Looking for advice, Thinking of buying need advice.....
Looking for advice, Thinking of buying need advice.....
emcvay |
Apr 5 2017, 08:50 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 66 Joined: 5-April 17 From: Washington Member No.: 9,497 Favorite Truck Camper(s): Arctic Fox Type and Brand of Truck(s) Owned: Ford F350 Crew cab long box 6.4l 4x4 Type of Tiedowns used: Torklift Truck and Camper Setup: 2010 F350 PS CC LB SRW with AF990 |
Hi All,
First off, thanks for running and maintaining the site! I know how tough that can be (I have a dart forum myself) and appreciate that you've done this as I was looking for a place where I could get some advice and found your site OK, here's the details: I run a portable sawmill business (side business mostly in the spring, summer and fall) and am tired of driving back and forth to my cabin or to a hotel when on a remote job. I've decided I need to get a slide in camper so I can camp out onsite, enjoy the evenings (instead of driving) and save money on fuel not to mention time. I can drive as much as 70 miles each way on a job over a week....so even getting something like 8MPG with a camper and mill in tow would be better than getting 15mpg and driving 140 miles a day.... So after trading in my F150 for a long box F350 crew cab (2010 in great shape with only 32k miles) I went in search of a lighter 8 or 9 foot camper...... Found this 1995 Angler on CL for $1k....owner said it had some 'condensation damage'..... This is the damaged spot. I can put my hand through it without trying. You can clearly see the damage here. One other spot had some minor (what I'd think of as minor in comparison to this major damage) water damage. Owner said she sealed the roof every year and I looked at the roof and it appeared to be sealed without cracks etc....my guess is a leaking window above the seat. I wonder if it can be repaired by cutting out the bad spot and fixing in new plywood? Is it even worth it? |
emcvay |
Apr 8 2017, 08:10 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 66 Joined: 5-April 17 From: Washington Member No.: 9,497 Favorite Truck Camper(s): Arctic Fox Type and Brand of Truck(s) Owned: Ford F350 Crew cab long box 6.4l 4x4 Type of Tiedowns used: Torklift Truck and Camper Setup: 2010 F350 PS CC LB SRW with AF990 |
So the bad:
1. Both tie downs on the right side (passenger) are bad/weak. One the local RV shop moved inward to a secure location that they said would work (it seems to), the second pulled down as soon as I left the RV shop so I pulled back in and they said "yup, that's bad".....and proceeded to advise that I tie down off the jack support and claimed that it was 'legal'. I will need to do some serious rehab on that side of the camper while the other side is good. 2. Fridge, stove, water pump, toilet and lights all work. No idea of the heater works or how to start this one (it's different than my tent trailer heater but i have to assume it's not too similar. I took the camper to my next job (which I was desperate to get to) 112 miles away, parked it, got in and crashed for the night. If I can get the heater working and fix that bad wall this wouldn't be a half bad way to travel to jobs |
emcvay |
Apr 10 2017, 11:09 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 66 Joined: 5-April 17 From: Washington Member No.: 9,497 Favorite Truck Camper(s): Arctic Fox Type and Brand of Truck(s) Owned: Ford F350 Crew cab long box 6.4l 4x4 Type of Tiedowns used: Torklift Truck and Camper Setup: 2010 F350 PS CC LB SRW with AF990 |
QUOTE(emcvay @ Apr 8 2017, 06:10 AM) So the bad: 1. Both tie downs on the right side (passenger) are bad/weak. One the local RV shop moved inward to a secure location that they said would work (it seems to), the second pulled down as soon as I left the RV shop so I pulled back in and they said "yup, that's bad".....and proceeded to advise that I tie down off the jack support and claimed that it was 'legal'. I will need to do some serious rehab on that side of the camper while the other side is good. 2. Fridge, stove, water pump, toilet and lights all work. No idea of the heater works or how to start this one (it's different than my tent trailer heater but i have to assume it's not too similar. I took the camper to my next job (which I was desperate to get to) 112 miles away, parked it, got in and crashed for the night. If I can get the heater working and fix that bad wall this wouldn't be a half bad way to travel to jobs Yup saw that. Didn't have time as I was hitting the road to mill out of town so we made do for the time being. I plan to put the angle iron in though think I'll need 3" at least and am not certain I have ANY good wood between the tie downs. In which case I'm not sure I want to do much with it though maybe run the angle to the jack points and weld it to them since they are solid...at least then the edge would be solid and with some added plywood perhaps just enough. It held well though on the 230 miles (half up half back) to my job this weekend. Everything but the heater seems to work and perhaps the wiring to the battery from the trailer outlet may be faulty as the battery didn't charge off the truck so have to check that out. $700 was the final price -- would Eternabond be a good choice for the roof on this thing? I was thinking putting it on the edges would be good and assume I just need to scrape the old flaking stuff off and stick Eternabond down? |
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