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Posted By: turtletalk on 12/19/11 05:27am

mountainkowboy wrote:

Re-loaded the TC, centered this time. I'm not sure how I managed to get it 2" off to the drivers side when I loaded it last time. Cut down the wall between the dinette and kitchen that was there to support the bunk above the dinette. It's amazing how much more open the TC is with it gone. We will never use the bunk and we will be re-designing the upper bunk area for more storage and better access with some bigger doors, a new non-hinged front panel and an added shelf, splitting the area into 2 levels.

great idea--had not considered that but will now.

Posted By: mtnstarman on 12/19/11 06:16pm

After yesterday's rain I found a puddle of water on my linoleum floor directly underneath my air conditioner so I spent most of the day running down a new gasket and installing it. Put a small piece of eternabond over an area of the roof membrane that had been scuffed by the corner of the air conditioner pan. The leveling pad for that corner was missing and allowed the pan to sag down and rub the roof. Installed new leveling pads and no more sag.

Posted By: ezcamping on 12/19/11 06:24pm

I will be modifying the bunk area on our camper as well. My 3 year gets claustrophobic up there. Bigger openings and probably some doors that hinge on the top so they open up.

Posted By: Chief 2 on 12/20/11 05:06am

Still working on the insulation. Using the reflextix in the closet worked out really well. I can't believe how many places I have found that were not properly insulated. Still a few more spots to go today.

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Posted By: Crazy Creek on 12/20/11 07:45am

Rigged the Jeep for Flat Towing

1. Ran tailight wires through the Jeeps frame on each side.
2. Added an extra 12v socket and bulb to the existing tail lights.
3. Purchased Flat Tow bar from Walmart for $99
4. Added drop down/up receiver hitch so that we can keep our hitch hauler to store things and use as a step up into the camper.

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Posted By: JoeChiOhki on 12/20/11 11:32am

Measured the area where my propane tank compartment is to see if it was big enough with modifications to fit a 31" Motorhome propane tank.

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Posted By: garryk6 on 12/20/11 05:04pm

Chief 2 wrote:

Isn't Reflectix a great product!! [emoticon]

I wish that I had come up with the idea! [emoticon]

Still waiting for decent weather to go outside, and install the new grey water tank and insulate the floor space... Snow-Rain-Snow with 25-55 mph winds are not conducive to that sort of work...
Garry in windy and wet Kodiak, AK

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Posted By: Chief 2 on 12/21/11 04:09am

Garry,
Sorry for your luck with the weather. It was about 73 here yesterday. Got the insulation job finished. I guess I will have to wait till next summer when we head out west in the mountains to see how well I did. Got a good friend in Valdez. We were there summer of 2010. To much rain for me!
Gary

Posted By: mark_be on 12/22/11 06:11am

Installed 2 Maxxair vent covers. One of them was on top of a Fan-tastic vent, which was a PITA to do. The other one was a piece of cake.

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Posted By: mountainkowboy on 12/22/11 09:27am

Did a full systems check getting ready for a January outting. A few little things wrong, the fridge wont work on LP and the kitchen faucet is leaking.

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