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Posted By: trail-explorer on 12/28/14 10:08am

Started the process of installing the new LED Flood Lights I received last week:

LED Flood Light

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Bob

Posted By: dakonthemountain on 12/30/14 12:25pm

Well. Yesterday I winterized mine. [emoticon]

Snowing up here as I write. Supposed to go down into the teens..

Dak

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

Posted By: Buzzcut1 on 12/30/14 01:25pm

dakonthemountain wrote:

Well. Yesterday I winterized mine. [emoticon]

Snowing up here as I write. Supposed to go down into the teens..

Dak

reinstalled my foam panels, turned the furnace on low to let it ride out this four day subfreezing cold snap.

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: joeshmoe on 12/30/14 02:15pm

Buzzcut1 wrote:

dakonthemountain wrote:

Well. Yesterday I winterized mine. [emoticon]

Snowing up here as I write. Supposed to go down into the teens..

Dak

reinstalled my foam panels, turned the furnace on low to let it
ride out this four day subfreezing cold snap.

tell me about it. Its been like 60 something all week down here.

2014 Northwood Wolf Creek 850
2005 Ford F350 SRW SuperCab/LongBed 6.0 Powerstroke
QuickTrick's Towing Tune
Torklift Tie Downs/Fastguns/Upper/Lower Stableloads
Rancho 9000's

Posted By: bka0721 on 12/30/14 03:55pm

Following the heed of my southern California friends here, I prepared for the weather change, again. The day dawned here in the Mojave Desert, southeast of Jawbone, but I knew that was going to change and soon.

Two weeks ago I pulled out of camp to drive down to Lance Campers, meeting with their group on upcoming projects with them and meeting LaDawn and Brian Towell, for a few nights of Brian drinking up all my beer! (Hey that is DJs job!) On the way down from camp, I buried my rear wheels in a dry creek bed, still damp from a recent rain event. I came to a quick halt. Locking in the front wheels, my 4X4 showed why it is great to have it, when you need it and the extra weight on the wheels for traction, my truck walked right out, leaving a drag mark from my Diff pumpkin in the wet sand and mud.

Also another treat to riding into town, meeting another TC enthusiast ("Yep, I know of RV.net, but I'm not registered, I just like to check it out and Lurk.") and his family heading for a long weekend in the Mojave Desert too, with their 5 & 7 y.o. boys along.

Coming back a week later, I knew with this storm I better ride into town, this morning, and get some mail posted. Plus another carton of Chocolate milk. While I can ride the bike in wet mud stuff, I choose to avoid it. So with the walking boards set out (ramp boards set to the trailer from the TC) everything stowed and the windows open to watch the world, I prefer never to have my windows covered. I'm ready for the unusual weather event, rain and snow brings to the desert. While the previous week has had nights in the mid 20s, good preparation assures comfort during these type of weather events. Snowing now and more coming. Love my Truck Camper and the world it provides me to explore.

Hope more will take the opportunity to extend their seasons, where they can, enjoying their campers and the different weather events.

b

Posted By: kayco53 on 01/03/15 08:54pm

Fixed up the propane system today.New regulator, new hoses,Blew the oil out of the lines.Everything works much better now.Still good for a 40 yr old camper.(Can't believe its that old)

2007 GMC 2500hd
2011 Creekside 23RKS

Posted By: deltabravo on 01/07/15 07:00pm

My camper was off the truck for a spell. I put it back on around Thanksgiving and made a trip to Lewiston, Idaho for the weekend. Since then, it's been under my mega-carport. Today I drove it down to the house and started to wash it, but quickly abandoned that in favor of getting warmed up inside the house and running a few errands.
I'd been outside a good part of the day working cleaning my driveway, and my other two trucks, and I was cold - temp was hovering around 33-34 most of the day.

I will finish the wash job on the dually and truck camper tomorrow.

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: tc-lance on 01/07/15 07:10pm

Our camper is still off, but we are wanting to get rolling away from January in Colorado. Things looked grim a few days ago, when we had 12+ inches of snow on everything. Then, the jet stream moved up north and we got a couple days of 50+ wind and 50+ temps. That cleaned up most of the snow. Today, we headed out to Tractor Supply to get a bed mat, and UPS delivered a new PI power EMS box. We are set to get out of this freezer and head for someplace warmer.

Lance 995 TC, Ford F250 4WD, camper pkg, stable loads.

Posted By: deltabravo on 01/08/15 08:12pm

I washed the truck and camper today.

It was cold again today, 33 ish. The driveway is a skating rink now.

Tomorrow morning I'm heading to Puyallup, WA in my other truck.... which I waxed this morning (it's the one I washed yesterday)

Posted By: wvabeer on 01/09/15 11:30am

Turned the heater up a little this morning. I hear the digital displays don't like freezing.

1999 Dutch Star DP3884
2015 Camplite 6.8C
2012 Cherokee 39L destination
2022 F350 XL 4x4
07 FLHRS

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