Alright... It's been far to long and no update from me... I haven't done too much to the old Soy. I'm still working with Gamiviti to make a slight tweak to their existing rack to allow use on a Sequoia but things have been slow. I needed/wanted a roof rack again so I took some ideas from Sal R. and made one. I took my old rack converted from an ATV ramp, cut it to 42", raised the stock rails 1/2", ran 1-1/2" aluminum angle along the stock rails, and bolted the ramp to the angle. It works pretty decent. I had a fairing to cut down wind noise but I removed it as I'm in the process of installing a 42" LED light bar.
A pic of the rack from the top:
Here is the pic of the angle attached to both the rail and the rack:
As I said, I'm in the process of mounting a 42" curved LED light bar as well as 6" LED pod pairs on the sides and rear. I will post pictures of those as they are complete.
As I have had a break from my family and work, I have been slaving away at my trailer, better know as the E.A.T... As posted in the
camping rig section, I started with an old boat trailer and a dream that has started to come to fruition.
I beefed up the frame, ran a 2" x 1/4" thick square tube front to rear with a 2" receiver at the back, added a 3,500 pound axle and 6x5.5 hubs, 1.25" hub centric spacers pushing the track width out to within a 1/4" of the Soy, laid a 3/4 plywood floor and built the box on top out of 1/2" ply. I still have to add side door up front, a battery/tool box in front of the spare, and mack some mock rain gutters for the rack but It's usable. I ended up having to build custom fenders to accommodate the width after installing the spacers but I'm glad I ended up going that route anyway. The fenders are strong enough to jack the entire side of the trailer up and I can fit a full 20 lbs propane cylinder in the rear corner. I used some scrap mdf to build a stove/cooler slide out in the rear. I used some cheap drawer slides to get it done and now that I'm sold on the idea, I will buy some decent locking slides and use some good ply before fiberglassing the entire setup to seal it. I was throughly impressed with both how the trailer rode and how the Soy pulled it. I was able to make it down a trail that my buddies 80 series, and my brothers modified Pathfinder got stuck! I ended up finishing the trail, taking the long way to the trail entrance, and pulling both of them out. Both have made fun of the Soy's larger stature but they were not laughing as I pulled them out!
Here are a couple shots as we were getting ready to head home:
The longer I have the Soy, the more I fall in love with it! They are an outstanding, and very underrated off road rig!
A pic of the rack from the top:
Here is the pic of the angle attached to both the rail and the rack:
As I said, I'm in the process of mounting a 42" curved LED light bar as well as 6" LED pod pairs on the sides and rear. I will post pictures of those as they are complete.
As I have had a break from my family and work, I have been slaving away at my trailer, better know as the E.A.T... As posted in the
camping rig section, I started with an old boat trailer and a dream that has started to come to fruition.
I beefed up the frame, ran a 2" x 1/4" thick square tube front to rear with a 2" receiver at the back, added a 3,500 pound axle and 6x5.5 hubs, 1.25" hub centric spacers pushing the track width out to within a 1/4" of the Soy, laid a 3/4 plywood floor and built the box on top out of 1/2" ply. I still have to add side door up front, a battery/tool box in front of the spare, and mack some mock rain gutters for the rack but It's usable. I ended up having to build custom fenders to accommodate the width after installing the spacers but I'm glad I ended up going that route anyway. The fenders are strong enough to jack the entire side of the trailer up and I can fit a full 20 lbs propane cylinder in the rear corner. I used some scrap mdf to build a stove/cooler slide out in the rear. I used some cheap drawer slides to get it done and now that I'm sold on the idea, I will buy some decent locking slides and use some good ply before fiberglassing the entire setup to seal it. I was throughly impressed with both how the trailer rode and how the Soy pulled it. I was able to make it down a trail that my buddies 80 series, and my brothers modified Pathfinder got stuck! I ended up finishing the trail, taking the long way to the trail entrance, and pulling both of them out. Both have made fun of the Soy's larger stature but they were not laughing as I pulled them out!
Here are a couple shots as we were getting ready to head home:
The longer I have the Soy, the more I fall in love with it! They are an outstanding, and very underrated off road rig!