Good morning, I'm new here and wanted to share my new to me camper and talk about it a little. I am upgrading from my '94 Lance Squire 8000 to a' 96 Lance Legend 945. Old camper worked well, has been in the family since brand new, but with my family getting a little bigger, needed the extra space.
It needs a little love. Both skirts down at the rear where the waste dump and generator door have a little dry rot, then there's a little blow the fridge on the exterior where the front right tie down is. Last night, I pulled the fridge and was welcome with this mess.
I'll be pulling apart the right area near the fridge and rebuilding it. Rot doesn't look that bad. Then there's just miscellaneous things that need addressed, like screen door mesh replaced, stove knob, little bits here and there, but overall she's in great shape.
I've been searching online for the past few days, and that's how I found this forum. I see lots of people say, I should probably have a dually for hauling this big bird about, but I see many photos of these campers sitting on trucks similar to mine, with just single rear wheel. When I bought it, I bought it about 100 miles from home. I already have dual sway bars and air bags, the entire drive home it rode just like I had my Squire on board. I do need to run it by the scale, but I'm thinking I just need to get a slightly higher weight rated tire and I'll be good.
It needs a little love. Both skirts down at the rear where the waste dump and generator door have a little dry rot, then there's a little blow the fridge on the exterior where the front right tie down is. Last night, I pulled the fridge and was welcome with this mess.
I'll be pulling apart the right area near the fridge and rebuilding it. Rot doesn't look that bad. Then there's just miscellaneous things that need addressed, like screen door mesh replaced, stove knob, little bits here and there, but overall she's in great shape.
I've been searching online for the past few days, and that's how I found this forum. I see lots of people say, I should probably have a dually for hauling this big bird about, but I see many photos of these campers sitting on trucks similar to mine, with just single rear wheel. When I bought it, I bought it about 100 miles from home. I already have dual sway bars and air bags, the entire drive home it rode just like I had my Squire on board. I do need to run it by the scale, but I'm thinking I just need to get a slightly higher weight rated tire and I'll be good.
@Grit dog, that entire post was sattire. I'm hauling this bad boy with my 1990 F350 crew cab. Ignore the fender decals, I was lazy when I built the truck.
Anyhow,got the side all buttoned up, caulked, and puttied back up. All four jacks back on and nice and stable again.
overall I think I got about 40 hours and about $900 in materials.
Now to just finish re-kaulking the roof, moving my ac over from my old camper, and a few odds and ends then she's ready to camp another day.
Anyhow,got the side all buttoned up, caulked, and puttied back up. All four jacks back on and nice and stable again.
overall I think I got about 40 hours and about $900 in materials.
Now to just finish re-kaulking the roof, moving my ac over from my old camper, and a few odds and ends then she's ready to camp another day.
Nero C-Bass wrote:
Making some progress. Got one jack back on so it'll be more stable. Still need to seam seal the edges.
Great so far.
Making some progress. Got one jack back on so it'll be more stable. Still need to seam seal the edges.
All rotted wood out, repair wood all mocked up. Going to liquid nail, screw together, and reseal this morning. Took a few days off work to get it all dialed in.
