My new (used) TC - a couple more questions...
Just got around to taking a picture & then figuring out how to upload it, I hope this'll work:
It's an old Palomino Bronco Mini L
probably from the late 80s?
I know Palomino doesn't have the best rep in terms of quality but the price was right (free) and I have been wanting a shortbed popup TC for many years. Also, I don't have to do any mods to the truck (supposedly dry weight is only 740#) and it seems to be in pretty good shape for its age
Next step is to build a shorter in-bed riser to bring it down a few inches
planning to do rubber mat on bottom, then 3 stacks of 2 2x6s (one on top the other), then 1/2 weather treated ply on top.
Is that overkill? would 2x4s work just as good?
The HECO crank was stripped so I ordered 2 new ones, haven't been able to get the top up yet but the canvas is super clean, it was either never used or extremely well taken care of or replaced recently
There's no smell, but some water definitely got in at some point, there's a little mold under the bed & in that underbed storage area, I'm gonna rip that out and rebuild it.
Also, the bottom of the cabover part is kinda saggy, I'm assuming that will need work too.
You can kinda see it here
I *think* there's some water damage inside the roof, it seemed really heavy when my buddy and I tried to lift it by hand/backs. the rear corner (like near the fridge) is also sagging so I assume we'll have to pull back the outer skin to get in there. Hoping we don't have to redo the entire roof but we'll see.
Shore power electric works, though it makes a low buzz. Haven't tested the gas yet.
Entry door doesn't have a key, so I gotta get a new mechanism for that too.
It came with some old turn buckles, which Im planning to just hook up to the tie-down eyelets inside of the bed, maybe run some steel cable through the square tubing on the underside of the camper just to be extra safe. I'm assuming that with the super light weight that I don't need full-on torklifts. Not planning on doing any extreme off-roading stuff with it either. Any thoughts on this kind of set-up?
Also planning to build one of those 3/4" plywood stands (like 2 big Xs) for it so I can take it off the truck to work on the roof. Gonna be a project but I'm looking forward to it. I have 3 days off each week, hoping to just work on it as much as possible and have it ready for camping in a month or so.
It's an old Palomino Bronco Mini L
probably from the late 80s?
I know Palomino doesn't have the best rep in terms of quality but the price was right (free) and I have been wanting a shortbed popup TC for many years. Also, I don't have to do any mods to the truck (supposedly dry weight is only 740#) and it seems to be in pretty good shape for its age
Next step is to build a shorter in-bed riser to bring it down a few inches
planning to do rubber mat on bottom, then 3 stacks of 2 2x6s (one on top the other), then 1/2 weather treated ply on top.
Is that overkill? would 2x4s work just as good?
The HECO crank was stripped so I ordered 2 new ones, haven't been able to get the top up yet but the canvas is super clean, it was either never used or extremely well taken care of or replaced recently
There's no smell, but some water definitely got in at some point, there's a little mold under the bed & in that underbed storage area, I'm gonna rip that out and rebuild it.
Also, the bottom of the cabover part is kinda saggy, I'm assuming that will need work too.
You can kinda see it here
I *think* there's some water damage inside the roof, it seemed really heavy when my buddy and I tried to lift it by hand/backs. the rear corner (like near the fridge) is also sagging so I assume we'll have to pull back the outer skin to get in there. Hoping we don't have to redo the entire roof but we'll see.
Shore power electric works, though it makes a low buzz. Haven't tested the gas yet.
Entry door doesn't have a key, so I gotta get a new mechanism for that too.
It came with some old turn buckles, which Im planning to just hook up to the tie-down eyelets inside of the bed, maybe run some steel cable through the square tubing on the underside of the camper just to be extra safe. I'm assuming that with the super light weight that I don't need full-on torklifts. Not planning on doing any extreme off-roading stuff with it either. Any thoughts on this kind of set-up?
Also planning to build one of those 3/4" plywood stands (like 2 big Xs) for it so I can take it off the truck to work on the roof. Gonna be a project but I'm looking forward to it. I have 3 days off each week, hoping to just work on it as much as possible and have it ready for camping in a month or so.
