Todd Eliason
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Scott Tarrant
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| | 16 Mar 2010 04:05 PM |
| AAAHH!!....PPHHEEWW...THAT LAST ONE SCARED ME!!
Cool!! You get the beast up and running?? Now you can carry extra jerry cans for me... ;~) How do you like the rack so far?...easy tent bolt up? |
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Todd Eliason
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| | 16 Mar 2010 04:09 PM |
| Way easy! It comes with the brackets and far easier than most setups... I'll carry your Jerry cans at a cost. I'll carry your wine for free!  |
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Scott Tarrant
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| | 16 Mar 2010 04:15 PM |
| You bringing it tonight? I'll have to take a look at'er. |
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Todd Eliason
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| | 16 Mar 2010 04:17 PM |
| yep, may be a few min late. ok, maybe 30... Grab a table! |
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Scott Tarrant
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| | 16 Mar 2010 04:26 PM |
| Okay....will see what i can do.... |
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Craig Miller
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| | 16 Mar 2010 04:39 PM |
| Are you thinking about running two tents then? One on the baja rack and one on the trailer?
Thule has a mounting track system for pickup trucks. It would work good on the trailer, and give you the option to carry bikes, skis, or other gear as well.
x2 on Scott's question. How's the truck running? |
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Winston
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| | 16 Mar 2010 05:45 PM |
| I've got the Thule tracks Craig mentions on the Nissan bed rails, and they'd be perfect for the RR trailer. I keep the low profile mounting brackets attached with their removable covers, and it takes less than 30 seconds to mount the Thule bars. Below are three shots showing the mounting brackets in the track, installing the Thule bars, and Thule bars mounted. The brackets just install with cam-locks and only take moments to install, but I just leave mine there all the time since they come with covers and aren't in the way. I suspect Yakima has a similar set up. |
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Isaac Fain
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| | 16 Mar 2010 06:32 PM |
| Nice rack, Sally! X-) |
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Ben Bailey
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| | 16 Mar 2010 07:51 PM |
| Awesome! What's the fuel door for? You've got to think up some cool way to use the fuel door. Is the old fuel tank still in it? Use it! |
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Todd Eliason
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| | 16 Mar 2010 10:11 PM |
| The truck is running great! i'm back in business thanks to CR!... Yep, the trailer has the original fuel tank and pump. I am planning on hooking it up so I can pump fuel from the trailer to the main tank on long trips. Brent swapped 24 spline axles and a diff so I have spares on the trail built into the trailer. I'll set it up with an additional tent for when I bring the kids, or when I set it up as a base camp for off road trips. |
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Danny Stevens
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| | 16 Mar 2010 10:42 PM |
| Nice Todd |
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Todd Eliason
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| | 16 Mar 2010 11:41 PM |
| Posted By Ed Sanman on 03/16/2010 5:45 PM
I've got the Thule tracks Craig mentions on the Nissan bed rails, and they'd be perfect for the RR trailer. I keep the low profile mounting brackets attached with their removable covers, and it takes less than 30 seconds to mount the Thule bars. I'll take a pic later and attach.
Ed, I'd love to see those pics... Sounds like a cool setup! I need to see if any covers will fit it. |
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Dave Waters
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| | 17 Mar 2010 04:49 PM |
| Put a rear seat in the trailer, so when you are on the trails, someone can ride in it like a chariot. :D Or make your fuel door when opened a keg tap. |
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Todd Eliason
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| | 17 Mar 2010 10:27 PM |
| Ed, those cannot be your pics. I don't see ANY powdercoating! |
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Winston
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| | 18 Mar 2010 09:02 AM |
| Look harder. The rails for the retractable bed cover are powdercoated, but came that way and are without further modification by me. But I did manage to squeeze those Thule tracks on there, with zero room for error.
I thought I had an original idea, and was surprised later when I discovered a retractable bed cover from Pace-Edwards that has the Thule tracks molded right into the bed cover rails. |
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