I used to overthink tiny problems with my Cruiser because I used to run with Jeeps, Fords & VW Bugs and all of em developed major problems within the first 100,000 miles. The Cruiser has been a learning experience and over the course of the last 8 years I’ve...

Been running spacers on my trailer for over 10 years. I pull the wheels each winter and check the torque out of habit, as they have never loosened up a bit. I’ll keep checking though.

what PSI are you at? All that shakin goin on I gotta wonder

Even though they are e-z lube axles I'd advise that you repack them by hand once a year or 12,000 miles whichever comes first. I like the Dexter ez-lubes, as I can get fresh grease to them while out and about after a deep water crossing. Here is a link to a sales company. There are a lot of...

It was actually meant to be ironically humorous. It works a lot better in person. I’m to old to give damn enough to rant..

Basically the same type of prep. However, we don’t use nearly the packaging as we grow a lot of our own veggies, or farmers markets, etc. we put our trash out every other week, maybe two bags. Recycling, 2 bags.. we try to leave as small a footprint as we can.. “leave no trace” ethics aren’t...

Here is mine as it was on our last trip

ya, I've got my tongue weight all figured out.

Nice build,,, that looks to be at right around 6 ft in the air?