Welp, Made it through the first use of pop up..
The wife and I used my newly bought camper for the first time last week, up at the Nascar race..
It went well, for the most part.. did have a few issues that I will start threads on,
The first issue, was the "feeling small" lol..
The Track employee's have their own lot to camp in.. or more than likely put all of us, then fill it with fans.. b-u-t
I 36 foot motor-coach parked to the left of us.. and boy did it make the pop up look small..
Only reason I post that, is the wife wasn't on board with a camper,She was fine with a tent.. Then we get up there set up, and the first day of use, she came around to, well this is much better.. Yay ,one point for husband.. but that joy didn't last long, as ,after the 2nd day of sleeping in it, we get up and go down to the infield to work, security of the drivers and teams hardware (tools,cars/rigs/motor homes/etc) and she is looking around, the whole walk down.. we get back to the camper at 6:45 am and crash, get up at noon, and she got talking with the owners of the big by huge motor coach that was beside us, and they gave here the full tour of the thing.. REmember I said one point for husband, She on the way down to watch the races, was like ,That motor-coach is really nice. I'm like I'm sure it is.. And. normally, we never stop at the camping world midway store,thingy. but she wanted to look for something for the camper, :R I'm roaming the place checking it out. and want to show her something, where do I find her.. inside a camper, iirc a 26 or better one.. it wasn't a 5th wheel.. and I really didn't take note of anything as there wasn't a need, as I wasn't buying.. So the Pandora box has been opened, lord help me..
--- The towing the pop up was "different" I've towed cars on a trailer but always used my dad's diesel and it never even let you know you had anything back there,
This was different, the tow vehicle is a 04 ford sport trac,4x4 that isn't really small or light 5800.oo+/- isn't to me light,
but over bridge joints or any good sized bump, or dip it made the rear of the truck bounce twice, then settle out, The shocks are new, like 1 month old new, so it's not that, the up swing of the bounce had some force behind it, not enough to push the truck around, or make the tail happy, it always tracked straight, and had no issues braking even while it did this, so it wasn't unloading the rear tires ,it just felt odd.
I bring this up, as I'm not sure if it was just me not being used to having something back there or because the camper had a nose up rake, The sport trac doesn't have a hitch,(yet) but has a 5000 lb towing bumper that I put the 2" ball into.. but the height of the bumper is 4" higher than the tongue, giving it that nose up rake.. The weight of the camper per jayco is 1200-1600lb depending on options. so it's not a heavy unit ..
Anyone know if it is a normal thing, and that feeling of a 2nd bounce is just the camper going over the bump, bridge joint after the truck and being transmitted into the truck? or a factor of the nose up, ??
It went well, for the most part.. did have a few issues that I will start threads on,
The first issue, was the "feeling small" lol..
The Track employee's have their own lot to camp in.. or more than likely put all of us, then fill it with fans.. b-u-t
I 36 foot motor-coach parked to the left of us.. and boy did it make the pop up look small..
Only reason I post that, is the wife wasn't on board with a camper,She was fine with a tent.. Then we get up there set up, and the first day of use, she came around to, well this is much better.. Yay ,one point for husband.. but that joy didn't last long, as ,after the 2nd day of sleeping in it, we get up and go down to the infield to work, security of the drivers and teams hardware (tools,cars/rigs/motor homes/etc) and she is looking around, the whole walk down.. we get back to the camper at 6:45 am and crash, get up at noon, and she got talking with the owners of the big by huge motor coach that was beside us, and they gave here the full tour of the thing.. REmember I said one point for husband, She on the way down to watch the races, was like ,That motor-coach is really nice. I'm like I'm sure it is.. And. normally, we never stop at the camping world midway store,thingy. but she wanted to look for something for the camper, :R I'm roaming the place checking it out. and want to show her something, where do I find her.. inside a camper, iirc a 26 or better one.. it wasn't a 5th wheel.. and I really didn't take note of anything as there wasn't a need, as I wasn't buying.. So the Pandora box has been opened, lord help me..
--- The towing the pop up was "different" I've towed cars on a trailer but always used my dad's diesel and it never even let you know you had anything back there,
This was different, the tow vehicle is a 04 ford sport trac,4x4 that isn't really small or light 5800.oo+/- isn't to me light,
but over bridge joints or any good sized bump, or dip it made the rear of the truck bounce twice, then settle out, The shocks are new, like 1 month old new, so it's not that, the up swing of the bounce had some force behind it, not enough to push the truck around, or make the tail happy, it always tracked straight, and had no issues braking even while it did this, so it wasn't unloading the rear tires ,it just felt odd.
I bring this up, as I'm not sure if it was just me not being used to having something back there or because the camper had a nose up rake, The sport trac doesn't have a hitch,(yet) but has a 5000 lb towing bumper that I put the 2" ball into.. but the height of the bumper is 4" higher than the tongue, giving it that nose up rake.. The weight of the camper per jayco is 1200-1600lb depending on options. so it's not a heavy unit ..
Anyone know if it is a normal thing, and that feeling of a 2nd bounce is just the camper going over the bump, bridge joint after the truck and being transmitted into the truck? or a factor of the nose up, ??
