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Posted By: NavigatorC130A on 04/19/12 09:27pm

Well, after work, I loaded our Jayco Sportsman 8 onto our PU getting ready to head out tomorrow on our maiden trip with our new to us TC. We are heading south to Prince Gallitzin State Park in PA. Can't wait till 2morrow!

The Bradford's
Western NY
24'Class C TIoga Montera
1996 Jayco pop-up TC

Posted By: synergy_58 on 04/19/12 09:53pm

I made insallation pillows from 3.5" R 13 valuse house insallation, the kind that's wrapped in plastic. I cut them and taped the ends and then stuffed them gently into void places through all the outside panel door. I made one for use as a balnket around the batties, and I filled the voids under the sink cabinet. Everythng filled nicely and I can tell the difference when I open the inside cabinets, no cold air.
I also took out the overhead shelf above the bed headboard...that thing made me feel closed in and I was afraid I was gonna hit my head, eventually. I also installed a heavy cable and lock on my propane tanks. Put 2 of those spring loaded refer dividers in, and beer, and a bottle of wine, some juice and a bottle of rum, for the juice, so it wouldn't get lonely. [emoticon]

Tomorrow is another day.

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Posted By: msiminoff on 04/23/12 01:49am

I spent most of the weekend re-building the "wardrobe" and hopefully I'll be able to transform it into a useful closet. Saturday was mostly demolition & framing, Sunday I started building the new shelves. There's still tons of work left to do...
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Posted By: Capt. Caper on 04/23/12 06:10am

sirdrakejr wrote:

Some time ago someone showed a mod that he made by cutting a hole into his water tank and using a boat fitting to put a cap on. Does anyone know who that was or his reason for doing it? I think it was for filling it without using the outside fitting.
Frank

Be careful. I wouldn't do it. You don't need to get in there. I did it to my last camper. The oring can leak or the seal around the rim and it did on mine. You can tighten it all you want but eventually it will leak and rot the floor. The tank is flexible and that takes a toll on the seal. You can't use many of the different sealers because of toxic run off. So your limited on sealing. Silicone doesn't stick to the Poly plastic well.( milk jug type these tanks are made of)Leaks when filling it up full and when traveling with the side to side motions.

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Posted By: Chief 2 on 04/24/12 04:22am

Started loading it up for our 5 month out west road trip. We leave on Thursday!

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Posted By: DianneOK on 04/24/12 06:55am

Going down the mountain to pick ours up today [emoticon]

Dianne (and Terry) (Fulltimed for 9 years)
Donnelly, ID
HAM WB6N (Terry)
2012 Ford F350, diesel, 4x4 SRW, crew cab, longbed
2009 Lance 971 Truck Camper, loaded

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Posted By: DianneOK on 04/24/12 05:07pm

We went to Boise and brought her home! Loaded and gone in less than an hour, including installing the batteries and checking everything out.

Now to get her ready for the summer [emoticon]

Posted By: dokkema1 on 04/24/12 05:33pm

hooked up some new tie down anchors to the flatbed...

Posted By: recycler on 04/24/12 09:14pm

finished putting the luan on the outside and cutting out the needed openings [emoticon]

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Posted By: mountainkowboy on 04/24/12 10:19pm

Finished the wiring to the electric jacks and off-loaded it with the jacks......took about 10 minutes.

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