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RE: Cab-Over Storage Containment
There are nets that will cover truck bed that contains the articles from blowing out. The ones I have see look like they are made fron the fabrick covered bungie cords so they will stretch and pull down on any irregularatieso of the load they are covering so they could probably be cut down to cover that area or you might look for cargo netting.
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Itchey Feet
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11/24/09 07:27pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Plug or unplug
We do (not) tow a trailer, but we do haul a hardsided TC. Have been to many campgrounds and done plenty of boondocking. This year we took about a 5 week trip that included a detour up into Canada. Last year we went to the Oregon coast for about a 6 week jaunt. We never unhooked the TC from the trucks electrical system. The way ours is wired it even charges one of the TC batteries that is under the hood of the truck. When the ignition is in the (off) position the trucks starting battery is isolated from the camper 12V system so I guess it all depends on how your tow vehicle is wired. JMHO
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Itchey Feet
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11/24/09 07:21pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Snakes
Do not believe that the problem is (where) you park the tt, as much as it is the holes in the under side of the tt. Do a thourough inspection under it and plug even the smallest spot that entry may be gained. Rodents can even crawl up the elect cord to gain entry. JMHO
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Itchey Feet
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11/24/09 09:57am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Pahaska Tepee, Wyoming
Take a look @ Buffalo Bill State Park if you are looking for full hookups.
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Itchey Feet
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11/24/09 09:52am |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RE: 12 volt Ground Location
As last resort you will need to go back to the battery for the neg hook up. Why not run a heavy neg. lead into the charger converter area fron the battery and create your own negative buss. JMHO
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Itchey Feet
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11/20/09 03:51pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: TCNTN's western fishing trip 2009
Recognize first pic. and last one as places in Wy. the Tetons and the Lower Falls in Yellowstone. Glad they were able to spend some time in Wy. on their western swing. Thanks for posting the pics. for them.
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Itchey Feet
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11/19/09 07:36pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: PC in your TC?
We use a laptop, "E" Mail, weather etc.
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Itchey Feet
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11/19/09 07:05pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: Easy ways to improve insulation during winter camping?
We just used a house model from big box store, do not see any reason why programable one will not work, we just used the cheap one that was set at a temp and forget. It can be set by (1) degree incroments.
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Itchey Feet
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11/11/09 08:38pm |
Beginning RVing
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RE: Easy ways to improve insulation during winter camping?
Thou not an insulating sugestion, I would look at installing a digital thermostat, it sure changed the way the heater worked on our TC. You can set temp wanted to the degree not just somewhere in between.
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Itchey Feet
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11/11/09 07:40pm |
Beginning RVing
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RE: Refigerator electric mode question
Not sure how your switch is designed but on ours we just run it on AUTO, that way, if power is out it switches to gas and visa-versa. JMHO
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Itchey Feet
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11/11/09 04:00pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: Battery charge for toad.
If you go to your (profile) on the left, click your (name) and then (view posts) the last thread is there.
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Itchey Feet
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11/11/09 09:52am |
Towing
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RE: Charging a towed car battery.
We have a TC, Toad is a 1974 Ford Bronco. My camper is plugged into the truck with the vehicle supplied TC plug in the forward part of the chasis. This leaves the rear bumper plug open for the Toad, in the factory plug on the truck is a supplied 12V + and a ground terminal also. I utalized this feature on a plug that is installed in the gril of the Bronco and ran the hot and neg. wires to the appropriate connections under the hood. This always gives me a charged battery and lights for the toad. Just the way I did it.
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Itchey Feet
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11/10/09 07:13pm |
Dinghy Towing
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RE: keeping fridge cold while travelling
We are in the TC family and travel usualy 3 - 6 weeks at a time and have the propane on all the time with a few exceptions, when we fuel (gasoline) and when we pull into to have our propane tanks (2) filled up @ end of trip. That way when we decide to head out that part is ready to go and sometines when the power goes out (at the house) we can still stay warm and cook meals by just going out to the camper. JMHO
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Itchey Feet
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11/04/09 10:15am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Microwave broke, do i need a special one to replace it with?
We had the microwave go bad in the "C" we (had). It set in an upper cabinet and just went to the electronic store and purchased one close to the same size, built a new wooden mounting bracket and reinserted it with the old vent and was still working fine when we sold the unit a couple of years later. You could always use the space for storage and mount the new one on a counter. JMHO
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Itchey Feet
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11/02/09 08:07pm |
Toy Haulers
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RE: tiedowns for flatbed
Thanks for the replies and pics . What I'm looking to do is move the attaching point on the camper to the inboard side of the wing , up against the tub that sits on the truck , if that makes sense.
The only problem you might run into is making the attaching point sturdy enough so the anchor point does not pull out. Just using a screw in eye bolt probably would not be sufficent -- probably need to install a nut with large washer on the top side of anchor that has gone thru a structual member. JMHO
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Itchey Feet
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10/23/09 09:36pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: tiedowns for flatbed
I set ours on a flat bed, after centering camper where I wanted it, I cut (4) pieces if 1 1/2" angle iron about 6" long, drilled two 3/8" holes in each angle on exact centers (so they would be interchangable) and then tapped out holes in the deck of the flatbed and installed them with stainless bolts. That way any time the camper and brackets were removed just by installing the angle iron the camper would automaticly be centered the next time it was set back on the truck. On the front I built a spacer so that when camper was put in place it was always set the same as to front and back. My tiedowns are the stock spring loaded ones, just took the brackets off the rear bumper and bolted them to the outer tidown rail on flatbed and adjusted to the correct tension. They have very little angle on them and has not moved in over 3 years of travel including trips to the Oregon coast and this summer a trip up into Canada.
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Itchey Feet
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10/23/09 03:42pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: Switching to TC
Prior to the purchase of a truck, look at the TC that you think will work for you, then look for a truck that will handle it.
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Itchey Feet
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10/22/09 12:59pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: Older Atwood Hot Water Heater
What HVAC said X2
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Itchey Feet
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10/21/09 03:47pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: 2010 GMC Trucks
Thanks to everyone, even found the interior pictures.
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Itchey Feet
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10/15/09 08:50pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: 2010 GMC Trucks
Thanks DW, the specs I was interested in. Still no pictures that I can find in yours or VD's links yet.
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Itchey Feet
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10/15/09 05:15pm |
Truck Campers
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