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Thanks for all the Kudos guys.To start with I live in Tampa FL. I think there are alot of Florida people on here because we have to do alot of travelling to find good off-road trails.
I don't know exactly where the fiberglass pole and retainers came from. When I had the tonneau cover made the canvas builder included it. But it looks exactly like the parts from west marine that njtaco found. The guy who made the Tonneau cover for me also did boat canvas so it would make perfect sense.
The shocks that hold the top up are just some off the self parts from Auto zone. I had to buy numerous styles and pressures until I found two that would hold the weight.
I am still running the orginal axle, I just rubuilt it with new bearings, retaining nuts, and shocks.
The wheels are just an older style American Racing wheel. I don't even know if they still make them anymore. The old military wheels were hub centric and required a flat lug nut to hold the wheels on. These wheels are lug centric so I just replaced the lugs with the conical style to center the wheel. They are 5X 5.5 bolt pattern just like the CJ.
The tongue. I removed the orginal landing leg and pintle assembly which left the two C channel pieces of frame work that come to a point with exactly enough space in between them to allow the reciever tube. The tubing extends approximately 16" back from the front of the C channel, then approximtely 2.5ft beyond the C channel. I don't remember all of the exact measurements right now. I then sandwiched the end of the tubing between to pieces of 1/4 inch by 2inch flat stock steel. I also did that at the front of the C channel. Then I drilled a very large hole to put the very large bolt thru like the stock Pintle landing leg system. So I didnt collapse the C channel with the giant bolt when I tightened it down I had to weld two angled pieces on the reciever tubing for support. I don'd know if I explained it very well but it was actually very simple to build and so far has been very stong. The only thing I would have changed if I was to do it again is I would run the tubing all the way to the back of the frame so I could use it as a very solid mount for pulling myself out of stuff backwards. I have a small reciever tube on the back now, but would not use it for anything more then holding a bike rack.
As far as the lid goes, right now it really does'nt latch. The weight of the tent and frame hold it down fine when going down the road, but to make sure it does not go anywhere I just throw on two ratchet straps from one side of the box to the other. Not the cleanest method, but it works.
