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RE: Safety Chains Binding Between Hitch Head & Trunnion Bars
Picture won't post??….on edit: thank you moderator for posting my photo.
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Z-Peller
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09/04/21 04:31pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Safety Chains Binding Between Hitch Head & Trunnion Bars
Trailer manufacturer have attached those break away chains way-y-y too far forward on the trailer, that is the problem. Have new attachment points put on just in front of the anti sway stabilizers.
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Z-Peller
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09/04/21 04:20pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: What is your overall length with TC?
Exactly 24 ft long as per regular BC Ferries measurements…. GMC 3500 long box double cab dually with 10.4 Bigfoot camper.
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Z-Peller
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08/26/21 01:27am |
Truck Campers
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RE: Almost lost the microwave while driving.
Easy fix I have done to 3 different rigs over the years that should have been done on installation. I screwed a 1/4” thick board on top of support boards with holes drilled thru in appropriate position and size for rubber feet on bottom of m/w to fit into. Then screw down a front to back board at each end of support boards and attach a poly strap side to side overtop the m/w and screw down to these boards.
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Z-Peller
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08/25/21 11:03am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: TorkLift GlowStep on Bigfoot, How to Install? (Solved)
https://i.imgur.com/qCSuaFAl.jpg
This is a pic of the OEM bracket on 2002 BF 9.6
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Z-Peller
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07/22/21 03:53pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: SEMI cameras
Many years ago I went to professional truck driver school for a class 1 with air. Was taught there to NEVER pull up so close behind a stopped vehicle that you cannot pullout again without backing up. If traffic ahead in your lane jambs up or vehicle in front of you stalls and traffic is pulled up close behind you, you are stuck there.
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Z-Peller
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07/22/21 12:06pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Running a fridge on propane?
Many years Arizona boondocking Jan Feb March with temps 70's & 80's....6cf fridge on propane 24-7...stove use for morning coffee and cooking supper...consistently, 20lb 4.5 gal tank would last 12-14 days...30lb 7 gal tank would last 19-21 days.
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Z-Peller
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06/19/21 10:06pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Alaska advice
On the motorcycle we got off in Skagway, in the TC we got off in Haines....No customs, they do not stop at a Canadian port...
Getting off the ferry at Haines or Skagway you will still have to drive through Canada to get to central Alaska.
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Z-Peller
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06/11/21 01:35am |
Truck Campers
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RE: New license plate for my TC.
Plates to be unobstructed
3.03 A number plate must be kept entirely unobstructed and free from dirt or foreign material, so that the numbers and letters on it may be plainly seen and read at all times and so that the numbers and letters may be accurately photographed using a speed monitoring device or traffic light safety device prescribed under section 83.1 of the Act.
Well, I wouldn’t be too cavalier about it. This is the wording from BC Motor Vehicles Act. I would think most states would be the same. LEO’s probably don’t bother unless there is a reason, but if push comes to shove, then they can nail you for not having a plate visible.
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Z-Peller
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05/11/21 01:22pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: RV.net Truck Camper Forum for 20 Years
Couple more years for me to reach 20 on this forum. Owned truck/camper’s since 1988.... will turn 77 yrs old this fall.
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Z-Peller
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05/04/21 07:57pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: Compensating for GM crowned bed
....Shows pic of a Canadian 2x4...... a Newfie Straight edge
Nope, not a H depot airplane propeller...this one eyeballed carefully before using and was straight...my 4 foot level was 4 feet too short for this job.:B
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Z-Peller
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04/09/21 02:33pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: Compensating for GM crowned bed
My 2016 GMC long box is 7/16" drop at tailgate when straight edge is run from front of the box.
I need lift for my camper and use two 4'x8' 3/4" sheets of plywood. I shim those with a 1/2" x12" plywood piece across width of box at tailgate.
https://i.imgur.com/p4RpKaKl.jpg
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Z-Peller
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04/09/21 01:22am |
Truck Campers
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RE: Yellowknife Mosquitoes!
You really don't know mosquitoes until you've visited the Everglades.
Been there, done the air boat...didn't notice any mosquitoes at all at 40mph!! lol..:B
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Z-Peller
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04/08/21 12:31pm |
RVing in Canada and Alaska
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Yellowknife Mosquitoes!
Yellowknife in truck/camper is on my bucket list when the covid gets under control, but ohhh the thought of those darn mosquitoes is daunting! ... not new to skeeters & black fly’s after living in northern BC when I was younger, and have been to Alaska by RV, but living the good life near the coast on VanIsle with not a bug to be smacked has me spoiled I guess.
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Z-Peller
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04/07/21 01:42pm |
RVing in Canada and Alaska
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RE: How get truck and TC with ample weight capacity
We test drove a Bigfoot on top of a dually and it seemed rather top heavy.
It sounds like you do not have any previous experience driving a truck/camper rig. I think you should try to rent a unit and try it out for some miles first. You may find you hate the "top heavy feeling", as you call it, and never feel comfortable driving it. What happens then if you have bought the rig?....a dually is night & day difference with stability over a SRW hauling a camper.... I have a larger Bigfoot camper on a dually, and after all the miles I have driven over the years with campers on SRW trucks, I just smile at how solid this rig feels every time I hit the road now...oh, and my truck is factory stock except for upper stableloads I put on to keep my headlights from blinding truckers.
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Z-Peller
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04/06/21 08:56pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: Bigfoot 1500 series question
Bigfoot campers are a fiberglass shell laid up in a mold like a boat hull. Everything else including insulation is glued or built inside that shell. If that shell has a hole in it then how did it get there, and why?...cracked? Split? Damaged ?....I would be very wary of it myself.
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Z-Peller
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04/01/21 04:46pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: Larger Windows in Bigfoot Campers?
On a side note, how much privacy do you need in the bed area of a truck camper?
How many people are in there?!!
My wife and I have always had different sleep/wake times. In our BF 9.6 the bed was open to the rest of the camper and with her going to bed early, and me staying up late, we had to hang dark towels at foot of the bed to block light, and I had to use headlamp to read and do stuff.
We now have a BF10.4 with the mid bath and it separates the living area from the bed area. Works so much better for us. She has her dark quiet bedroom at night, and I can sit at the table with lights on and radio playing low. Early morning it is just the opposite when she is up and I am in bed.
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Z-Peller
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03/14/21 01:01am |
Truck Campers
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RE: Travelling from Nevada to Alaska in the Middle of Winter
pipsfc....
Wherever diesel fuel is sold in Canada for on-road applications, only ULSD may be sold. NOTE: Because Canada will not have 2 grades of on-road diesel fuel (unlike the U.S.) the Canadian regulations do not require that pumps be labeled.
Hope this info eases your mind on the ULSD thing. There is only ULSD sold at the pumps in Canada....the LSD labels you have seen must be years old. Canada had ULSD before the USA.
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Z-Peller
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02/19/21 12:30am |
RVing in Canada and Alaska
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RE: Citation Supreme Truck Camper
Wrong, General Coach was purchased by Thor way back in 1982.
I stand corrected..I did not know that. I will edit my original post.....however, the story goes on! Thor Industries sold General Coach Canada in 2010.
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Z-Peller
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02/05/21 01:37pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: Citation Supreme Truck Camper
Citation and Corsair where manufactured by General Coach Canada.( a Thor Industries company at the time) Their campers, trailers, and Class C's were known for being well built. Their RV division went down about 2008-09 along with the rest in the big melt down.
Thor Industries sold General Coach Canada in 2010. General Coach continued to build construction trailers and house trailers but no more RV's. In 2020 they started building travel trailers again.
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Z-Peller
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02/05/21 02:59am |
Truck Campers
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