I would also highly recommend a set of rock sliders for your truck. The wheel base on full size rigs can leave the sheet metal vulnerable to damage in break over situations.
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That is an awesome set up! I might have to copy your design there! Where do you keep that? Is it tough to move around?I have two Viair compressors, I can do two tires at a time. And the wife and I each do a side of the Power Wagon when we need to air up. The added benefit of my mini-setup is I can share a line with a friend, which I've done a few occasions.
Get yourself a good set of tire deflators and a good digital air gauge.
Depending on what you are doing in AZ you'll find that most rough roads the PW will feel more comfortable between 32-42psi.
When you start doing actual crawling, then you'll be somewhere around 18psi - 24psi
Don't be in a rush to go crazy with mods and tires and lifts. Get to know your wagon. They are incredibly capable in stock trim. I've got videos in my build thread and youtube channel of just how capable one is on those 33's straight off the lot.
Recovery gear is good to have too. Set of MaxTrax, winch damper, some leather gloves, tree strap, tow strap an snatch block and good shackles like Crosby.
Surprisingly I do not have a photo of it. They are cut out to perfectly fit in my passenger side Rambox in the rear. The hoses store underneath it. I replaced the alligator clips with an Anderson style connector. And then placed a hard wire line and second connector under the hood.
I was originally intending to mount it all permanently. But I liked the idea of taking it out easily to move around, to make sharing easy.
So far it's holding up well. I just need to wrap the wires a little better.
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As for sliders, I highly recommend you check out White Knuckle Offroad, they're pretty stout. My only complaint about sliders is that I started banging them on things my rockers wouldn't have hit, to begin with. Going to fix that here in a week with a modification to the pinch seam and the sliders.
I was originally intending to mount it all permanently. But I liked the idea of taking it out easily to move around, to make sharing easy.
So far it's holding up well. I just need to wrap the wires a little better.
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As for sliders, I highly recommend you check out White Knuckle Offroad, they're pretty stout. My only complaint about sliders is that I started banging them on things my rockers wouldn't have hit, to begin with. Going to fix that here in a week with a modification to the pinch seam and the sliders.
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Ahh, yeah. I didn't get rambox, since I plan on getting a shell. That's a great place for it. I've got a few ideas for where I'll put mine in the future, but until the shell is on, everything is going to be kind of floating around in the bed.
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I tend to lean towards reliability. Air compressors are nice, I've ran master flow and a viair. The MF is still running and the viair failed. When I air down, I don't go below 12 psi, without bead locks. When I'm lazy, I go to 15 psi, I can drive home on 15 psi. Off roading in a full size truck is different from a lighter vehicle, There's more stress on parts from the added weight, Ron
Curious what happened to your viar? what model? I have heard good things about them and my 450p has been pretty great for the last 4 years or so. I tend to use it more often than my 30 gallon shop compressor in the garage. More fun to use and not so massively loud. (and it blows the breaker if I have much else hooked up in the garage)
Love my little 100% Duty cycle Viair with the 2 1/2 gallon tank. It came with a coiled air line that i can easily reach all my tires. And i can run air tools with it too.
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I run this same setup in my Power wagon. I added a second 2.5gal tank and yes you can run air tools and airing up 37's is a breeze. I built a frame to hold both tanks and the compressor across the front of my bed. I currently have a dedicated 35' "air up" hose with the locking air chuck. I also have a 50ft separate hose with a standard air chuck fitting for running tools or airing up others without having to turn vehicles around. I ditched the Viair gauge and switch for a column mounted MaxTow digital/analog gauge and added a dedicated compressor switch to my accessory panel. I plan on adding two more tanks and a second compressor to double the system capabilities as well as having the redundancy should a compressor fail.
