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Cheers for the responses guys, My truck is an ex australian military international harvester. Never came with a jack. Was looking at this https://www.tauruslegend.com.au/20-ton-air-manual-hydraulic-bottle-jack-ce.html Might be overkill? I like the air assist. but yeah guess it should do if...

What kind if jack does everyone use to lift their truck? All the ones I can find dont seem to have enough tavel

No idea, I'm gunna guess around 1500-2000kg. I got an old truck box body rhs framed so I figured that would be pretty sturdy. Going to try and put water tanks in the chassis to lower the gravity and save on camper box weight. that's an interesting rubber mount design, similar to that spring...

Yeah it's a crazy amount, and those trays are directly mounted with u bolts, but the trays were designed to flex They also made them in dump trucks so I'm thinking of trying to suss that out, problem is the trucks are very rare and little to no info online. I'll have to look into your system...

I'm building a 3 point subframe. I would absolutely appreciate some measurements or diagrams if anyone has any. Mainly after plate size, thickness, rod size etc. I do think spring mounts would be easier to fabricate, but after going through the pivoting frames and mounting campers thread I'm...

How is your camper mounted?

Thank you everyone for your time, I have decided to go with a steel truck body for my camper and just bite the bullet, I dont think I'll get under 1 ton

I'm building a 3 point subframe. I would absolutely appreciate some measurements or diagrams if anyone has any. Mainly after plate size, thickness, rod size etc. I do think spring mounts would be easier to fabricate, but after going through the pivoting frames and mounting campers thread I'm...

Fist off, thanks for all the replies! It doesnt have the gvm reduction yet, just contemplating options cos I dont need as many engineer certificates for a light vehicle with the modifications I have planned. As for being overweight, I'm not sure how it works, maybe Peter_n_Margarete can shed...

Hey guys I have a 4x4 truck an in australia I can potentially register it as a light vehicle if I can manage to keep the build under 1 ton. The box will be approx 4m by 2.4m by ~2m. Composite panel, fiberglass or alloy shs frame weigh more? What about durability? Does anyone think this is...