RE: Refrig light
The reason your light won't go on in the refer is that your rig is way overweight. You have exceeded all GVWR and axle ratings and your air pressure is clearly borderline. You can add all the modifications you want, but extra springs, air bags, stable loads, bigger tires etc, will not make your rig any "LIGHTER"
Joe
RE: 1920's RV camping
Thanks for the link, very interesting site. I clicked on the link for Lakeport and was surprised to find a 1907 view of a building in Laconia NH that the DW and I just commented on last Friday discussing it's architecture as we were parked at a stop light, . Quite a difference from 100 + yrs ago
Joe
RE: Campfires: Love them or hate them?
MUST HAVE FIRE !
Just look at the real meaning of campfire
C.A.M.P.F.I.R.E.
Camping
Always
Makes
People
Feel
Inferno
Really
Entertaining
S.M.O.K.E.
Some
Minor
Olfactory
Killing
Expected
Joe
RE: Saw this today!
I am going to put an end to all the speculation about this dual TC setup . The owner is not destitute or homeless, and acquired this setup due to the influence of all the posters here on RV Net's forums.
I don’t know if this member is still active here, but for many years he was on the forums under the name, “IFYOUTELLMEINEEDITIWILLADDITON”
He spent many years reading the posts and taking EVERY suggestion quite literally , and buying countless thousands of dollars worth of accessories to upgrade his rig.
On the truck and front TC he installed stable loads, Timbrens, air bags, extra spring packs, 22 inch wheels, 3 different kinds of sway bars, Happijack and Torklift tiedowns front and rear, 3 brand of shocks, Cameras, air conditioners, 40 solar panels with the accompanying 4 controllers, several surge protectors, , supersprings, airbag control monitors, 18 12 volt agm batteries , 22 6 volt Trojans, 2 flux capacitors, 8 different brands of awnings, and 3 different models of refers. Swing away brackets on the jacks, even though he doesn’t have a dually. Several hundred LED light systems, front and rear cargo carriers, and one Honda EU2000 generator. All of these items were installed together, as the forums had him convinced that one was a good as another, so he tried them all at the same time.
When he tired of the TC forum, he would visit the trailer forum and that’s when he decided to get a trailer and another TC that he could fix up as he had been reading on the TC forum about restoring older TC’s , and he read about TC’s on a flatbed.
Notice that he went with a dually setup on the trailer for the added weight carrying capacity. He gutted out the TC and put in all new cabinets , flooring, walls, appliances and a couple of LED lights. He has also duplicated most of the items he put in the front TC.The rear TC also has a Yamaha 2500 generator.
It also appears in this picture that he is preparing to install a wooden spool table in one of the TC’s and has a tire in back of the trailer with an aggressive off road tread that he is swapping out for one of the trailer tires.
There are far too many more items on both of these rigs to list here. I just want to let everyone be aware that your posts may be read by some impressionable TC’ers out there that take everything you say as gospel. Be careful what you post, or there may be more rigs like this on the road in the future.
Glad I could help straighten this out
Joe
RE: Blizzard of 2013!!
We got left out again. !!!!
Where we are in central NH , we only got 8 inches , some nearby towns got 18 inches. Same story as the last so called "big storm", was supposed to be 6 to 12 inches, we got 3.
There is a lot of truth to the stories people tell about snowstorms being bigger when they were younger, many, many years ago. I remember that when I was very young, and about 2 feet tall, the snow we got in storms back then was a lot deeper than what we have now... there were some storms that the snow was so deep it was almost up to my waist !
Joe
RE: light weight camper
There always seems to be postings from people with 1/2 tons looking for TC advice, as to what the truck can carry, and what TC is recommended. This unit looks like it might just fill a need for those with limited carrying capacity. I wonder how it is anchored to the truck and how easy it is to remove .
Joe
RE: Dont need no stinken electric jacks
I used to use the same drill on the jacks of my Sunlite, did an excellent job . Only needed one charged battery , did not run low on juice, had more than enough power. Have electric jacks now, and don't miss the manual ones.
Joe
RE: Flying truck campers?
You're making me a little nervous here, what do you mean in the future? I just put a large deposit on a flying Truck Camper, even ordered the optional hyperdrive. Are you saying they are not in production yet ? I should have known the deal was too good to be true.
Joe
Obviously, you believed a salesman ... and of course, it comes with a money back guarantee if it's not produced and delivered within forty-five years. Right?
Obviously, I know better than to deal with a salesman ! They will tell you anything to get a sale, just looking for a commission. I ordered it from a friend of a friends 3rd cousin on his sweet little grandmas side of the family. How could I go wrong there ?
Joe
RE: Flying truck campers?
You're making me a little nervous here, what do you mean in the future? I just put a large deposit on a flying Truck Camper, even ordered the optional hyperdrive. Are you saying they are not in production yet ? I should have known the deal was too good to be true.
Joe
RE: Short or Long bed
Thanks! I think I'll check out the Arctic Fox 811, Northstar, the S & S (never heard of that brand) and some Northstars. I don't want to have the gap between camper and the truck. I'm more looking for the the Northstar like option where you can detach (or skip) the rear storage. I think the Lance 815 use to do that.
There's a camper show next month in Springfield, I hope there are some truck campers to look at!
thanks all!
Truck Camper Warehouse / East End Campers is usually there in Springfield with several TC's
