My extra foot/ the plan

[Miriam C.]

Oops...my post above is two years late I now see. Sorry.

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There is always #2 Thanks! At $5 I can afford to buy them.

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Auntie M,

I'm sending you $5 to get started right away!

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[Prem]

P.S. In a post on the cargo conversion forum I said I was going to consult with you before I decorated the inside of my trailer with seashells. Well...err...sorry. I went ahead without your interior design advise. It turned out a bit dark, as the "beach" has sand that is too dark. Waiting for my daughter to bring me a couple of teaspoons of white sand to make it right.

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[mark6mueller]

Aunty M,

My daughter and I enjoyed looking at your build journal.
Have you been able to do more?

Mark.

[Rigsby]

Ive just read all through your build (no i didnt, i read one or two posts and looked at the pictures) and i must say in my best Yaarksha slang

THAS DUN A BLOODY GOOD JOB FOR A LASS

Well done
steve

[Miriam C.]

Gosh I just reread this page... Thanks guys! Was a hard year for sure....

Just got it weighed so I can redo the springs. Came in at a whopping 1,680 pounds loaded...HEAVY... I know I kept saying 1,500 to 1,700 but I was hoping for lighter.... I am guessing the battery, air and CI at a couple of hundred...

[Prem]

What's wrong with the springs? Overload? 2,000 # axle?

[Miriam C.]

Seems some of the experienced folks said they looked like they were flattening out some. Now 3 years later they allow the camper to hit the floor enough to wear the tire....time for some new ones...

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M wrote:

...they allow the camper to hit the floor enough to wear the tire....time for some new ones.

DEFINITELY!

[Miriam C.]

Not only were the springs flattened but one of the U-bolts had a crack. Mech. beefed them up too...

[Prem]

M, looks good. How much clearance now from the top of the tire to the trailer floor? Looks like 2.5".

8" diameter wheels with jumbo tires?

[Miriam C.]

Prem, the tires are 8" but not jumbo. I got them from a farm supply and they are normal. I also have some airplane tires I might put back on. They will hold 3000 pounds...

[Prem]

Not ST215/60-8D.


but the smallest? 4.80/4.00-8?

(sorry about the large size photos)

[Miriam C.]

Nope didn't know about the bigger. I have 5.70/4.00 8". They are only rated at 910# so I am thinking of something rated higher.

And thank you cause I am ordering some 215/60-8D Rated at 1100.. The MO highway patrol can relax for another few years...no airplane tires...

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Auntie M wrote:

I am ordering some 215/60-8D Rated at 1100.

Wider rims with the wider tires?



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