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Posted By: dakonthemountain on 04/07/15 10:45pm

Turned on the propane and furnace and sat and enjoyed the view for a whilewith a Tanquery martini! [emoticon]

..... and dreamed of upcoming trips!!........including the FIRST trip in my dream camper! I cant' wait!!!!! [emoticon]

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Posted By: AISURFFISH on 04/08/15 05:18am

nvlaircrew wrote:

Ordered a new memory foam mattress. Should be here in time for our trip to Prosser, WA for the Spring Barrel Tasting at the end of the month.

x2 on the memory foam.. that OE one was a turd...

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Posted By: AISURFFISH on 04/08/15 05:20am

Spent four days in Williamsburg Va.... At Walmart Acres Campground by night, Busch Gardens by day...

Posted By: JoeChiOhki on 04/09/15 09:57pm

Finishing the yard so I can free up funds to build the new body for my camper.

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Posted By: WNYBob on 04/10/15 04:58pm

While I had my hot water tank out I checked my "city water" connection. It was missing the ball or valve of the check valve. I was wondering why I needed a shut off valve when I started the pump when not hooked up to city water. Part is on order, should get it Monday.

Posted By: philclouse on 04/10/15 09:19pm

JoeChiOhki wrote:

Finishing the yard so I can free up funds to build the new body for my camper.

hey Joe, are you rebuilding the kit? Would love to see some pics and a blog of the progress when you start.

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Posted By: JoeChiOhki on 04/11/15 06:16am

philclouse wrote:

JoeChiOhki wrote:

Finishing the yard so I can free up funds to build the new body for my camper.

hey Joe, are you rebuilding the kit? Would love to see some pics and a blog of the progress when you start.

Yeah, doing a ground up rebuild/remodel, the old girl's frame has been damaged too many times and repairs are near wall-off projects, so I got a set of blue prints to make the mark 2 bigger and better, while keeping the classic look as much as possible (gonna likely mix the original aluminum with some filon).

The original KIT will supply alot of materials for the new KIT (keeping the badging and as much of the KIT look as possible, down to recycling the interior wall board, though on a far beefier frame.

The new camper will likely be at closer in weight to some of her successors than the original 2200lb camper she started out as due to things like going to a 2x lumber frame, instead of the 1x that she originallly was built with (and why she suffered frame failures in several spots).

I have a thread that was my starting spot for plotting out some other changes I am planning on trying to make, including building my own version of a snap n nap from the Amerigos/Kamp Kings for the rear, since she'll be reborn as a side entry unit.

Posted By: Clarryhill on 04/11/15 08:55am

WNYBob wrote:

I de-winterized the TC today. Things went well until I tried to fill the hot water tank. Water all over! See the picture of what happens when you don't winterize properly. I didn't pull the plug in the tank. It had over 5 gal. in it over the coldest February in Buffalo history.

http://1drv.ms/1a2IaVY

Don't know what you use for photos, but not something I want to get involved with...

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Posted By: ggadwa on 04/11/15 01:38pm

After going through several 10 piece sets of flimsy and frustrating Camco Camper Leveling LEGO style Blocks..We finally decided to get 2 set of Anderson Camper Levelers. Have yet to get out and try them but these very sturdy 2 piece drive on levelers, level from 1/2" to four inches. They are spendy but sure look like they will outlast many sets Camco yellow LEGO blocks. Look forward to using them soon.

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Posted By: Bedlam on 04/11/15 02:05pm

Clarryhill wrote:

WNYBob wrote:

Don't know what you use for photos, but not something I want to get involved with...

Those are photos shared through Microsoft's One Drive. The permissions are not set correctly and the reason why login is required.

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