High mileage trailer trash.

[Chris M]

Nicely done!

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[Phil's Ranger]

What was the weight of the travel trailer and did you have any problems pulling it?

 

[a33maxi]

Good call on the caution sign. I had to add some foam padding above my side door.

 

[JohnKolander]

Such a gorgeous build!! I love the Kitchen space, bed, and attention to detail, a beautiful job!!!

 

[JohnKolander]

Some quality aftermarket shocks in the rear will help with the towing bounce. When I was towing with the oem shocks, a dip or bump on the freeway would allow the rear to make an up-down up-down sorta wiggle motion, overall just felt unsettled not to the point of dangerous but not great, after putting on the bilstine 4600 in just the rear, that really settled things down, a bump would have one motion and then stay planted, I noticed the oem shocks had no rebound left when I took them off.. like if you pushed them in they would stay in and not re-extend.
That said I was looking for Bilstine 5100's but couldn't find any in stock, the 4600 and 5100's as it turns out are valved quite a bit different to the point that I would not recommend the 4600's.. overly stiff for light off-road use.

 

[jpisdamaged]

What was the weight of the travel trailer and did you have any problems pulling it?

I haven’t weighed it yet. Once I get it done I’ll pull it over the scales. It is noticeably heavier than it was. I’m usually loaded with fire wood on our trips also. The Ranger doesn’t flinch at all. The rear springs don’t sag. Most expressive is how it pulls up
the hills.

 

[jpisdamaged]

Some quality aftermarket shocks in the rear will help with the towing bounce. When I was towing with the oem shocks, a dip or bump on the freeway would allow the rear to make an up-down up-down sorta wiggle motion, overall just felt unsettled not to the point of dangerous but not great, after putting on the bilstine 4600 in just the rear, that really settled things down, a bump would have one motion and then stay planted, I noticed the oem shocks had no rebound left when I took them off.. like if you pushed them in they would stay in and not re-extend.
That said I was looking for Bilstine 5100's but couldn't find any in stock, the 4600 and 5100's as it turns out are valved quite a bit different to the point that I would not recommend the 4600's.. overly stiff for light off-road use.

I’ll look into the shocks. It seems to move front and rear to much. I’ll start with the rear and se how it does.

 

[jpisdamaged]

Such a gorgeous build!! I love the Kitchen space, bed, and attention to detail, a beautiful job!!!

Thank you. It’s been fun and still going ?

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