Riding the Draggin'

[LowTech]

It's been a little while since I posted any mods that I've done on the lil Draggin' so I'll see about getting some of the more notable ones posted up and work on occasionally adding to this adventure/build thread.

So the latest was to move my CB whip off the bed edge and out front. I wanted to be able to see it so I could use it as a vertical "curb feeler" (remember those?). Most of the time it will stay pulled back but I can easily release it from the driver's seat.
I have 13' to the top of it when deployed which gives me the clearance needed for my trailer w/ an extra kayak on top. Now all I'll need to do is look out my window to see if I'll clear, no spotter needed.

 

[LowTech]

Here's another thing I added/changed,



I flipped the bumper because the added pintal was too high for most of the trailers I use it on. I left the shackle mounts on the bottom as I was tired of walking on them. I leave the shackles in that position for travel because I like that they'll fold back flat if I push over something off-road. I do flip them around if I'm using them for a light weight recovery.

This is why I had the front pintal added to start w/, It lets me use the dolly that we had made out of an M105 to back 5th wheel trailers into places that wouldn't have been possible w/o a 5th wheel installed truck otherwise.

 

[LowTech]

Got the lil Draggin back out in it's natural environment. Did a 50 mile run and found this nice little site. Room for the rigs and a nice grove of sycamores to hang my sleeping hammock in.

Also got the parking brake back working and adjusted!