Coast Resorts Open Roads Forum: So what did you do to your Truck Camper today?

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Posted By: kerry4951 on 09/08/13 08:58am

DaButcher wrote:

Very nice, show/tell us more about the grill platform

It pretty simple. I used an old cutting board that I had laying around. It already had those nice beveled edges. I trimmed it to size, drilled two small holes, and painted it. I removed two of the lag screws that hold the rear bumper. I slipped on two small angle brackets and put the lags back in place. I have two holes drilled into the wood platform that line up with the spacing on the angle brackets. The platform just slides under the brackets and is fastened in place with two clevis push pins. To remove it, I just pull out the clevis pins and slide out the platform. I store it in one of my outside storage compartments.
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2009 Silverado 3500 dually D/A, Supersprings, Stable Loads, Bilsteins, Hellwig Sway Bar.
2010 Arctic Fox 1140 DB, 220 watts solar, custom 4 in 1 "U" shaped dinette/couch, baseboard and Cat 3 heat, 2nd dinette TV, cabover headboard storage, 67 TC mods

Posted By: Buzzcut1 on 09/14/13 03:07pm

busy day, I am prepping the TC to be our home for 6 days at the Dresage championships. Scrubbed down the insides, washed the bedding, replaced the passenger side front marker lamp bulb, replaced a rear lic plate bulb. Finally got fed up with the falling apart plastic bathroom door track and replaced it with a metal one. I need to replace the mounting set up on the dinette support or really get ambitious and make a new table top out of real wood instead of particle board as the screws keep pulling out. I epoxied and screwed the support into a new position for this trip.

Went to Lowes and in the shelving area I found a 26" c channel shelf mount that was wide enough for the Bathroom door guide. Cut it down to 22" put it on the door guide and screwed it into place. clean and easy plus its unbreakable.

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2011 F350 6.7L Diesel 4x4 CrewCab longbed Dually, 2019 Lance 1062, Torqlift Talons, Fast Guns, upper and lower Stable Loads, Super Hitch, 48" Super Truss, Airlift loadlifter 5000 extreme airbags

Posted By: starcraft69 on 09/14/13 03:30pm

Installed new LED fixture

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2007 chevy 2500 HD 6.0 longbed
2015 Eagle HT 28.5 5th wheel
tucker the fishing dog

Posted By: 2cknights on 09/14/13 11:02pm

Bought it and brought it home.

'03 Ford F-350 7.3 LB SRW. Ride Rites.
Old rig '99 Lance 1130
New rig 2017 Jayflight 31QBDS
2014 Harley Davidson Ultra Classic

Posted By: starcraft69 on 09/16/13 04:38pm

Bought a new stainless steel coffee pot for it and tried it out with a afternoon pot of decaf. Just getting ready for opening day

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Posted By: ggadwa on 09/23/13 08:21am

Not exactly to the TC but for the TC. Yesterday I added Torklift Quick Disconnect Stable Loads to the rear springs on the 2012 F350 Supercab 4x4 6.7L Diesel Super Duty. Should be a great addition to the Timbren Suspension Enhancement System. Heading off to Street Vibrations in Reno and Virgina City with Harley Trailer in tow tomorrow.

Gary and Laurii
Stanley, IDAHO

HAM RADIO Operator since 1964 'W7FSI'
EAGLE CAP 2011 950 CUSTOM BUILT by the great folks at LaGrande Oregon
2012 FORD 350 XLT 6.7L Diesel 4x4 Super Cab with lots of stuff

Posted By: Mello Mike on 09/23/13 08:38am

Nice mods, Kerry and Buzzcut!!

2016 Northstar Laredo SC/240w Solar/2-6v Lifeline AGMs/Dometic CR110 DC Compressor Fridge
2013 Ram 3500 4x4/6.7L Cummins TD/3.42/Buckstop Bumper with Warn 16.5ti Winch/Big Wig Rear Sway Bar/Talons w/SS Fastguns
My Rig
1998 Jeep Wrangler
US Navy Ret.

Posted By: sleekcrafter on 09/24/13 09:22pm

Changed out the KYB's on my truck for the Monroe Magnums, After breaking two shock bolts, and numerous rough road long hauls, I could no longer tolerate the beatings. Hate to say it but it drives like new again [emoticon]

2001 7.3L F350 CC SB DRW BTS auto, Elkhorn 11X TC, 31 Jayco Designer, 1979 Belco Tunnel Dragster DragBoat

Posted By: deltabravo on 09/25/13 11:51am

ggadwa wrote:

Yesterday I added Torklift Quick Disconnect Stable Loads to the rear springs

I switched to the new QD style about 2 years ago.

With the old style, I would remove them when the camper was off the truck, otherwise the truck rode like a buckboard wagon from the frontier days because they kept the overload springs engaged.

2009 Silverado 3500HD Dually, D/A, CCLB 4x4 (bought new 8/30/09)
2018 Arctic Fox 992 with an Onan 2500i "quiet" model generator

Posted By: deltabravo on 09/25/13 11:52am

I'm getting ready to take the camper off for the season.

Let's see if it fits in my pole building.

Stay tuned for pics.

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