K10 dually build start

[Jfrisch1]

I laid some paint on the bed and roof to prepare for an event tomorrow. Last minute stuff, I live for it lol



It’s the wrong color blue so it doesn’t match exactly but at least it’s not white!

 

[smog]

Nice work, that's a good looking build. The fender work and paint are excellent,

 

[Jfrisch1]

Buddy of mine found a long ladder and grab me some. I’ve been searching forever for one. I didn’t want to have to make one.

I took the two he found and made some small clips to simulate an extension ladder. It does function and opens up longer, just like the real thing. Little dab of super glue on the bottom ladder and clip to keep it in place.





Also, finally got around to putting on the metal emblems too.





And the scale stuff in the bed. Thinking about painting the door white just to make it look a little better.

 

[Jfrisch1]

Forgot I had new shocks from the last swap meet. Needed to rebuild the others or get new ones anyway to keep the back from sagging with the trailer, so these lifted it back up. The old ones were leaking like crazy and with weight on them they sat about 5/8” from bottoming out.

Not bad considering these were in a mystery bag that cost $5. Came with 2 pairs, so the fronts were able to be swapped as well.

 

[Jfrisch1]

Tossed the optic on the trailer and hooked it up to the k10.

Also, finally got the trailer legal

 

[Jfrisch1]

Just a random photo dump of different rigs on the trailer. Was just trying to see what looked best on the trailer. Mustang just sits pretty on there but usually when I break out the trailer I’m going to crawl. 4Runner that was in previous posts is the one I used last but I’m probably going to be using the optics a lot this year.


Monster trx4


Stang


Trail rig tacoma


Replica tacoma


Wife’s gladiator


Sons ridgecrest


Ax24 and trx4m


Fnf optic

 

[high plains drifter]

Tacoma and Optic look best on the trailer. Curious what you're planning to use for tie-downs.

 

[Jfrisch1]

Tacoma and Optic look best on the trailer. Curious what you're planning to use for tie-downs.

Tie downs have been a pita. I had my wraith on here with that front chain hanging over the front rail and some hair ties to act as bungees. Kind of a pain though.

I’d like to grab some scale ratchet straps, my only reason I haven’t got them yet is because I see pics where you have to put them together. They are way too small for me to want to do that.

I’ve been thinking about making some with flat straps (arb scale tow strap style) with hooks on the end. With different tire sizes that will be another problem as they are not stretchy. At this point, idk yet lol

 

[Jfrisch1]

Quick search online and I found some scale straps on Etsy. Grabbing some yellow ones.

 

[Gula]

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[rob5059]

A rear sighting of a Ridgecrest.

 

[high plains drifter]

Tie downs have been a pita. I had my wraith on here with that front chain hanging over the front rail and some hair ties to act as bungees. Kind of a pain though.

I’d like to grab some scale ratchet straps, my only reason I haven’t got them yet is because I see pics where you have to put them together. They are way too small for me to want to do that.

I’ve been thinking about making some with flat straps (arb scale tow strap style) with hooks on the end. With different tire sizes that will be another problem as they are not stretchy. At this point, idk yet lol

I completed a trailer last year and through a lot of thought ultimately decided that for me what worked best and looked about as close to scale as I could get were shoelaces. Got these at Academy... they're flo yellow and they stretch. After deciding on how I wanted to run them, I cut to approx length then cut the ends and had my wife sew the ends so that they had loops like an ARB or Warn or Keeper strap. I then mounted d-rings ( 4 total... two in front/ two in back) on the trailer and ran the loops thru the d-rings. Only one end of each strap has a loop. The other end is simply cut and melted with a lighter so to not fray. I got them looking worn by rubbing them with some dirt and grease.

For the other non-loop ends I had to chose utility/ practicality over aesthetics so I went with some small plastic spring-loaded pull-cord locks... like you would see on backpacks or jackets. Lot of different types and sizes on amazon. They actually don't look too bad or too noticeable since they're small, black, and tucked under the rigs for the most part. Nice part is that they are fairly quick and easy regarding cinching down and releasing to take rigs off/ put rigs on the trailer. With the cord-locks that I got, you can pick up the rig that's on the trailer and the trailer itself and they stay put so it's a solid set-up. I like that with this shoelace/ cord-lock combo that the tension is adjustable as is the length so that I can strap down my Capra, my TF2, or whatever other rig. On my TF2 I run them through d-rings on the front/ rear bumpers. On my Capra I run them around the axles.

The straps are here in this thread... Tow rig conversion and trailer build