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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West Alaska, Alaskan CO and grey water

    I live in AK and have never heard that !! I just let gw run into a bucket then dump it.
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West Merry Christmas

    A Merry Christmas and a safe Happy New Year to all from snowy windy cold Alaska. Steve
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West Lots of cabinet latches, hinges & oddball parts on this site

    FPmarine.com again a source i've used for boatbuilding supplies. Lots of goodies that could be used for rebuilding our rigs.
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West All kinds of Stainless Steel goodies

    Thought to pass this on to everyone. They have all kings of latches and other stainless goodies. I've ordered from them and great service and stuff is good quality. www.MarinePartDepot.com I don't have any attachment to it, just have bought from it for boat hardware, the good part is the...
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West roof /vent sealant?

    I've got one of those also, great for trimming fiberglass out of a mold or on the boat. Check out this ebay seller for blades specialtydiamond nothing to do with campers but here's a project i've had going, made a mold and laid up a solid fiberglass visor over the top of my windows on my boat.
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West roof /vent sealant?

    try using 3M 4200 it isn't a strong as 5200 so it can be broken loose. A good trick for getting it loose is a piece of stainless wire with a couple of dowels for handles and use it like a saw to cut the goop.
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West Repairing leaking hydraulic rams

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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West Repairing leaking hydraulic rams

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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West Repairing leaking hydraulic rams

    Why replace them with bigger ?? If they were corroding i could see where the metal was eating up but it all looks good. I did think of maybe some kind of dissimilar metal contact(electrolosis) with the galvanized straps that hold the rams in place touching the bronze but the areas around the...
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West Repairing leaking hydraulic rams

    When i first bought my camper one of the rear rams had a split in it that would weap/leak oil I repaired it by cleaning the ram with sand cloth, slathering on the flux and soldered the split. Last fall i had the front ram develop a split at the very bottom just above the fitting that the...
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West new guy saying hello

    Sounds like we had the same alaskan experience, my nco was also a 10 footer. Thats me on SOL !! The guy that owns the site is a friend of mine and i lived in that part of the world before moving here. I think the only thing i'd rather have than my camper is a fiberglass alaskan if i could find...
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West new guy saying hello

    Wes, Yup we got twins !! Is your camper a side dinettee ? thats what mine is and i like it much better than the larger table that hangs off the ceiling. Truck is a 97 F250 w/7.3 powerstroke and yes the camper was a mess just trying to keep the cold from sneaking in, trying to make a good...
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West new guy saying hello

    The real fun was launching the boat in the morning because after the first few boats before me launched the ramp became a nicely ice covered sliding board, all i did was try to keep it straight and hoped the the truck stopped when the rear tires went underwater !!! THEN the boat was frozen to...
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West new guy saying hello

    Thanks for the welcome everyone ! I was actually a member when this forum was on the yahoo groups ak camper page but never had much time to look or post there. Hope i can add something to the forum, i semi retired from commercial fishing a few years ago and now i have a small business building...
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West new guy saying hello

    had to hold it up with something !!
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    RV LIFE Multisite Forum, Wander The West new guy saying hello

    Hi, I've been lurking for awhile and thought why not join up !! I have a 76 CO Alaskan that replaced a 58 NCO that i sold a few years ago. The picture is from last october rainbow fishing down on the kenai river in alaska, the blue tarp on the roof is because the roof vent blew off on the trip...
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