Our New 1968 Travel Queen
Alright - We have our camper, now we just have to make it ready to use. Should we have gone new, or newer used? Perhaps. But what we found was too cool to pass on. Here was our opportunity to join ran...
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Bearsfanatic: Here are pictures of the jacks. The brand isn't visible but that looks like a Reico-Titan diamond symbol to me.
Here are pics front to back of the 10.5' camper. The visible pipe is part of the Saf-T Jacks if you aren't familiar with how they look. The bent hook is used for storing the brace piece of the jack system.
These next pics are the tie-down system built onto the 8' camper. As you'll see, they use the holes originally for the Saf-T Jack mounts. Those holes are balanced for the camper's center of gravity and so the rear jack mount is too far forward for an optimal tie-down location. The center hole is for the hand crank mechanism for the original jacks. Also, the under-mount framework seems to place the tie-downs inboard a bit too much in my opinion, and the rear one way too far forward as the turnbuckle wants to ride against the truck metal. I suspect forcing the mount locations further outward with a longer pipe might cause too much leverage on the framework.
Future posts are going to go into category specific posts. Look for these under Subject lines like...
Travel Queen Resto Mod - XXXXXXXXX where XXXXXXXXX will be something like: "Jacks and Tie-Downs" or "Interior Woodwork" or "Freshwater System" etc.
This won't occur until I get some fairly big Yard projects done, the Willys checked over and maintenance for the upcoming season, the boat out and used a bit (at least finished broke in :) , and Lil Willy's home on the highway (hauling trailer) finished set up, each thing for a June deadline!
Here are pics front to back of the 10.5' camper. The visible pipe is part of the Saf-T Jacks if you aren't familiar with how they look. The bent hook is used for storing the brace piece of the jack system.
These next pics are the tie-down system built onto the 8' camper. As you'll see, they use the holes originally for the Saf-T Jack mounts. Those holes are balanced for the camper's center of gravity and so the rear jack mount is too far forward for an optimal tie-down location. The center hole is for the hand crank mechanism for the original jacks. Also, the under-mount framework seems to place the tie-downs inboard a bit too much in my opinion, and the rear one way too far forward as the turnbuckle wants to ride against the truck metal. I suspect forcing the mount locations further outward with a longer pipe might cause too much leverage on the framework.
Future posts are going to go into category specific posts. Look for these under Subject lines like...
Travel Queen Resto Mod - XXXXXXXXX where XXXXXXXXX will be something like: "Jacks and Tie-Downs" or "Interior Woodwork" or "Freshwater System" etc.
This won't occur until I get some fairly big Yard projects done, the Willys checked over and maintenance for the upcoming season, the boat out and used a bit (at least finished broke in :) , and Lil Willy's home on the highway (hauling trailer) finished set up, each thing for a June deadline!
