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RE: Truck Performance Mods?
I did a thousand miles with the camper on and got a tad over 15mpg. I run two lane highways where ever posible and keep it around 56 or 57 mph. What could possibly be my hurry.
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Blind Bob
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08/24/10 07:33pm |
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Southern Illinois.
We made a little trip there this weekend. I am from there originally and we tooled around looking at some of the stuff I have'nt seen in 25 years.
It is the first time with the TC on the new truck and I can't tell ya how tickled I was with the way it handled. I don't believe I am going to have to mod the suspension. Any how, some pics..
Natural bridge at Pomona Il. I put my wife and sis in the pics to give some sense of scale.
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/zz102/blindbob1/July%20trip/IMG_8955.jpg
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Bald Knob cross near Alto Pass. A few folks are trying to restore it. I think I remember it being the tallest free standing cross in the western hemishere. i could be wrong. Still quite a site to see. This pic is from Alto Pass a couple miles East.
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/zz102/blindbob1/July%20trip/IMG_8978.jpg
And up near it.
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/zz102/blindbob1/July%20trip/IMG_8968.jpg
The view SSE. If you look hard, you can see the Mississippi River in the right side of the shot.
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/zz102/blindbob1/July%20trip/IMG_8966.jpg
We cut across some county roads to come out at Makanda Il. and Giant City State Park. There is a rock wall on top of one of the bluffs that prehistoric people built as a fort.
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The wall is sorta tumble down but, you can just see it to the left.
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/zz102/blindbob1/July%20trip/IMG_8993.jpg
Everything is green this year.
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/zz102/blindbob1/July%20trip/IMG_9000.jpg
The park lodge.
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/zz102/blindbob1/July%20trip/IMG_8990.jpg
A covered bridge that I have wanted to stop and see for years. This one is over the Embarras River near Greenup Il.
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/zz102/blindbob1/July%20trip/IMG_9157.jpg
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That's probably enough. Hope you enjoy this report and as always..You don't have to go far from home to have a good time.
Oh wait...I have one more....
Wanna see my Grand daughters?
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/zz102/blindbob1/July%20trip/IMG_9139.jpg
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Blind Bob
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07/05/10 10:33am |
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RE: New Lance 950S
I AM a Ford guy and that is a VERY nice looking outfit.
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Blind Bob
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07/05/10 09:46am |
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RE: Long Island to Colorado Springs... Where to stay?
Really neat pioneer village at Grand Island. Bound to be history sites all along the Platte River. Oregon Trail followed the Platte. The Mormons parralled that trail on the opposite side of the river with their handcarts. Omaha has plenty of stuff to see and do. Scotts Bluff on the far side of the state. Like I said, get on the secondary highways. The blue highways.
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Blind Bob
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06/20/10 02:34pm |
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RE: Long Island to Colorado Springs... Where to stay?
I would drive through most of the midwest with minimal stops. One corn field is pretty much like another. Spend your time in the Colorado mountains everything else will pale by comparison. YMMV.
Excuse me? If you drive 75 MPH on the interstate with your blinders on, you probably wont see much. If you care to slow down and get on the secondary highways, there is plenty to see and do in the midwest.
If the destination is all that matters, then why have a TC in the first place. Heck, just fly.
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Blind Bob
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06/20/10 01:43pm |
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Torklift install
Ordered Torklifts,a new waste tank valve, and a non powered vent assembly from Tweetys on Sunday evening. UPS guy, AKA Buster Brown, showed up at 2:30 today and Torklifts were mounted on the truck at 3:45.
I didn't think it would be that easy,nothing ever is for me. Everything you guys have written about them is true.
Thanks to all for a lot of good info.
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Blind Bob
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06/17/10 01:56pm |
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Amerigo on the new truck.
I finally had a chance to put the camper on the new truck. Before any one says it, no I don't have front tie downs on it. The belly bar that I had made for the other truck won't work on this one and I am going to have to redo it.
The feel is a lot more solid with the 3/4 ton truck but, I think I am going to fool with the suspension a little. Of course, I did not get to run it down the highway with out tie downs.
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/zz102/blindbob1/first/CopyofIMG_8679.jpg
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Blind Bob
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06/13/10 01:54pm |
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RE: I didn't know that our TC would be such an attraction...
That is a great looking outfit esevin. And I would like to see interior pics too.
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Blind Bob
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06/10/10 03:38pm |
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RE: This forum causes me problems...
Maynard G.Krebs would say "WORK"!!! Who remembers Maynard?
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Blind Bob
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06/08/10 02:02pm |
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RE: Imitation Sleepy
Speaking of sleepy, Should'nt you be out on the road somewhere and be giving us reports? You not traveling this year? Late start?
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Blind Bob
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04/27/10 03:27pm |
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RE: torklift tiedowns.
I am ordering a set for the front. The homemade ones(for the rear) I had for the other truck will work on the new one. Thanks everyone for your input.
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Blind Bob
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04/24/10 12:19pm |
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RE: torklift tiedowns.
Probably if I were'nt so lazy I could find something by searching.
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Blind Bob
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04/22/10 04:30pm |
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torklift tiedowns.
Anyone have pics of torklift tiedowns installed on a truck? I want to see how they are attached before I buy them. They claim to be no drill on my Ford.
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Blind Bob
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04/22/10 04:10pm |
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RE: Ants
Petroleum jelly. AKA Vaseline around the bottom of the jacks. Or anywhere else they might climb.
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Blind Bob
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04/18/10 09:12am |
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RE: Time to look for a new truck.
I know a lot of you guys have trucks like this but, this one's mine. let me strut around a little.
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Blind Bob
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04/11/10 05:26am |
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RE: Time to look for a new truck.
Ok, so , after reading numerous posts in many other topics plus all the fine advice here, I went and bought a new truck. 2010 F250Super Duty. Not the 150HD. I thought about and thought about it. ASked all the guys I run with and finally talked to my dad. 250 it is. Pick it up Saturday. So the weight of my camper should be no problem now. The truck as it sits has a payload cap. of 3100+ lbs. I should be underweight even with all my stuff andwife in the truck.
Thanks for all your advice. Pictures ina couple days.
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Blind Bob
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04/08/10 01:31pm |
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RE: Time to look for a new truck.
fishfinder.. Yes, the dealer I am talking to has the truck I want. And I realize the trucks have a rather deep bed. My 06 is like that and I use 4x4s to get the camper high enough.
dzzz.I am coming up on 60 years old so this may be my last new truck. Maybe. At any rate I am not hard on my equiptment. I don't slam over bumps or get things in a twist so to speak and the camper is not gonna be on the truck all the time.
I'm thanking all of you for bringing a lot of good ideas to light. I knew if I posted here, I would hear all sides of the story.
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Blind Bob
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04/02/10 08:15pm |
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RE: Time to look for a new truck.
Wish I could find that doggone chart I had bookmarked from Ford. Emmalou1 you did not read my original post. 09 F150 Crewcab This is your truck? No payload.
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Blind Bob
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04/02/10 04:34pm |
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RE: Time to look for a new truck.
Well, I had kept up with the many adventures DJ had. As I recall, he bought a crew cab 4 wheel drive short bed. No payload.
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Blind Bob
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04/02/10 03:31pm |
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Time to look for a new truck.
I'm in the first stages of buying a new truck and thought I would run the particulars by ya'll.
After much thought, I have decided to go with the F150 with the heavy payload option. With a regular cab the payload is 3030lbs and the extended cab, which I am getting, will be just a little less. My camper weighs right around 1800 dry. I have looked at 250s and there is just something about the styling that I don't like. Plus payload is not that much different.
I am not interested in all the fancy extras like power this and that. Just want a base package truck. Those extras take away from payload anyhow.
My current 150 is paid for and will make a nice trade in.
Now let's see if you can chnge my mind. About the 1/2 ton or 3/4 ton that is. Chevy and Dodge need not apply.
On second thought, maybe I worded that wrong. Don't try to change my mind but do give me your thoughts.
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Blind Bob
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04/02/10 03:06pm |
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