Well here is my 1985 Avion. Durable as hell.
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Any Campers here? Tent Or Trailer
- Thread starter TIN_CAN
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Tin , You have some NICE rides ! Here New Ford Ruby Red Expedition $$ ( like most new Trucks/Suv's a 2010 Lariat w/ Pearl Paint & my old 06' Eddie Bauer Explorer just put up for sale ( 133k ) Bin , I love that tent extension ! Also I am the Big Block King ! Iv'e had & raced a few . Currently looking for some kind of rolling chassis I can put one in . 
I have a Bone stock 454 w/ 38k on it & a 501 w/ Aluminum Dart Heads in my garage on a stand . It's been there longer than my Sirio 27-4 ( that's been in box 3yrs ) waiting for install as I have no help ! Also just looked @ a " Rockwood " not sure @ this time which route I want to go . But if I could find & Avion slide in for the right $$ ? They are Ugly , but then again ... That's me ! Stay Healthy & Safe ! 73 & God Bless ! Leo
I have a Bone stock 454 w/ 38k on it & a 501 w/ Aluminum Dart Heads in my garage on a stand . It's been there longer than my Sirio 27-4 ( that's been in box 3yrs ) waiting for install as I have no help ! Also just looked @ a " Rockwood " not sure @ this time which route I want to go . But if I could find & Avion slide in for the right $$ ? They are Ugly , but then again ... That's me ! Stay Healthy & Safe ! 73 & God Bless ! LeoYes, 2002 8.1 that burns oil since new, otherwise not 1 problem except inside door handle replacement. Use trailer if I work out of town.
That's a beast of an engine.
I have a '95 C3500HD with the 6.5TD and NV4500 5 speed.
Oh just find a rounded truck.. But if I could find & Avion slide in for the right $$ ? They are Ugly , but then again ... That's me !
I drove into sand one time and it didnt have enough power to spin the wheels. I found out it was the torque management program in the computer cutting back power. I was stuck.
r carl , I stopped Drag Racing before the " Fancy " MSD Boxes . This is just my opinion I can't stand some classes in racing now , when they hit " The Loud Peddle " , launch car goes 60' & goes on delay ! We use to call it a " Brake Peddle " . To your/my problem unless you have that " Fancy " box or more literate to Lap Top programming , we are more or less ... 'd ! JMO . Stay Healthy & Safe ! 73 & God Bless ! Leo Ps my " Younger " Friends really now how to work that Programmer !
. To your/my problem unless you have that " Fancy " box or more literate to Lap Top programming , we are more or less ... 'd ! JMO . Stay Healthy & Safe ! 73 & God Bless ! Leo Ps my " Younger " Friends really now how to work that Programmer ! 
Had some sixty mile per hour winds Saturday night my tent we put over the picnic table didn't fair to well, our 5th wheel rocked for a good thirty minutes, and my butt was puckered so bad the wife had to pry the seat cushion from between my cheeks.
I have plenty of scrap aluminum to make an antenna I suppose.
Live & Learn ain’t fun.
The guys with Airstreams we warned to take down awnings overnight. Arm breaks loose on the main (big) awning and starts punching $5,000 holes.
JT STRONGARM stabilizers worth your time to read on. Same for blocks between tires.
5’ers ARE unstable. Leaf-sprung, high COG, and too much sail area.
The aero aluminum community has plenty of pics of our type surviving hurricanes where 5’ers get blown over at same location.
Never good as experience.
Takes tie-offs from frame to serious circus-tent sized stakes with ratchets to tension guys (as help). 4-corners, diagonal.
Drop tire air pressure some (if you can re-air in morning). 10-psi below the value you recorded on the CAT SCALE as the minimum according to actual load per axle
The scary part is flying debris. The crap your neighbors left out. I use 12” pressure-treat for leveling. (6) pieces. Rarely use more than 2-3. The rest I can bring inside to “cover” broken windows against winds (crappy, but better than nothing).
FWIW, GGW, I turn off the weather radio alarm, say a prayer, and go back to sleep. There’s nowhere to go. Being by myself is a little easier. Otherwise, head to campground bathrooms or whatever structure you’ve earlier ID’d.
With some warning, I will hitch truck to trailer. Have been trapped in flash flood with water above trailer axle centers and rising. Freak tropical storm that changed course 60-miles. The 500-year flood. Was able to get traction and drive 30-yards. (Yes, they float. Then they tilt over).
The reminiscence above about Colorado mountains in 1976. We drove Big Thompson Canyon the day of the flood. Waving to people dead only hours later. See Wikipedia.
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The guys with Airstreams we warned to take down awnings overnight. Arm breaks loose on the main (big) awning and starts punching $5,000 holes.
JT STRONGARM stabilizers worth your time to read on. Same for blocks between tires.
5’ers ARE unstable. Leaf-sprung, high COG, and too much sail area.
The aero aluminum community has plenty of pics of our type surviving hurricanes where 5’ers get blown over at same location.
Never good as experience.
Takes tie-offs from frame to serious circus-tent sized stakes with ratchets to tension guys (as help). 4-corners, diagonal.
Drop tire air pressure some (if you can re-air in morning). 10-psi below the value you recorded on the CAT SCALE as the minimum according to actual load per axle
The scary part is flying debris. The crap your neighbors left out. I use 12” pressure-treat for leveling. (6) pieces. Rarely use more than 2-3. The rest I can bring inside to “cover” broken windows against winds (crappy, but better than nothing).
FWIW, GGW, I turn off the weather radio alarm, say a prayer, and go back to sleep. There’s nowhere to go. Being by myself is a little easier. Otherwise, head to campground bathrooms or whatever structure you’ve earlier ID’d.
With some warning, I will hitch truck to trailer. Have been trapped in flash flood with water above trailer axle centers and rising. Freak tropical storm that changed course 60-miles. The 500-year flood. Was able to get traction and drive 30-yards. (Yes, they float. Then they tilt over).
The reminiscence above about Colorado mountains in 1976. We drove Big Thompson Canyon the day of the flood. Waving to people dead only hours later. See Wikipedia.
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We rolled our canape up on the trailer, been there done that, no bueno. Lowered the tent over the picnic table as low as we could but that type of wind is gonna do damage to anything that can catch wind.
I wouldn't call it camping, but here it is.
Well Thanksgiving get together with family was canceled this year due to the Chinese flu, so the wife and I packed up the trailer and headed north to Halliburton Ontario for the weekend, was fun and cold, the night time low of -1 so the furnace was working well and truck towed great with the rear lowered 2" and installed some timbrens to eliminate any squatting. Happy Thanks giving to the Canadian members here and to our US friends for your upcoming thanksgiving.
Cheers!
Cheers!