Is this possible?
I'm not a truck camper...don't know much about them. If this has been posted before, I apologize. It's a slow day and I'm bored. So.....is this possible?
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SidecarFlip wrote:soren wrote:
Every few years the Jeep/truck camper pic. shows up, and it makes me smile. I owned a '75 CJ5 that, thanks to it's narrow track and short wheelbase,was perfectly happy to go down the road frontwards, backwards and sideways, especially if snow or mud was added to the mix. I always wondered how these things handled with a huge truck camper and tag axle humped on to the back?
I had a 5 that exhibited the same traits, especially on an icy. snowy road. I not so fondly remember one winter afternoon, my wife and I were heading from our house southwest of Cleveland, Ohio to the grocery store for some supplies. I was going maybe 20 mph on a paved road, slightly crowned and slightly ice and snow covered and in a flash, faster than I could react we were going backwards in the same lane we were going forward in.
Never touched the brake, never gave it any gas, nothing, it just decided to swap ens. Lucky for me no one was coming in the opposing lane. The guy behind me crapped his pants however.
Got rid of it soon afetr and I've never had another one. Besides, it was cold in the winter and hot in the summer.
Yea, the older ones were like a tractor in a lot of ways, brand new ones are marginally better. I got a cringe the other day, when I heard something that makes me just want to scream, and say, "NO,NO and what the heck are you thinking" Some idiot father was saying that his daughter is about to drive and can't been seen in a hand me down Taurus, so they are looking for a cute, little two door Wrangler for her. I can't imagine how many time THAT idea ended tragically?
