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Re: Waxing 5th wheel
My wife helped me wet sand ours (1000grit). It was a repo unit and had been neglected, to say the least. At 38" long, that was a lot of wet sanding and wheeling! I second the recommendation of Meguiar's M6332 Flagship Premium Marine Wax. Our unit is black gelcoat, this product is the best we have tried. As for graphics ours were so badly faded and curled from the sun, I peeled them all off. If they were still on, I would not hesitate to wax right over them with the Meguiar's. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007TR47G?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00380Views0likes0CommentsRe: Upper Peninsula-Michigan
Munising has the "Munising Tourist Campground". It's right on Lake Superior. We stayed there this year, nice place. Keep in mind the casinos in Christmas and Sault Saint Marie have RV overnight parking. It's free in Christmas, I think it's $10.00 per night at the Sault. They have a dump station at the Sault. Uncle Duckie's in Munising does Pictuered Rocks Kayak tours. We did it a few weeks ago, very cool.470Views0likes0CommentsRe: What did you do to your Toy Hauler today???
1L243 wrote: I always had a problem of where to carry the bike when on the road. I saw the idea for the mount on the web and decided to try it for the ramp of my Toy Hauler. Inside the the Toy Hauler I made sure the mount was going where the bike would be clear from hitting anything and would be out of the way as much as possible. The mount is made from 1/2" pipe T, Flange and 3 1/2" nipples. I bought the nipples that go between the fork of the bicycle extra long because I wanted to cut off the threads. The 5/8" inch bolt with wing nut has washers that fit inside the fork making it impossible for the bike to slip out once tightend down. Ramp door closed Great idea, I'm stealing it!196Views0likes0CommentsRe: Old school setup
Ozlander wrote: Back when cars had a full frame, there was not much difference between them and pickups of the era. And, no WDH and NO sway bar, gasp. 455 big block Buick, torque monsters. 400TH 3 speed auto trans, no overdrive. 12 bolt rear axle. Air bags, or back in the day just plain old air shocks, would help level things out. That TV is more capable than a lot of what I see hauling stuff down the road today.216Views0likes0CommentsRe: Single or Double Rear Wheels?
BB_TX wrote: The primary reason for a dually is the higher payload capacity. That weight of that trailer may have a pin weight that would require a dually. Many claim you need a dually (DRW) for the stability or you will be "white knuckled" the whole time you are towing. But stability is not a problem with single rear wheels (SRW) as long as you are within the truck load rating. Load range "E" tires inflated to 80 PSI, are rated to carry 3,640lbs each. So if the pin wieght of your rig, plus the wieght of the rear of your truck exceed 7,280lbs (3,640 X 2), you need to go with a dually. (3,640 X 4=) Here is my wieght ticket My single rear wheel 2500 HD has #5,760 on the rear axle, when the rig is loaded for travel, leaving #1,520 safety margin. Mine is what you described. 4X4 2500 HD Crew Cab, short bed. My rig is a 38' Forest River Work and Play Toy Hauler. No white knuckles, very stable. I've hualed it thousands of miles. I do have Airlift 500 airbags, they help keep the rear end leveled out. Before you buy a dually, start looking at ones driving down the road. You will seequite a few with the rear fenders banged up. Bank / fast food drive throughs can wreak havoc on a dually. I have repaired more than a few.150Views0likes0CommentsRe: Toy Hauler Pictures
BoonHauler wrote: Turbo, what are you doing to your W&P? I was looking at the W&P line up before I decided to do a ground up build. A lot of that design rubbed off on me. It was a repo, it had been neglected. Basically just peeling off all of the decals, polishing the gel-coat and fixing the broken vent covers. One of the cardboard doors had a broken hinge, the outside faucet head leaked. Ect ect ect, just chasing the little details. http://forums.trailerlife.com/Index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/27440013/gotomsg/27440727.cfm#27440727639Views0likes0Comments
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