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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Happy holidays to all. I hope many of you are on the road enjoying your Avions.
68C11 The bolt holes on both my jacks and mounts measure just over 16mm(5/8") in diameter. Im using 1/2"x 1-1/4" grade 8 bolts. A 14mm x 35mm bolt would be a safe bet assuming you do not need spacers between the jacks and the mounts.
Cajun, I was going through the archives and found your picture from last winter of ice encrusted bicycles on the front of your truck. Im thinking of doing the same and was wondering about visibility and the wear(like stone chips, etc) on the bikes. I only need to transport one bike but dont feel like dragging it in and out of the camper every night.
Rastaman, I never travel with my jacks. The big con to this is the worry of a breakdown. Without jacks, the unit would be **** near impossible to remove from a disabled vehicle without damage. The height of the rig on a flatbed tow truck would be way over 13'6"(common legal max height) and there are not many hook tow trucks out there anymore. There are also many types of breakdowns that would require a flatbed tow such as the rear axle trouble I was having last spring. My policy has been to keep my truck in good mechanical shape, travel with tools and spare parts and leave the jacks at home. I also turn wrenches for a living.
At home, I place 2x6s under the feet of the jacks not for height but to keep them from sinking into the mud. What if you were to bolt a hocky puck or two to the pads on the feet of the jacks?
The LP forced air heater I installed is overkill unless it's real cold out, great for the quick warmup though. Im looking to add a Wave 3 to the system and wanted some input from the group. Has anyone had any issues with dust causing a malfunction? Do they really weigh close to 7lbs. without the legs? IIRC DGordon has his mounted inside a cabinet door which looks ideal but I dont think my feather weight doors could handle that much weight.
68C11 The bolt holes on both my jacks and mounts measure just over 16mm(5/8") in diameter. Im using 1/2"x 1-1/4" grade 8 bolts. A 14mm x 35mm bolt would be a safe bet assuming you do not need spacers between the jacks and the mounts.
Cajun, I was going through the archives and found your picture from last winter of ice encrusted bicycles on the front of your truck. Im thinking of doing the same and was wondering about visibility and the wear(like stone chips, etc) on the bikes. I only need to transport one bike but dont feel like dragging it in and out of the camper every night.
Rastaman, I never travel with my jacks. The big con to this is the worry of a breakdown. Without jacks, the unit would be **** near impossible to remove from a disabled vehicle without damage. The height of the rig on a flatbed tow truck would be way over 13'6"(common legal max height) and there are not many hook tow trucks out there anymore. There are also many types of breakdowns that would require a flatbed tow such as the rear axle trouble I was having last spring. My policy has been to keep my truck in good mechanical shape, travel with tools and spare parts and leave the jacks at home. I also turn wrenches for a living.
At home, I place 2x6s under the feet of the jacks not for height but to keep them from sinking into the mud. What if you were to bolt a hocky puck or two to the pads on the feet of the jacks?
The LP forced air heater I installed is overkill unless it's real cold out, great for the quick warmup though. Im looking to add a Wave 3 to the system and wanted some input from the group. Has anyone had any issues with dust causing a malfunction? Do they really weigh close to 7lbs. without the legs? IIRC DGordon has his mounted inside a cabinet door which looks ideal but I dont think my feather weight doors could handle that much weight.
