I think I'm going to go this way as well. My big issue is having a bunch of swinging things. Swing tailgate and swinging tire carrier(s) might be a little wild at times.
It's a good time. Lots of learning opportunities, ask questions if you have them! I was solo, so had one of the guides with me. I got to do everything 1st. Wear some comfortable clothes, it's f'ing hot and you have at least 1 window down most of the time. They had a shit ton of Broncos...
I dicked one of the latches off of a pipe hanging from a parking garage. Funny enough, it had the height on there. No damage, a little yellow on the latch. Lesson learned, no more gifts for the wife from the mall.
I was really wondering what that might look like too!?!?
Ebay has them listed from $600ish to $1200. Sold is a different story, looks like $400ish to $700ish, but there's only a couple sold. Shipping those would suck, at least you have those boxes!!!