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The Camper, Trailer or Adventure Vehicle Thread

May 18, 2016, 5:57 a.m.
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LOL, be careful, it escalates quickly. We went from planning on taking the kids camping (in a tent) to buying a Jayflight 26BH in a matter of weeks! (before the trip)

Does not help the wife,s truck is all set-up for a 5th wheel . Her Dad had one before he passed and they went camping every summer with it .

This weekend will be the test 4 of us and 3 dogs going to Williams Lake for the BC enduro race .

#northsidetrailbuilders

May 18, 2016, 3:02 p.m.
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set-up on a chev, not sure how a dodge is.

Got it, thank you for sharing.

May 18, 2016, 3:13 p.m.
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This thread should be renamed "The make Buster Bluth sofaking jealous thread."
:cry:

Wrong. Always.

May 18, 2016, 7:44 p.m.
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Joined: March 27, 2011

GF and I just bought a wagon over in Australia :aussie: Had been looking for a replacement car and noticed how backpackers have been setting up a wagon to sleep in the back. Ended up with Mitsubishi Magna wagon and were starting to collect gear now. Fits a double mattress in the back perfectly. I'll start getting some photos later on to show our plans. :woot:

Plan is to do a couple little overnight trips and then get some time off and drive from brisbane down to tasmania and then back again.

May 19, 2016, 4:47 p.m.
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Careful. They drive on the wrong side of the road!!

Wrong. Always.

May 20, 2016, 1:43 a.m.
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Careful. They drive on the wrong side of the road!!

I've been here 11 months now and I've got a pretty good hang of it finally. Went down the wrong side a few times in the beginning. Hardest one I found was keeping the car centered in the lane. You're used to putting your body on the left hand side of the lane so you have a tendency to drift and straddle two lanes.

To go off topic a bit. If you buy a used car here from a dealer they legally have to provide a 3 month warranty. Realized after taking the car home that I bought, it had a small crack in the rad and one of the engine mounts was shot. Just had them both replaced today for free :D No fuss at all. Didn't expect that when I only paid $2600 for the car

May 20, 2016, 1:26 p.m.
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This might be the good basis for a project. 2012 MERCEDES SPRINTER 3500 - $26950
http://vancouver.craigslist.ca/van/cto/5583847497.html

There's nothing better than an Orangina after cheating death with Digger.

May 22, 2016, 3:56 p.m.
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This is the shit..
https://vancouver.craigslist.ca/rds/cto/5570881096.html

May 26, 2016, 7:08 p.m.
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This might be the good basis for a project. 2012 MERCEDES SPRINTER 3500 - $26950
http://vancouver.craigslist.ca/van/cto/5583847497.html

Dope for sure but $27k for a van with 216k kms? Plus maintenance. Plus the cost of camperizing. For that kinda money you could get a truck with half the kms and a big ass slide in camper.

WTB Frequency i23 rim, 650b NEW - $40

May 26, 2016, 9:08 p.m.
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the folks have a ford v10 motorhome for sale, i think around 15g

May 31, 2016, 5:50 p.m.
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I picked up this fat pig a few weeks ago, she's proving to be a bit more of a pain in the ass than I was expecting, but I sure like her when she's humming nicely. Wifey and I will probably pick up a small (13') trailer at some point, I'll be whipping up a bed/storage jobbie for the back ASAP.

May 31, 2016, 6:05 p.m.
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I picked up this fat pig a few weeks ago, she's proving to be a bit more of a pain in the ass than I was expecting

Lol Chrysler product.
Is that nitinat or cowichan? A half ton has been calling my name for a while now.

Ha Ha! Made you look.

June 1, 2016, 6:50 a.m.
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Redneck Beach, Kennedy Lake

June 1, 2016, 6:53 a.m.
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Well I was way off.. what issues you having with it?

Ha Ha! Made you look.

June 1, 2016, 5:52 p.m.
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Joined: April 25, 2003

I bought it, threw $1500 at it to make sure everything was golden. A week later reverse went and it required a tranny rebuild.

Oh well, still far cheaper than buying new. And it's a real nice truck otherwise.

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