What did you do TO your Gladiator today? [ADMIN WARNING: NO POLITICS, NO GUN TALK]

[JTdiRtyD]

Not today, but recently;

Received and installed the Campone Unilift Combo camper shell and trying to figure out how I want to build out the back of the truck now.

Also rebuilt the enclosure for my drawer system. Was originally out of 1/2" ply, now it's out of 3/4" hardwood ply and much gooder. Should have the drawers and top slide out finished up tonight after work.

Things I need to get done by weds night:

- Finish drawers
- Install extended rear brake lines
- Install Steersmarts brace
- Install rear track bar
- Change oil
- Check torque on all suspension comonents
- Install Wolbox rear camera
- Find all of my stuff thats spread out between two garages and repack it into truck

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[Bandit’s Lair]

Not today, but recently;

Received and installed the Campone Unilift Combo camper shell and trying to figure out how I want to build out the back of the truck now.

Also rebuilt the enclosure for my drawer system. Was originally out of 1/2" ply, now it's out of 3/4" hardwood ply and much gooder. Should have the drawers and top slide out finished up tonight after work.

Things I need to get done by weds night:

- Finish drawers
- Install extended rear brake lines
- Install Steersmarts brace
- Install rear track bar
- Change oil
- Check torque on all suspension comonents
- Install Wolbox rear camera
- Find all of my stuff thats spread out between two garages and repack it into truck

Did you do a thread on this? I’m interested in doing a 1 sided version of this with stacked storage.

 

[JTdiRtyD]

Did you do a thread on this? I’m interested in doing a 1 sided version of this with stacked storage.

<------- I have a build thread, but haven't updated much with this latest stuff. I'll be updating it soon, but honestly I have been so busy trying to get everything done that I haven't taken much time to take photos or notes on what I've been doing.

I can say the drawers are most likely temporary. I was already in the process of (re)building them when I came across this camper shell, so I'll use them until I decide what I want to do next since this camper shell is a pass through design. I'd like to be able to escape into the back of the truck during inclement weather, so I want to brainstorm some modular seating/storage designs.

 

[Gatorized]

This is indirectly for the JT - as I pull this trailer with the JT and want to power the little winch on the trailer with the truck. So, I am making it so that I can either use a battery on the trailer, or my truck.
I have a connector mounted in the truck bed.... (wiring run along frame from engine bay to anderson in bed wall thanks to the crazy hobo guy since I can't lay under vehicles any more)

Ideas/points behind this mod:
I didn't like having a long cord on the winch at all times - wire exposed to the sun and worse.
I want to power the winch from my truck's bed connector.
I want the option to power the winch from some other source, say a battery somewhere.

Idea:
Make a cord that will plug in at the winch on the trailer and run to the connector in the truck bed.
Make a second cord that will plug in at the winch on the trailer and have clips that can connect to the battery.

Connector in truck bed - powered through winch solenoid so I hit aux 3 to trigger the solenoid. Protected by this 50 amp breaker

Anderson connector in bed -



Another connector on the trailer - now to make the cable that will connect the two. It's a tilt-bed trailer so the winch won't be running very hard. I did the math on the incline vs. the weight being pulled up said incline in degrees and figured a 2500 pound winch will only need about 1200 pounds pulling power. If I used a snatch block, even LESS. We pulled a 383 Firebird up the trailer using my winch and a battery charger a while back!

Why a breaker here since there's one in the engine bay? Well, if I use a battery or something other than my truck, this will be a breaker in that case.
I have some cleanup and rearranging to do, some things aren't clean and straight, some wires could be shorter, that sort of thing - but it's getting there.
When winter comes, 2 nuts and 5 screws and I can pull the wiring off for the winter and cover the winch.

rather than remove the wiring in the winter, why not just drop a box over the whole installation to protect it from the weather Year round?

 

[agoldxj]

Put my latest BOH on the driver fender. Im pretty sure its as full as it will get. I'll check after I get Hawks Pride after the trip out there in 2 weeks.

De-badge that thing and you can fit 4 more there!

 

[Bandit’s Lair]

De-badge that thing and you can fit 4 more there!

But then he won’t know it’s a Jeep………

 

[Shibbyjeep]

De-badge that thing and you can fit 4 more there!

I debadged it to put the retro badges on it lol

 

[Cattywumpuss]

Not today, but recently;

Received and installed the Campone Unilift Combo camper shell and trying to figure out how I want to build out the back of the truck now.

Also rebuilt the enclosure for my drawer system. Was originally out of 1/2" ply, now it's out of 3/4" hardwood ply and much gooder. Should have the drawers and top slide out finished up tonight after work.

Things I need to get done by weds night:

- Finish drawers
- Install extended rear brake lines
- Install Steersmarts brace
- Install rear track bar
- Change oil
- Check torque on all suspension comonents
- Install Wolbox rear camera
- Find all of my stuff thats spread out between two garages and repack it into truck

Oooo, that looks really smart!

 

[JTdiRtyD]

Drawers are done!

 

[Bandit’s Lair]

Nice SWaG too!!! How do you like that one? Drawers look awesome!

 

[Mud Pie]

Them drawers look like something out of a city morgue....lol

Idea !! Around Halloween put two skeletons from Home Depot in them !!

 

[caryt]

Removed my .85" Antirock and installed a 1.125" Antirock. Std one was great till the addition of the Alucab canopy camper. Larger bar with shorter arms is perfect now.

 

[JTdiRtyD]

Removed my .75" Antirock and installed a 1.125" Antirock. Std one was great till the addition of the Alucab canopy camper. Larger bar with shorter arms is perfect now.

This is one of my next upgrades, I just haven't enjoyed looking at the $1600+ price tag...

 

[ChrisNLA]

Drawers are done!

I work in the fire truck industry and this drawer system scratches all the right itches

If I had a bed cap I'd be tempted to build myself something similar.

 

[JTdiRtyD]

I work in the fire truck industry and this drawer system scratches all the right itches

If I had a bed cap I'd be tempted to build myself something similar.

I started building it before I found this pass through camper shell. I finished the drawers to use for the next couple trips, and I was going to design a new bed setup wher I could sit inside and utilize the tent pass through, but now that they are done and seeing how well it turned out I'm now second guessing if I want to use the pass through of the tent lol

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