Does anyone have a Lance "Bed-Maid" system? It's a comforter for the bed with sheets that velcro into place. I was wondering how it works.

I suppose your not real "happy" about that. Did it bend the bumper or just move it on the mounts?

I'd be interested what others say about whether you have to loosen Torquelifts before you level, as you do Happijacks. I'm not sure whether I'm happy with my Happijacks (pun intended). I've already broken one of the front guides and the removable brackets that attach the rear tie downs to the bumper have become deformed -- so they now don't remove easily. I think it happened from driving in high wind.

I loosen them before I level...I have Happijacks and was told you can mess them up and/or bend your bumper if you don't. One other thing, watch that you don't raise the rear end too much and lower your cabover onto the roof of your truck. Don't ask me how I figured this out.

Since I didn't get any replies I take it that nobody is well-versed in "urban Camping." So I thought I'd fill you all in how our attempt at "urban camping" in our truck camper in San Francisco went.

We couldn't have been more pleased with how it worked out. Rolled-into the city at about 5:30, had a couple beers in the camper, went and had a great dinner, and then went to the concert. Parked only a few blocks from where the concert was.

We found a place on a side street that intersected Geary to park -- Geary is a main busy street. Our campsite, I mean parking place,was in between medical offices and a park. Had no hassles at all sleeping in the camper. We slept in and had a leisurely breakfast in the morning. I'm sure glad we didn't waste money on the RV park -- it would have been $70 plus two taxi rides.

Here's a picture of our "campsite" below. We have the Lance truck camper...notice our neighbor across the street in the bigger RV...from the looks of it my guess is that he may be camping long-term.

Has anyone stayed in San Francisco? I'm going to a concert at the Filmore and was wondering if anyone had any experience with just parking somewhere and sleeping in the camper. I was thinking of parking in a pay lot that allows 24 hour parking and them just quietly getting in the camper to sleep fairly late at night.