Gotta love that they are street legal. Half a billion side by sides ripping the streets around Moab.
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i saw a gif on 4chan that would be appropriate here
Our TC is 22 years old and definitely finicky in certain ways, despite our best efforts to renovate it. The one thing that keeps my lady from being able to handle it solo is raising and lowering the roof, which needs to be done manually and is no small feat. The mechanism to assist with the task is old, frictiony, and not super stable. The roof doesn't settle back onto the camper squarely or straightly, every time I do it I have to get the step stool out and push and shove it into position so it'll button up securely. I have no doubt that if she wanted to figure out a way to muscle it into position up and down, that she would. But to be honest, it's fairly massive PITA for even me (at 6'2" or so) to deal with, and her shorter stature doesn't make it any easier.
Those folks here that have met my gal know she's strong, capable, and bad ass. You, to put it bluntly, don't know. So I'd appreciate you backing off your judgement.
^^He speaks the truth, not many people need a Pedro's DH tyre lever to close their camper roof and his fiancée is bad ass all around.
wrist rightly slapped. I was just pulling your chain. no offense meant. I doubt anyone here would have any woman other than a badass as a partner
As for the button down, I know some folks have a max fan installed and put it on full exhaust to help them tuck the fabric in and pull the roof down
There are chargers in the cities but not out where I live.
the swamp?
You drive more than 200 miles a day?
Usually half that.
There's also the issue that I can get a nice used Japanese roadster for $10k cash, why would I want to make payments on a dowdy $35k Renault? The cost/benefit just isn't there.
You're a gentleman and a scholar, sir. I know you're just giving me grief, but it felt a bit too far. Thanks for understanding.
We don't have a fan to help, but we do open the top vent to let air escape and it helps a lot. The real bugger of the issue is the way the roof is supported, it doesn't come straight down. The uppy-downy struts are centered front-to-back, and only on the sides. As opposed to a pole or strut in each corner, I suppose. So anyways, as the roof lowers it can be too far forward, too far back, cock-eyed, cattywampus, kittycornered, cattycornered, or too far to either side. It's a nonsensical pain in the dick, and has the added luxury of the sides of the camper being warped and bowed outwards. As @6thElement mentioned... I get to use a Pedro's DH tire lever to shoe-horn the warped side walls back underneath the lip of the roof every time I lower it. That said, we did just attempt a squeezin' on the sides using some random 2x6 boards and a pair of ratchet straps... and then secured the walls from the inside with heavy duty L-brackets. The walls are much moar straighter now, but we haven't tried lowering the top yet to see if that has helped that situation.
No but really, I love it. It's great.
Wish I remembered the inside of your camper better. Have to think there is some way of installing a few links that would ensure constant positioning of the top relative to the bottom throughout the pop up/retract cycle.You're a gentleman and a scholar, sir. I know you're just giving me grief, but it felt a bit too far. Thanks for understanding.
We don't have a fan to help, but we do open the top vent to let air escape and it helps a lot. The real bugger of the issue is the way the roof is supported, it doesn't come straight down. The uppy-downy struts are centered front-to-back, and only on the sides. As opposed to a pole or strut in each corner, I suppose. So anyways, as the roof lowers it can be too far forward, too far back, cock-eyed, cattywampus, kittycornered, cattycornered, or too far to either side. It's a nonsensical pain in the dick, and has the added luxury of the sides of the camper being warped and bowed outwards. As @6thElement mentioned... I get to use a Pedro's DH tire lever to shoe-horn the warped side walls back underneath the lip of the roof every time I lower it. That said, we did just attempt a squeezin' on the sides using some random 2x6 boards and a pair of ratchet straps... and then secured the walls from the inside with heavy duty L-brackets. The walls are much moar straighter now, but we haven't tried lowering the top yet to see if that has helped that situation.
No but really, I love it. It's great.
Even with ours there's a knack to getting it lined up when we lower it. It also has removable bungee cords inside which pull the soft sides inwards as we lower.You're a gentleman and a scholar, sir. I know you're just giving me grief, but it felt a bit too far. Thanks for understanding.
We don't have a fan to help, but we do open the top vent to let air escape and it helps a lot. The real bugger of the issue is the way the roof is supported, it doesn't come straight down. The uppy-downy struts are centered front-to-back, and only on the sides. As opposed to a pole or strut in each corner, I suppose. So anyways, as the roof lowers it can be too far forward, too far back, cock-eyed, cattywampus, kittycornered, cattycornered, or too far to either side. It's a nonsensical pain in the dick, and has the added luxury of the sides of the camper being warped and bowed outwards. As @6thElement mentioned... I get to use a Pedro's DH tire lever to shoe-horn the warped side walls back underneath the lip of the roof every time I lower it. That said, we did just attempt a squeezin' on the sides using some random 2x6 boards and a pair of ratchet straps... and then secured the walls from the inside with heavy duty L-brackets. The walls are much moar straighter now, but we haven't tried lowering the top yet to see if that has helped that situation.
No but really, I love it. It's great.