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    Posted: 19 Feb 2019 at 4:12pm
Since we can't see underneath to know if it's ocean or tule fog we'll have to wait for Toyanvil to let us know.  I've been to places in the southern Sierra in my younger days that looked over the valley that could pass for what is in the picture.  But it could easily be on the coast too.  Can't tell from the sky or the foliage whether it's summer or winter.  I used to see that sea of fog coming down the ridge route on surfing/camping trips in Nov-Jan when we camped at the beach under beautiful blue warm skies.  Camping in CA, except when in the high Sierra, is a year-round activity.
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Lostagain I'm going with GlueGuy on this one being the marine layer till we hear definitively from Toyanvil. 3 reasons:

Too much and the wrong kind of vegetation to be overlooking the central valley.
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The tule fog is mostly a winter phenomenon and the marine layer mostly occurs in summer, and more camping is done in the summer....

Yes, the tule fog and the marine layer look similar from on top. Big difference is the marine layer almost always has both a floor and a ceiling. For the tules, the floor is pretty often 0 AGL. Not good. 
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I can't count the times I drove from the mountains into the tule fog when I lived in B'field.  It looks just like that as you come off the Grapevine. But the fog over the Central Valley looks pretty much like the fog over the ocean too, except that it tends to get denser with more limited visibility, but that's not so apparent from the top.

I've noticed that the tule fog doesn't seem to be as prevalent or persistent now as it was in the 50's through the 70's.  I can say I made decent money defending fog crashes when I lived in Fresno.  There were always people who insisted on driving like it wasn't there and that always turns out poorly for everyone else.
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Originally posted by lostagain

That's a really cool trailer.  You really did a nice job.  I don't miss that tule fog in your second picture, though.
I don't know that that is tule fog. It looks a lot like the fog we see from the hills/mountains overlooking the Pacific coast. I think of tule fog as that strange stuff that is prevalent in the central valley.
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Is that a TW200 tucked in there? 
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That's a really cool trailer.  You really did a nice job.  I don't miss that tule fog in your second picture, though.
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It looks like it is just the main tube has lost it's camber from not being supported at the ends.

Thank you I really like my off-road trailer too, but my wife wants a restroom on the same floor   
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Wow that's quite a bit of negative camber on the rPod axle. Can you confirm that its only the axle tube that has failed or are there problems with the spindle/torque arm too?

I really like your custom trailer build. The air springs are a nice feature, you could even level it side to side with those, some rpod owners have noted their trailers sitting quite a bit lower on the slide side. I'm just not sure you can get a leaf spring axle to provide a ride height as low as it currently is with the torsion axle, but maybe you want it taller anyway.  

I understand your concern about a 5200 lb axle being too stiff.  It will depend on how heavy your loaded trailer is. In my case I'm very near 3500 lb on the axle when I crank in the wdh loads so I wouldn't be too concerned. 
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Posts: 3419 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Feb 2019 at 5:26pm
Toyanvil,

Interesting post, first I have seen of an axle repair. I'd like to know how that turns out. I have a Dexter axle on my 2015 178, no issues. I like Offgrids mod to the Lippert diamond. Looking forward to your results.
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