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Jeanie and I have done a couple week to two week long TC trips this spring. In May we traveled to the Lost Coast. Here is a report of that trip: https://forums.woodalls.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/28912055.cfm The pic above was taken at a private (aka: non-governmental) camp ground...

I have a 50 year history with 'old' rigs. My first was only 16 yrs old when I bought it. 1949 Willys Ute Wagon-the world's first SUV. It had a GM 265 V8, 5.38's, Studebaker O.D., broke almost every dinky little drivetrain part at least once. Baja 1965: 1966 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40 with...

Simply beautiful pix. jefe

I followed this thread with interest faithfully reading the posts until they went south. I have a lot of respect for the Wanderer, and believe he had a lot to offer, if only one would listen. I have no 'turf' to protect, only some personal experience with so-called, Stealth Camping. Firstly, I...

This is an important issue. Of course, the tradeoff in going with a hard side vs. a pop up is overall height. To a degree. Here is a pic with both the smallest hard side and one of the largest hard sides, mano a mano. As long as clearance is not an issue...

Alright, something is wrong with my photo bucket account. When they fix the problem I'll reload the pix. jefe

Don't do it. I guess that's piling on but I can't help myself. I have a 3" lift on my '01.5 Dodge, 2-series, and it's not much but enough for my purposes. Understand that it's 3" of lift WITH the weight of the camper on the rear suspension; the loaded rig sitting more or less level. It's about a...

NorCal wrote, "Im surpsirsed those Joshuas didnt do more damage they can be very tough, natures very own mace! How did you go about patching the 1" hole?" jefe writes, The first thing I did when I discovered there was a hole was to use water proof Gorilla Tape (is any tape waterproof?) over and...

Lee brings up an excellent point about SUV/pickup engines with and without a load. In the day, a 6-cylinder engine would put out more torque at a lower rpms than a "V" engine ( the c.i. displacement being the same). Especially before the smog race became a marathon, they simply had more grunt...

I rest my case. jefe

Norcal, I hope my wife never sees this thread: too many great ideas that she would want to have applied to our rig. We have essentially the same footprint Lance Camper only your is 12 years older...and getting younger by the day! I was very interested in seeing the framing on the front nose as...

It was sad to read how this thread had devolved into a pissing contest. I don't know why this pic of my CJ8 on the Sledgehammer came to mind: that's me in the hat, Yep, I'm afraid I have to agree; no winners here, only losers. I was a big fan of both of the participants, but I won't be looking...

Brian, It's been almost a month since you posted, which tells me the answer to my question and yours. No one on here has done a full-on Monstaliner coating, or any other 'bed liner' to their complete TC. I was talking about the Mountbatten Pink used by the British in WWII, but the only...

Clutch, We live in snow country so Jeanie drives a 2011 Grand Chero Limited with the 6 cyl engine. 291 HP at blow-the-head-off rpms. As a comparo, her 4000 pound SUV gets up to 28 mpg going 60-62 mph. Average going 70 is 25 mpg. With the 26 gallon tank, it will go a long way. We even considered...

The commonly held belief around off-road truck camper circles (XTC's) is that you want to aim for too much truck and too little camper. The other common belief is that you select the camper first and then buy a truck that can handle it. I just got lucky one day when I happened to look at the...

With my window-into-time cap on: I've lived long enough to see the evolution of diesel power for RV's and SUV's come of age. Sometime in the 1970's, probably after the first Arab Oil Embargo, people pulling trailers were looking around for a more econonomical alternative to the Ford 460, Chevy...

Yeah, Baja cries out for Solar. Forget about using an AC. It's just not worth the effort. We carried a 2K Honda generator around for years and used it once, just to top off our e-devices! But, we have no AC. Also, a generator has an altitude range with different jets available for different...

I'm still in the dark as to why you just don't disconnect the jeep. Cannot take more than 3 minutes. Thinking outside the box, why not just use a swing-down step connected to the tow bar and a front patch as the second step. My bro had a set up where he welded a set of alternating foot pads that...

I'm thinking this site has come of age. I was expecting the classic turf-guarding Ford vs. Chevy vs. Ram shootout, but NOooo:.....awfully civil with actual facts as support. Congrats, boys, you have done your homework. I still think my Ford 9" rear end will carry any camper made! 8<) NOT. jefe

The commonly held paradigm in buying a truck camper is to decide on the camper first. That way you can get a truck that has the capacity to safely haul the camper. Thousands have made this mistake and gone to extreme lengths to rectify the situation. Coming from your mini truck/pop up paradigm...