New Ram 5500 Build
We were running over 13K on the rear axle of a 2019 Ram 3500. Despite it handling the load well (with mods), we knew it wasn't responsible to continue with that rig and have spent the last few months ...
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mrgrim007 wrote:n0arp wrote:
Plus, we full-time and perform our own maintenance/repairs so the tools are kind of a necessity.
Where do you work on your truck/camper?
Depends on what it is, but usually I'll set up shop wherever I'm at.
I've occasionally used Home Depot/ Autozone/ etc parking lots. I did a lot of the cutting/grinding/welding/flatbed mods in a Home Depot parking lot because I could go in and get additional cutting wheels, flap discs, and other consumables as/ if needed. I parked at the end, out of the way, and nobody bothered me except to ask questions about the rig.
I recently changed all the fluids on my old truck (30K major maintenance - oil, fuel filters, trans, tcase, and diff fluids) in a friend's driveway while moochdocking.
I've driven onto large tarps on USFS/BLM land to do major maintenance sensitive to dust and/or subject to spills. Done lots of suspension work/upgrades and most recently a pinion seal on the Jeep that way. If there is a potential for a major spill I go to a parking lot, as mentioned above, because I don't want to risk contaminating anything.
Sometimes I do use a shop - for instance, I didn't want to regear the Jeep outside in a dirty environment, so I paid for a shop to do it. Plus it's one of those things where it's nice to have someone who does them all day, every day, set it up rather than doing it myself, when I've only done them a couple of times.
I've also worked on things at RV parks before, but try to restrict that to things that aren't going to be noisy.
