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RE: Our custom true flatbed truck camper build thread
Since the camper overhangs the sides of the flatbed, you could combine the function of a guide plate and tie down by pinning though a plate hanging below the wall straight into the flatbed side rails, or one that slips into a pocket on the side of the flatbed. If it was flared a bit it could guide the camper into place
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BrandonR
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04/12/13 02:29pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: Extra LP tank
I carry a 1 gallon tank in an exterior compartment I built into the wing. It's short enough that I can set it in the propane compartment upright (my camper uses a horizontal 20lb'er) and connect it to the camper line if the main tank runs out unexpectedly. That 1 gallon can make the difference between being cold and not :)
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BrandonR
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01/31/13 02:01pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: Ever had a rear tire go flat on your SRW while loaded?
I've never had a blowout, the flats I've had have all been slow enough I knew they were happening (felt or heard them) and got stopped before the tire was down to the rim.
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BrandonR
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12/17/12 04:59pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: Spare tires: Do you have one? Have you used it?
Do you have a spare? Do you maintain it? Have you ever used it?
Yes, sort of and yes.
I had to drive 20 miles on a tire with only 30PSI because I hadn't checked it. If we didn't have the tire we'd have had an interesting night in the middle of nowhere.
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BrandonR
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12/17/12 04:57pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: Reliability of Heavy Duty Pickups
Consumer Reports has a different opinion.
Ah yes...Consumer Reports...the Gospel of all things...umm...never mind...
From Consumer Reports: But the Chevrolet Volt — an extended-range electric car that has both an electric system and a conventional engine and transmission — also got the highest score of any GM vehicle.
"GM took a lot of painstaking time to develop that car," Fisher said.
The Volt was recalled earlier this year because vehicles crash-tested by the government showed a risk of fire when coolant leaked from the battery. But Consumer Reports' rankings don't reflect that
The fire risk was overblown by pundits with an axe to grind. The cars in question caught fire well after the crash test was over and done. Even then the fire started only because the battery wasn't properly discharged after the crash test. Can you imagine crash testing a normal vehicle then sticking it out on the back lot without draining the fuel tank or removing the battery?
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BrandonR
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10/30/12 01:25pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: Your job, Mr. Phelps...
Google voice can ring out to multiple phones from a single dialed number.
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BrandonR
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10/29/12 03:36pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Host is now building Earth Cruisers
In some states a TC must be registered and licensed, in others they are hauled as cargo. Wonder where these fall?
Here you'd have two choices, register it as an RV or as a truck and then add a separate RV registration for the box... It's cheaper to just register the whole thing as an RV. But if you can really afford $150K for this you probably don't really care that much about the registration fees.
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BrandonR
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10/19/12 11:50am |
Truck Campers
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RE: Oh what we put up with for our dogs......
I can deal with cows, it's the dead Salmon I have a problem with.
Dead crab is just as bad or worse.
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BrandonR
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08/20/12 02:47pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: To all GM diesel owners I have a transmission question.
I have an '04 so I only have the 5-speed. I use regular D on flat land, Tow/Haul in the hills. I only lock out OD if it starts hunting from 4th to 5th which is rare but sometimes there's just enough grade to make it drop out of OD but 4th is just low enough that it wants to shift back to OD after regaining the speed and backing off the go pedal.
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BrandonR
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08/10/12 04:11pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: La Pine/ Bend Oregon
I don't have any spots that I go back to regularly but it took me all of 5 minutes to find a spot last weekend after fishing on the Deschutes. The area is heavily used by campers so there's a lot of access to dirt roads just off the main gravel roads. Basically any wide spot or unmaintained dirt road can be a spot worth looking at.
Here's where we stayed last weekend.
Take the Spring River Rd exit off 97 (Sunriver area), head West, cross the Deschutes river and turn right onto NF-41, look to your left and pick a dirt road ( I think we were on the 100 road). There's no camping allowed between NF-41 and the river. The forest is so open that it's hard to not find a spot where you can turn the trailer around unless it's huge. It's not water front it's in the trees though, and the river is only a couple minutes drive away.
This isn't WallyDocking of course, it's old logging roads so you might have narrow roads with brush on the sides, rough surfaces and dust :) If your truck is deathly allergic to scratches then you might not like that area.
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BrandonR
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07/11/12 05:15pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: Tire Prices
Costco moves huge volumes, that's why they have good prices.
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BrandonR
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07/10/12 04:05pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: La Pine/ Bend Oregon
There's plenty of places West of the Deschutes river in the forest if you're looking for that sort of boondocking.
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BrandonR
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07/10/12 03:31pm |
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RE: Tire Prices
Costco has good prices in the west. I just paid $808 for a set of 4 245/75-16 Michelin All-Terrains in Boise.
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BrandonR
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07/10/12 09:26am |
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RE: 15K for a "new" truck...what do you get?
I'll re-iterate the statement to look outside your area.. With gas prices high in the northwest it puts downward pressure on truck prices. I see decent looking duallies sitting with for sale signs on them all the time, people give up on driving them due to gas/diesel prices.
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BrandonR
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06/15/12 05:12pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: Best name for a dog?
Our neighbors picked the perfect name for their yellow lab.. Buddy. I mean.. who doesn't call a big goofy lab buddy?
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BrandonR
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06/13/12 11:48am |
Around the Campfire
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