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Re: Bent Jack - Tail-lights out
Thanks folks. I dumped the black and gray water tanks, disconnected the bent jack and raised the camper (carefully) just high enough to reach in and plug the umbilical cord back into the truck. Tail lights work and we'll head up to the Yellowknife Highway and points north next week!215Views0likes0CommentsBent Jack - Tail-lights out
While camping in the Olympic National Forest, I backed into a stump and bent the rear driver's side Rieco camper jack on our Arctic Fox 811. After the impact, I lost the camper's tail-lights. I'm hoping that the umbilical cord between the truck and camper was dislodged, but I need to raise the camper to check the connection. Can I raise the camper using three legs rather than four? We plan to leave for a long trip to the Northwest Territories in a week, but without tail-lights we'll have to cancel our trip.1.4KViews0likes5CommentsNewbie Waste Valve Question
During the three week-long trips we’ve taken with our new Arctic Fox 811, I frequently found up to a cup of liquid in the waste collector pipe when I opened the sewer termination cap. Is it normal to have some seepage past the gray or black water waste valves after the TC has been on the road for a while? The dealer told me not to worry about a bit of seepage; if there’s a problem, I want to fix it before the warranty runs out.2.2KViews0likes10CommentsRe: Dually Chains?
Thanks for the advice on chains for a dually, and thanks also for the warning on the BFG tires; they came with the new truck and have only 2,000 miles on them, so I'll use them through this winter. I think I'll order chains for the outside rear wheels only. Now the question is whether to buy chains with cams or the type of chains that I've used for years without cams.518Views0likes0CommentsDually Chains?
We have a F350 4x4 dually with an Arctic Fox 811, and plan on using the rig through many of the coming fall and winter months in BC, Yukon, ID, MT, OR, CA and WA. I found that Washington State requires trucks with a gross weight of over 10,000 lbs. to carry chains (actually, two sets of chains) and British Columbia also requires all vehicles to have M&S tires or chains between Oct. - Mar. 31. I realize that our rig with its BFG Rugged Terrain T/A tires will probably not have any problems in the snow, but I like to be prepared for the worst. Do those of you with truck campers on duallies carry dually chains, or do you mount single tire chains on your outside tires? I've read pros and cons for both, and recently found a good Internet price on dually chains. My Jeep and I were pulled out of the snow on Bannock Pass with a chained up dually in Montana once, and I am inclined to pop for the dually chains.9.7KViews0likes37CommentsRe: Our New Rig!
Nautique200: Thanks; we saw many Arctic Foxes during our trip and enjoyed sharing stories with their owners. We're in the process of tweaking our truck and TC now, figuring out where to stash things, getting the right tire gauge and chuck for the duallies and buying a bottle jack with more capacity. I just installed a Plug-and-Play Camera Source back-up camera and mounted it underneath the Arctic Fox steps, and am thinking of adding driving lights and a TPMS. This could get almost as expensive as getting into photography!403Views0likes0Comments
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