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RE: Do I really need a Dually?
That 500 lb tongue weight on a 24" extended hitch will put another 1,000 lbs on your rear axle.
I basically had the rig you are considering. A 4,000 lb camper on an F-350 SRW pulling a 7,000 lb car hauler. It would get us there, but it was exhausting and no fun to drive. Traded for an F-350 DRW. Now its two-finger relaxed driving at interstate speeds.
I have Timbrens on our DRW. They work fine but I would suggest looking into Stable Loads.
Good Luck,
Brad
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BradW
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04/23/13 08:04pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: Dealer Listings - Find a TC Dealer in Your Area
It was getting close. As you know, generally speaking, if a thread isn't posted to in 1 year, the forum software automatically locks the thread.
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BradW
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04/23/13 05:02am |
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RE: America’s Wildflowers, while On the Road~A Truck Camper’s TR
http://www.carnegiemnh.org/graphics/adopt/birds/ScarletTanager.jpg
Was up in the Tennesse hills Saturday. Saw mainly red buds, dogwoods, a 4' black racer and 3 scarlet tanagers.
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BradW
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04/22/13 05:00am |
Truck Campers
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RE: Chalet under new ownership
All TC manufacturers have occassional problems with the campers they build. Its good to hear that Chalet is working with you to solve the problem with your camper.
Good luck,
Brad
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BradW
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04/20/13 05:37am |
Truck Campers
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RE: We lost another memeber..
I'm not very computer minded but this is where it is.
http://www.competitiondiesel.com/forums/showthread.php?t=152779
Thanks for the link. Yeh, had to register; wasn't too painful.
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BradW
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04/18/13 08:26pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: Cell Tower Antenna - How Directional?
That's problem number 2. Problem number one is finding a coffee can big enough to get my head and cell phone in at the same time. :)
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BradW
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04/18/13 12:06pm |
Technology Corner
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RE: Cell Tower Antenna - How Directional?
OK, I going to try this: http://evdotips.blogspot.com/2008/03/homebrew-yagi.html
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BradW
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04/18/13 10:55am |
Technology Corner
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RE: We lost another memeber..
John was very active on Comp Diesel, they have quite a memorial page over there, a well liked gentlemen for sure.
Could you post a link to that? I looked, but couldn't find it.
Thanks,
Brad
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BradW
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04/18/13 08:10am |
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RE: We lost another memeber..
John's last post from last summer:
John,
Did you find some high ground when the hurricane went thru?
Brad
I just lassoed it and turned on my THROTTLE CABLE brad.
I just don't listen real well Ya know
Another "Best of" jponder from 2004:
solar fry is right. let your rig roll with the hills slowing going up hills and freewheeling going down this will maximize mileage. you can do this with your foot held in one spot or you can do like I do and intall a throttle cable. at 50 MPH on level ground hitting 60 going down hills and slowing to 40 climbing hills I can bust 19 MPG in a 11K truck that is lifted. you just got to sit back and relax and enjoy the scenery
What a shame; he was so young. I always enjoyed jponder's posts. He seemed to see the world a little differently than most people. We need more folks like him.
SPACE SHUTTLE
2001 4X4 ETH/DEE Reg Cab
Ricksons 285/70R19.5
US Gear Ex Brake
*NO CRUISE CONTROL!!! *
*MANUAL THROTTLE CABLE for 21.3MPG!*
*DRW WORST NIGHTMARE MONSTER TRUCK!*
Camper:
94 Lance EU2000
11700 gw tc+t.
Soon:
Cat Heat& MO BATTERIES!!
https://forums.woodalls.com/SharedContent/cfb/memberphotos/14447240/signature/JohnPonderCRP3.jpg
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BradW
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04/16/13 02:17pm |
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RE: Automotive GPS suggestion
no love lost on the TomTom.
Bought mine on my brother-in-laws recomendation. Now I know why he is a welder/pipefitter and nother an electronics expert. I would not take another TomTom if they were giving them away. Maps are lousy, you can't trust anything it tells you, customer service is worse than lousy; TomToms are a European product adapted for North America. I have a free app on my iPhone that does a much better job than our TomTom.
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BradW
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04/16/13 09:50am |
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RE: Cell Tower Antenna - How Directional?
We were up there again yesterday. Internet would work, but very slowly. Cell phone would not work at all. The signal strength mostly remained on the 88db, but occasionaly jumped to 102db. Weird.
Found an old post on another forum from a guy who had similar problems. He lived on a huge lake with lots of open space between him and the towers (kinda like me on top of my mtn). He said that his iPhone would bounce back and forth between a strong tower and a weak tower. I guess I'm going to buy a yagi and give it a try up there. I hope it will allow me to lock into the stronger tower and block out the weak tower.
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BradW
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04/15/13 09:48am |
Technology Corner
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RE: Where to buy a decent snatch block?
I agree that you should get rid of the 3k HF winch. Hardly adequate for anything.
They are good for very light duty, but not much more, even with a snatch block. One other thing to remember, the pull rating of most winches is measured with only two wraps on the spool. The pulling force drops of dramatically for a nearly full spool.
Steel vs synthetic winch rope - both have there safety issues. Seen and read about too many synthetic winch ropes breaking for no apparent reason and giving absolutely no warning. Don't want that issue in my mind while I'm hanging on a winch cable on the side of a mtn. Guess I'm a dinosaur, but I will keep my steel winch rope and manual tranny thank you. :) :)
Brad
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BradW
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04/15/13 09:40am |
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RE: Where to buy a decent snatch block?
I remember seeing a photo once of a jeep with the winch hook and cable going thru the windhsield and the driver's seat headrest. That might have been the same incident. :E :E :E
Winches kinda scare me a little, but I luv them anyway. :)
http://www.fototime.com/78D662A36A467B6/orig.jpg
Upper 2 - Tellico
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BradW
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04/13/13 07:09am |
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RE: Automotive GPS suggestion
Don't buy a Tom tom
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BradW
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04/12/13 04:02pm |
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RE: Where to buy a decent snatch block?
Knuckleheads, winch & beer
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BradW
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04/11/13 11:13am |
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RE: Where to buy a decent snatch block?
Tractor Supply stocks Warn snatch blocks
also I've bought winch cable and other recovery gear from these folks:
http://www.okoffroad.com/stuff-recovery.htm
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BradW
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04/10/13 03:43pm |
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RE: CB radio
I first tried mounting my cb antenna on the front bumper of our 2006 Powerstroke Ford, but had to move it because of all the static/engine RF noise it was picking up at that location.
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BradW
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04/06/13 08:48am |
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RE: Hello, Weight Police...Thoughts?
We were up at Tin Cup Pass a couple of years ago about sunset watching +200 elk grazing on the far ridge. Beautiful area. We are likely headed back to Silverton this summer.
Maybe he had bushwacker flares; they sure looked like yours.
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BradW
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04/05/13 10:49am |
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RE: Hello, Weight Police...Thoughts?
That is a purdy Jeep. I'm going to take a guess at the location: east side of Tin Cup Pass?
Are those xenon flares? A buddy of mine got his front right xenon flare up against a tree pretty hard last sat and it held up very well; just broke the little marker light.
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BradW
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04/05/13 09:02am |
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RE: Hello, Weight Police...Thoughts?
I was just thinking, with torsion axles, you need to be carefull with the WD hitch to keep the trailer level so neither trailer axle gets overloaded since they don't equalize. But as long as that trailer is, it has to stay pretty close to level to keep from draging on one end or the other. It would be interesting to see the seperate axle loads if you are ever at a truck stop where it would be convient to weigh them.
The other thing I don't like about torsion axles is if you break something on on out on the raod, it's just about impossible to find a replacement part/axle locally.
Hey, what kinda of purdy Jeep do you have that needs an enclosed trailer? :) :)
Good Luck,
Brad
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BradW
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04/04/13 02:12pm |
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