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I hope I don't offend you, but of all the places you have traveled out west, why in the H** did you end up where you are ? Do you have your escape planned already ?

Some people think gas engines are only good for 150k miles. My brother in law has a 2000 f250 v10, 250k miles and running fine. I see lots of ford vans with either the 5.4 or v10 with 300-400k miles. My dad was a Buick guy back in the 70's-80's. He went through 3 of them, 2 electras and a...

A few years ago I tried to get a tent site closer to the beach at a private campground, I had a northstar popup and the manager said no. My friend had a box van and said he was tent camping. He put up a small tent but slept in his van. I paid about $35 to camp 300' from the beach while he paid...

Yep, it's not like if the body was still intact it would be fixable.

I used to live in the Sacramento Valley and can't imagine wanting to camp anywhere near there in the scorching summer, always headed up in the mountains. Camping for me is about beautiful scenery and nice weather.

I "kinda,sorta,semi-retired" last year at 50, The last 20 years I worked for a small water agency. We had had enough of the rat race so we moved to the mountains and are living very, very modest for a while, freedom is addicting. I used to have an 02 f350 diesel in excellent cond. that I never...

How about some type of driving/delivery job. I know there are some jobs that drive RV's or cars across country. I recently semi,kinda,somewhat retired last year and will eventually try to find some type of odd, random driving job. My problem is I don't like to be in one place very long, I...

That just brought back memories of a young , new worker we had years ago. He was obsessed with WD40. He would always spray the outside of the carberator on the chainsaws and weedeaters, not sure why , it made a crusty mess.

On our 3 way Dometic fridge, we run it on propane all of the time. It seems like a hassle to keep going back and forth between propane and 12 volt. Every time you stop for an extended period you would have to switch back and forth between the two.

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/rvs/5757240619.html

I was surfing craigslist and came across this one, it wasn't listed under RV's , it was under trailers. It's an 03 but appears to be stored indoors. http://goldcountry.craigslist.org/tro/5798402563.html

My truck, weighed 9,400# fully loaded, lots of water, camping gear, tools, 2 people, 1 dog 2 people, 1 dog is about 350# It was close front to rear balance 4,650- 4750

What engine do you prefer ? My old work truck was a 2013 F350 supercab, shortbed,4wd, AT,service bed, probably at gvw ~ 9,000# and it was kind of gutless, not sure what gears it had. My personal truck is an 02 f350 7.3 I was thinking about getting rid of my nice 02 and getting a cheaper v10...

I was thinking of doing a similar flatbed. One Idea I had was to use a torklift or similar bracket that goes through the back side of the boxes and to have a turnbuckle inside the box in each corner. I think with your fab skills you could come up with a strong bracket that extends from the frame...

I haven't done any multi week trips but if you are traveling up to the California and Oregon coast, or most of the western parts of the states, you won't have any problem with gas or food. There are small towns everywhere. If you decide to come through Northern Ca you are welcome to camp in my...

Back up for sale.

Camper is pending sale to OpenSpace.

I am reevaluating my vehicle needs/wants so I am putting my camper and truck for sale. I will sell separate, would prefer to sell together or camper first. The camper is a 2004 Northstar tc650 in excellent condition. Fits full size shortbed trucks. The truck is a 2002 Ford F350 4wd, 7.3...

I was just thinking the same thing. I just want a nice place to park for the night. It seems crazy to have to pay for full hookups and not use them.

We were up at Lower Bucks Lake a couple of weeks ago and there were hundreds around camp. 5 people in our group for 4 days and only one sting.

Nice report. I like the word " campering" . I think it may catch on. I had to look up Hoyden :P

So you are saying that a Tacoma 1,500# over gross is ok while a power wagon with huge axles,brakes,frame,etc. is not suitable, even with the suspension modified to haul a camper ?

mx racer, thanks for the suggestions

Thanks for the suggestions. On this trip we just want to relax and check out all of the beaches and small towns. I'm going to try and plan ahead so things will go as smooth as possible. It is getting harder and harder to find dispersed camping. In the past, when camping with a friend , in his...

Mostly looking at state,county, private parks. I wouldn't mind free/cheap/dispearsed, but I would rather pay than to be in a dumpy/sketchy/ugly/boring place. I'm trying to avoid last minute, where am I going to stay type of thing. I have looked at the oregon state parks website but they dont...