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- Well, that didn't work. Let's try something else!
Welp, the farm truck is no more. Rest in many, many pieces, my friend. But many of it's parts are going on to greater things. The back 3rd of the frame, the rear axle, and the bed are becoming a home made (home modified?) off road pop up camping trailer.
This project's going to be a slow one. I've got too many other projects planned for this year. We're going to get the basic trailer together and get plates on it so the city will leave us alone. The popup camper portion will come slowly over the next year or two.
We stripped the truck down to the frame and bed over the last few weeks. This weekend we finally removed the cab and cut the frame just behind the front suspension.
We stopped by Buchheit and picked up a class III 5000lb trailer A-frame coupler. Maybe a little overkill, but this is my first home made trailer and would rather be safe than sorry.
That's it for now. It's almost midnight and I'm as tired as my dog is. Good night all.
This project's going to be a slow one. I've got too many other projects planned for this year. We're going to get the basic trailer together and get plates on it so the city will leave us alone. The popup camper portion will come slowly over the next year or two.
We stripped the truck down to the frame and bed over the last few weeks. This weekend we finally removed the cab and cut the frame just behind the front suspension.
We stopped by Buchheit and picked up a class III 5000lb trailer A-frame coupler. Maybe a little overkill, but this is my first home made trailer and would rather be safe than sorry.
That's it for now. It's almost midnight and I'm as tired as my dog is. Good night all.