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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Good morning all,
I have been working on my dads cabin lately, and my alternative daily driver has been in the shop since June, so I have not put the TC on my pickup so I can still launch the boat to get to the cabin and I can haul in the back of the truck. Winter is quickly approaching here in Alaska, so trying to wrap up outdoor projects.....
I placed the engle cooler where the sink was to shift weight forward.. You may recall I carry a 10 ft camper on a 6 3/4 ft truck bed. I then placed a new propane box using the refrigerator door to move that weight forward. To better utilize space, I chose not to put a sink in the bathroom, and I only raised the sink enough to clear the propane box but allow allow the sink to drain. We went with the smaller Engle due to a) Price and b) size. We take a minimal approach to camping since moving to Alaska. By squeezing a family of 6 in a 10 ft 1966 Avion is considered nuts by most people, but we have chosen to make it work, to keep less money in the RV and provide a little more to allow us to take the RV off the island when possible. This year has been a bust for the feet trips due to taking the entire family to SanDiego in the spring for our oldests Marine Corps boot Camp graduation. And now we have a Christmas trip to spend one last Christmas at grandma and grandpas farm in WA before they move into a new place. So that has been my year and some of the back ground for choosing to relocate items the way we have done. Hope this helps!!!
Garry
I have been working on my dads cabin lately, and my alternative daily driver has been in the shop since June, so I have not put the TC on my pickup so I can still launch the boat to get to the cabin and I can haul in the back of the truck. Winter is quickly approaching here in Alaska, so trying to wrap up outdoor projects.....
I placed the engle cooler where the sink was to shift weight forward.. You may recall I carry a 10 ft camper on a 6 3/4 ft truck bed. I then placed a new propane box using the refrigerator door to move that weight forward. To better utilize space, I chose not to put a sink in the bathroom, and I only raised the sink enough to clear the propane box but allow allow the sink to drain. We went with the smaller Engle due to a) Price and b) size. We take a minimal approach to camping since moving to Alaska. By squeezing a family of 6 in a 10 ft 1966 Avion is considered nuts by most people, but we have chosen to make it work, to keep less money in the RV and provide a little more to allow us to take the RV off the island when possible. This year has been a bust for the feet trips due to taking the entire family to SanDiego in the spring for our oldests Marine Corps boot Camp graduation. And now we have a Christmas trip to spend one last Christmas at grandma and grandpas farm in WA before they move into a new place. So that has been my year and some of the back ground for choosing to relocate items the way we have done. Hope this helps!!!
Garry
