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I have a 1958 Alaskan NCO made in CA for sale, most everything is original and in good condition. Needs a new roof vent cover (mine has duct tape on it), new Pirelli seals and some TLC with the tracks that guide the top up and down. It still goes up and down and works pretty well. I get lots of...

Thanks guys, I am leaning towards selling her instead of tearing her up. She is almost all original I even have the original voltage inverter still installed although I switched my interior lighting to all 12 volt so I bypassed the inverter. Definitely not the fanciest camper but I get positive...

I have an 8' NCO Alaskan. It was made in 1958 and still works well. Top goes up and down no leaks, stove works, icebox holds Ice, I do need to figure where my water tank leaks from but the faucet still works. It does need a new Pirelli seal. Just finished a 10 day fishing trip and it was great...

Great job! It looks really nice. That is one area I struggle with or think about alot because I have a dually it is hard to take the camper on and off even with the heavy duty Rieco Titan jacks it is a slow and time consuming process. Having the option to either put my 8' NCO on a trailer or...

I just bought a set of 4 used Reicon-Titan (2k model) for my 8' NCO. I am replacing the two cable jacks I currently have. My NCO is on a 1996 1ton Dodge Dually. My measurements indicated I needed ten inches of set back to avoid running over the tripod legs. I learned that these jacks lean in...

Happy belated christmas to everyone and a healthy and Happy New Year! Thanks for all your knowledge and help Rusty, you are a treasure for this board.

Linda, that looks great! and to think I sold my 2008 Ford same color and style as yours to get a one-ton with an 8' bed just so I could have a camper yet, if I would have waited 2 more years the solution would have come to me. Oh well congratulations!

I would vote for option 1 moving the pistons further outboard but, I would check with Alaskan first as they may have tried this already and ran in to problems that are currently un-forseen. An option I would consider Is to cut the plywood bed extension to have slots that fit around the rams...

My advise would be to first check your vehicles GVWR it is probably on a sticker on the inside of your door jamb. GVWR varies based on options added to the truck. Once you establish the GVWR subtract the curb weight of your truck, a full tank of fuel, the weight of your passengers and any other...

Hi Rusty, thanks again for the insights. My cylinder has the nipple coming out the bottom of the cylinder rather than the side of the cylinder. So I think the guy before me tried to set half of the mount on to the plywood strip and then use a brass strap to hold it in place. He used small nails...

Okay it was an easy fix. Rusty you were right. The bottom bracket to support the cylinder was missing. So the cylinder slipped down and the resulting pressure on the hydraulic fitting caused it to break. Cost is one hydraulic fitting and make a new bracket to support the bottom of the cylinder.

I will try to get a picture but remember this camper is 1958 vintage and the guy who owned it before me told me he redid all the hydraulic lines recently. Perhaps he did something wrong? We shall see...

Okay I will give it a shot this weekend. The reason I think I need to remove the pump is because it is 1/4" away from the cylinder and the fitting is on the back of the cylinder. I don't know how I can get to that fitting without removing the pump. Copper tube is run to the fitting. Thanks for...

Every pump gushes oil from the bottom of the cylinder. So I guess I can assume that the cylinder split. So I guess that means I remove the cylinder. That's going to be fun. Pump has to come out first then, the cylinder. Any success repairing the cylinders? or do I need to get a replacement?

Well of course every time you fix something then something else breaks. I cleaned my 8' NCO camper inside and out yesterday and fixed the overhead lights. Just a fuse no big deal. But when lowering the top at the end of the day the top got stuck on the way down. I jacked it back up and...

Hello, So to shim my 8' NCO to fix the spread at the bottom door I read a bunch of the postings here and I got the door square and closed. But I am not sure if I did it correctly. I put 5/8" plywood down on the bed of the truck and the camper on that. Then I attached a 6" by 8' x 5/8 plywood...

Thanks Rusty, I plan on putting a small board in the space between the bed and the tailgate so the dollys will stop there. That will place the center of the camper right where I can put the jacks on it. (I hope).

New guy here but... I have the 8' NCO recently purchased. Installed on a 96 Dodge Dually. I have plywood between the camper and the truck bed. I am thinking that I would raise up the back of the camper then slide in two 1k capacity furniture dolly's under the middle of the camper lower the...