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Mas pictures. I included a before, during, and after of our house, along with the AI generated image Gemini did of our house that we are using for a guide. Forgot to include that I also got to celebrate my first Father’s Day, followed by our fourth anniversary. Needless to say, life has been...

Been busy with life lately. Applied and got into an administrative credential program, so hopefully this is my last year teaching in the classroom and I can be an assistant principal, principal, or work for the district office or county office of education from here on out. Looking to move up in...

True, but axles are pretty cheap/easy to upgrade. That said, I'm not worried in the least bit. 1700# unloaded 85# water tank 50# generator 42# 5 gal water jug on the rear Grand total of 1877#. Plenty of room to spare on the small 2200# axle.

Griff, take the pop up to a local fabrication shop and have them replace the flimsy oem rear bumper with something more substantial (.120" wall 2x4 rect tube at minimum) and weld a hitch receiver to that. I did exactly that to my pop up camper in preparation for our road trip next weekend. I...

I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess he doesn't own a welder, know how to weld, or know someone that owns a welder.

Avalanches are awesome. However, it seems like you're going to want some sort of bed rack like the overlanders use. They're abundantly available, though finding one that fits your bed may be a bit of a challenge. Then you can mount something like this off it

Does the tonneau cover go over the bed rails? Is it a fiberglass cap that hinges up, or is it a soft cover that folds in thirds/rolls up? If it hinges, I think you're going to want to drill through with sandwitch plates, covering a decently large surface area/using some aluminum extrusion bolted...

I absolutely love my Pexto stomp shear. Most material takes me a few hops since I'm only 150# haha

They're all I use anymore, aside from drilling through anything thicker than 1/4". I get the cheapo ones from Hobo Freight and toss them when they dull, but I get a pretty substantial amount of life out of them.

Don't use a ratchet - use a come-along, and he just needs to lay the jack on its side so there's no risk of sudden collapse.

I had new tires put on the wife's car last week. The tech told me it needed a front end alignment (which I knew due to front tire wear pattern and crooked steering wheel lol. She tagged a curb...) and I told him "Do it." It was so freeing giving him $90 and having it done in, literally, 5...

If you haven't used it much lately, sell it. If you find you need one, they're fairly cheap used. I bought my 60 gallon Husky for $100. Put a $200 motor on it and it's been trouble free for 4 years now.

How are the jacks lifting off the ground? Place the floor jack between the frames and pump. the bottom of the jack will push against the lower frame, top of the jack pushes against the top of the frame as seen in my beautiful artwork

Can you put a floor jack between the lower and upper arms and use it to see if they will budge when being spread?

Cut into a bar of soap before cutting the aluminum to help it from sticking. But yeah, any metal saw will realistically work on aluminum. Table saw, circular saw, reciprocating saw...