Nah man. My gasket is fixed. Yeah a lot of us move our trucks before the business opens. Most of the time it is the plows in the morning that move you. I'm up at 5am a lot.
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Nah man. My gasket is fixed. Yeah a lot of us move our trucks before the business opens. Most of the time it is the plows in the morning that move you. I'm up at 5am a lot.
it is with some regret to report that I passed my main rig on to another mag (in good hands tho)....she served me well and led to a major life shift which i am happy about, i still have my memory foam crewcab but it wont be quite the same. you guys need to peace out on the infighting , it is tough out on the road and easy to get rightfully pissed at the people promoting on IG etc to get money and followers whereas we just want pow and no weird knocks on the door (#fuckSquaw) keep the spots to pm's, peace among the maggot brethren, and all good imo....
Next you guys will be bitching about someone giving away your favorite secret powder stash for car laps on Loveland pass. Ooops!!
Summit County ain’t no secret boys. Still lots of free overnight camping if you look though. I know a few folks with full time jobs living in Sprinters here.
Need some mag input on what to do here.
As some of you know. My current setup is as follows.
2002 Dodge 2500 24v Cummins 4x4 SRW with 6.5'' Skamper pop up.
310k miles, rebuilt tranny at 275k.
Has never failed to start or run, is in really good shape besides a banged up rear quarter due to mountain life.
What I want is a 3/4 ton or 1 ton truck with a utility bed.
Here is where I need some input/advice/suggestions.
In order to make my current truck with a utility bed I am gonna need to fork out probably $2000-3000 for the bed.
On top of that, due to mileage on my ole' Cummins. In the future, I want to replace injection pump, stock turbo, valve cover gasket, injectors which is another $2500-3k in parts as I can do the labor.
With that being known,
Given that the bed + just to update the truck that is $5kish. Should I just sell the truck altogether because it is getting older, and buy a 2012 + Ford F-250/350 with a 6.2gas fleet vehicle 4x4 with a utility bed already on which sell all day for $12-15k.
Update the old rig? Buy newer?
Yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tryingtostaywarm
Vortec 6.0 also a good option
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Anyone gone the converted cargo trailer route? Seems cheap and stealth and build it out more solid/just how you want. Thinking of a 6x10 or 6x12 build this Summer. Giving up on a prebuilt camper trailer or A-liner hard shell pop up as they all appear to be cheaply built junk.
How are Lance slide-in campers? They seem common and inexpensive...is that good or bad?
This is the obvious budget handyman choice.Quote:
Originally Posted by singlecross
Trailers are dirt cheap, lo maintenance.
But you can’t really trailer off road, and it would be a pain in ski parking lots.
Homeless people. You know homeless people with nice rigs.Quote:
Originally Posted by ULLRismyco-pilot
I talked to a guy with a Lance slide in truck camper who said it was rated for -40 degrees, but that would require a shore power plug in or running generator 24/7. It was a big camper with a slide out and mounted on a one ton dually. This Lance camper was by no means inexpensive....or light weight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tips^Up
Chilling out after a fun day riding the chair in the Juans...
truck bed camping
Might it be too stealth?Quote:
Originally Posted by singlecross
Every year there are posts locally by someone asking the world to be on the lookout as their work trailer has been stolen. I think thieves see them as easy pickens with potential upside of easy to fence tools.
If you're a deep sleeper, you may wake up in a chop shop.
Happened to a buddy of mine while sleeping off a night of drinking in the back of his Tacoma, downtown Portland I think. Woke up staring at the perp who'd poked his head through the cab slider. Quick flash of the Machete and all was good again!Quote:
Originally Posted by LHutz Esq
He slept through the entire ride to the chop shop.
only as young person willing to be uncomfy, grasshoppaQuote:
Originally Posted by pemazia20
embrace the home upon your vehicle and you will enjoy and travel much
Agreed on the work trailer, we sold our travel trailer this fall and just picked up a Lance TC.
Our trailer almost rusted out with all the storm chasing, will post so photos of the new rig
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Has anyone used one of these truck tents? May not be a four season solution, but for spring skiing or summer camping they seem like they could be a cheap and easy solution
I don't know how convincing it would be on a trailer, but a sign on a truck door: "Acme Diaper Service" is a pretty good passive anti theft device.Quote:
Originally Posted by LHutz Esq
A buddy had one of those, or at least something very similar. I'm estimating slightly, but it took him roughly 8 hours to get the fucking thing set up. At which point we decided to drive to a trailhead to go for a bike ride, but of course, he couldn't drive his truck because it has this giant fucking tumor of a tent hanging off the back of it. On the upside, when folded up, it was conveniently sized to throw in the nearest dumpster.Quote:
Originally Posted by Supermoon
and then?Quote:
Originally Posted by North
Lol. Good to knowQuote:
Originally Posted by toast2266
^^^ Truck bed tents are a PITA. I have one of the tents that fits over a truck cap to give a bit more space for dogs, etc, and keep the bugs out; since leaving the Midwest and mosquitos, I find I never use it.
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Shell with a sleeping platform or a tent on the ground. A platform so you can store stuff underneath and sleep back there without taking all of your crap out of the bed. Or, leave all your crap in the truck and set up a ground tent. A ground tent will be a better tent and take less time to set up...especially when you consider unloading the truck to sleep in it and then loading it back up to leave.Quote:
Originally Posted by Supermoon
For solo camping, I think that would be the ticket. Sleeping platform under a shell seems perfect. For two people plus a dog I think a ground tent or a full on camper shell is probably our best options. Was hoping to save a couple of grand with the tent bed option. But the fiddle factor is a big downside when we can pitch a normal tent in five minutes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Conundrum
Been driving around and sleeping in a van in the winter some over the last couple years. It's been fun not planning out where to be on what day and not worrying about hotel reservations or lining up pacos at friends' places. Also cool to get too drunk to drive at the hill and then not driving.
I don't use it as much in the summer so think about selling the van every fall. We're usually tent camping when the weather warms up and we don't have to worry about snowplows. Then I am always stoked on it after the ski season.