Recent content by gunpainter

Your Diamondback cover a SE or HD model? I kicked around the idea of having a rack for a RTT built on the cover, I got the SE model. I figure if I keep all the load bearing portions along the edges of the cover I can get away with exceeding the load rating on a static load by a factor of 2.

This was taken this winter at an overnight trip I did a few hours away with a group of like minded folks. It's a 2012. Heading out for a month long road trip with my daughters here in about 3 weeks. I got a bunch of things to mount on top of that diamondback cover. Underbody service box...

Running a Galaxy Tab S2 in a RAM cupholder mount. For pavement nav I can use my phone as a wifi hotspot and use google maps. For offroad, BackCountry Navigator, and I try to create my GPS tracks for where I want to go ahead of time so they're already prepared when I get to the area.

I downloaded it, it's only $16, and it's a additional tool to help me out if I need it. I with that it showed the areas where dispersed camping is permitted, but that's hit or miss anyway because some states MVUM's show where dispersed camping is permitted, and some states don't. I like having...

Very much enjoyed the photography, and the write ups to this point, looking forward to reading more about your travels. I don't get to start my big trip until the end of May, which can't get here soon enough. Branden

Interesting, I tried to find the measurements but was unable to. Pics do look like there's just as much foot room, but the back seats don't recline. Also don't have to lift the body off the frame to work on the motor. Branden

I've only had my megacab for a little over a year and I don't think i'll ever be able to buy a crew cab anything. At soccer practices I sit in the backseat with my youngest, recline the seat, and watch movies with her. Folding down the back to sleep back there is a definite option as well. I...

I know i'm just adding to the beating of a dead horse here, but i'll do it anyway. I've never owned a jeep, so my thoughts aren't qualified, but i've looked at, and sat in, a few jeeps and here are my notes: I'll take my 21' long couch on wheels anyday. It may not be as capable as a Jeep, but...

When I was a kid we traveled all over the country and Canada in a 1979 Ford Econoline, only ours had a 5 liter gas engine. Dad kept it until 4 or 5 years ago. Darn thing could sit for a year, he'd go out and hookup a jumper pack to it and it'd start right up like it was a daily driver. I had...

Surely the engineers working no the Ram trucks can figure out a way to squeeze the ecoDiesel in the Powerwagon. I've heard the reasons why the cummins can't go in the Powerwagon, but the ecoDiesel is a smaller engine, so surely it could be engineered to fit without sacrificing things like the...

When you re-gear, you keeping the factory LSD in the rear, or you upgrading your diffs while you're in there? Branden

Buddy of mine is telling me that running 37's is a bad idea unless I re-gear to a 4.10 minimum gear, he says it will be too much strain on the driveline. I have 3.73 now, and i'm pretty sure i'd have to do a small lift (3"?) and probly spacers to fit and clear 37's. Is there any reason to run...

Is your front sway bar disconnected? That's a lot of articulation. Are you running an aftermarket suspension? What brand? Branden

i think i'm just gonna have to have one custom made the way I want, for my rambox truck. Want a higher load capacity for a RTT, and 4 people, and i'm not exactly a lightweight. The whole family together is about 650lbs, plus the weight of the RTT, kinda need to have a bare minimum load rating...

I meant along the lines of altered so that it would work with the rambox, which i'm assuming would just be using narrower cross members between the sides. I'm trying to sort out who here in kansas city has the capability to fab one up. I have a few friends with welders, and access to a machine...