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You mentioned the one thing you need lots of to make this work: your time, or lack of it. I see two ways to go with the project: 1. Just patch it up to just make it leak-proof enough so it won't fall apart when you're on the road. The absolute minimum. Why? You will get the hang of TC's and...

If you look above at the featured vehicle thumb on the upper left, you will see the desert sand color I'm looking at on a VW-LT camp mobile. jefe

Good info. I've waded through all those jeep pix before. Here is the link to a pic of TrackHead's rig: http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/28307021/gotomsg/28308623.cfm#28308623 So far, he's the only one to actually Monstaline a truck camper. I"m thinking to just do my whole...

I'm thinking about rolling it on the entire surface (minus windows and roof) of both the truck and camper. Trackhead on RV.net truck camper forum has rollered TC in desert sand and it looks very good. It's also a flat finish which is very sturdy normally used on truck beds, roll bars, Jeep...

Mengel Pass in Death Valley. Nice rock garden. Bro John and Jefe in Goler Wash, Death Valley. We used the winch and this was the tipping point in me getting an upgrade front end for the Dodge. The result was a Dana 70, 35 spline, True Trac, axle disconnect delete, unit bearing delete front end...

S.Juan, What is the location of these pix? I want to go there. Outer Banks? jefe

Receiver mount winches are fine for small 4WD's, but a real pain with a F.S. rig. What's the problem? 1. Weight. If you can dead lift 160 pounds, you are O.K. I have a friend in the tree felling biz and he uses an 8274 with a 2" receiver, front and rear. It's 125 pounds and he's a weight...

NorCal, Nice work here. The Lance is a great size for off-roading, especially on THE classic Ford F-350 (1999-2003) with THE classic transmission, the ZF6. The only issue I can see is the 90 foot turning circle with leaf springs up front. (My bro has a '99 with the ZF6 and a 9.5 OUTFITTER!) Do...

Hugh, For a truck with 2 wheel drive it's a straight line from one or two wheels slipping in/on something (the so-called 25-50% effort) to using a winch with the preferred 1-1/2 times the weight of the truck capacity (the so-called 100% effort). When I started looking for a winch for my 10K...

We've tried every which way to store our 1998 Lance Lite 165-s-Xcab. At first, we rented a storage space and just stored it outside on it's jacks. In our area near the Sunland CA, we get lots of wind, sometime up to 100 mph. Next, I made some sturdy homemade saw horses for the front where most...

Hugh, I like the way you think. Ours is 10', 4" tall only because we have a 3" lift all around, taller tires and it's a 4WD which gets the truck bed elevation yet farther from the ground. In the stock format, it was 10', 0" tall. Of course, you can tell we're never going to be in the south in...

Hugh, I'm glad you are on here. I notice that your TC was built the same year mine was, so I can't use the age excuse. In my off-road travels I've found that it's good to be narrower and not so tall. The Lance 650, 165-s, 825, and 865 (I hope i have those numbers right) all have essentially the...

Lance 990, You are right to be confused. The rig in question is, indeed, a Lance 650, NOT an 860. Mea Culpa. I'm so far out of the loop with the model numbers now, my 17 yr. old Lance Lite 165-s is Terra Incognita to most people.

Chicken, I did not know that anyone, let alone ARB had a 32 spline locker. I've jeeped for decades with ARB's front and rear and find them purpose built for rocks and off-camber crawling. I just sold my '82 CJ8 (well, in name only. The tub and parts of the frame were not touched) but wanted...

I put a short vid on the Mojave Road above to show the angle of the trailer before we changed to a pintle. We mulched the ball and cup trailer connector on this trip. This is my 4th Jeep trailer, a 1955 Bradley. jefe

The Lance 650 link surely raised a lot of personal preference statements. That's fine. Over my lifetime of off-roading I have come to the place where thinking outside the box is a good thing. Most of the campers mentioned above are too wide, too heavy, and too long for successful off-roading...

THE TITLE OF THIS TREAD IS INCORRECT. The rig under scrutiny is the Lance 650. (I was looking at the Lance 865 too, and got confused) Thanks to Lance 990, we are back on track. jefe. Now if i could only learn how to change the title of my thread.... In the world of narrow, not-so-tall...

Places to camp or layover in Orange County are uncommon. I would go so far to even say the L.A. basin is the least RV friendly metro area in the lower 48; well, maybe NYC is worse but there are places there too to overnight. Of all the 'made for living in' RV's that have the smallest footprint...

Chaos, and the rest, I too have been toying with HumVee wheels and tires but not for the same reasons that you have been. This is the only thread with actual knowledge (not hearsay) about the ins and outs of 8x6.5" lug center deadlock wheels that I could find anywhere on the internet. Chaos' rig...

I bought an ION slide to digital converter to save some old slides that were going south. I put some of my Baja pix on PhotoBucket. Some have captions to locate the scene. Many were described in the stories above. The era is 1965-1977. jefe...