Greetings, General Questions
Greetings, General Questions
aqualung |
Jan 25 2013, 08:34 AM
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#21
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Group: Members Posts: 165 Joined: 3-February 10 Member No.: 3,725 Favorite Truck Camper(s): Adventurer 90FWS Type and Brand of Truck(s) Owned: Dodge 3500 Dually Quadcab 4x4 6.7L Cummins Type of Tiedowns used: Torklift Truck and Camper Setup: 2008 Adventurer 90FWS Torklift Tiedowns with SuperHitch and SuperTruss Firestone Air Bags Torklift Load Stabilizers Fastgun Turnbuckles |
Looks great! I'd love to see some pics of the whole rig once you have it all together.
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Oscar |
Jan 28 2013, 06:35 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 32 Joined: 7-December 12 From: Bethlehem, PA Member No.: 6,383 Favorite Truck Camper(s): Lance, I think. Type and Brand of Truck(s) Owned: Chevy 3500HD CC LB DRW DmaxAllison Type of Tiedowns used: Torklift With Fastguns Truck and Camper Setup: Chevy 3500 Dmax CC DRW. Torklift tie downs. 2012 Lance 1191 |
Well, it is done. Mostly good, a few detractions.
Friday night hauled from Eastern PA up to Manchester NH. Snowing.....traffic.....idiots.....more snow. 360 miles should have taken 5 hours, it took 7. Average speed 45 mph. Got to hotel in Manchester (we were there for an SCA event...Google that) and had it set up so that the next morning I "escaped" to go to Campers Inn of Merrimack NH. Nothing but good to say about them. Professional, large, seriously run operation. They kindly took my salt covered rig in and washed it while I did the paperwork. Then I spent a good 2 hours with one of their techs to get familiar with the unit and load it on the truck. A nice experience all around. Drove back to hotel, parked in employee lot out back and the next morning drove home. It rides VERY well. A little more '76 Impala sway than empty (duh) but very controllable and pleasant. I have no urge to run out and get performance enhancing hardware at all. Truck sat nice and level too. No ass heavy look. So far so good. Unfortunately a stop at a CAT scale told a less pleasant story. This unit is in the brochures at 3500 dry, the sticker on it says 4000 and apparently that is before they put the batteries, propane and a few more things in there. Best I can tell, it's well north of 4500#. Add three people, stuff in the truck and a 250 pound tongue weight for the VERY lightly loaded cargo trailer on the hitch extender and the whole thing was 440# north of the 13000# GVWR. And that's before we put ANYTHING in the many, many storage compartments. Realistically speaking, the Lance people should not market this as something that one can put on a pick-up truck, not even a one ton dually. Period. This technically takes an MDT. But, it is what it is. But, as I said it all handles well, so we'll keep the weight to a minimum. Oh, the unit is AWESOME. We are going to have a LOT of fun with this. |
Spanky |
Jan 29 2013, 05:40 AM
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Moderator Group: Moderator Posts: 320 Joined: 24-June 06 From: Silver City, New Mexico Member No.: 144 Favorite Truck Camper(s): Lance 1030 Type and Brand of Truck(s) Owned: 1999 F350 Power Stroke Dually SuperCab Type of Tiedowns used: Torklift Truck and Camper Setup: 1999 Ford F350 4x4 Super Cab 1 ton Dually Lance 1030 Torklift tiedowns |
It sure looks heavy, but very nice.
-------------------- 1999 F350 Power Stroke Dually Super Cab, 2003 Lance 1030
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aqualung |
Jan 30 2013, 09:37 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 165 Joined: 3-February 10 Member No.: 3,725 Favorite Truck Camper(s): Adventurer 90FWS Type and Brand of Truck(s) Owned: Dodge 3500 Dually Quadcab 4x4 6.7L Cummins Type of Tiedowns used: Torklift Truck and Camper Setup: 2008 Adventurer 90FWS Torklift Tiedowns with SuperHitch and SuperTruss Firestone Air Bags Torklift Load Stabilizers Fastgun Turnbuckles |
Nice looking rig! Congrats!
Now you got me thinking about an upgrade I just hope my wife doesn't see these pictures, it could turn into a very expensive proposition for me!! |
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