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Thanks for the reply. When Don Beni, the shop owner in La Paz, saw how the cross member was made he told me that the forged aluminum was strong enough but that the design was bad - it should have been boxed the whole way. I am certain you've remedied that particular weakness in design...

So AWESOME... please continue to mutate.

Greetings, I have one of the last flatbeds that XPCamper made before they went out of business. I love the flatbed (I have a FWC Hawk camper mounted onto mine), unfortunately, mine was made with forged aluminum cross members that the two longitudnal flatbed frame rails rest on. To make...

Do you have the "legendary" 7.3L diesel? I bought a brand new one in 2003, the last year of them- supposedly all figured out and bullet proof. Except it destroyed an alternator and left me stranded on the beach in Pismo two years into owning it and I had to drive around with a Cam Positioning...

I own a FWC Hawk flatbed - and I really, really liked the Hallmark flatbed... it was just too expensive for me. My flatbed camper was 37k out the door with all the options that I wanted... the Hallmark version was easily past 50k. It was just too much for even this foolish spender. I also wanted...

Heck yeah... applies to both of you crazy builders... I gotta live vicariously through you guys since my building days are done (I just fix stuff that breaks now)... love watching them come together, I learn a lot and will poach good ideas.

Do you have a timeline on your flatbed build? Would love to see the progress.

I have a 2017 6.2 I really like it. We did a moto race at Buttonwillow and I went up the grape vine with a moto trailer (3 rail, two CB350s) and fully loaded camper at 80... pretty much enough for me. Now if I was pulling a big trailer - diesel for sure! Oh yeah - it LOVES gas, 10 - 11mpg with...

You know, something interesting - I haven't had any problems with my furnace. I guess I got lucky (knock on wood, now probably cursing myself to a deluge of heater problems). I have 200watts of solar I installed on top of the camper - it's worked well and again, I seem to be the exception but...

Here's a pic of the gas can and jack mounted - you might make a similar rack and mount your tire to it. The trapezoid of aluminum diamond plate is there to protect the back of the camper from getting donkey punched by the handlebar of my dirt bike when you're on a bumpy road. You can see it's...

Yeah! That thing is going to be killer. As you know, I have a Hawk flatbed - you mentioned wanting the cassette toilet. I HIGHLY endorse that decision. I use the toilet ALL the time - yes it's weird taking a dump in the middle of your kitchen but I have to tell you - the design of that toilet...

I had visions of scissor jacks, 4x4 wood beams and chains going through my head when I saw that torn metal! You know how it is down there - bring the spare parts because all though they CAN fix it, getting the right part is the challenge. And unless you want your Ford mated to a Chevy through a...

"Even without beadlocks you should be able to air down to 10'ish psi for even better sand performance. Just don't roll the tire on quick/sharp turns, so that you won't lose the outer bead. Snow guys are running as low as 2.5psi without losing a bead(until they hit an ice berm)." Dang... down...

I liked the Alumline flatbeds because that company has been building them for a long time and has the experience regarding mounting them to the frame of the truck. Gonna be cool to see yours when it's done - I've got an unnatural love for flatbeds now. I'm talking flatbeds without campers - just...

Yes- Baja will break everything, it is a LEGIT test for the ability and durability of your vehicle. This is why the Baja 1000 is such a respected race, it eats vehicles alive. This is just something that you have to know before you start spending any serious time down there. Especially if you...

hahahaha yep! 142" on the wheel base according to google search - able to swing it into any Starbucks parking lot where I hang out with all the overlanders and their skottles. Build that Beast already.... we're all waiting to see it get the Kmoto treatment!!!!

I got my flatbed built by XPCamper probably one of the few completed before they went out of business. I like the looks of the Norweld trays or the flatbeds made by Adventure Trailer in Prescott. At the time, XP was able to give me everything that I wanted - especially the 6' slide out storage...

YES! Absolutely love Reg. Cab. flatbeds - yours is UNREAL and looks so cool. The short wheel base makes them so much more nimble than the big CC versions - I had a 2003 7.3 CC LB and that thing was HUGE. I've got an F350 with Hawk and have done 30k Baja miles with it (truck isn't daily driver...

Curious if you ever sold these leaf springs - I've got an 2017 F350 not sure they'd fit.