D3 Offroad is a husband and wife, into anything that gets us outside on a trail! SXS/UTV's, Jeeps, Ultra 4 racing, overlanding, fabrication, suspension tuning. After years of driving, modifying and building a variety of offroad vehicles, we have decided to start sharing our adventures and experience with you.
Hope you enjoy, and thanks for checking us out! Dixie appreciates it.
How did you wire the PRP seat heaters? Mine have to two harnesses coming off the bottom of the seats. One to the switch and the other to power and ground. Am I doing away with one when I run them off the switch panel?
So glad both you guys are safe! As per the ultra 4, definitely make more vids of anything you tough on that rig this off season. Let's see these new axles!
Steve, when I saw the teaser clip, I was shocked and very concerned. Lynn and I just got back from Hatfield McCoy on Wednesday. This is a sobering reminder to be careful out there. I am so glad you weren’t seriously hurt. We may need to talk about one of these reinforced cages.
It’s on Steve’s machine. I guess the muffler that you guys put on stay there. I’d be willing to buy it from you if you still had it cause I would like one of them for my machine. KRX.
Glad to hear you and your buddy survived ok great videos my wife and I are going to look at a Kawasaki KRA 1000 special edition. you both helped us make the decision on what to buy over the razor. Cheers. Stay safe and keep on riding
What is the wall thickness of your cage tubing? I just had a conversation with a friend about tubing thicknesses and if the thicker wall that a few companies offer is needed. His concern was the extra weight and the fact the with a stiffer cage it could cause other damage since some other component could turn into the "weak" point. My comment was I don't want my cage being the weak point. Curious on your thoughts and glad you're okay. Also, any idea when you guys will be in the Moab area?
Your friend is wrong your cage should be far from your weak point , .120 wall dom is what you should use not .095 wall dom ,some people use .095 but it’s not thick enough for hard roll overs
The cage was made with a mix of 0.120” and 0.095” DOM 1026 steel, depending on the tubes designed job dictates how thick I go! That is a valid concern I also hear from time to time and this is my option, Cage should be designed to save your life who cares about the machine because when you crash hard enough to need the cage the machine is thrashed anyways. I will take a destroyed chassis and a solid cage over a collapsed cage and bodily damage or death over fear of it being to strong and damaging the chassis… everyone is entitled to their opinion though! Going from factory 0.065” thickness on many machines to 0.120” you only add like 35-40lbs if 30lbs is a concern maybe drop a few inches off your waist 😉 I base my design and choices of safety of humans inside every time not off weight and worry of chassis components bending Hope you find that helpful! 🍻
Ok now that’s freaking cool! So much cooler than the little one I just built that I tow with my old VW lol My only question is, the entire weight of the upper portion, roof top tent, supplies, etc (yes I know it’s all aluminum) is held to the trailer with a dozen riv nuts? Don’t get me wrong, I love riv nuts and I’m not an engineer, but do you think that’ll work long term and be strong enough ? I’ve seen riv nuts work loose over time.
It’s our prototype so we will see! We will also be using an adhesive to “glue” the aluminum top section down when we final assemble with rivnuts, if it ever gets damaged and needs to come apart I can assure you it will not be coming apart easily 🤣
@@d3offroad when I built mine, I used that 3M clear vhb tape to secure the aluminum sheets to my steel structure and also used seam sealer on the insides as a secondary bond. So far it’s been rock solid. Subbed for future content. Looking forward to more updates as things progress!
That’s awesome and we had the same ideas! We don’t get a lot of time to work on it but we will do our best to keep up with content! Thanks for sharing your experience with your own build
They sure put a lot of work on making the wooden boards and bridges and rocks in the steps and to make this trail. Look pretty good. It’s a cCobb Trail.
From all the research I could find the factory rack was definitely not confidence inspiring. I decided I’d rather be safe than sorry, and just looking at the material thickness between factory and the ungraded rack, I’m happy with the decision I made.
@@d3offroad Oh yeah no Shade your way. Thanks for the great video! I was looking at these hence watching your video but I just wanted to make sure people know that the factory load ratings are while driving according to my dealer anyway. Thanks for the reply. great channel!
