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  1. Tug Toy

    Tug Toy Road Train Member

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    That’s why I’m going to an inboard fixed 5th wheel. So much easier to keep clean and remove to clean.
    I’ve never moved my 5th wheel in the 4 years I’ve had it so, slider really not nessasary.
     
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  3. Tug Toy

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    I present to you: “Mullet” B4EF03F1-B75D-4F0D-8AC0-DF9E5F140F70.jpeg
     
  4. Truckie6674

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    How does it ride now? Smoother?
    And what about the disk brakes?
     
  5. Tug Toy

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    Only drove it around the section. The brakes are going to be awesome I’m sure. To much snow and bald old junk tires to really put them to the test today.
     
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    Whats your wheelbase now?
     
  7. Tug Toy

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    Looks like 270” on the button?
     
  8. Rideandrepair

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    I’m curious how it rides loaded. If it had any front end bounce before. I’m guessing it won’t have any now. Looks great. Like a 300” W.B. But still maneuverable. Looks like I’ll be checking my frame under fifth wheel slider this summer, instead of just swapping the wheel out. Rust never crossed my mind.
     
  9. Tug Toy

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    Finally rounded up a used 5th wheel mount. It’s all cleaned up underneath and painted. 88FEDA54-464F-45EB-8A92-033770DA8033.jpeg 2885E992-52CC-4B9F-BD11-C5FEEC033BFB.jpeg 16175A3C-D520-4DEC-A1DF-B0529BB8E99F.jpeg
     
  10. Tug Toy

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    Getting mud flaps and fenders installed. None of the brackets from the old set up worked on the new one, so starting from scratch again. Fortunately I had a set of mounting brackets from an old set of mud flaps I never used. 2EAA5549-C628-40B2-B108-DFF2917C4265.jpeg 987A9FB4-DF3B-4E38-9433-C45C9C751F04.jpeg AD13A93C-25DB-4270-91FD-3E99632D0C73.jpeg E9744849-7CA0-4CC0-B119-1CE3F16C3627.jpeg
     
  11. Superhauler

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    keep stroking.
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