Arctic Fox 1150 & Airbags
So...after saying we didn't want anything too big that hung way over the back of our pickup, you'll be surprised to hear that tomorrow we are bringing home a 2000 Arctic Fox 1150. Yup. We'd been looking at it off and on for a couple weeks.
Here's the deal...it's damaged. The guy we are buying it from (he's the original owner) backed into something and bent one of the jacks in Yellowstone. Then he couldn't get the jack to go up and it was pouring rain. So he figured he'd drive out of the rain and then try to fix it. Well, the jack caught on something and tore the side of the camper, the side with the slide. His wife had been wanting a small 5th wheel so he figured it was time. We got it for $2,000. Northwood Manufacturing gave us and estimate of $3-4,000 to fix it. BUT...my husband and our friend are going to take on the job. Our friend builds and rebuilds everything, my husband is also quite handy and our friend is a fiberglass guy and has "all the stuff" to work on it apparently.
Oh, he's also throwing in the Torklift brackets since he won't need them anymore. And it has a nice 130 watt solar panel. The inside is in great shape. And we didn't see any signs of leaking (and we looked!).
Since it's so big and heavy, we figure we'll need airbags. The original owner (who has the same exact pickup and year as ours!) doesn't use anything. He says it handles fine. But we'd like to be sure to save our pickup. It's a Dodge 1 ton dually. Any recommendations on air bags?
I'll post pics after we have it home.
Susan
Here's the deal...it's damaged. The guy we are buying it from (he's the original owner) backed into something and bent one of the jacks in Yellowstone. Then he couldn't get the jack to go up and it was pouring rain. So he figured he'd drive out of the rain and then try to fix it. Well, the jack caught on something and tore the side of the camper, the side with the slide. His wife had been wanting a small 5th wheel so he figured it was time. We got it for $2,000. Northwood Manufacturing gave us and estimate of $3-4,000 to fix it. BUT...my husband and our friend are going to take on the job. Our friend builds and rebuilds everything, my husband is also quite handy and our friend is a fiberglass guy and has "all the stuff" to work on it apparently.
Oh, he's also throwing in the Torklift brackets since he won't need them anymore. And it has a nice 130 watt solar panel. The inside is in great shape. And we didn't see any signs of leaking (and we looked!).
Since it's so big and heavy, we figure we'll need airbags. The original owner (who has the same exact pickup and year as ours!) doesn't use anything. He says it handles fine. But we'd like to be sure to save our pickup. It's a Dodge 1 ton dually. Any recommendations on air bags?
I'll post pics after we have it home.
Susan
