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  1. Rusty

    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West Brass lift cylinders

    Oconnorcreek....I'm exchanging texts with her right now , it takes a while,
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West Who has driven the farthest to pickup their camper?

    first one in 1985....790 miles one way current purchase, last winter....1450 one way yous guys from the east coast are dedicated individuals...to be sure
  3. Rusty

    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West screwing into FWC Aluminum siding - mounting bottle opener

    yes...enough so it squooges out when tightened...I'd use 3M-4200...and a bit under the opener as well
  4. Rusty

    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West Hey, what's your handle?

    When I was born I had red hair.... My Swedish gramp (Bumpy) nicknamed me "Rusty"....somehow it continued to stick..long after the hair turned brown...white...and now mostly "gone".....somehow "Goney" just didn't work out... ;)
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West More National Park vandalism

    Maybe I'm old...but have todays youth lost all control of their senses...or just the visible parts.... I could think of a couple other sentences...other than probation.... Maybe I should lose some of my controls (what ones are left) when I find someone with a can of paint out and about...
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West Battery Box Access?

    ditto... either that or use the same access hole for your new wires as the existing hole for the existing wires....your water pump won't have that large a wire that you couldn't sqeeezze another one in ... AGM..much mo betta
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West video: Alaskan Down!

    I use the receiver for a 4 bike carrier I've modified for the front...they are handy (and the ferry's to Canada don't measure it as extra length either)....
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West Coleman Coffee Maker Question

    Another vote for the bigger Melita and a good thermos....I've been working with that method for a pretty long time and it's hard to beat for storage and holding....just bring more good coffee... there's not much that will beat the smell of fresh coffee brewing when you're camping....AHHHH
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West video: Alaskan Down!

    well done.....nice having that front receiver isn't it.... ;) I was raised with one of those "canned hams" in the family
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West Plastic fuel tanks

    I've used this on polyethylene plastics with good results...with any adhesive the trick is going to be clean surfaces and a filler or patch of like material.... this is a super glue of sorts specially formulated for plastics, it will not fill voids so a patch would be necessary...
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West 10 ten alaskan with dog kennels

    where are you located and when was it sold to the dealer?....kind of sharpens the search There are folks here from British Columbia to Bavaria...and lots of stops between
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West Looking at new Alaskans

    I'm "adjusting" the rear end of a 73' 10'CO right now..... you take 3" off the passengers side extension (bottom half) right behind the wheel well...it straightens things right up. This CO had some interesting deviations as well...the passenger side extension was shorter than any other I'd...
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West Looking at new Alaskans

    Right now I have one of each...I've had the NCO for better than 25 years....and the CO is currently being formatted for the 2003 F250 Diesel. Both are vintage 70's models so the inside is a wee bit different than the new ones you're looking at....there is a newer 8' CO for sale in Oakland right...
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West Looking at new Alaskans

    I'm in the midst of that very conversation with my CEO/CFO on our new Alaskan CO....it's a 73 CO...so the cross member isn't cut and there is 6" less room to get in and out of the CO section...it's a standard bed, not the Queen....so...less room...again I brought it home...it sat for 4 months...
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West Looking at new Alaskans

    Have never had a problem with bugs getting in...replace the pirelli about every 5-7 years...and as for water...keep up the caulking...and do it right...no problemo.... I did have an issue when I first mounted the Rieco jack brackets on the NCO....used polyurethane adhesive and it broke...
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West Looking at new Alaskans

    nice to see comparisons....a first Luxurious dinette seating?....what does the northern light look like? NS vs EW......move the truck... :D ...I know and now....how do you like the 6.7?....I'm extremely reluctant to turn loose of my 7.3....knowing what Ford has been through lately with...
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West Wiring Nightmare

    post a couple pictures of the interior...when I picked up my "new to me" CO I couldn't see the breaker box.....it was tucked in the drivers side overhead cabinet all the way forward... unusual, as all I've seen prior had the box over the back door. There are several manuals which are...
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West Looking at new Alaskans

    Freebird....thanks....I think I see the smaller front dinette pictured on the site.....hadn't noticed that before that may come in handy.....as my CO remodel continues, my marriage becomes narrower and narrower.. ;)
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West Looking at new Alaskans

    We seat 4 at the table (adults) cozy...front dinette and I have camped for weeks with 4....2 adults and 2 children....now that the kids are grown they do go camping with us now and then....2 inside the camper and 2 separate tents :D...but all cooking,dishes,eating....is done in the camper...4...
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West How to remove a Norcold Fridge

    welding cable is #6 if I'm not mistaken...6/3 or 4 stranded copper
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West Protecting interior wood finish

    I recently bought another Alaskan Camper to refurb and the owner had a small heater he had built for the winter...the camper was purchased in Gig Harbor Washington...in the woods...very humid/cold/drippy.....and the interior of the camper was as dry as a bone...stored outside under an aluminum...
  22. Rusty

    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West Adventuremobile Conversion (Dodge Ram 2500 Van)

    your electrical system is where you want to spend a bit more...and engineering the system to perform in the worst of conditions....very smart. Marginal system "might" make it...and as far as oversizing the wires....again, good call...that little extra makes the difference....peak performance...
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West Never Forget...

    x3.....too many lost...never forget
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West Adventuremobile Conversion (Dodge Ram 2500 Van)

    Very nice...low key, efficient, thoroughly thought out.... 400w solar.....very nice did you do the wiring?....wiring says alot about people...neat means quite a bit ;)
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West jack brackets

    necessity is the mother of invention..... most of the jacks noted are the vertical corner jacks...but with extra holes in the Rieco brackets...the world is your oyster Periodically I make a pilgrimage to Flaming Gorge in Utah and Wyoming to fish for the famous Kokanee there....unfortunately...
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