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Re: Rerigging my rig, looking for suggestion
I'd have to cut the frame to change the deck, and i also use it for a sled rig in the winter so I like the length. I have a set of steps from the old camper that I can bolt onto the frame. I think I'm gonna experiment with the steps off and see how I can modify the plumbing and the gen exhaust.288Views0likes0CommentsRe: Rerigging my rig, looking for suggestion
opnspaces wrote: Don't have a suggestion, but I do love the kids jeep next to the adults jeep in the trailer. Pictures like that just bring up good memories of my kids when they were young. Also your first two pictures are very large and make reading the post difficult. can you resize them smaller? If you click the reply button on this post you can see where I added height=480 to resize smaller. Just edit your original post and add the height=480 and they will resize. Ha thanks I alway forogt to do that when posting in my phone. I think the small jeeps got used more on that trip lol288Views0likes0CommentsRerigging my rig, looking for suggestion
I'm using a 09 f550 cc with a 12ft deck to haul around my old camper and my jeep for offroad fun. Now tbat our family's growing we upsize to a bigger camper. I'm just looking for tips on how to position it on my rig. The old camper I took off the bumper and had it slide up to almost the front of my deck (had a slip tank in front) but with the new rig the steps, plumbing and exhaust for the Gen kinda stop me from moving the unit much further ahead. I don't mind the over hang, its nice to have that deck space for other stuff, and when I bought the camper I was giving a a torklift hitch extension. So I was looking at having a welder just attach another tube to my already beefy hitch on the truck. The center of gravity sticker is about 10"behind my axle. I did drive the unit back a couple hundred km through some hilly areas and I did notice more movement then our old camper, but I wouldnt say it was a ton.1.9KViews0likes8CommentsRe: Almost finished my build, need help finishing up
ticki2 wrote: If you could make an attaching point to the front jack mount the tiedown would clear the boxes . In the rear add a new mount behind the skirt . Folks are always talking about the camper COG and it's relation the the rear axle , which is important but not the full story . Especially on a flatbed , where there is a lot of storage , where you load the heavy items can change everything . The overall COG of the truck and camper combo is the most important . Generally , if you a r e adding weight to the front axle when fully loaded you are OK . The wild cards are the holding tanks and in your case the aux gas tank which will not remain constant . Hmm that is another option for sure. I may do a combination of moving the front mount forward and removing the bumper to move the camper forward. I have the equivalent to the torklift anchor relocate kit that I could use to extend the mounts. It may leave the tie downs going straight up and down which isn't ideal.487Views0likes0CommentsRe: Almost finished my build, need help finishing up
I wasn't planning much weight for the boxes, mainly my chairs and mat's etc, but I'll go looking around tomorrow how much work it will be to change out the plumbing to scoot the camper forward. I can probably handle losing a foot or so to save couple g. It's mainly the way it is now cuz we wanted to get out camping right away as we didn't get the truck till mid July, now I got time to get it right for next year's camping Either way the way the deck is built the headache rack has sides that stops it from touching the cab, so my slip tank will alway have room, my future addition might not have as much room lol487Views0likes0CommentsRe: Almost finished my build, need help finishing up
Id have to use all the tool boxes for fuel to make up for my slip tank lol. Moving it forward also leaves alot of deck space behind the camper that I don't know how I'd utizile. If the cog sticker on the camper is right on the axle, then shouldn't it be fine? Or is there something I'm missing? I'd most likely change plumbing around rather then cut a hole in the deck. Good thinking about something to keep it from going forward. The wood is mainly to get it high enough to clear the headache rack and line it up. So far it's done a good job of keeping it in place tho. I did look into running the ties inside the boxes, but it uses up so much room that it wouldn't be worth the hassle487Views0likes0CommentsRe: Almost finished my build, need help finishing up
was thinking of mounting similar to this. I'd I move the camper any further forward I'd have to remove the build on bumper and change around the sewage dump and the water tank drain as it would be pointing into the deck. I originally was gonna have it forward more but didn't want to mess with the plumbing, and since the center of gravity was over the axle I left it. I'm the future when kid 2 comes I'm also thinking of building a bunk house in front and removing the cab window and making a little door ha487Views0likes0CommentsRe: Almost finished my build, need help finishing up
sounds like my concerns about that hitch were correct. The truck also had a 5th plate welded on so maybe that hitch was mostly for show. Safest bet would be for me to look into the torklift setup, just so hard to stomach the 2000$ bill its gonna be487Views0likes0Comments
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