JLink's Build

I was planning on waiting till I get my go fast camper, then weigh the truck and get custom deaver leaf springs. But, after thinking about it, and seeing just how shitty my all pro expos are holding up, I decided to order deaver stage 3 leaf packs yesterday from headstrong Offroad. They’re designed for an additional 700-1000 lbs in the bed.
My weights are: (approx)
300 lbs- CBI rear bumper (according to their website) and I’m thinking the spare tire weighs about what the stock spare, hitch, and bumper weighed so they cancel out.
100lbs- tools and spare parts

So I’m obviously way underweight right now, but soon I’ll have:

250 lbs- Go Fast Camper

So that puts me close to the low end on the stage 3 leaf packs, plus on trips I’ll have the arb fridge, yeti cooler full of beer, cooking and camping gear, so maybe another 150 lbs?

I’m also really interested in a drawer system, but don’t want to build my own and have to worry about plywood getting wet, so I’m looking at the decked drawers, which according to their website, weigh 230 lbs.

With all of that I might have a hard time staying under the 1000 lbs max for those leaf springs.

 

I really like the decked system myself

 

I like the idea of drawers for storage and a flat deck on top. I’m just worried about the weight.

 

Same here... specially because I want to eventually put the fridge in the back and it most likely not work with the lower profile rtt/bed rack I have.

 

Swap it out for one of the dual zone sideways opening jobbies. Cold beer and icy cold liquor FTW

 

Yea I’m not thrilled about needing a $450 fridge slide with tilt to be able to see in the fridge.

 

$450 for a plate and a couple of gas shocks, it doesn't even have the word overland in the description

 

Some Juan oughta get a vijeo of how they operate. For research purposes.

 

Actually when I googled the rack, there are no shocks even involved. They just have a pin lock that allows the front to pivot down. It would be very easy to make your own. Maybe @Nimble9 can add to list of products for us east coast folks

 

If you don’t DIY that I’m unsubbing this build.

 

I like the ones that slide then drop keeping the fridge still leveled.... but not happy on any of the prices I've seen

 

Even more lute

 

Why don’t you try it and let me know what you come up with?

Next time you need a room painted you can hire me




Exactly why I don’t want to diy- this looks like a huge pain in the ass compared to grabbing a strap and pulling. - https://youtu.be/iN2drvGQdDQ

https://youtu.be/Z_drvReuvvo

 

Those prices

You have a truck bed. Just carry a $10 step stool

 

Haha it’s possible to make one. Ideally modular to fit many fridges.

Edit: Ali-cab’s prices are so insanely inflated. Their wood box is $1k and very small.

 

Step stool won’t help. Can’t open the fridge (when it’s sitting on a drawer system) while in the bed (under the go fast camper). Only way would be for the fridge to slide out over the tailgate, and at that point it might as well tilt down so you don’t need a step stool.

 

those DIY fridge slides look like a fun project, now that i've researched them more

 

I swapped out my 8 year old all pro expos for some deaver stage 3 leaf packs yesterday. I didn’t realize how bad they were till I removed them, and now the truck is so much quieter.

Broke the front bolt on the driver side and had to run out for some new bolts. They ended up being too big for the hanger holes so I had to drill them out. Had to cut a step bit to shorten it so I wouldn’t drill a hole in my new fuel tank by accident.

Then I swapped out the bolt on the passenger side so they would both be new, but since I had already installed the leaf spring on that side it was hard to get it lined back up while bolted to the axle. I tried a tip I saw recently about lining stuff up. I used a ratchet strap around a slider leg and the axle and used that and a pry bar to pull the front eye into the hanger and line it up. Worked great.

Still waiting for new u bolts, but I wanted to get the leaf packs in and I figure replacing the u bolts won’t be too bad when they get here.

Oh and I found my driver side bump stop hardware had rusted out and I would’ve lost the bump stop soon. Luckily I still had a spare from the last time I lost one and timbren warrantied it by sending me a whole new set.

I need to work on the exhaust soon. The y pipe is bandaged with a piece of duct work and hose clamps, and the muffler is missing 1 hanger and is ready to brake the other hanger.
Been holding off to try to decide if I want to do headers while I’m at it... but I’m thinking I’ll just do a new y pipe and cat back system.

 

Sold my softtopper yesterday.

Trying to sell my 50” curved LED light bar.

 

Too many words, not enough pictures for us tards. Loving that you are giving the truck love!