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  1. c_hasbeen

    newbie

    if you run into a situation and need vintage trailer advice there are a bunch of cats over at the goodoldrving site that have about every kind of camper knowledge known to human kind!
  2. c_hasbeen

    newbie

    does your Shasta have the little wings on the back towards the top on the sides? those look sooo cool
  3. c_hasbeen

    Neat trick for guys shavin' in the field...

    if you use the safety razor and buy 100 plades at a time off the internet you can save plenty of cash my setup cost me about 8 bucks three years back off of ebay and I have several years worth of double edge blades left for several more years I just looked on amazon and for 100 blades you can...
  4. c_hasbeen

    Hideout

    I should stop being an irresponsible louse and fix this up. let some one move in and stay out of the weather birch wood beauty detroiter, I remember when we bought her and put her on those blocks. trees seem to have grown up around the old girl, kind of helping to keep her there.
  5. c_hasbeen

    Hideout

    I got 10 acres that is mine...bought and paid for...five water wells crick runs along the west side, I grew up there. it is in a unincorporated town with maybe 10 people still living in the vicinity. some day when the moon is right I keep telling myself I will get a dumping station put in and...
  6. c_hasbeen

    got our camper finaly!

    I am slowly learning what is what and how things are supposed to work, I had to make a shore line and get the correct plugs and all of that, I went with a 30 ft 50a cord, got it plugged in. drained all the water and blew out the lines, it had frozen and one of the water filter housings cracked...
  7. c_hasbeen

    Ideas, lust and envy...

    :cool:HEHE more to drool over Auto-Sleeper Windrush = MPG estimate 28-32 Autocruise Accent = MPG estimate 27 -33 I did some reading on the European vans and it looks like 27 is a good all around number for the diesel powered 2.3 or 3L I liked the globecar from Germany with the round windows...
  8. c_hasbeen

    got our camper finaly!

    I can hardly wait to start figuring everything out, I did get the slide to work, it was a wire had come loose and I fixed that and the slide now moves in and out. so much to learn and I feel very positive that I can learn all the systems and how to keep them operational yea that sums it up...
  9. c_hasbeen

    got our camper finaly!

    after about a year of searching and wanting to spend as little as possible we stumbled onto a reposed camper, looked at it then put an offer on it totally expecting to have our offer tossed in file 13. but we went yesterday and picked it up! it has plenty of things needing fixed or replaced but...
  10. c_hasbeen

    Thrift Shop Scores

    I scored a life gear wings of life emergency three day back pack with all the gear for 8 bucks! I think they cost about 80 bucks new I was happy for sure
  11. c_hasbeen

    Our Skoolie Conversion

    wow!  I got a lot of great ideas from your work
  12. c_hasbeen

    Upon leaving what is more than a house, but a home.

    there was a trailer court in my town that just recently evicted all tenants, they had older mobile homes that no one would allow in a different park, most just packed up their belongings and left.<br>I drove by the other day and it looks like they are getting ready to sell it off for million...
  13. c_hasbeen

    Bus Conversions :::

    I think I would really enjoy a bus like this maybe with the wheel chair lift in the back too
  14. c_hasbeen

    Old Dodge Experts?

    does it smell like gas when it is running rough? could be the carb is flooding caused by a float<br>if so you can replace the float rather easily and economicly<br>let us know so we can help figure out how to get your rig running good
  15. c_hasbeen

    Saw this at Wal-Mart

    been there...done that...<br>not exactly the same but I know how it is to be short on cash and needing to get someplace with all my stuff to get a job.<br>Even though my stuff was not worth anything to anyone else it had functional value to me and could not be replaced easily.<br><br>
  16. c_hasbeen

    Out looking for the perfect new home

    highdesertranger glad you said that about the over hand and ground clearance, we looked at a heck of a deal wanderlodge but while we were standing there about to make a move on it we started discussing the ground clearance and the tag and it being 44 ft long from bumper to bumper and decided...
  17. c_hasbeen

    Out looking for the perfect new home

    it is the detroit diesel 6v71 has the 4 speed and a jake brake aluminum wheels but needs tires<br>I honestly believe if someone handed him 2000 they would drive away with it
  18. c_hasbeen

    Out looking for the perfect new home

    My wife and I have been looking for our new home on wheels, we are planning to get something but have not settled on what it is just yet.<br>We found a couple of converted buses and one factory bus looked at a very expensive truck conversion and several cheaper ones.<br>Our goal is to have...
  19. c_hasbeen

    just saying hello....

    Awesome, I hear those blue bird are certified for roll over protection!<br>I would like to know a lot more about your coal stove if you do not mind sharing brand and anything else you care to about it
  20. c_hasbeen

    My new rig!

    good deal!&nbsp; replace the belt when you put on the new alternator, save you a headache later on!
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