Alabama thread!

Morning everyone! Gettin swoll

 

Good luck!!!

 

How much do you have into just the trailer. Without the tent and all the goodies? It looks great.

 

Several bad reviews on Amazon for that item.

 

I have this one. Keep it in the truck in place of jumper cables.

 

Anybody want to plan a wheeling trip over the Holidays? Sat the 29th would be a good day. Maybe go somewhere new like Hawk's Pride?

 

Oh you poor auburn fan

 

We are gunna go to the sipsy falls, desoto falls, little river that weekend for some family fun stuff.

 

Without the tent and outfitting inside probably around 2K. The biggest expense was a local welding shop fabricating the fenders, installing shocks and stabilizer legs and then the costs for the linear actuators. I built the frame for the tent and welded/installed it myself. All the other items (12v wiring, water tank, hot water shower, deep charge batteries, solar controller, inverter, Tepui Ruggedized Kukenam tent (got a good deal on that during a Tacoma World buy and it only cost me $1400, they are listing for $2,700 now), fridge, etc account for the rest of the expenses and I don't tend to buy cheap shit that I might be dissatisfied with later. Too bad Jernyman wasn't around at the time, he probably could have made some fenders for me that were a lot cheaper. On the other hand, the ones made for me locally are super strong and very well made so I don't really have any major complaints. I got the trailer because even with heavy duty rear springs it was like taking a lumbering whale on the road with the tent on top of the shell and everything else inside the bed. I'm not getting rid of my shell because I like being able to have a bit more security for keeping things in the back but eventually if I get a larger shop instead of a garage I will be able to take the shell off and use bed bars instead depending on the type of trip I plan to take.

Your biggest considerations needs to be weight. The lighter you go the less concern about pulling the trailer along with you. Needless to say I am working on reducing weight. Keep track of everything you add to see what your final figures are. They have a scale out in Harvest that I have weighed my truck/trailer on over the years. I've made two trips already (Moab and Colorado) with all this plus more gear and had no issues with the truck on the road but I could do better. Still think I need heavier duty Dakars though. The Icons on the front are adjusted all the way to the top and the truck is just barely level. My existing rear leafs (bought from AllPro before there reputation went under) may be starting to lose some of their lift.

Here are some stats I comprised over time:

Items Removed - Front OEM Bumper - 30lbs- Rear OEM Bumper and Tow Package - 91lbs
- Stock Battery - 50lbs
- Stock shocks front and rear - 30lbs
- Stock rear springs - 100lbs
Total - 301lbs

Items Added On (normal drives around town)
- Leer Shell with Wilderness Package - 200lbs
- Icon Stage 3 coil overs and rear shocks - 100lbs
- AllPro Expedition Springs - 150lbs
- UWS Box (in back of truck with prepper gear) - 80lbs
- Dual Battery Install (third deep charge behind back seat) - 189lbs
- Relays and Wiring - 20lbs
- Relentless Aluminum Front Bumper with Predator Bars - 75lbs
- Winch - 60lbs
- CBI Rear Bumper - 131lbs
- CBI Swing Gate - 69lbs
- Spare tire - 70lbs
- Aluminum box with off-road gear on swing gate - 35lbs
- Hi-lift jack in bed - 30lbs
- Sliders (4X Innovations) - 100lbs
- Relentless skids (two steel, one aluminum) - 75lbs
- Baja Rack/Shovel/Axe Mount/MaxTrax mount - 35lbs
Total - 1,419lbs (1,118lbs after subtracting items removed)

Other Items
285/70/R17's Falken Wildpeak AT3s (33s)

Trailer Minimum Weights without Any Gear
· Trailer - 550 lbs
· Tepui Tent - 160 lbs
· Tent frame - 100lbs
· Trailer cover (8x2 boards and plywood top) - 75 lbs
· Fenders/Tailgate - 150 lbs
· Tongue box - 34 lbs
· Lock 'N' Roll® 3 axis off road coupler - 30 lbs
· Spare tire carrier/tire - 100 lbs
· Sun X-Tender PVX-1040T deep charge batteries/housing (3) - 225 lbs
· Inverter - 17 lbs
· MT5 Solar Regulator with 2 Meters Cable - 10 lbs
· MPPT TRACER 3215RN Solar Controller - 2 lbs
· Linear actuators/brackets/control box - 15 lbs
· Stabilizer legs - 40 lbs
· Fridge Slide - 30 lbs
· Water tank (not filled) - 10 lbs
· NATO cans/brackets without gas - 15 lbs
· Propane tanks/holders with gas (2) - 56 lbs
· Hot water heater and accessories - 15 lbs
· Canvas awning metal fabrication - 30 lbs

Actual Weight - 1,320 lbs

Additional Weights

• Tepui Annex/Awning (5/10) - 15 lbs
• Refrigerator (21" W x 28 D x 18.5" H) - 62 lbs
• Solar panels - 50 lbs
• Water Tank filled (28.5 gallon) - 238 lbs
• Camp Chef stove and griddle - 60 lbs
• NATO cans filled with gas - 65 lbs
• Tools/towing gear/accessories - 50 lbs
• Kitchen/Stove Container - 20 lbs (est)
• Tools/towing gear/accessories - 50 lbs
• $27 Smittybilt 2744 Smittybilt 17600 lb. Snatch Block - 2744
  Smittybilt 2744 Universal Snatch Block - 5 lbs
• ARB ARB730US 3" x 10' Tree Strap Saver - 3 lbs
• ARB Orange Speedy Seal Tire Repair Kit - 2 lbs
• Powerfilm RA-9 Charge Controller - 2 lbs
• Powerfilm RA-6 Daisy Chain - 2 lbs
• PowerFilm RA-7 15' Extension Cord - 7 lbs
• Yellow Jacket 2805 10/3 Heavy-Duty 15-Amp extension cord - 10 lbs
• Canvas awnings - 60 lbs
• 12 Volt Fan - 5 lbs
• Whynter 62-Quart Refrigerator/Freezer and cover - 30 lbs
• Portable Shower Changing Tent - 5 lbs

Total Weight - 1,753 lbs

- Gasoline weighs 6.25 lb per gallon. Water weighs 8.35 lb per gallon.

 

I have a trip planned with the Alabama Zuks/Yotas crew that weekend at Hawk Pride but will ride with you what ever day you will be there.

 

You gonna be there all weekend or what? In the Sami or truck?

 

Not sure if it will be all weekend yet but I will be there what ever day you want to ride.
The Down South Zuk'n crew are the people I am riding with so I will be in the Samurai.

 

Wow thats alot of really awesome info. I have a feeling when i start building this thing im gunna be chatting with you @POOLGUY and @Jerneyman alot about stuff. Thank you.

 

Yeah, you start adding up all these mods and the weights and it goes up pretty quick.

 

I need to add just my truck up. I know its alot ive put on it.

 

Here is one for Febuary if you want to go too, at Hale Mountain

 

Found my noise maker

 

Looks good to me...