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Re: Happijac tiedown system and the new Ford Aluminum beds
My opinion, the OP has already answered his own question. Happijac won't take a stance. Bed material has changed with the redesign. Chrome bumpers aren't outfitted by the OEM to accept tie-downs...and has anyone looked lately at what a flimsy, non-structural piece an OEM chrome bumper is on a pickup lately? When you're already in doubt, and you've got these additional data points, if it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck...spend the $600 and do the truck right, after you've already spent $40K+ on the truck itself. Me, I put frame-mounted tiedowns on my 2017 F-350. That said, my opinion is worth what I've been paid for it. It's absolutely comical how one piece of input without factual justification is utter nonsense, while another is touted as gospel.845Views0likes0CommentsRe: Happijac tiedown system and the new Ford Aluminum beds
My favorite was the post criticizing others who post while citing 'I heard somewhere...' yet, the post itself begins with "Exactly" as a reply to another's post that started "In my opinion..." Classic. Who cares what facts anything is/isn't founded on as long as it agrees with your own personal stance, rooted in decades of obsolete 'experience' relative to the specific situation inquired on by the OP. LOL.846Views0likes0Comments- 403Views0likes0Comments
Re: Should I switch out the tires ???
As everyone says here, the process is somewhat precarious, and anything you can do to prep things best as possible before you are laying on your back under the truck is time well spent. For me, given you have to line up four bolts/holes on several different planes without knocking the fished bolts back through the frame holes, my main suggestion would be to prep the one 2" x 2" spacer onto the tiedown beforehand by super gluing it to the tiedown bracket. If Torklift needs a spacer at that point, it should be tack welded to the bracket right out of the box. Wrestling with all the above while the spacer is sliding around on you (as I did when installing the first side) is yet another degree of freedom you don't need when trying to execute this task. Good luck with your outcome.572Views0likes0CommentsRe: New EC1165 Slide Misalignment?
bighatnohorse wrote: F450EC1165 wrote: When the slide is fully in with the top seal compressed but there is still a 1/2" to 3/4" gap at the bottom of the slide (seal barely touching). To me that means the gear tracks are not engaged with the gears correctly or the slide was not level when they screwed the tracks onto the sides of the slideout? That is exactly what it means. My Lance has the lower front gear track off by one or two gear teeth. You can't see the pinion gear teeth, but the result is one slide corner will not fully retract. You can verify it from inside the camper with the slide extended. Run your fingers along the interior seal from top to bottom. You will feel a gap between the rubber interior seal and the frame at one corner. The gap diminishes as you run your fingers toward the opposite corner where it will be pulled tight. I verified three times; I called Lippert Components - spoke with their tech person - their final verdict is as explained above. I also took the camper to Lance Repair in Lancaster, CA and they want to replace the entire slide mechanism. (My opinion of Lance repair center is below drainage level.) I paid an independent repair tech (Vern, who is an Escapees member) inspect the system. Yes - pinion gear and gear rack are mis-aligned. Lippert has a repair process published as a pdf document that shows the slide has to be lifted and the tracks replaced or repositioned. I got that from their tech person. The Lippert Schwintek is a good system, but it requires a higher degree of precision build than these RV manufacturers are used to. Thus, many problems. Wow. The way your experience and description paints this issue so vividly reinforces why I just walked away from anything other than a Power Gear slide system when a slideout model was suggested by a dealer I shopped. This is the same Eagle Cap that was debated a couple weeks ago concerning not publishing their dealer network in order to protect territories. Talk about not having your priorities straight in terms of ensuring your survival by building a quality product. For my money it would be run, not walk, away from this level of engineering and manufacturing care/(in)competence when considering spending $60K.513Views0likes0CommentsRe: New 2017 F250SD
mbloof wrote: NGaMountains wrote: 2017 Super Duty has so-called smart relay whereby 12V pin to trailer, or in our case camper, in the 7-way is only made hot when truck senses a load and shows "Trailer Connected" in the dash. Absent that load, the pin you'd expect to have 12V to the camper is inactive, and you will not see any voltage on a Voltmeter. I've already been down this road wiring up the umbilical for my Bigfoot. Where I'm still scratching my head is that NOTHING else was active ether: running lights, turn signals, backup, nothing. Then again, that was yesterday, today everything appears to work. Thanks to the links I know now to tap the breaks to enable the +12V (silly). I always had voltage at the signals, brake lamps, etc, just not the 12V charging pin until truck sensed a trailer connection. I can't explain what you describe seeing originally. I can tell you with my camper now in place everything is working as expected. Good luck.954Views0likes0CommentsRe: New 2017 F250SD
2017 Super Duty has so-called smart relay whereby 12V pin to trailer, or in our case camper, in the 7-way is only made hot when truck senses a load and shows "Trailer Connected" in the dash. Absent that load, the pin you'd expect to have 12V to the camper is inactive, and you will not see any voltage on a Voltmeter. I've already been down this road wiring up the umbilical for my Bigfoot.953Views0likes0CommentsRe: planning the next Southeast TC Gathering
GoinThisAway wrote: Merrykalia - I do like the looks of the facilities at Panther Creek SP. Thank you for suggesting it and will put it on the list of possible sites. We've been in TN twice now though so hoping someone will chime in with info on a good place in W NC, N GA, or N AL. NGaMountains - I'm hoping you can make it. The only other Bigfoot to make it so far has been my Dad with his 3000 series unit. Glad you got your electrical issue cleared up ;) BTW, this event is mostly a weekend thing and shouldn't be too far from you. An April Fools event would be a hoot Sounds good Phyllis, we hope to make it. As we just started out, I can't claim first hand knowledge of the campground, but have heard that Cloudland Canyon State Park in NW GA is spectacular, and very near the junction of AL/GA/TN, so perhaps the location would be decent, as well. Thanks for working on this!342Views0likes0Comments
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