Downloading at Campground
Bought my first Truck Camper this week. Love it so far and have loved all of the ideas I have found on line. My question: How many of you download your camper at the campsite and use your truck to ...
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BradW wrote:
Three times in 23 years.
That doesn't included when the clutch slave cylinder went out on our 2006 F350 and left us stranded at Shinning Rocks Wilderness. Then had to tow the truck/camper off the mountain to the nearest Ford dealer in Henderson, NC. Removed the camper in their parking lot and spent the night there until they could fix it the next day. Dang manual trannies, you just can't depend on them.....give me a good reliable automatic any day. :)
Too late now, but you weren’t stuck. If that ever happens again you can still drive. You fire it up in gear and go, and shift without the clutch. Shut it off at stoplights.
I’ve done this several times over the years in vehicles with failed clutch release.
In my (and all) big trucks you only use the clutch once, to start from a stop, then shift without the clutch - and that’s with no synchros like you have in a pickup trans.
