weekend warrior 5th wheel information?

lincster wrote:
Yes, eternabond is awesome.

Look in the wheel wells, if there is bracing from the frame up to the bottom of the wheel well, then the trailer is braced properly to avoid "wall sag".

Glad you got a good trailer.

Hopefully the genny runs.
That is no hours and they are notorious to getting the carbs gummed up from not being used.

I run my genny 30 min every month at a minimum. Even when we don't use it.

You may want to pull a few wheels/drums off and check the grease.
Repack and install new seals as necessary.
Easy to do, just takes time.

I will check for the bracing in the wheel wells to see if this unit has it installed...
the genset took a bit to get started, but it runs good.
I got all the old gas out of the gen tank and the onboard fueling station, added a can of seafoam in each tank and added gas... then ran the generator for a half hour to get the seafoam working... it starts right up now. and I always use ethanol free gas in the toys and small engines when its available, which it is in our area...

today we finished up the lift conversion with the axles. while I had them in the shop welding on the new spring seats, we pulled the grease caps off a couple hubs, and they looked good. all bearings were tight in all hubs so we just adjusted up the brakes and installed the axles under the springs...

the trailer height is now at 13'7" at the top of the dome window over the shower... it looks BIG setting up that high, but I have side boxes on each side of the pickup bed, so I needed the heigth to clear the boxes... I have 7" above the boxes, which is 13 inches above the bed rails... the trailer overhang height is 72-73" from the ground.

it squats the 3500 4" when the landing gear is raised..

I was told by numerous people on 2 other sites that it couldnt be done with side bed boxes... but is obvious that no one other than me really put their heart into the attempt, because I now have a working unit with side boxes on the truck bed :-)