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I’m buying my manual Gladiator next couple months. I read the reviews with the ACT or Advanced Clutch Technology and a lot are happy with the replacement. I’m also investing with the ACT as well.
Great question. So far so good. The main side is rack and pinion. They are pretty tuff. The rear shwintec I make sure to sync the motors almost every time I use it. Also we only deploy the slides when we are close to level.
@@SavageTrails Thanks for the info. We are taking our new rig to UJoint Colorado in a couple of weeks. Our old rig didn't have slides. Just curious if there would be any problems we should look out for. Thanks again. We live in FL, maybe we'll run into you some time.
@@SavageTrails well, now I need to go 4x4. I want to do more winter camping to take my family snowboarding all over. And I love how capable your RV is. Heated pipes. TONS of power + solar. Best is that you actually use it. And looks like your family loves it. So pretty much every part is rad.
@@JKLMJoneses thanks soooooo much! Yeah, we use it as much as we possibly can. We do love it. Got a few more mods planned for the future to improve and adapt the rig even more! 4x4 is the key to unlock these things! Any questions please reach out!
Thanks for reaching out!!! Yes, the tires were aired down. 25psi. Main reason we got as far as we did in 2wd. I would like some more sand ladders though
Yes. Trail 11. We also tried to run the blue badge of honor trails. I think it’s called Crawdaddy Butt we’re just ran out of time. We Will be going back again soon! Subscribed to your channel! Thanks for reaching out!
He has a Seneca XT new for 2023 I think. F600 factory 4x4. With factory 2” lift. Took it out stock and got stuck immediately. He shipped it to a company in Texas that re-geared. It did an another 2 inches of lift and 43 inch tires with a super single conversion. No problems anymore Stay tuned. He got it back a day before we went on that trip so we will be doing a dedicated video to his rig with past video when he was coming up.
My rig is heavy. But don’t forget that most items on here were replaced stock items. I may have added a lot but not at much as it seems. However I did get customs springs for my weight and I upgraded to F550 brakes
@@SavageTrailsis the axle on these capable if that extra added weight? I am looking into a weldtec lift as i am too low and need about 400lbs more capacity.
Should be good on the rear axle. I’ve checked every ID tag on it and even went to a few axel rearing shops and no one can fully identify it. We know it’s either 70 HD or 80. From what I’m told it’s. Which case I am right there. That’s also why I went with the hybrid, all-terrain mud train tires When I went over the scales ordering my springs and having a nice safety margin I didn’t like the numbers on the AT. These Toyo RT trails gave me just enough without going to a mud train.
Hey man, nice rig! Any thoughts on towing with this set up? I’m a fan of the Ford chassis class Cs but would ideally like to be able to comfortably tow one of my Jeeps behind it (either on a trailer or flat towing). I’m wondering if the right answer is to just go the Super C route.
Thanks for reaching out! So far very very happy with the 7.3 gasser. I was always a mopar guy and last setup was a ram 2500 6.4 hemi towing a 8500lbs travel trailer. Give of the motorhome is more and the 7.3 pulls WAY better. I flat tow our jeep gladiator and been up and down the east coast in the mountains. I’ll have it floored on long pulls but it never looses speed. So far on any highway it will do 65-70 and hold at the worst. Our c class has one of the highest tow ratings at 7500. It will do that with no problems. My rig is super heavy with the mods and I haven’t regeared yet after going up in tire size and still does great. Both of my friend went super c for more towing (freightliner and f600 chassis) but are 4x4 and go on the beach with me but both of them had to work way way harder to get it to work off-road then I did not to mention price. Depends on priorities and budget. Pros and cons.
How has the interior held up to off road use? It seems from your videos all of your off roading is done on the beach. Have you taken it out on any Forest Service roads or other rough dirt roads? As far as I can tell, you are the only person on YT posting owner videos of their 4x4 Class C.
Thank you so much! Actually main reason we started the channel. When I was in the planning stage and wait list for my conversion I was looking everywhere for real world 4x4 c class stuff. Yeah, we mainly built it for the beach. But we have don’t some rough roads, curb jumps and such. Probably not as your thinking but it’s holding up very well. We have our issues but they all do. Next summer we are heading west to Moab and will be doing some exploring then as well as some BLM land exploration. We will see how she does! Thanks again so much for reaching out!
I think I kept the same length the screws I just went with a thicker screw gave it better bite, and less chance of breaking in the future. I also sprung for stainless.
