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Yes, Mike, did you fab those yourself, or.....?

Thank you Phil - your insights and observations definitely improved the tone around here, and you will be missed. I, too, rarely come onto this forum anymore, but I hope our paths cross at some point so I can thank you in person. :-)

LOL - I can sympathize, brother, truly. There is a dark place in my heart that actually wants trails to nice places like this to be harder. We rarely go to places like this on the weekends anymore because the Ravers and Militia Member Wannabees either play electronica at full volume until the...

The HQ 15 fully loaded is just under 6K - so yeah, kind of heavy, but still within the truck specs. We've got 47K now towing from the Arctic Ocean to the tip of Baja and lots of western states in between. The road in the video is on par with the toughest trails we've taken, but we've made it...

Here are three videos of us towing our Black Series HQ 15 up a fairly steep (12 degree) boulder strewn section. First video we get a bit of side slippage due to coming off of a boulder a bit fast - a bit slower might have worked better. Second video is us trying to mantle a shelf with the...

Did you ever find a solution for your Ranger? I am getting axle wrap while towing under extreme conditions, resulting in a broken drive line due to the u-bolt binding against itself.

We always carry two 5 gallon harbor freight cans on the back of the trailer, plus I have a 2.5g that I use to fill the generator. Of that, while we did use fuel from the jerry-type cans from time to time for convenience in the north, the only time we really needed it was, as you expected, the...

Just chiming in to note that we've now towed our 6,000 lbs trailer (fully loaded) for 45K miles with no issues. 1,150 of that was the Dempster Highway, which is not steep, but definitely takes a toll on the suspension and underside of the truck (and trailer). Non "Fn Ranger" people continue...

I highly recommend switching out to oil bath hubs - it is not expensive, at least for my trailer, and the piece of mind from being able to quickly check/change the oil is precious. Here's what I got: https://www.easternmarine.com/kodiak-xlprolube2440-kit and you'll probably also want to keep a...

We'll let the TPMS show the temp at the valve get to 125F before becoming concerned - that translates roughly into 400F on the rotors - temps between rotors will vary quite a bit just from driving habit, exposure to sun, etc, but we've only gotten brake fade once and when I got the rig stopped...

This is what I have: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DMI632G/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I just try to hit the same spot on the disc each time and from wheel to wheel. I just measured yesterday after taking the new rubber out for a spin so I can check/tighten the lug...

Heh, yeah, not anticipated anytime soon. We've got 35K towing our trailer into some pretty tough spots. We're leaving for Alaska in a couple of days - that'll be another 12K. When I bought it my budget planner was based on getting 50K out of the truck doing what we do. At this point, given...

Totally agree. For us, the ability to tow our 6K trailer to a remote camp and then unhook and take more serious off-road trails far outweighs the hassle of setting the Ranger up to consistently and reliably tow that weight. Sure, we could tow with less effort and planning with an SD, but then...

Whoops - ignore that question - I found in the installation documentation - requires display smart device to be connected only to the camera wifi - I guess I'd have to get a dedicated display device so that I could leave my phone connected to SL.

Heh, yeah, I'll be a lot of trailer setups are like that - mine is. Ours is hardwired to a multi-unit up front, but I'll be taking a harder look at yours. Do you know if it will let me stay connected to another wifi router while also connected to the camera, or is it just one or the other...

Awesome rig, thanks for sharing. Here's ours - also a '21 XLT FX4, but towing a BS HQ15: We've got a bit over 33K now, nearly all of it towing the trailer, which comes in at just under 6K fully topped off. We've towed it the length of Baja twice and once up into Canada. We'll be heading to...

We use the truck gauges along with Consumer Pro TPMS they're usually within a pound or two of each other. We use the truck gauges primarily when airing back up after being off-road, as they register new values every few seconds, whereas the CP TPMS is only about every 30 seconds. While going...

Thanks for that info :)

Heh, let me clarify. The limited slip is stock, but is actually very good (rumor has it they used technology from when they owned Land Rover - I have no way to verify). I am going to post the video again here, but this forum mangles it into upside down, so please take appropriate action (turn...

Heh, I actually use all, or nearly all, of the FX4 bits on most trips. Terrain mode took awhile to learn, but now I count on it. Trail control is a huge advantage on long, tedious trails with large swaths of monotony interspersed with interesting obstacles. The locker has saved me so many...