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RE: Alaska Highway - Rock hit camper = 1 inch hole!
You didn't happen to spot my brothers group did you? He was leading a bunch of vintage bentleys on a trip to Anchorage & back.
For an excellent vintage experience visit the small roadside museum in Ft. Nelson, YT. A fine gentleman named Marl Brown displays (and owns most of) the vintage vehicle collection there. In June of last year he celebrated the 100th year of his 1908 Buick by driving it from Ft. Nelson to White Horse, a distance of over 500 miles if I recall correctly. The museum sent a "rescue" vehicle along behind him in case he broke down. The rescue vehicle broke down and had to be towed back to Ft. Nelson, but Marl said the old Buick ran like a top the whole way! It still has the original wooden wheels on it.
Pay him a visit. It will be one of the highlights of your trip on the Alcan!
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rmarshall
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07/03/09 10:57am |
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RE: Problem with Atwood ball-screw power truck camper jacks
Our 2005 model 1181 has a battery "use/store" switch on the control panel in line with the water heater switch, tank level indicators, etc. Make sure that the battery switch is in the "use" position.
Apart from this and the suggestions offered by others, I must say that the Atwood remote control system is functionally marginal. Sometimes ours works well, sometimes not. There have been occasions where it will extend but not retract, and vice versa. Sometimes the remote will perfectly control any single jack, but not more than one at a time. Sometimes it seems to help if the remote is pointed straight up in the air; sometimes straight down. I find it one of the least consistently reliable systems in an otherwise very nice camper.
And as others have said, good battery charge level is important in both the camper and the remote control unit.
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rmarshall
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05/10/09 08:53am |
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RE: Lance Owners Manuals / Brochures On-Line 1999 - 2009
Thanks for the heads up, Brad. I have done as so many others and managed to lose my originals.
Also, thanks to Lance for bothering to do this.
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rmarshall
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05/05/09 01:17pm |
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RE: OOPS!!! (updated)
I'm with Paul Beddows. Think I'll start a collection of 18th century tools.
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rmarshall
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05/04/09 05:50am |
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RE: Swing outs, who needs them
Paul,
You are too good!
Hope your wife is ok. Please keep us posted.
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rmarshall
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05/01/09 07:11pm |
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RE: How do you know when you are getting old?
Our embarrassing moves can not only make us feel stupid, they can place us in danger with our significant others. Here is one that I posted a couple of years ago:
I agree that the black tank flush feature on the Lance Max series (I'm sure many other manufacturers also have it or something similar) is great. Let me tell you a little story about my 1181 (1191 may be different?) so that you will not get skinned alive by your significant other. My wife and I arrived in the heat of this past August at the Loretta Lynn RV park in Tenn. As usual, we plugged into the power first to let the AC deal with the intense heat and humidity. Then I connected the fresh water supply and turned the pressure valve on, opened an adult beverage and sat back in my lawn chair. In this kind of unbearable heat our AC quickly begins dehumidifying the heavy air, and a small stream of condensation runs from the top of the camper. The only clue I should have seen but didn't was that the stream became much heavier than normal. Suddenly my wife screamed for me to come quickly. We met at the camper door and she was completely drenched to the skin - I mean hair, clothes, everything. It turns out that she had used the commode, and when finished, stood and turned to flush it. When she pulled the handle, the black tank blew a high pressure shower of black water right in her face. She was not amused. I am not usually so slow on the uptake. Maybe it was the adult beverage, but I am sure because of the context of this thread that you can guess what I did. I finally even figured it out for myself. On the 1181 the fresh water supply connection and the black tank flush connection are 6 or 8 inches apart. They are clearly marked, and I had connected the camper to water many times, but for some reason this time I just connected without thinking or reading, and attached the fresh pressure water to the San-T-Flush plug. The unusually heavy "condensation" from the AC was actually overflow from the now pressurized black water tank. Fortunately for me we had not used the camper toilet for any heavy duty service (use your imagination on that one) or I would still be running instead of typing this message. The experience did give me ample proof that my wife truely loves me, so some good did come of it, I suppose. Still, I consider you my friends, and you might not be so lucky. If you have a San-T-Flush or equivalent connection please pause and be certain that you NEVER forgetfully connect the campground water line to it.
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rmarshall
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04/11/09 06:56am |
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RE: Satellite Receiver Pt.2, and other questions.
On my Lance there is a switch on the inside of the bulkhead near the entry door. This switch TEMPORARILY activates the Atwood jacks so that the remote unit will work. After a few minutes this activation switch turns off. Reason: if another camper parks near you and activates his jacks, your camper will not respond.
Make sure that if you have Atwood jacks you have turned your jack control switch ON.
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rmarshall
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03/25/09 07:18am |
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RE: Atwood Camper Jack Problem
I have experienced intermittent problems with my Atwood remote also. I even replaced it once, with improved but not excellent performance.
It seems to me that I recall seeing recommendations in the past for an alternative remote control that some claimed worked better. Maybe it was the Gama. Has anyone tried that one yet?
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rmarshall
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03/24/09 10:27am |
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RE: How much role?
No detectable pitch or roll. On the other hand, very firm ride.
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rmarshall
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03/12/09 06:19am |
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RE: And The MPG Winner Is?
Driving the rig in my sig. GVW = 15,000 lbs, axle ratio = 4.3
Fairly steady state cruising:
55-60 mph = approx 14 to 15 miles per gallon (read-out)
65 mph = 11 to 12 miles per gallon (read-out)
75+ mph = unknown gallons per mile.
Note: a fair bit of stop and go driving eats into this heavily. It seems to take about 20 miles of light footed cruising after a single 60mph stop and go to recover the loss of that one acceleration.
In short, we love our rig, but it doesn't run cheap. A 4.1 ratio would probably work a little better, but in '05 the 4.3 was the tallest I could order on the F450. Oh well, we feel lucky to have it and we will just drive it as far as we can afford to go!
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rmarshall
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03/08/09 06:51pm |
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RE: No Truck Campers Allowed!
Who would want to camp in a place that would admit someone like me?
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rmarshall
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03/08/09 06:31pm |
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RE: Continental Tires?
43k miles are on our original Continentals. Wearing well and still have a good bit left in them.
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rmarshall
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03/08/09 06:58am |
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RE: Diesel trucks / front mount spare: ??
Starting into our 4th year with front mounted spare. No problems of any kind so far.
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rmarshall
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02/15/09 04:53am |
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RE: ???Lance 1181 or Arctic Fox 1140???
I am sure both are fine. Pick the one you like best. If you like them about the same, buy the cheaper one.
Happy camping!
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rmarshall
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02/09/09 05:49am |
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RE: Slides - Good or Bad?
We pays our money and we takes our choice.
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rmarshall
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01/18/09 12:44pm |
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RE: I'm making my "Alaska List" -things to see-any suggestions?
The places listed in this thread all sound wonderful - in our only trip North the ones we visited were all great. In addition to the places we found that the strong, adventuresome people we met in remote areas were as interesting as the locations.
One of our favorites was a man named Marl Brown who supports (and seems to own most of) the antique vehicle collection at a small museum in Ft. Nelson. He can be found there most any day, a pleasant, soft spoken man in his mid 70s. In June of 2008 he drove (in honor of its 100th year)a 1908 Buick from Ft. Nelson to Whitehorse, a distance of nearly 600 miles. The museum sent a rescue vehicle along behind him in the event of trouble. The rescue vehicle broke down and had to be towed back to Ft. Nelson, but Marl said the old Buick ran like a top the whole way.
If you go through Ft. Nelson, don't pass up the chance to meet him at the museum.
Also in the museum is a poem written by a man called "Skook". Two lines from Skook's poem read approximately like this:
"A skyline fence from East to West, with room to go and come.
We liked our fellow man the best when they were scattered some."
The "scatter" seems to suit the folks up there just fine.
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rmarshall
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12/30/08 04:31pm |
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RE: Slow Poke Campers
The article reads to me as though it refers to "camping" in the left lane, and not to the type of vehicle that does it. The photo, for example, shows a sedan impeding the progress of an 18 wheeler.
Use of the word "camper" is unfortunate because I don't believe the author was referring to our vehicle types, just the act by anyone of impeding the flow of traffic by blocking the left lane.
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rmarshall
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12/10/08 05:57am |
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