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700lbs of sand wasn't too bad, but the load of bricks was a bit much for the Deaver spring-pack on this Tacoma. Was sitting on the bumpstops (Light Racing Jounce Shocks, so there was still about 3" of 'suspension' left - and those wheelwells were cut-out for tire clearance).

Used my Tacoma to haul this old camper to the dump on a lightweight utility trailer. Really nothing too sketchy about it, just a funny picture.

Think this is a great upgrade. Was only trying to say that it's more about SAFETY and PERFORMANCE than LIABILITY, and that if the liability was the OP's only/main concern, he'd have been better off leaving the vehicle stock.

Have used that jack to RR the transfercase in mah deuce, and several transmissions in smaller trucks. Works fine for me.

Am planning on installing a hydro-boost setup in mah deuce too, but if the liability is your primary concern, you might want to re-think that. You're on the hook for any modifications made. So even if you make the vehicle safer, if the person you sell it too gets into an accident and anything...

I dunno. Picked up an M353 trailer with an Astrovan. Was rated to tow more than the trailer weighed, and the angle on the tongue was ridiculous, but it was cheaper than driving mah deuce (500 mile trip). EDIT: got pulled over by highway patrol and the guy lectured me, but couldn't really do...

That's not exactly right. Generally speaking, more arc means more flexibility. But using springs with too much arc on big heavy trucks like these would create a whole bunch of other problems... Maybe. All depends on how the leafpsrings are designed/built. But yeah, more are usually means better...

Good work! Thanks for sharing. Have a stove/oven in mine, but was cooking on a coleman campstove for the first month or so after I moved out of my house because I hadn't installed any of the propane stuff. No plumbing or electricity either. Honestly, hardly missed any of that stuff... That's...

For something that you'd just be using to move things around a yard or whatever, think you could probably get away with just boxing-in the center-section of the front bumper and sinking a 2" receiver right into that. Would be low-profile, wouldn't get in the way of the winch, and would always be...

Yeah, it's a U500...

No, have to pull the old engine/trans out first and then am going to tow it down to have the bare rolling chassis sandblasted and painted (not going to remove the M109 box). THEN I'll bring it back and install the new engine. Just found a guy that's got a big Unimog and he agreed to help me tow...

Have certainly thought about it, and have seen it done (pics posted on SS somewhere), but the breakover angle sucks. That's the biggest downside I see. Payload can be somewhat mitigated by tire choice, but it is something else to consider. POS appears to be out of business. Sean got another job...

Oh, cool. Thanks for the quick reply. Looks like it's coming together nicely.

How's the clearance at the back of the cab there? Looks like the tires on the forward rear axle are pretty close...

Next time you see Brad, please tell him I said thanks again for everything. Still working my way through that big pile of parts I hauled back from his place...

Biggest thing (besides who you happen to talk to) seem to be whether you make arrangements beforehand or not. Makes perfect sense. Plan ahead if/when possible.

That's neat Bjorn. Have been looking into these Magnom magnetic filters.

Cool gimp. Am using these Racor units on mah deuce, with progrmmable timers (FPM-PTC-12).

I contacted a GL site and made arrangements for them to hold onto a lot for me for almost a month. Guy was really cool about it. Like others have said, it's hit-and-miss. Nothing you can count on.

Are you going to mount the ram and steering linkage on the front or the back of the axle? Might want to check with PSC because most guys run those arms on the front of their rockwells and I'm guessing they might have changed the TRE mounting points on their arms, which would affect the ackermann...