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Posted By: Buzzcut1 on 01/10/12 03:19pm

Made the "mistake" on noticing that there is a Camping World across from Kaiser Vacaville where I dropped off a patient. I now have a new vent cover and a mirror extension for my 03 F350 dumbo ear mirrors

* This post was edited 01/10/12 05:45pm by Buzzcut1 *

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: sundowners on 01/10/12 03:38pm

Today I just did a little light cleaning--------nothing tooooo hard in the Portugese sun!!!!
I have been THINKING of fixing a small (fresh water) leak on the WC-------maybe tomorrow-----if I can get away from my chair in the sun ????????
Nigel & Pamala

Posted By: dakonthemountain on 01/10/12 03:42pm

I put on the mirror extenders on the truck, ran a new ground for the bumper of the camper and put new license plate lights on it in preparation for my first mini trip in it. then I camped in it again in my driveway. :-) Can you believe the step bumper on the camper was NEVER grounded from new?..and the original owner used the camper (very sparingly though) all these years with no license plate lights?...OR carbon monoxide detector OR propane leak detector?!! There was no power to either of them and the wires from the units were obviously new and never used! All that's fixed now though and I'm raring to go! :-)

Dak

2018 GMC Denali "Extreme" and 23' EVO 2050T Travel Trailer
Escapee member #224325-Since 1992

Posted By: Chief 2 on 01/11/12 03:56am

Cleaned it up and got it ready for a short trip to the Tampa RV Show.

2005 Lance 1181 Loaded
2005 Chevy 3500 4X4 Duramax, Edge Attitude Tuner, 5" Exhaust, Airaid, Ranchos, Air Bags, Hellwig Big Wig
2007 38RL3 Mobile Suite
2001 Bass Tracker 185

Posted By: tilemantim on 01/11/12 09:36am

re-mounted the converter/charger it sets on two blocks that are screwed to the base. One of the blocks was turned sideways and the screws missed it, done like this from the factory 25 yrs. ago... Then I re-wired the negative battery feed which was done bass ackwards with about 6 grounds into one wire nut, unnecessarily, a little wire management and I eliminated a jumper wire. Next up, adding switches for the interior lighting.

Posted By: Reddog1 on 01/11/12 10:35am

I restocked the beer yesterday. Gotta take some out today. It is an ongoing process, drink and replace. Have to exercise the fridge. Today, will have to clean it up a bit, for a trip this weekend.

Wayne

Posted By: mountainkowboy on 01/11/12 03:34pm

We went to camping world for some last minute things before the weekend outing and went by the scales.

Chuck & Ruth with 4-legged Molly
2007 Tiffin Allegro 30DA
2011 Ford Ranger
1987 HD FLHTP

Posted By: dakonthemountain on 01/11/12 05:25pm

mountainkowboy wrote:

We went to camping world for some last minute things before the weekend outing and went by the scales.

So Chuck, you KNOW the weight police want to know! ;-) What were the numbers! :-)

Dak

Posted By: mountainkowboy on 01/11/12 08:34pm

dakonthemountain wrote:

mountainkowboy wrote:

We went to camping world for some last minute things before the weekend outing and went by the scales.

So Chuck, you KNOW the weight police want to know! ;-) What were the numbers! :-)

Dak

Sorry....Scaled today, loaded and ready to camp 10,260 gross, 3,760 front axle, 6,500 rear axle. Door sticker says 10,000 GVW, 4,000 front axle, 7,400, rear axle. all in all.....I'm pretty happy, the truck handles it without issue. It has the camper package and stableloads with Bilstien shocks. [emoticon]

Came up the front of the mountain in hella winds at 45mph.

Posted By: mark_be on 01/12/12 04:15pm

When I bought the truck, the parking brake light didn't work anymore.

Today I removed the parking brake switch to file away the oxidation and put it back in. Works perfectly now. [emoticon]

2001 Ford F350 7.3 Diesel (DRW Crew cab Long bed)
Sonnax TQ and Sonnax 4R100 rebuild - 6.0 transmission cooler and OTW cooler.

2011 Arctic Fox 992 - 2.5kW propane generator - 315AH Trojan batteries - 2kW pure sine wave inverter - 140Wp solar

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