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- Double trailer legal in CA? - Pirate 4x4
Class A with Doubles endorsement, front trailer must be 5th, both trailers must have brakes and break away brakes total length must me under 65' make sure you dont overload any of the axles and or the tongue hitch weights they may make you prove you are under weight These guys are correct The problem is the DMV is clueless as is most of the
- What does a doubler kit actually do? - Pirate 4x4
A doubler is so named due to the fact that it doubles the cost of the rig This is a result of the breakage that follows the installation of a doubler CTM u-joints or Longfields, alloy axle shafts, stronger driveshafts, beadlocks, motormounts, output shafts and yokes, ring and pinions, broken links joints if link suspension etc By installing a doubler kit you also actually decrease the
- Goosneck 5th tow dolly. . . Legal? Functional? Availability? - Pirate 4x4
I was thinking of getting a tow dolly so that I can pull goosnecks and 5th wheels with the excursion I've seen a few going down the road in my life but now can't seem to find any info on them I'm sure they're probably legal in most states but I don't understand why doubles aren't legal in all
- 6. 2L diesel crankshafts - Pirate 4x4
By the way, regarding the durability of their forged steel crank, Peninsular Diesel claims: "The fatigue factor more than doubles the engine cycle hours " Could be hype or not Most all the diesel engines in Alaska get idled a lot There aren't many low-time 6 2L engines in Alaska
- Tandem axle trailer - brakes on 1 axle vs brakes on both? - Pirate 4x4
But for safety it's probably better to have two The way trailer brakes are (shitty), having two doubles your chance of having one working when you need it Buggies are boring Jeeps are generic Full size are more fun Because size matters
- Winch and pulley calculations help - Pirate 4x4
Think of how a snatchblock works, your cable goes out, goes through the pulley and is attached back to your vehicle with the pulley attached to the "load" this effectively doubles the amount of cable you have to winch in to move your load a given distance, therefore your pulling force is doubled
- Gooseneck vs. bumper pros and cons. - Pirate 4x4
I know this has been covered at least once before, but not specifically for our circumstance A buddy and I haul our buggies 400 miles to the nearest crawling spot several times a year We each have modern diesel 3 4 ton trucks capable of towing 2 vehicles at a time Currently we both drive
- 12 volt winch on 24 volt? - Pirate 4x4
I am running it on 24 volts (2 Odyssey 2150's) because this nearly doubles the CFM at all pressures while the amperage drawn remains virtually the same as compared with a 12 volt source
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