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Very nicely done. As I start back to working on my trailer build this spring I'm likely going to be shooting you a message to get more details on you tent lift. It looks really well done and I'd love to be able to keep things down low while on the road, but still be able to raise it up so that...

The fifth tpms slot is for the spare tire. Not sure how the vehicle would act if a TPMS sensor was tied to the vehicle but not present such as driving the 4Runner without the trailer attached.

Thanks for the kind words and encouragement guys. It’s really appreciated. I made the trek to my buddy’s place in Wyoming yesterday with out any incident. I even passed a pair of Sheriff’s Deputies that were pulled over talking to each other on the side of the road. No lights, no plates, no...

Of course, you can't do all of that work and not get some poser shots. I mean, I guess you could, but then what's the point? LOL That's all for now. Tomorrow afternoon the trailer will make it's maiden trip from Idaho down to my buddy's place in Wyoming. I hope that the bad weather we are...

With both sets of brackets for the two trailing arms located and welded into place I went about adjusting the trailing arm joints so that the trailing arms were: 1) parallel to the frame rails, and 2) the same length from the center of the outer bolt to the end of the trailing arm. I do admit...

With that out of the way. I turned my attention to the camber adjustment plates. With this suspension design I have built in the provision to adjust for toe in/out as well as camber. Adjusting the tow is simple accomplished by unbolting the trailing arm and then screwing the trailing arm joint...

2-22-2018 Work Report This build is finally starting to get some traction again. With that said I must warn you that I'm in the middle of moving from Idaho to Utah and I'm starting a new job on March 13th. Lucky for me my new job has me working alternating shifts of either three or four days...

Thanks ottsville! With any luck I can get some more work done either Tuesday night or Wednesday night. Fingers crossed.

Thanks stomperxj! It's good to see some movement on this again. It's going to be slow going for a bit still, but progress is progress. For the laser cutting, I used Premier Powder Coating and Custom Fabrication here in Rexburg. For any laser cutting or for anything that you outsource I would...

Life continues to change for me, but it's getting better every day. The suspension brackets that I had been waiting for the machinist to work on for me got trashed. I had asked that they be CNC machined, but the machinist that was going to do them for me handed the project off to one of our...

Thanks indiedog. I was actually going to check with the machinist today, but he was real busy and the wrong people were hanging around the machining area so I though I had better not bug him today. This will get going again, even if it takes a little bit still to get the brackets completed.

In case you're wondering this project isn't dead. I just went back and talked to the machinist here at work about getting the outer suspension brackets machined. It looks like he'll get them done in the next week or two at this point. He's had the brackets and the drawing since my last post in...

One More Step Forward After being gone for the weekend I stopped into the office to grab some papers and I found a pleasant surprise waiting for me on my desk. The machinist at work finally had time to machine the bolt holes in the inner brackets for the trailing arms!!! This is...

Sorry about that, I'm usually pretty good at attaching the link in my posts. You can follow this link and then select whether you want red, amber or even white light. I've ordered all three in the ten pack. 3/4" LED Marker Lights These came from China so the shipping time takes a while. I've...

It's the Little Things Yes, it's the little things that seem to take the most time.Today I spent some time knocking the rust off of the trailer project and then hitting it with some self etching primer. This is just an effort to slow down the development of any future rust while I work on the...

Looks like it will be a great build. What are the dimensions of the trailer box as it sits right now?

My 10 gallon water tank arrived. I'm actually going to be running two of these tanks, but I wanted to get one of them so that I could verify that the tanks would fit where I'm planning. One of the planned advantages of running two tanks is reduced amount of sloshing compared to having one...

Yeah, they've got some great products and pricing. I've used them as a supplier before and I've always had a good transaction with them.

Gathering more and more parts all the time. Today I ordered up the tabs that I'm going to be using to attach the main box to the trailer frame. Previously I had mentioned using some body mount tabs from A&A. Yeah, I forgot about them and ordered some 90 degree Trick Tabs from TabZone. Honestly I...

Yesterday I was researching different awning ideas. Ideally I would like to have an awning that extends over the passenger side of the trailer to cover the kitchen area. In looking at things I've considered building my own version of a Hannibal awning. The nice thing about this design is...