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[RVcrazed51]

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Truth Justice's 2005 Sunny Brook 31BWKS (Triple Slide) and 2005 1-Ton Dodge Quad Cab L/B.

Hi everybody, I'm looking to buy a fifth wheel, hopefully by the end of the year. And I was just wondering if some of you would care to post some pics of your fiver.
RVcrazed51

[Firejpn]

Thank you was a lil nervous with the sleeper setup but even without slider hitch I have pretty good turning radius. When I bought trailer P.O. gave me a slider but it needs tear down and greasing to slide. So 400 mile trip back to its new home without slider. But now I can carry family of six in comfort and my Bernese mountain dog. As well as haul the play toys. Thanks for the compliment

The sleeper cab is a cowtown sleeper out of Texas called their Setter series. Customized interior to customer specs. It removes rear glass of truck and is connected by rubber boot so cooling is not a problem. It has two side ways mounted seats facing the middle with seat belts and rear entry door.

[Wiscampsin]

Sweet looking combo Firejpn!

[SmittysRV]

Firejpn wrote:
Here is my family's new to us 2005 fleetwood gearbox 335fs

Nice!!! Who makes that 1/4 shell?

[Firejpn]

Here is my family's new to us 2005 fleetwood gearbox 335fs

[PokerCamper]

jujububbajr wrote:

PokerCamper wrote:
Good looking rig! Is that a short bed on the truck or does it just look that way because of the extended cab and photo angle?

It's a short bed.

I was just curious because I steered clear of a short bed for fear of not having enough space for the hitch and turning radius I wanted. As it turns out, it was a needless concern. Next time I'll know better.

[jujububbajr]

PokerCamper wrote:
Good looking rig! Is that a short bed on the truck or does it just look that way because of the extended cab and photo angle?

It's a short bed.

[PokerCamper]

Good looking rig! Is that a short bed on the truck or does it just look that way because of the extended cab and photo angle?

[avvidclif1]

The twin to your setup is parked across from us in St Louis... Very nice....

[gtsum]

jujububbajr wrote:
Here's my new setup.

sharp setup!

[jujububbajr]

Here's my new setup.

[miatared]

Here is our new to us 2010 Sabre 31 REDS

[nremtp143]

I do use ratchet straps as they don't give any at all and I can adjust them easily. I also use the dog tie out anchors(walmart) to secure them into the ground. I also use the orange ones as everyone, including myself, has a tendency to walk into them. I love this mod. I still take it down in bad storms, but not nearly as nervous in just little pop up storms.

[PokerCamper]

Heh, I just got back from Lowes where I picked up all the PVC and fittings I needed to duplicate what you did. I'm proud to say I guessed right on everything except possibly the saddle as I couldn't find a 3" T. So instead I got what's called a 3" sanitary T, where the bottom of the T is slightly offset on one side. I also got a different end cap (a perfectly fitting drain plug) for the 1.5" pipe. It's more square rather than rounded and fits into the bottom of the T saddle a bit better.

I noticed from your link and pictures that you both appear to use ratchet tie downs rather than bungee cords like I did, so I'll have to put mine in the camper now that I'll have rigid ground poles.

[nremtp143]

The top piece is a 3" saddle for making T taps into existing pipes. All I did to it was cut the tabs off of the sides with a 10" miter saw so the edges wouldn't touch the awning fabric. Here is the link I used to build mine form the Wildcat forum. I followed these directions except that my poles are 6 Ft in height due to my trailer height.
Electric Awning Tie Down Poles

[PokerCamper]

Wow, that's a pretty cool setup. It looks like two differently sized pieces of PVC with cotter pin holes drilled into them. I don't recognize the top piece that the awning reel rests on, though. Is that some kind of junction piece for PVC piping or would I find it somewhere else at Lowes / Home Depot?