FlipPac Handle Carnage

[ExpoMike]

Damn! That would have sucked had you not had a handle on that (bad pun).

I'll weld it up for ya.

 

[BIGdaddy]

Milled, expensive shiny trailer hitch from viking = stupid.


Milled, overly beefed, one-piece Flippac (or Autohome Maggolina) operating lever = awesome foresight.

We didn't break our Maggiolina tents handle, but we lost it once. I realized that we would have been SOL if I had left it at our previous destination.

Glad nobody got fragged by that, Dave. You've had enough traumatic injury for this lifetime, sir.

 

[flyingwil]

yeah, thats not good at all. Glad it didn't do any damage to the truck or yourself when it let go man.

x2

 

[Jeff Wanamog]

Yes, if Gabe is too busy to weld it, I am also in Upland and it would take about 5 minutes to fix it right.
Jeff

 

[suntinez]

Can you open the FlipPac without the handle? Do you carry a spare?

He has mine, I'm out of flipping commission for a little while.

You can open without a handle, but it's a PITA - pushing it up and over from inside. I've never quite figured out how to CLOSE it without a handle though.

Looks like he has his choice of welders, nice

 

[Dave Bennett]

He has mine, I'm out of flipping commission for a little while.

You can open without a handle, but it's a PITA - pushing it up and over from inside. I've never quite figured out how to CLOSE it without a handle though.

Looks like he has his choice of welders, nice

Thanks for the loaner Linda, my recent trip to Baileys cabin would have been a no-go without it...

... now if I just had time for a road trip to get mine fixed. I'm thinking it needs to be "Dave-proofed" so this never happens again.

 

[Dave Bennett]

That's no bueno! Looks like poor weld pentration to me. Pack it up Dave and give me a dimension and weight and we'll e-mail you a shipping label so that we can weld it up for you.

Thanks Mario, check your email

 

[Dave Bennett]

Thanks AT!

Big thanks to Mario, and Clint and the crew at AT's shop!

Here's the newly repaired welds, significantly more penetration and build up of metal than the original.