Mine and Tyler's......

 

Nice rigs!

 

Did you do something to the seats to make them flat in the back for the dogs?

 

This is one of my favorites besides my little train in my signature, LOL!



Rich, nice, very nice. Lots of very nice rigs here!!!

 

Hey rob, just threw up a new thread with a link to pictures of the seats and what not!

 

Nope, the 96 SC came with the fold down rear seat. It doesn't have the "half" door in the back to open. Pax front folds forward and slides way up on the rails so there is plenty of room to get in and out.
The rear bench flips forward and the back lays out flat in the gap that the bench leaves. All I did was put some velcro on the seat back, velcro on the carpet back and the dogs now have a non skid soft carpet to lay on. Although when we are moving the grey one prefers sitting and looking out the side window, that is, after we have a fight over who is actually going to drive.

 

Awesome, ill check it out in a bit....I have an eight page paper due tomorrow i should be doing instead of FTE lol. But its on the history of diesel so i guess this counts as research....sort of.


I have the same fight with my dog! Except it usually ends up that i force myself in and then my old lady has to fight for the middle seat and the dog gets shotgun!

 

That's cool. I didn't know the rear seats did that.

 

Nope, brown one pushes the center seat back forward so he can see out the front window. The grey one moves to the pax front leaving my wife with the back. (Ever try to have an arguement with a half wolf?) Wife does always win though. She comes from Viking stock!

 

What do you haul in that trailer Glenn?

Since you pull 5th wheels, let me ask you something. Yesterday I bought a Valley 16k slider 5th wheel hitch with the rails and mounting brackets for $200. It was only used three times. Is that a good deal? The rails in my bed are Valley and it fits right in there!

 

I bought it to move to AZ from NE. Two round trips at 1250 miles one way. Pulled over the grain elevator in NE when we were leaving and I grossed at 33K, LOL.

Edit: I don't know about Valley but I think a slider is for short beds so the 5er doesn't hit the cab. I finally bought a trailer saver, it has two air bags and two shocks. It helps big time the 'chucking' as its called. Its when certain bumps you hit where the rear of the truck is going up and the 5er is coming down. I've been slamed so hard sometimes I don't know how the frame or axle stood up to it.

 

Holy smokes!....33k!!!! That's crazy! Did you read the second part of my last post about the hitch? Is it a good deal? The prices I found new on them was $700-$800.

 

Playing trailer in my avatar, 16k gross. Working trailer here, 34k gross. New springs should help haul both of these better.

 

Bill, here is my 02 on the hitch, it's a very very good price for a slider and if you are going to use it on your truck with short bed its just what you need. Glenn has one of the best available for his rig and if i towed as much as he does I would have one too. There is another way to get the air ride he has that is less expensive than what Glenn has I think it called Airborne and mounts to the pin box on the trailer, but then that only works for one trailer unless you would want to take the time to change it if towing something else What Glenn is the best for him I think because he dose pull at least two different trailers.

 

Bill, I edited my last post. $200 is a excellent price for a short bed slider hitch.

Rich described it real well. There is also a 'rocker' type hitch that some people confuse with the slider. It will rock side to side and front to back. Helps if you get into some uneven terrain. I went from a solid mount pin box to a Mor/ryde cushion pin box. That helped but this trailer saver hitch I have now I love it so much I locked it down hoping no one would steal it, LOL. This country's infrastructure is getting so bad I felt I had to do something before I had a major break down.