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AdamH said:
Pulled my trailer full of my daughter’s school dance team in the Mt Holly Parade last night. 3rd year in a row being in the parade. Gotta love a small town parade. Reminds me of growing up outside of Mocksville

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Right around the corner, from me. Sorry, I wasn't going out there in the Cold & Wind, since they Moved the Parade to after Dark-thirty!
 
Finally tried out the fire pit I made. I did find a few things I want to change. First is adding bigger holes on the sides to allow more heat to escape and for viewing the flames. The high heat spray paint did not hold up on the outside. I'm wanting to try a different paint or coating now. imagejpeg_0(12).jpgIMG_0083.jpg
 
Keith1138 said:
Finally tried out the fire pit I made. I did find a few things I want to change. First is adding bigger holes on the sides to allow more heat to escape and for viewing the flames. The high heat spray paint did not hold up on the outside. I'm wanting to try a different paint or coating now.View attachment 387559View attachment 387560
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BBQ paint does better; or use to.
 
VortecJeep said:
Took a little ride today. Only dirt road I know of in Concord and I finally decided to check it out. Only about 1.5 miles long, but some beautiful farm land, old barns, and horses.


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I use to take McAuley road 3 times a week when I went to CPCC, absolutely beautiful. That road is half the reason I would even go to class some days, lol.
 
braxton357 said:
Shew, first ride and it's one of the most dangerous there is. Sweet though. Watch them off cambers
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I plead ignorance till about a week in and the boss man starts informing me of the risks. I’ve had it rock pretty hard while up in the air. The first couple weeks it took a good 45 minutes to get out of the truck at the end of the day due to a peculiar suction effect caused by my sphincter lol. The “nice” part is if something goes sideways it won’t tip the tractor over like a full frame dump. (Typically)
 
skyhighZJ said:
I plead ignorance till about a week in and the boss man starts informing me of the risks. I’ve had it rock pretty hard while up in the air. The first couple weeks it took a good 45 minutes to get out of the truck at the end of the day due to a peculiar suction effect caused by my sphincter lol. The “nice” part is if something goes sideways it won’t tip the tractor over like a full frame dump. (Typically)
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I took one look and said nope. My luck it would turn it over with one tire on top of pea gravel.
 
WARRIORWELDING said:
I took one look and said nope. My luck it would turn it over with one tire on top of pea gravel.
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It helps cause I dump the air on the truck and trailer so you’re not on the bags allowing any extra flex. But yeah I’ve pulled in where it looked level and started to dump and was like, nope! Lowered and repositioned. Being a newbie I really don’t want to start my “career” with an accident.
 
skyhighZJ said:
The “nice” part is if something goes sideways it won’t tip the tractor over like a full frame dump. (Typically)
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Sike!!!

I get grain in on frameless dumps all the time and most of the stories I've heard of them turning over, the truck went too.

The sketchiest setups are the ones running super singles. Paynes trailers all run singles and those tires look like mashed potatoes when the bed is up in the air with 48000# onboard.
 
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awheelterd said:
Sike!!!

I get grain in on frameless dumps all the time and most of the stories I've heard of them turning over, the truck went too.

The sketchiest setups are the ones running super singles. Paynes trailers all run singles and those tires look like mashed potatoes when the bed is up in the air with 48000# onboard.
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I still don't understand super singles. Yes, the floatation is better, but there are half as many sidewalls, which is where support comes from. A larger balloon is easier to squish than a smaller balloon. Its science.
 
jeepinmatt said:
I still don't understand super singles. Yes, the floatation is better, but there are half as many sidewalls, which is where support comes from. A larger balloon is easier to squish than a smaller balloon. Its science.
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Science of rubber man.

The tire and wheel engineer here is gone for the year, otherwise I would ask him. I'm guessing less weight and cost. The downside is when you have a blow out, you are fully fawked instead of being half fawked.
 
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zuke said:
My Wife has towed my TJ several places with her '20 Sport S on a fairly light car trailer (1200lb), 3.73 Axles and 37's so far from ideal for the job. Total load about 5000lb.

Using a Weight Distributing hitch and a RedArc brake controller, controlling the load is no problem at all.

Performance on the other hand is not stellar. Longest trip was Windrock, about 7 hours with some hills, we let her lead and set the pace, had her watching tranny temps like a hawk, on some of the hills we'd end them at about 60mph, and the tranny temps would hit 240 degrees or so..

I think this setup will do the job for occasional towing, but if I was going to use it to tow a lot for loads over 4000lb, I'd look to something more robust.
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And I don’t disagree with this at all. The reason I sold my 2020 and went back to a full size was due to towing Jeeps at least 3 days a week. The gearing helped quite a bit however. Now that life has changed I don’t need to tow but maybe once a month.

for occasional towing it works, especially with the 5.13s
 
jeepinmatt said:
I still don't understand super singles. Yes, the floatation is better, but there are half as many sidewalls, which is where support comes from. A larger balloon is easier to squish than a smaller balloon. Its science.
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The real reason big trucking companies run (ran) them is fuel economy and that was their selling point. But just like all the trailer skirts and whale tails you saw a decade ago, the reward wasn't worth the shittiness and they have also all but disappeared.
 
justjeepin86 said:
Buddy that works in a shop says it's 100% about weight.
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They are definitely lighter. And most of the wheels for them are al-u-mini-um, which is also a lot lighter. But it destroys that safety factor of blowing a tire and still having 1 tire on a dually.
 
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And when they do come apart they throw CHUNKS!!! A lot of them. I track a lot of the same roads that the wood chip trucks do cause there is a huge wood pellet plant not far from me and a lot of the big chip wagons run the super singles. The carcasses are all over the place and they are massive compared to a standard dual tire either 22.5 or 24.5
 
Rode out to Gold Hill today. This is on Old Mine Rd. Nice dirt road. Two calves had gotten out of the fence and I had to stop. I was a little concerned about momma cow coming after me, but everyone stayed cool. Would have liked to do more dirt roads in that area, but I got a late start and wanted to get back home before dark.


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