UTDez's Build

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Bivouac Moab Fort XL Trailer:











Mods:

Armor
- RCI Metalworks front skid
- All Pro Sliders
- ARB Front Bumper
- Fab Fours rear bumper

Suspension
- Old Man Emu heavy load suspension full kit

Wheels & Tires
- 16" Wheeler's Off Road Steel Wheels
- 265/75/16 BFG All Terrain Ko2's (load range "E")

Exterior
- Roof Rack (2013 steel prototype version by Zscott - PrInSu Designs)
- Rola roof basket w/ extension
- Century Ultra Shell
- Fab Fours 4x4 rear bumper w/ tire swing

Interior
- Weather Tech Floor Liners
- Ritchie Dash Mount Compass
- Sun Altilinq Dash Mount Altimeter

Lights
- ARB Off Road front spots

Other/Misc
- Smittybuilt 12,000lb front winch
- Rack mounted 48" Hi-lift, traction mats, full size shovel
- Bed Rail Mounted Axe, full size shovel, fire extinguisher
- Schumacher 1200 Peak Amp Jump Starter/Portable Power Pack
- Q Industries MV50 Superflow Portable Air Compressor
- Basic Emergency Kit (First Aid Kit, emergency blankets, MRE food bars, water purification tablets, Eton hand crank emergency radio, etc.)
- Misc. Recovery Gear (Hi-Lift lift mate, Hi-Lift off road base, recovery straps)

 

4.6.14: Installed a 6.5' ARB roof mounted awning

 

Rear diff breather mod finished

 

Nice looking setup man!

 

Looks good, ARB awning?

 

Thanks man, much appreciated!

Yes, it's the ARB awning. I love it.

 

A couple pics from some recent trips...

 

Trimmed my rear oem mud flaps. They kept scraping the ground and almost breaking off when off-roading, so hopefully a little better clearance now. Cut them about 4.5".

 

Very nice. I'm wanting to do pretty much exactly what you did with the suspension.

How long have you been running that? Any issues?
Did you keep the overload? TSB?

Thanks!

 

Thanks man!!

Been running this set up for a bit over a year, since July 2013.. Worked out very well, and like it for sure. I'm probably going to upgrade the rear leafs to a heavier duty capacity set up at some point in a year or so, like dakars or all pro expedition leaf packs. I carry alot of weight, both constantly (gas can, shovel, axe, hi-lift, misc gear) and additional weight when on off road trips/camping. But this set up has definitely increased the load handling ten fold from stock. Way better. Not squirrelly & sketchy when loaded.

Have the non-tsb 3 leaf leafs and added the wheelers hd 3-leaf AAL's and the hellwig helper springs. I kept the overload in as well. Stout when driving but not harsh.

Good luck!

 

Added some Armor Tech hi-lift bed mounts. Pics of the installed jack and other bed gear:

 

Just mounted a set of Wheeler's Off Road steelies :

 

A few pics from a trip to the San Rafael Swell in March:

 

A couple shots from a recent camp trip up to the Strawberry Ridge area.. Didn't get into really any remote fun off road areas, but some good poser pics nonetheless! And I got to test out my new ARB awning room w/ floor that attaches to the awning on my roof rack.. Its a great product! Wow.. Had a good place to hang out away from the crazy biting flies and still has good ventilation in it. Ended up using it as my tent as well which was perfect. Was absolutely worth buying it and would recommend to anyone else looking for something like it. Only downside is that of course you need to break it down (along with the awning) if you move the truck for day trips, etc. but only takes about 15 minutes and is very simple. Also has a door inside that zips down to access the rear door of the truck so you can get inside the car from within.

 

Some pics from a trip up to the Skyline Drive area up in the Manti-La Sal National Forest in central UT in August:

 

My attempt at a satoshi style grill. Got an flat black OEM fitted grille with a honeycomb style mesh design off Amazon, painted an FJ Emblem with flat black truck bed coating and installed with 3M double sided auto mounding tape. I think it turned out pretty good. Not nearly as detailed as some of the other members here who are much more skilled than I am but think it adds a cleaner touch. At least for a 1st attempt. Will get to painting the radiator with high temp black paint soon hopefully.

 

Also, about a month ago, had my front Bilstein 5100's raised to .85" (with the Eibach coils have about 2" or slightly more of lift) and added Dakar leaf packs in the rear - props to Kurt & Cruiser Oufitters!! They did a great job. Have about an 1 1/2" of rake which I like, since I carry a lot of weight on camping expeditions and that gets me about leveled out.

Before:



After:

 

Looks good
cant wait for mark miller to get my new bolts and nuts in to mount my 5100 kit on

 

Salt Lake Represent!

That awning enclosure is nice looking.

 

Right on, ya you'll like the set up for sure. Love to see some pics when you get them mounted. What height are you setting the fronts to?

Ya man! SLC reppin' for sure.. Ya I love the ARB awning, it was a great addition. Love your rig man, that's one great lookin truck. Badass!!