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  • Birthday 08/14/1966

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  1. Me too and I wish.. My last toyhauler was 31' total and 6 less feet doesn't sound much shorter. This guy with a 19QTH says he would take it up cumberland pass.
  2. It's actually 25' total length. Whats odd is I cant find any difference between it and the nobo 19.1
  3. I enjoy cool alpine settings. Not wide open deserts. And the roads to my favorite places are narrow dirt roads like cumberland pass road. I was unaware that forest river builds a 7' wide toyhauler called the IBEX 19QTH. Without slides, good.. But it is on the long side when going around the hairpins on cumberland pass.
  4. Thanks. I guess I should have searched my old threads.. 🤣 Four years later I miss my featherlite more than ever, and still haven't replaced it. 😂
  5. Hello folks. What has prevented you from traveling to your most remote offgrid campsites? The height of your rig, or the width? I seem to be stuck on the width being a bigger factor and I cant find the correct size cargo trailer from my needs. Simply put, I don't want external fenders, or a trailer that's eight feet wide.. That right there puts me in a pickle, and I usually stop searching because I'm frustrated I can't find a 7 x 16 narrow track trailer.. But then it seemed the gods had listened to me and sent me the Imperial Outdoors XR22. OK it's not exactly 7 feet wide, but wow, until I saw the price of $142K. That's 10 times what I sold my featherlight toy hauler for.. Anyway, how do people feel about height vs width? Many people have suggested a pop top camper, which would be much narrower than my 97 CTD, but I need to have a toy hauler and I really like having a deck when I set the ramp level. Thanks
  6. Walking beam would be great, but since there arent any available, leaf also has built in anti roll bar characteristics, unlike torsion or IS.
  7. Thanks Darryl&Rita.. Can you tell me the advantage slipper springs have over shackle springs? Seems to me, the shackle adds side load strength because there are two bolts instead of one with slipper..
  8. Hello people! I was wondering if there is a better tandem set up then I'm about to mention, short of independent suspension. I want to install two 7k 8 lug straight axles (to use trailer spare for both trailer and truck) but use 4000# leaf springs because the trailer is only 7x16 and might weigh 8K wet. The reason is, I'm envisioning crossing many washed out ruts and gullies, creek crossings and baby head size boulder's along the way in colorado, so I need to prepare both axles to see the majority or all of the weight occasionally when one axle drops into a low spot. The equalizer will be important and the best Ive found so far is the morryde CRE3000, but I doubt any equalizer will prevent loading one axle with most of the weight traveling on forest service roads. And then venturing off to find a secluded camp spot could become very rough. I found another equalizer from Lippert called the Centerpoint equalizer.. It uses air bags instead of rubber. Ive also read I should consider slipper leaf springs.. Does this sound like a good plan? I know some of you would suggest torsion axles, but Ive read dirt gets into the rubber and tears it up and also, why do most of the serious off trailers use leaf spring? I'm guessing so that it can be repaired instead of replaced like torsion would require. Suggestions? Thanks!
  9. I'm going to mix and match 4k springs on 7k axles .. Ive heard I should consider slipper leaf springs..
  10. Thanks TLRam1. Can I double post like that?
  11. Ive read and seen how people reserve primitive sites.. They squat. I watched a site that looked like it was taken with a tent and a lawn chair, but no one was there for a few days but then they showed up on the weekend. Heck of a way to hold or reserve a primitive spot..
  12. Good morning people! I was wondering if there is a better tandem set up then I'm about to mention, short of independent suspension. I want to install 7k 8 lug straight axles (to use trailer spare for both trailer and truck) but use 4000# leaf springs because the trailer is only 7x16 and might weigh 8K wet. I'm envisioning crossing many washed out ruts and gullies, creek crossings and baby head size boulder's along the way in colorado, so I need to prepare both axles to see the majority of the weight when one axle drops into a low spot. The equalizer will be important and the best Ive found so far is the morryde CRE3000, but I doubt any equalizer will prevent loading one axle with most of the weight traveling on forest service roads. And then venturing off to find a secluded camp spot. Does this sound like a good plan? Suggestions? Thanks!
  13. I talked to pace setter who was going to make my narrow track live stock trailer. But using angle iron for most of the trailer leaves no space for tanks under it. Tom was very helpful until I asked if the ramp door could be raised 6" for a raised floor, or space for tanks etc.. Since then I found Jensen trailers, but I haven't heard anything after I asked about how much space between the frame rails for the tanks. This is how it goes when you ask to many questions I guess.
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