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SW Idaho Overlanding will attempt to drive the disappearing road. Ride along with us as we drive through the beautiful Leslie Gulch and then drive the disappearing road. We might even see some interesting places along the way.
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I caught your first name being called out while the X ascended the rocky climb near the beginning of episode two. Looks like a great time!
It was a good day to be out for sure. And good people to share it with. George.
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Newfoundland trip continued.
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Snowshoe and Pothole.
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Over my limit of videos per post. Check out Day 3 Part 2 at the bottom of this page.
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Glad you are enjoying the videos!
I see you just got into trailers. Though you might be interest that my trailer is what is know as a foamie. Started life with a stock 1195# Harbor Freight trailer. beginning weight was 375lbs. The body from the floor up is 2" pink foam wrapped in 10oz canvas, no wood or metal framework. I have since added a 2" tube spine to spread the pulling load across the whole frame and to strengthen the tongue. I added a soft ride spring kit which adds longer, lighter sprung leaves. It also does away with the Harbor Freight slipper spring and replaces it with a shackle style spring. I recently added a 3500# axle. I think it now weighs about 550lbs. empty, about 850lbs loaded. I did away with the Harbor Frieght 12" wheels right away. They just did not work for off road duty. I replaced them with 13" wheels, as big as I could go with 4 lug, and they worked wonderfully for all my trips. When I did the axle swap, I went to 5 lug and the 15" wheels.
See you on the trails! George.
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George is there a build tread for your trailer? Never seen foamies before…
Not really a build thread, but does cover some of the build info on this trailer #2 Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers • View topic - #2 (tnttt.com)
I was doing a YouTube build series but my hard drive crashed about 3/4 of the way through unfortunately https://www.youtube.com/@bugouttrailers7964 . Maybe someday I will finish it if I ever build another #2.
I did a quite extensive build thread on my first build #1 here Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers • View topic - #1 (tnttt.com) .
I have built 4 foamies and am working on my 5th one now. It is however being built to tow behind a bicycle.
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I wondered why you didn’t finish the YouTube series. I was enjoying following that.
Yeah, it sucks. Still a lot of good info there so I left it up thinking I was going to build another unit pretty quickly and be able to finish it. At this point I don't know when I will get around to building another square drop. I have a couple other designs I am looking to build before that.
