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JIMNLIN
May 24, 2021Explorer III
We had truck campers in the late '60s/'70s and early 80s till we went with 5th wheel rv trailers.
Camping on COE properties back then required making your own campsite. We fished so camping close the the shore to park our boats next camp was best. This required a shovel for digging one side or end of the trucks tires down and lots of wood for cribbing up the other side/end of the truck up.
I still carry a good wood pile ...which most is from that era.
For camping on soft dirt/mud I use 1" X 14" x 14" plywood under the jacks. These have parachute cord attached for pulling them up out of bottomless river bottom mud.
They work for asphalt parking pads especially when temps hit 110+ and camp pad thin asphalt gets soft.
Camping on COE properties back then required making your own campsite. We fished so camping close the the shore to park our boats next camp was best. This required a shovel for digging one side or end of the trucks tires down and lots of wood for cribbing up the other side/end of the truck up.
I still carry a good wood pile ...which most is from that era.
For camping on soft dirt/mud I use 1" X 14" x 14" plywood under the jacks. These have parachute cord attached for pulling them up out of bottomless river bottom mud.
They work for asphalt parking pads especially when temps hit 110+ and camp pad thin asphalt gets soft.
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