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All I can say is I have 1300 bucks into my camper, with the tires lift and sliders. It’ll sleep six people with the table folded down. And you have the option of having a table if it rains. Without having to set up any kind of tent or shelter. It takes 5 mins to set up and less if your wife helps hahaI’m really really happy with the trailer, I’m glad it matches the 80s theme too. The couple that I got it from in Toronto used it once a year for 30 years and they kept pretty good care of it given it’s age. They always stuffed it full of dryer sheets so it smells nice and has no bugs. It’s no comparison to tenting or even a RTT in my opinion. There’s just so much more space and comfort but it does definitely have maneuverability downsides.
With that said if you can go slow and smooth enough it followed my truck down some pretty awesome obstacles. The pintle hitch was worth it considering it only took an hour to convert. I’m certain the ball and coupler would have met it’s limits and it would have broken for sure.
I think the samurai has 27 or 28s I’m not even sure. I wish you could see the setup to drive it. Funny story: it caught fire before our trip and it burned up the throttle cable and clutch cable but it still ran. so 2 days before we left the owner made no ones. The clutch was a long shhifter that came right off the tranny, it looked like a really tall big rig shifter and mounted on the top was a bicycle brake and cable that operated the throttle. So you had to clutch and throttle with your right hand and shift the shifter with the other and steer. I wish I got a video.
It’s really amazing what they replace under that recall. It’s too bad you have to redo the rear springs but it’s a small price to pay, and it’s a good time to revamp anything you may not have liked
Hey! The 4.7s were so good I’m beyond impressed with them especially when hauling the trailer in. It made it so much more manageable. There was no time on this trail where I wanted low actually. I’ve driven stock duals and it’s nice too, especially on moderate trails where stock low is enough. When I was in low I’m cruising in 3,4 and 5th gear a lot which kinda sucks. It was very hilly and rocky so when I needed to go back into gear 2 it was easier to keep the truck in low.
The pintle did what I wanted, it is loud but I would have broken the stock ball coupler for sure.
It doesn’t seem to change onroad behaviour really.
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Welded up the pintle, I have a big bolt to go through the top. I ran two big beads along the length of the hitch so it’s plenty strong, plated the bottom too. Sure does rattle a lot oh well.
Twin sticked 4.7 case is in. Gotta get oil tomorrow and test it. The only thing I’m worried about is being in 2nd, 3rd and 4th low driving around the trail. 1st high is usually too high maneuver things delicately but now 1 and 2 low will be too slow. I guess that’s one benefit to dual case is keeping your stock low.
Dang that spot on the hand looks like it would be painful. Glad to see youre making some progress though
This 79 series Cruiser was pretty rad. 403 and Burloak area. Older guy driving it with a big smile on his face
Nice! Anything you need let me know, 12 psi is a good number, I’ve never had beadlocks so I’m always scared to blow a bead. And greens mountain is the only place I’ve ran that I really wish I could air right down.
couples shots from years past to keep it going. I’m going Out next two weekends so I’ll have new ones
Literally everything you mentioned is exactly what I wanted to do that truck when I saw it. I rebuilt and lifted the floor in my orange 85 and it was kind of a pain in the ass.
If the floor is solid in that truck, I probably wouldn’t touch it.
I’d Build a mount and skid plate for for the tank under the floor at the back, lower the shock mount and move the sliders and bumpers down. It’s quite a bit of work no matter how you slice it.
If you’re worried about lowering the mount because of shock length you could always move the tabs on your axle to the back instead of on top
How are the new tires?
I’ve never found that off the shelf springs flex well on any of the trucks I’ve built. My setup right now (rear-up-front and F150 springs rear) works so much better than my friends Trail gear/allpro set ups. And it’s way cheaper too.
I think first picture was a 4 leaf setup which I broke twice lol and second is a 6 leaf pack.
Pictures before cleaning up my spare tcase.
I tore it all down and cleaned it all up, started putting it back together tonight with the 4.7 gears and twin sticks. It’s actually really fun. The hardest part is taking it out of the truck and putting it back in.
