So don't be a ass an get new tires every 5 to 7 years unless up where them out before. Had a driver's front tire go at 65 mph. No I dont want to do that again !!!!!

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And the $$$$ tow. What a dumb ass !

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But the first trip was a good test all things worked.
My son doing dinner. Was great.

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Camp site. Overland Expo Flagstaff, AZ.

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I'm curious....how much was the tow?

i ran a set of (rear) tires 7+ yrs beyond the mfg production date, they never showed any signs of (vertical) fracturing and i had 10s of 1000s of miles on 'em...I can't remember if the rears were BFG or GoodYears.

I had a set of Michelins on the steers that were 1/2 the age that showed vertical fractures that i replaced.

I treat our tires with 303 UV Protectant (and RARELY) cover our tires, that said we are in covered storage.

I'm curious why they couldn't just fix you on the road? Did the tire cause other damage that disabled the truck?

"I" was a dumb ass !

They were to old and "I" said they would be ok ! All 6. Not !

At about 100 miles up the hill to Flagstaff, poof ! No tire.

I'm not going to tell you how old by ? DUMB, ASS !

The tow was $$$$.

Could have gone with a tire change but ? Their all the same age.

Went with just, tow to the tire dealer and in the AM change out all 6.
:o:o:o:eek:

Been working on a "T" square system for my table saw. Need the doors to be nice !

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But have a quest. Getting some flak from the Wife about needing "TWO" big trucks. The Semi and my LMTV/M1078.

Finish the International / RV and sell it or sell the LMTV ?

Thanks for the input !
Randy

Sorry about the lost photos. I hate photobucket !
If their are photos that someone needs just ask. I will find them.

Well I added house battery's. 3 group 31's.

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Now the truck has its own system and the box has its.

Nice looking battery tray! Is there a tray or something that goes on that slider to block off the inverter from the road? I mounted my inverters inside a cabinet in the bedroom because I wanted to be able to operate the buttons and see the panels without going outside. I also thought it would be nice to keep them away from road junk.

Hi,Bob.

My invert-er has the remote panel.I had it inside but it was to loud.

In the photo you can see the pull out table.

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Have not build the panels for the box.

Love the pull out table, what do you store under it? That looks like the same grill I have, did you get it at home depot?

Sam

Sam,that's were the new battery's are. And their will be some storage also. May also add another pull out for cooking utensil's ? If their is room.

And yes,its from HD.

Also have some good outside lighting.

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Here is my son testing it out up in Flagstaff.

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Very well done. Great lights. Do you have a dim setting for nights when you are not sitting or cooking outside?


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Tell me about your lights? They are nice!

Sam

what a great setup!

No dimmer but it could be added ?

The lights are Ebay, like $14 each ? Just LED's off-road lights.

Thanks.

Dang, I just read your thread and wish I would have done so earlier in the year. I'm up in Flagstaff and would have loved to have seen your rig and talked to you while you were up here. It looks like a cool set up. We also had a steer tire blow out during the first trip in our rig. Sure don't want to do that again. Good luck on the sale. We come down your way quite a bit & I'd love to see the rig if we ever have time.

Thanks.
Just call when you in town or coming down.
Performance Marine, 6239319917

With the truck up for sale I need to finish the cabinets. So I have been working on some tools for the job. This is my old/new table saw with a new "T" square system. Also it will have a router in one end.
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I'm selling because of another build that is a M1078 for over-landing . Its a auto and the Wife will drive it.:confused:

Where did you get your material for the rear wall skins? Curious if you were able to pick some up locally in Phoenix. I need to re-skin our back exterior due to hail damage.

https://www.tecequipment.com/phoenix

Should be in stock. Think their 4' x 10' ? I had them cut down to fit my panels.

Thank you. I'll look them up. I just need two of the 4' x 10' sheets.

Just a up-date. Been working on wood work and will post some photos later.

Had Progressive end my Insurance. Guess they don't like big trucks. Wanted me to go to their "Commercial department" ! Tried Blue Sky very high and wanted me to add a trailer ?

Did some looking around here and found someone say try Farm Bureau. So I did. In about 60 min its all taken care of. Better coverage and at a lower price than Blue Sky. Like $300 less. If you need Ins. give them a try !

When blue sky jumped the rates I moved to Allstate (where we have everything else) - its been 2 or 3 years so its probably time for me to shop 'em again.

I may have been totally wrong ? Will let you all know soon .

I don't suppose you're coming up to the Overland Expo again this year are you? I just realized it's this weekend. We have to leave with our rig mid day Saturday for a race at Wild Horse in Chandler but we'll probably be back up in Flagstaff late Saturday night. I may try to go out there on Sunday since we're just up the road from the venue.

Sorry,not this year.

The problem came when I got a call and was told I needed to add a car to the Farm Bureau policy. ??? And it was only 5 times higher than what I had on the car. ???

After all was said and done I went with Safeco. Fair price and a good agent.

Big FU to Progressive and Farm Bureau.

The End.

Randy

I'm back. LOL

I have sold the M1078 and now will turn back to the Semi/RV.

So you all know I went with Safeco for Inc. Price is Ok.

Sue and I have her Mom to look after now so I have been selling some things off that I will not be able to get to.

Still thinking about going with a Auto tran's. Any ideas who to call ?

Thanks, Randy

Here are some of the missing photos. I will add more later.

Camping at Overland Expo 2017

Some of the build photos.