Hey all,
First post I think. Here is a pic of a camper I was just given. And the truck I am going to put it on. It is old,needs a little work, Pretty much is all there and seems to work. I am pretty happy.
Jack

Well i tried to add pics but don't seem to work......I am still happ
y

what type of truck camper you get?

Welcome to the Forum!!!... Hope you enjoy it here and hope you stay around and post often!!!

Here's a great link to post pictures to Forums!...(You don't need to register on Tinypic)

http://tinypic.com/

1) Click on ''Browse'' to get a picture from your computer.

2) On ''Resize'', scroll down and click on ''Message Board'' (640x480).

3) Click on the green button ''Upload Now''.

4) When the picture comes up, You will see ''IMG Code For Forums & Message Boards''.

Copy that and ''Paste'' the link to your post on the Forum.... Your picture will then be uploaded!

(You may have to enter some kind of code on Tiny-Pic before you get the IMG Code)

Its very easy and I hope that helps you!

camper is a 8' 6" Pilgram......Not sure of year. Going to set it up on my 05 F450 12' flatbed.
Jack

Not a bad lookin' camper!...... ''Free is always good''!

Well, you sure got the truck to haul it!

Does the camper need much work ?

Thanks for posting the pictures!

Not a lot of work.....Just the normal old stuff. Needs a good cleaning. Just trying to figure out how everything works as there in no manual...LOL.
Jack

Yeah, you would be surprised what a good cleaning would do!

If you want the outside to shine, give it a good wax job... First use paste wax then use a buffer... Then buy some Turtle liquid ice wax and go back over it... You don't need to use a buffer with it.

The liquid ice don't have any residue!... I do mine like that once a year... When I go camping, I always have people ask me what type of wax I use, because of the shine.

I once had a woman ask me while camping if I would wax her camper!... I said no, I'm on vacation!
Can't tell, but do you have electric jacks ?.... If not, did you know that you can use a 1/2" drill to raise/lower the camper... You can make an adapter for the drill out of a socket!

I'll post a pic if you need to see mine.... It sure saves a lot of time!

Thanks,
No elec. jacks. They are some kind of pump jacks so not sure the drill idea will work.
Jack

They must be ''hydraulic jacks'' ?

I've never used any like that, but I've heard people talk about them around my area and they don't like hydraulic jacks.

Have you used the jacks yet to raise/lower the camper ?

EDIT:

Here's a thread I found on here about hydraulic jacks that a member has on a TC.

http://www.truckcamperforum.com/index.php?showtopic=85665

Yes, hydraulic jacks. They seem to work good. 1 was a little low on fluid so I topped it off and up it went.
Jack