omg. the lug nuts are on so tight i couldn't get them off with a breaker bar. ****ing dealerships and their air tools. will do all the maint fluids with the ramp (rhino ramps rated to 16k lbs) but the brakes will have to wait until after the first event. They're fine (lot of life of pad, rotor), just not very confidence inspiring. Prob need a bleed, but pretty flat between here and WI.

Shocks arrive Sunday, new air springs arrive Weds, so the parts that are bad will be replaced before the first event at least

 

just to make things exciting, the brake bleeder valve broke on the passenger's side front caliper. Luckily it's a common enough part that autozone has replacement calipers..

 

The lemon stats are adding up lol. Why'd a bleeder cause you to replace the caliper?

 

dont really have the skill to drill out the old bleeder. the calipers are pretty corroded anyway, so might as well do it like this

 

I think the Sequoia needs its own build thread

 

 

Bam!

 

Sam its 2020 can you please buy an impact!?

 

sorry - will move the chatter over to toyota nation

 

du you guys use a car cover when you tow? or is it gonna be too windy for that

 

No way, waaayy to windy. You'll rip it to shreds no matter how many places you tie and tape it. Tis why you see (most) boats being towed without any covers.

If you're worried about rock chips you can attempt to use the body shop plastic wrap or blue tape, but at 70+ for more then a few hours will eventually start to tear that off too. The only real way is using a trailer guard that prevents the rocks from getting up there in the first place.

 

Went from an 05 Tacoma w/ 20' open to an 03 Lariat F250 6.0 powerstroke w/ 20' enclosed. Pretty happy with the switch and went about 2000 miles so far this race season.

 

Car cover will scuff the paint 10x worse than a few possible rock chips. The car is pretty protected being 2ft off the ground up on the trailer.

Those are nice trucks, but good luck with 6.uhoh. Get the bullet proof stuff for it before it leaves you stranded with blown headgaskets.

 

she tows like a champ! nerve wracking at the beginning but got used to it pretty quickly

 

where do you guys store your trailers, if not at your house/backyard? curious if there was any kind of storage facility i could keep one at, the townhouse doesn't really have the space