Just figured out I can fit three bikes in the back seat of the truck if I take the pedals off. Which is cool for secure storage.
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^This exactly. There's a reason the people who are on the road constantly aren't rolling around in stuff like Jaycos, Wolf Pups or my Apex.
People bitch about the quality of trailers/RVs, but then bitch about the cost of the good ones. What drives quality is consumer demand, when people want a 8'x9'x20' house on wheels for $27,500, some corners are necessarily going to get cut. Back in the pre-Covid times there were always massive price cuts on trailers, so the real price of a small travel trailer was more like $23-24k, back out about a grand for shipping, dealer set-up costs, dealer profit, and manufacturer profit and they're building these things for like $10-12k. If you go into that expecting it to last a lifetime of bouncing around on our shitty pot-holed freeways, you're an idiot.
40-50 trips is about all we're expecting out of ours, then we'll sell it for whatever it's worth and buy a new one that meets our needs for the next few years.
My buddies Sprinter.
You sure about that?
No, I guess. He could have forged/lathed/cast/molded/machined everything, which would be rad.
No home smelter setup no care
I got into back yard casting for a bit. Made some shift knobs and some other crap. You can melt aluminum with charcoal briquettes. One time me and a buddy poured a bunch of molten aluminum in a fire ant hole a d dug it up. It was kinda neat. I did not tell those ants they were built not bought.
Suggestions on what might be wrong with the burners in our camper, they light, but as soon as you try to release the knob they go out.
Never had problems before.
Never had problems before.
The Hilux, while similarly sized to the Tacoma, is a vastly different platform. The Tacoma is a westernized version of the Hilux with softer suspension, a more compliant frame, and a more posh interior. It's designed to provide a comfortable ride over smoothish roads with little loads.
The Hilux has ~50% more payload and is designed to service areas of the world where rugged and durable trump all else. Its got the suspension, brakes, and frame to handle it. A camper on a Hilux is a much less ridiculous idea.
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The Euros also have far fewer f250s upon which to base their campers, and are connected to more continents on which the Hilux is ubiquitous.
Best truck available in your country, plus bountiful spare parts anywhere you go makes the hilux a pretty solid choice assuming you live on any continent other than one of the Americas.
Best truck available in your country, plus bountiful spare parts anywhere you go makes the hilux a pretty solid choice assuming you live on any continent other than one of the Americas.
Opportunity? Just saw one such abomination in Southern NH. Also saw a Winnebago Sprinter.
A lot of people in Europe build campers on a 70 séries Land Cruiser base. Busch taxi is a good peep into that world.
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Got to drive my buddy’s new Hilux in Peru, on some outrageous semi private crazy ass roads, the thing took everything like a champ, at any speed. But he did some popular suspension and braking mods anyway. Totally stock looking, complete sleeper.
I really need an RPG
base on sentence structure, gonna need a better explanation of 'like a champ' and adult onset shaken baby syndrome
Nothing like a Tacoma, right?
I was sipping tea with my pinkie out while mowing over campesino sheep, dogs and children. Does that paint an evocative picture? Don’t worry, we threw some new bootstraps out for everyone as we passed.
talk to me when there are 60 smashed honkies from boston in the rear view
I would try holding it on longer. Then check tank levels. If it’s all the knobs/burners I would think they wouldn’t all fail at once so look at the regulator maybe, is it switchable between tanks? Switch to the other tank. Could be flow so check for a kink or something smashing the line.
It's a two burner stovetop, both have the same issue. I've tried holding them on once lit for longer, no difference. They both go out as soon as you release the knob. Tank is pretty full AFAIK. I'll double-check the line just in case something has some how pressed against it.
Can you set the stove to "high" and light it with a match?
The "Ignite" position should bypass the stove's regular regulator, making it easier to light, before you pivot it over to the flame control bit of it. If you can't light it with a match, your stove regulator may be shot, but it may just be a safety feature acting up. Some have a flow detector cut-off where they shut-off completely if a minor leak is detected, basically a spring kind of a thing that needs at least enough propane to sustain a flame to stay open. Those usually reset if the whole system is depressurized for a bit, try that, if that doesn't work it may be new regulator time.
The "Ignite" position should bypass the stove's regular regulator, making it easier to light, before you pivot it over to the flame control bit of it. If you can't light it with a match, your stove regulator may be shot, but it may just be a safety feature acting up. Some have a flow detector cut-off where they shut-off completely if a minor leak is detected, basically a spring kind of a thing that needs at least enough propane to sustain a flame to stay open. Those usually reset if the whole system is depressurized for a bit, try that, if that doesn't work it may be new regulator time.
Sounds like a bad thermocouple, if you have one. Is there a flame sensing bulb somewhere what is really filthy? Maybe something just needs a good cleanin.
What make and model is the stovetop?
Dometic, I'll have to check the model.
Good call on the thermocouple, don't believe my stove has one, but the symptoms 6th described do sound just like a waterheater with a bunk thermocouple.
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Jesus.fuck
Could we perhaps interest good sir in one of these?
No context, just a pic from my brother.