Avion truck campers - Hundreds of photos
Without going into too much painful detail, we had a mishap several week-ends ago. While working with sand bag crews on the Mississippi River, the truck and camper fell into the flood waters as a road...
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Ticki2,
Thanks for the measurements, I spent some time today with a tape measure. I've got a 6x12 dual axle trailer that measures 94.5" outside the fenders. I could take the Sawsall to the fenders and it would be right in the neighbourhood of 90" outside the tires. That's the closest thing I've got, other than a 5x8 utility trailer, but I'm just not sure it's up to the task. I can't remember what it was rated for, but I was thinking not 2500+lbs.
I'll have to check on the uhaul, that may work, if the tongue weight issue could be worked out. I was worried about the cabover getting into the back of the truck with a setup like that.
My dad has a long bed half ton, I haven't give that much thought. Is that a no go? It's got a gross rear axle weight of 3890lbs. (not sure of the empty weight, don't know if it's ever truly empty to weight it.) He replaced the stock tires with load range E, because being a farm truck it is overloaded much of the time anyway.
Oh and by the way, you are correct about the '72. My fingers got ahead of my mind this morning. Tires are 9.00-16. Stock was 7.50-16 but the utility company grandad worked for swapped them out to the 9.00's on one piece rims when new and it's been that way ever since. (Learned that today)
Silverpompadour, the '72 has a big inline six, a 292. Tough old motor, but it eats manifold gaskets. I'll have to get some pictures posted up of it. Thanks guys.
Thanks for the measurements, I spent some time today with a tape measure. I've got a 6x12 dual axle trailer that measures 94.5" outside the fenders. I could take the Sawsall to the fenders and it would be right in the neighbourhood of 90" outside the tires. That's the closest thing I've got, other than a 5x8 utility trailer, but I'm just not sure it's up to the task. I can't remember what it was rated for, but I was thinking not 2500+lbs.
I'll have to check on the uhaul, that may work, if the tongue weight issue could be worked out. I was worried about the cabover getting into the back of the truck with a setup like that.
My dad has a long bed half ton, I haven't give that much thought. Is that a no go? It's got a gross rear axle weight of 3890lbs. (not sure of the empty weight, don't know if it's ever truly empty to weight it.) He replaced the stock tires with load range E, because being a farm truck it is overloaded much of the time anyway.
Oh and by the way, you are correct about the '72. My fingers got ahead of my mind this morning. Tires are 9.00-16. Stock was 7.50-16 but the utility company grandad worked for swapped them out to the 9.00's on one piece rims when new and it's been that way ever since. (Learned that today)
Silverpompadour, the '72 has a big inline six, a 292. Tough old motor, but it eats manifold gaskets. I'll have to get some pictures posted up of it. Thanks guys.
