The worst rig you ever had

Hmm.... Well I suppose it was my first camper/truck. A 1974 Lance and 1974 Ford F350 Supercab. Bought them in 1987. Truck was an old yellow/painted beige school district work beast with 143k miles on it with a 390. 8 1/2' Lance Camper had seen WAY better days and had a LOT of use, but the entire rig was $3,600 and all I could afford, so silly inexperienced me loaded it up and took off on many a trip. Many off road. The shelves in the overhead of the camper collapsed with the first trip. The fridge had to be PERFECTLY level to even get down to a "chill point"... had a porta poty in it, no tanks and one (weak) battery for the lights. but it had an "inside bed" and fridge, stove, and water tank! I felt like I was in pure luxury!! I woke up on a freezing morning in late October at the Kern River to ice daggers hanging from the roof over the bed. On the way home I lost the huge climb out emergency hatch on the freeway... somewhere... Didn't even know until a very upset driver began honking at me and pointing to my roof. Replaced it and learned about venting the camper and using heavy thick sleeping bags... Had many, many wonderful trips in it and finally....... on it's own, sitting up on the leaky hydraulic jacks above a ravine the front driver side (if I remember correctly) jack bracket pulled away from the camper and the whole thing fell over and rolled (sort of ... more like bounced!) down the ravine and that was the end. We used to let the nieces and nephews ride in the camper, even on the bed, but when I saw what the inside looked like after this event I vowed to never let a living thing ride in a camper again! It was a lot of work keeping that old Lance usable, but also a great learning experience and I was hooked on truck campers and have been every since! Worse one?...I suppose, but also one with some of the best old memories! :)

Dak