I enjoyed reading your trailer build, and have gotten a few ideas for mine!
-Harbor Freight Box
-Spare Tire Mount and Trasharoo
-Side Steps / Rockers
Does the spare tire rattle or move at all?
If you grab it you can make it move, but I have never heard it rattle. The Trasharoo has been very handy.
Do you put a plastic bag or liner inside the trasharoo to keep it somewhat clean?
I am very interested in the actuators. As you may recall I cut the annex to make it fit as I did not want to have to manually lift the RTT. If you come up with an easy and cost effective actuator system, you may become a god in the 416 world! I have seen a few but most have too many moving parts.
Got sick of the scissor jack already... 4 actuators on the way.
Which actuators did you go with? Can you post a link?
Awesome build thread. I really can't believe i didn't read this thread earlier. I would like to build a four post tent rack like yours but I'm waiting to see how my tent and annex will sit with the spring over and 35's. I too have a CVT. I have the mt. rainier. I didn't see it in your thread, perhaps it was because i was reading it late last night, but do you have any upclose pictures of where the tent rack is welded at the bottom? I think the biggest difficulty in fabricating this, for me at least, would be making sure the posts are all straight and parallel with each other as well as having the same length.
EDIT:
I just looked at the link you posted above.... How will you mount the actuators... will you be using the existing vertical pieces and just attach the actuator to that or will you be using the actuator in place of the vertical pieces? I would think you would just attach it to what you have already right? this way, you'd be able to put the locking pin in place.
Those pics are perfect. That is how i envisioned the verticals to be but here's something i was concerned with. Do you feel that there is too much stress on the walls of the tub? I was looking at it, and that sheet metal of the tub isn't the thickest. I guess though, the worse that could happen is bending/flexing of the wall where it's welded. Is there a trick to how you made sure that the verticals were straight and parallel to each other?