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Posted By: Ski Pro 3 on 03/02/17 07:48pm

Warming weather, I opened up the camper and getting it unwinterized. Ready to head to the coast for a getaway. It's amazing that just 50 miles up the road, they measured 212" of snow on the ground yesterday and here at the house it's in the 60's daytime and above freezing at night.

Posted By: Rubiranch on 03/02/17 08:18pm

kjenckes wrote:

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Stealthier???

Yep, "stealthier" works. [emoticon]

I would have driven 700 miles for it too.

I wanted a Lance camper and found a really nice one but then found out the the bed opening in my Chevy was too narrow for the one I wanted.

To buy a newer Lance that would fit was out of my price range so I settled for the one I have with no regrets.

Still wish the Lance I wanted would have fit.

I only drove 400 miles. [emoticon]

Posted By: Tizi on 03/02/17 08:19pm

Added a usb outlet in the cabover with a cell phone holder (the cord wraps around it for storage).

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Posted By: billyray50 on 03/03/17 05:27am

Tizi wrote:

Added a usb outlet in the cabover with a cell phone holder (the cord wraps around it for storage).

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Nice job!

Posted By: Rubiranch on 03/03/17 06:41am

I hooked up a solar Battery Tender to keep my new battery charged. [emoticon]

Posted By: deltabravo on 03/03/17 08:36pm

I keep thinking about replacing the outside shower unit. I think I forgot to winterize it 2 years ago. It didn't work last year.

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Posted By: d3500ram on 03/03/17 09:19pm

If you need to replace the outside shower and if it does not have shut-off valves I would recommend adding one to each of the H&C lines.

My camper did not have these but I added them so I can keep the small portion of hose isolated and filled with RV AF in the winter while still using the inside plumbing. I do not want to risk water getting to the shower head in cold weather camping. Not sure why camper mfgrs don't install a set of these valves?

Posted By: Farmerjon on 03/04/17 09:32am

Our camper jacks hve been noisy and getting worse every year and we finally replaced all 4 before they failed completely.
The old ones were hand cranks and we replaced them with the same.
We have 4 handles and we both do the cranking and we store the camping on stands that are truck bed height so it's not a big job.
Cranking them all the way back up after the camper is on the truck is the biggest part of the job and we could use portable drills to do that but the exercise doesn't hurt us

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Posted By: Rubiranch on 03/04/17 02:48pm

Exercise is a good thing.

At least that's what I've been told.

Posted By: jimh406 on 03/04/17 08:40pm

Measured the height of it's future home. Unfortunately, just 9'10". I guess I'll have to put it on a dolly or trailer to get it inside the 24' x 48' building. Plenty of room otherwise.

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