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Posted By: Explorer1016 on 09/14/16 06:57pm

We have just been missing each other by a few miles and a few days. I am fairly close to Carlyle and also just left Nashville Saturday to head back to Missouri. Maybe if you get into Eastern Missouri we will eventually run into each other. Happy trails!

2008 Host 300 Super 'C'
2008 Ford F-550 Chassis
Diesel
4x4
Lariat crew cab
20' enclosed car hauler/garage
'87 Jeep rock crawler
Turbo'd

Posted By: noteven on 09/15/16 08:54am

Thanks for the update.

Depodding is handy feature.

Posted By: Jfet on 02/19/17 08:34pm

We are back in Washington state now, having done a full loop 9 month, 11,000 miles from the west coast to the east coast, sailing in the Atlantic and the gulf on the 17 foot sailboat we tow behind the camper.

Everything has really done great on the trip. The pods don't move or shift on bumps, all of the seams and roof are still tight, no leaks at all.

We had a tiny bit more trouble with the truck it self in LA (lower Alabama). Seems a squirrel in Georgia ate through the turbo boost pressure sensor and the truck went into weak mode and threw a code. Instead of taking the pods off and taking it to a repair center, we just raised the front pod up about 15 inches with the jacks and tilted the cab forward. Worked like a treat and allowed me access to the engine to solder and heat shrink the wires back together. Pic of that below, looks funny with the cab tilted and the camper still on the truck.

Solar is still working well even though I have not cleaned the panels in months. They still give about 700 to 900 watts in the south west and about 200 watts when raining here in Seattle. I think we used the generator twice in the 9 months of travel, although we did sometimes stay at army corp parks with electric hookups.

States we camped in on this trip were: Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Oregon.

Not sure where to next...flipping a coin on Alaska or Maine.

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Posted By: Camper_Jeff_&_Kelli on 02/19/17 10:22pm

That is an awesome setup!

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Posted By: noteven on 02/20/17 06:39am

Thanks for the update.

Depodding is still a handy feature.

Posted By: Jfet on 04/27/17 10:28am

We bought some property and unloaded the pods on it for awhile. We then got a new toy!

Can YOUR truck/camper carry this with no trailer? [emoticon]

Posted By: recycler on 05/06/17 08:06pm

Jfet wrote:

We bought some property and unloaded the pods on it for awhile. We then got a new toy!

Can YOUR truck/camper carry this with no trailer? [emoticon]

Looks like a fun toy. [emoticon]

1999 F550 truck conversion

Posted By: Kevinwa on 03/02/18 02:09pm

It has been a while. Any updates on your adventures? That toy looks awesome, I don’t think my camper could haul it...

Posted By: wnjj on 03/02/18 04:22pm

Jfet wrote:

We bought some property and unloaded the pods on it for awhile. We then got a new toy!

Can YOUR truck/camper carry this with no trailer? [emoticon]

Nope, but my camper hauler tows a flatbed trailer with my toy which is your toy’s baby brother (U17). Nice machine you got there!

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