FWP Fab Locked Longbed Project & Rubbishery

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Didn't you get new wheels recently?

 

You have the Tundra/ Sequoia split 5's on the camper?

 

Yes sir! And a matching spare to boot! Need to paint them blue now though...

 

I have those wheels on the truck and just put a set on the camper. The camper has a Dexter axel with 5 lug hubs. I used the 5-6 lug adapters and they work but the adapters aren't hubcentric. How did you get yours to fit?

 

The axle that was on the trailer originally was 4 lug with tires not rated to travel over 55mph. So i ripped that out and bought a custom length axle from southwest wheel and tire with matching 6x5.5 lug pattern. Im about to swap the hubs out for ones with brakes. Wish i would have got them originally but they were less than $200 new. And from the videos that ive seen it should be an easy swap.

If you dont run brakes i can sell you mine for cheap! Mine is also a Dexter so as long as 4 bolts are mounting the hub you will be good.

Less than 1000 miles on them...

 

Yeah, 3.5BS matte black, all 5 are the same color

 

I'm going to try and tow it first but if I feel any vibrations I'm just going to order some new hubs and spacers if need be. Why brakes that can't weigh that much. I'm at about 1300 pounds now after some mods and fab work but no brakes. If I get brakes then it has to be inspected every year here

 

Man i honestly feel it when im braking. Between the weight of my truck and that trailer i could use the help. Probably need up upgrade the calipers on my truck also.

 

I'm still not feeling the camper that much when brakeing but when I need brakes i think i'm going to do the T4r big brake upgrade on the truck

 

Your thread is a wasteland of broken picture links

 

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yeah i know... ill get to it eventually. Stupid Flickr was bought out and now there is a limit on how many pictures you can have up... I was over the limit so they deleted them.

 

Do you also have 33" tires?

there are other benefits to having brakes on the trailer, if you are going down a steep long hill you can use the trailer brakes more so you are not burning up the truck brakes. Also nice if you get any trailer sway you can manually hit the brakes and it will straighten out. Not that i ever see the 2nd happening but i can see the 1st coming in handy!

 

No, right now it has 265/65/17's on it and will most likely stay that size. The original goal had been for 33's and the same tires on the truck and camper so I could rotate them all together. If I go any higher it'll make the pull out kitchen too high.

 

Hey dude. Heard back from scs?

 

Yes sir... i have a tracking number for 2 more wheels coming. Tracking shows they will be here monday the 8th. They are also paying for return shipping on the 2 mismatched wheels.

Trying to get them to knock more than $40 off for "blemished" wheels... My argument is that these are not blemished, the simply do not match. If they were to try to resale them they would knowingly be sending the wrong color wheel.

If i keep the 2 lighter color wheels then i would mount them on my trailer and that would be sick!! Right now they are wanting $420 for them...

 

What model is that trailer? I took a quick look at a youtube video and they look pretty small..

 

Taxa Tiger Moth. They are pretty small which is why we ot it. We were looking at tear drops but due to the shape this one gives you sitting room. When the bench is slid over to make the bed the whole inside turns into a queen/ full size bed. It has AC but can only be used if we have it hooked up to a generator or shore power, No inside bathroom so we got a green elephant, and the kitchen is the 4 ft pull out in the rear. Look at the pics in my camper build in my sig. The OP has a ton of stock pics the day we got it and the mods are pretty mild until I think page 24 when i get into fun stuff. Extending the tongue and installing a lock n roll, relcting and fabbing a spare tire carrier, widenng the frame in the front, building a box to house the fridge and for storage, solar and batteries, lift kit, and adapting the Tundra wheels. I've done a bunch of welding and fab work, career wise, so this has been a fun project.

 

Yeah i know what you mean! My trailer has been a really fun project and i love having it. Still have lots of work to go on it also!

Ill check out your build and see if i can find any inspiration...