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Your "hopping" is the reason I'd want to use the Rancho 9000s with onboard control. The Collie's stock shocks may be fine for normal use, but I had found the Ranchos made for instant ride improvement. Great to firm or soften the dampening with road and load variations. I have them on my JKU...

I'm in the same boat, have a Ipod and a memory stick, got to love technology... :) I have yet to have a load in the back since my forklifting those 3 (340 lb) tires into it. LOL The Air Lift instructions have a couple of statements for air pressure. One place it refers to ride height, for...

I added the Air Lift to my Dmax Collie last month with the automatic wireless controller because the truck will be going from one extreme to the other with payloads. I also made another forkliftable riser similar to what I made for my Kestrel on a Silverado... I just need to wait for the dealer...

You may not like it, but in a word, Liability. If FWC (or any manufacturer) supplied drawings for a camper, they are assuming responsibility that every framing member, wire, water or gas line and anything else that may be in the wall or ceiling IS exactly where the drawing shows it. There is...

Well Ace, We did come to an agreement on one thing, the E's are overkill for weigh cap. On the Cooper list, The C tire only marginally beats the stock tires on my Colly..2337lb vs 2470lbs. But I definitely take LT tires over P tires any day on a truck I lean towards the 265s personally, But, go...

Horse s---. TPMS only reads air pressure, and PSI doesn't change. The Colorado reads out TP for each tire in the DIC. I don't know what psi range is in the DIC, but the Colorado Duramax has a 6200 GVW and you even if you change to a E rated tire, you will not run anywhere near the max tire...

Buckland, I've had my Duramax Colly for about 6 weeks now, a 4x4 CC SB. I have figured the mounts out, and just need to decide between the Swift or Fleet shell. This last weekend, I made a test to see how the springs would react to 1000lbs. I have 3 spare tires/rims for my FMTV, they weigh 340...

I changed truck and this setup is for sale. To be repeated on a fleet. I already calc'ed out the material and weight.A lot lighter than I thought, for the Fleet, 90 lbs, the one for the Kestrel I estimate 120 lbs. Buckland, Dang right! A forklift in every garage! :)

I can say with over 40 years working and selling door hardware for aluminum commercial doors, you will eventually strip out screws, rivets and other anchor points from side stress exerted when compressing the struts. And with uneven strut pressures, I can also see flexing and bending of aluminum...

The normal mounting position of the couch is in and lower than the bed rail, If you can find a pic, you'll see on the shell that there a cabinet over the wheel well opposite the couch and has a door to open up (not obvious because it is carpeted). On side with the couch, you get the storage...

I bought a used Kestrel shell(basically a Hawk) last year, and had thoughts of moving the rollover to the front also, (mostly because I have difficulty getting around it getting into the camper). Moving it wouldn't be the problem, what may become a nuisance is the leg area is only the 4' between...

My 2007 Kestrel shell at the rear is 58" at the floor. And 18 1/2" from the floor to where it returns over the bed's side rails I have never heard of any exceptions, but the Kestrel was made for the early Tundras. Other than the shorter sides, is suppose to be same as the Hawk.

Did Los Angeles leave the state? :unsure: Whatever I find, I'll need to heavily modify for a Colorado You'll be happy to know I don't want a Fleet. :D and have a Kestel/Hawk for sale. ;)

And to paraphrase the Irish toast: ” may you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows your dead” to, May you post that perfect FCW or ATC shell a half hour After I bought it. :D post up those Finch, Eagle or Bobcat shells! :)

Very true, as the vast majority were for military use. My 3rd truck was a municipal truck and decently insulated.Sound level was on par with any cargo van. The last one (pic above) was the NA military sales demonstrator, and has little insulation. It will do 75mph+, but still happier in the low...

Just dropping a different engine into a Pinz won't happen. They have a very unique drive train. The drivetrain was designed for a max of 140hp, and requires a hi rpm engine to obtain 65mph. Recently, I've wondered if the new 2.8 Duromax w/Trans would fit? But hp/torque would destroy the dt...

Foy Curb weight and unladen weight are the same.. an empty truck (w/ fluids) as it came from the factory, any options that was added as part of the truck would be included in that number. . As an example, 2 trucks were ordered the same except one was ordered with a 2nd battery. The unladen...

Foy, Somewhere you have an "unladen" weight label on your truck. Take that and deduct it from your GVWR, that would give you your payload, It will probably be more than Longhorn1. Without doing some digging, I would guess that a '02 F250 would have a GVWR somewhere around 9200lbs. Your F350...

I wasn't talking about technology improvements, but weighs/capacities changes. The F150 are getting lighter, and IF ordered correctly can be gotten with a higher payload than a F250. And before some one wants to get started. I am not saying to buy a F150 instead of a F250. People need to know...

I'm not sure when Ford coined the name Super Duty for their F-250/350s, but should be Super Fat. Back in the '80/'90s, I had a few F250 4x4 Supercabs, all had a 8800lb GVW and a 3900lb payload cap +/-. around 2005 I looked at the Fords and the "same" truck that I was buying before now had a...

I didn'the look to see where you found these numbers, but a given rating number will the lowest of the components. .. be it axle, springs, wheels or tires.

Thanks, I forgot to address the scales, they tend to be off at the lower end,if designed for larger trucks that weigh up to 80,000 lbs. also think what the scale would look like if you spilled a 90lb bag of concrete on it. Probably look like a thin layer of dust. ;)

Don't worry about 20 lbs. No one will even think of the truck even close to GVW with a FWC camper. It would have to be grossly overloaded or appear so before even a second look. Maybe if you had a big Lance camper, and bounced down the road. LOL.

Basically, the GVWR is the number to be concerned with. Only in conditions where you're carrying a dense heavy load over an axle ( like dirt ) you'll have to be worried about GAWR. Towing doesn't mean a thing unless you are towing, just another variable to add on when you do. You never worry...

GVWR is the manufacturer's Gross Vehicle Weight Rating of the truck GAWR is the maximum Gross Axle Rating (capacity) of the axle. Axles will always have a equal or higher combined capacity than the GVWR. Since you mentioned tow package, tongue weight of a trailer is part of the truck's...