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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Gary, that is an epic adventure that you described. I simply can't imagine the complexity of the family life onboard the Avion, the traipse to California, and then the drive back with a monster snow plow hanging off the front of the truck....not to mention driving around with the family, with the snowplow and on and on. Your good humor and energy is inspiring! By the way best of luck to your son in 29Palms, and thanks for his service (and yours).
Rasta, I'm thinking of you two in warm Florida while we get one blast after another up here in Flyover Country. No, I don't take the jacks along when we travel. They worry me with their extended width and I really don't have space to store the bases. Actually, I don't want to give over the space. So far, we have not had any issues with this decision, though we recently made a trip to the Dakotas and suffered a bad blow out that sidelined us for a while. But, our bottle jack got the truck up and out of the way to remove the tire and replace it.
Silver I have been OK with the Wave heater in terms of its set - up. Invariably, we pull the unit out of the storage area and place it on top of the counter where it heats up....and where we have a small fan that distributes the heat somewhat. Its radiant heat, so it only gets really hot where its pointed, as you know. And yes, we have had a failure with the Wave when construction dust coated the surface of the heating pad. I sent it back to Wave and they repaired it. However, it still sets off my gas detector. And that is very annoying. Truth be known, we seldom travel when the weather is real cold, so my experience with the Wave is somewhat more limited than folks who travel a lot in winter. As to the weight of the unit, it has not affected the door at all. Everything closes nicely...so far.
Good hearing from everyone during the Holidays!
Next year in Muley Point! Onward!
Rasta, I'm thinking of you two in warm Florida while we get one blast after another up here in Flyover Country. No, I don't take the jacks along when we travel. They worry me with their extended width and I really don't have space to store the bases. Actually, I don't want to give over the space. So far, we have not had any issues with this decision, though we recently made a trip to the Dakotas and suffered a bad blow out that sidelined us for a while. But, our bottle jack got the truck up and out of the way to remove the tire and replace it.
Silver I have been OK with the Wave heater in terms of its set - up. Invariably, we pull the unit out of the storage area and place it on top of the counter where it heats up....and where we have a small fan that distributes the heat somewhat. Its radiant heat, so it only gets really hot where its pointed, as you know. And yes, we have had a failure with the Wave when construction dust coated the surface of the heating pad. I sent it back to Wave and they repaired it. However, it still sets off my gas detector. And that is very annoying. Truth be known, we seldom travel when the weather is real cold, so my experience with the Wave is somewhat more limited than folks who travel a lot in winter. As to the weight of the unit, it has not affected the door at all. Everything closes nicely...so far.
Good hearing from everyone during the Holidays!
Next year in Muley Point! Onward!
