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I need to do an update on the trailer! I’ll be sure to do that soon! I will be getting back into putting out videos real soon. Have a had a lot going on lately and haven’t got to focus on spending time on videos, but they are coming!
33x12.50 on a 15x8 wheel and 3.75” backspace is what I’d recommend for this lift. But if you want to do a little cutting and trimming a 35 will fit on the same wheel.
I like the idea of leaving the gas tank and pump and having onboard fuel for the towing vehicle, or a tongue generator. Maybe just from the output to a long 3/8 fuel line with a valve. And have a drill battery connection to run the pump.
I actually considered this when building this trailer. I determined it to be unnecessary during the build process. I have traveled all over the country and never had an issue with not having enough fuel, and I do have a 5 gallon Jerry can on my back bumper on longer trips for just in case. While it would be cool to have the additional 18 gallon tank, I decided it wouldn’t be worth the extra weight as I was trying to keep this trailer as light as possible while still being supper well built. I’ve since taken this trailer all over on mountain passes, pretty gnarly forest service roads etc and having it as light as I was able to get it is a huge benefit
After quite a few trips now using this trailer I think I am going to add a water tank under the center of the trailer tho as to have onboard water. I thought about cleaning the gas tank and using it for this but didn’t really feel the steel tank would be ideal. Plus I’d rather have any kind of sloshing liquid be located in the center of the trailer.
@@WhateverWithWheels thank you for the extra insight! I find myself running low on fuel on 10 day+ elk hunting trips in Colorado on the fire roads. Plus sometimes we go camping locally and bring a generator. My wife will drive the Tesla separately and the kids have run out of battery sitting in it and running the heat/playing games on the consul.
Found a couple of these I am going to look at this weekend. Looked into the regular utility trailer idea, then a van, camper, etc., for what I am looking to do I think an old F150 long bed will suit me just fine. Awesome, will definitely follow the build, maybe confiscate some ideas. Thanks for the vidz so far.
Awesome! A utility bed was a thought for me. Maybe a future project? Haha it would have to be a mini truck size tho. A full size bed is much to big for the trails I take this thing down
@@WhateverWithWheels, mine will be used for camping and fishing. Not much for off roading type stuff. It will be used as a camper mainly, an awning, etc., so It can park it and still have truck functionality, vice having to pack up camp every time I need to go get something. Cool, and thanks again!
Do you have any highway sway issues when empty, after the suspension and wheel upgrades? I just got a 78 Chevy Luv trailer i plan on doing this to. I know its a weight issue, but i am hoping this would fix the sway when driving faster that 55 when empty.
Absolutely zero issue with mine. I built the tongue on it heavy as to make the tongue weight right when empty. Most of the time the sway comes from having to much weight behind the axle. Be sure to make your tongue long enough and have enough weight on the tongue when empty and you shouldn’t have an issue.
Typically added music is used for two things. Firstly to keep people engaged in the video as long silence has shown to make people click off of the video. Secondly to cover up the copyrighted background music I had playing in the shop as to not have the video taken down by a copyright strike. I will admit the music in this video wound up being much louder than what I normally shoot for. Everyone has different music taste and in a shop style video an aggressive rock music appeals to more of the target audience than other genres. If it’s not your cup of tea I apologize.
Yessir, it’s crazy how much variance you can see in OEM part reliability! This car ate a lifter not long after this at 91k miles so it’s now got a healthy cam and several other goodies. I need to do an update video on this car haha
Great video! Love it that you and your Pop are working together. I've been looking into the IRO 5.5 long arm kit and that's what brought me to your video. Thanks! The Jeeps look great! You've got my subscription & 👍
Sweet rig. I bought a 97 ZJ laredo with the 4.0 as my first car. It already had a 3 inch lift via spacers and 31in tires. Your zj is a Sterling example of the plans I have for mine.
Well, it was stupid cold and didn’t want to sweat if possible haha took less effort to just pendulum it across with the winch line! Worked out pretty well!
How bigga lift on that zj. How bigga the tires? They 35’s? Some more jeep details please. 4.0 i can tell by the sound. Youre a good friend fixing your buddies shit for him.
Yessir. I am quite fortunate. I grew up with him teaching me about rock crawling and wanting to be just like him, and now I’ve drug him over to the overlanding side of things and he wants to be just like me hahaha kidding of course.. but not really..
I just got a 1979 Toyota short bed trailer. I had seen your video before and I thought it looked bad ass. Just the way it sits. As a Toyota 4runner 3rd gen enthusiasts I salute your work !!! Did you just change the location of the shocks or did you also changed the springs?
Thanks! Yeah all I did when I flipped the axle was put the plates on the top instead of the bottom and got slightly shorter shocks! Has worked out great so far!
Hey I have a 98 grand cherokee limited 5.2ltr that is blowing a nasty mist out the defrost that makes it look as if I've hot boxed it in no time & does not defrost the windows.. No leaks from heater core & both hoses running in & out are equally warm. AC has never worked since I bought it. Replaced the blower resister but defrost spray has made it so I can't drive it & I need it. Any suggestions would be beyond appreciated!
Yeah they did. Haha basically cut it off at the cab and left everything hanging! Interesting what people will do. It was just used to pull stuff around the guys field tho so I guess I get it haha the truck was wrecked and they wanted to use what they had left. It’s a whole new trailer now tho! Hope you watched through the series! I will have another video on this coming soon as well.
I should have another part to this series coming out soon! It is “done” to the point of being able to use it and it’s been great! I am about to add some additional stuff to the trailer as well so there should be more updates coming!
My family and I have taken the trip from Fort Worth TX to White Rock mountain around 10 times over the years. It's one of our favorite places to go to. This past summer I finally bought a 4runner so I can go down all of the trails that I've seen. We're heading up there next month for Thanksgiving break to camp. Thanks for the video. Definitely has me looking forward to getting off the pavement..
We used the stock drive shafts on this jeep! anything over 5.5” I would recommend a skip yolk eliminator and new rear shaft with a double Carson joint. It’s not a bad idea to do that with this 5.5” kit as well but you can get away with the stock one!
Becasue there wasn’t a need to. Nothing hits them so I just left them there. At this point if I ever wanted to in the future it could have a factory arm bolted back under it and the long arm swapped to another jeep if I wanted to. That will likely not happen but figured I’d leave them just in case!
