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Rotten posted:Not to derail this amazing thread, but are the tiger campers that are built with a pass through to the cab any good? I'd not heard of this and was intrigued. $110K + the chassis cost. Got drat. e: I know that "it's not a fifth wheel" is part of the appeal but boy you can get a decent fifth wheel for that. CarForumPoster fucked around with this message at 08:27 on Dec 17, 2022 |
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Is it okay to ask for recommendations ITT? Seems like the right crowd, happy to post elsewhere. Can anyone point me to some good options for bolt in campers for late model pickups? Do places like Outdoor World have ones I can go see? More context: I am thinking of buying a 21/22/New 4 door F150 or similar in the next year. My wife and I love road trips, shes loves camping, I...prefer a 3+ star hotel. She'd be scared to tow a trailer so I'm looking at bolt in options for a camper that can be put in the bed of an F-150. I'm a Mech Eng, was a machinist, not scared of fiberglass work, so I'd happily do a DIY. Budget would be flexible (~$25K I pulled from thin air), I want to make a 3 star hotel on wheels. Should be able to use A/C with engine on, hot plate cook, microwave, fridge, etc. CarForumPoster fucked around with this message at 19:32 on Dec 29, 2022 |
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cursedshitbox posted:There's a dedicated tow pig thread for truckfuckling. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=4011015 TY! Ill read those. Sounds like it is questionably made carbon fiber RV time. EDIT: the RV thread and your posts in it are super helpful, thank you! CarForumPoster fucked around with this message at 20:34 on Dec 29, 2022 |
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sharkytm posted:Hahahaha. No. Add a zero and you're on the cheap end of a 3-star hotel on wheels. A new diesel F350 is going to run you $65k alone. I meant not including the cost of the car, obvs
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builds character posted:*cost of the van. yea that too
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SpeedFreek posted:A van might work but any I've driven have had poo poo leg room for the driver, ymmv. Not enough leg room? I am a little person Shame for the bourgois
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Been to Cruces and ABQ several times. Cruces has/had a good hole-in-the-wall donut place called Bosa Donuts, worth getting if you're still there.
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armpit_enjoyer posted:Those camping photos make me so jealous. It's the middle of winter here, and last week we had tons of snow and extremely heavy winds. The ductile to brittle transition of materials that exhibit that phenomena, like steel, change how much impact strength the material has and it's an S shaped curve. If you arent banging the frame around or dont already have preexisting visible cracks you prob don't need to worry about it much. Here's an example curve:  Charpy V-notch curve for a 0.06C 0.5Ni steel weld metal Aluminum, copper, lead, and austenitic stainless steels won't have this effect because of their crystal structures. CarForumPoster fucked around with this message at 23:15 on Feb 16, 2023 |
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Feb 16, 2023 23:12
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cursedshitbox posted:I know where this is going. Yea it seems like the reinforcement theyre doing won't do a great job of resisting the bending load near the cab caused by rocking about the rear wheels/rear springs. Just from reading ITT and some other pics of failure on line it seems like the fix would be gusseting or boxing that runs vertically near the front isolators and probably wherever xmembers are near those isolators.
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kastein posted:Hey, this is the worst idea in the goddamn world, but wanna take a field trip to Abbotsford with me for, uh, reasons, and then meet CSB for, uh, other reasons? Goon orgies never end well
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