Lady Fitzgerald
Tempe, AZ, USA, Earth
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wbrown62 wrote:Heck, I just referred to them as dowels because I couldn't think of a better term at the moment. I figured if I used the word "square" before "dowel" that most folks would understand...
No worries. Most of us figured it out.
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TMBLSN
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beemerphile1 wrote:TreeSeeker wrote:
...It was the last post on page 180 by WBROWN62...
A forum tip; page numbers depend on your personal settings. You can choose how many posts are on a page so for me this thread is currently 91 pages long.
Right, I can't believe that the default is still 10 posts/page. The optional 20 still isn't enough. How about 40, 50, 100, ALL.
There is a way to see this ENTIRE thread on one page. Depending on your internet connection, this could take between about a minute and a day to load.
http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/19777656/print/true.cfm
This forum was designed for dial-up and hasn't 'grown up' with broadband. (no photo hosting is another antiquated 'feature')
2001 Bigfoot 24DB (Class C)
2006-2011: 2006 Jayco 275BHS (5th wheel)
2002-2006: 2003 Northern Lite Ten-2000CD (truck camper)
2002-2011: 1998 Chevrolet C2500HD for hauling camper and towing 5er
Lee
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Fisherguy
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The software they use here is pretty bad, doing a search is just painful but this isn't regally the place to air our opinions... 
06 Dodge Ram 3500 Cummins 6 spd std with a few goodies.
2007 Komfort 274TS, SteadyFast stabilizers, Trimetric 2025RV, PD9280, Honda EU2000i, Xantrex SW600, shocks and EZ-Flex suspension, Reese Strait-Line
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Lady Fitzgerald
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Fisherguy wrote:The software they use here is pretty bad, doing a search is just painful but this isn't regally the place to air our opinions...
Use Google Advanced Search to search only in the www.rvnet.com domain
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Stephensx04
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Well searched through all pages up till now. Just did my first mod to my brand new summerland 2670BH. For our use of our trailer the majority of our use we need to have a generator as there is no power. Other 25% we want to bring bikes with. Well we all know the bumpers can't hold anything. Step by step photos. Thanks for the huge help from my Father-in-law and Brother in law.
Original thin useless bumper
First thing was to cut it off.
Bumper all cut off and frame rails cleaned up and squared.
The original bumper is only .060 thick wall tubing. The new bumper is .125 wall. Much heaver. The frame rails are .125 also so that is strong enough
We mocked up and cut 3 square holes int he new bumper.
A second plate was fitted across a beam that ran from frame rail to frame rail. This was also done in .125 think steal to add strength to the new setup. Also to take out any twist that can happen from weight added to rear bumper.
Here it is all primed and read to be welded to camper. The backing plate was drilled and plug welded to cross brace frame rail to frame rail.
Mocked up in place for final welding
I will shoot a final pic later. Still need to put a final coat of black paint on it. Looks factory.
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HedoTravelers
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Looking good! Are you planning on sleeving the frame rails for extra strength?
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Stephensx04
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No we looked at that closely. The main frame rails are actually an I beam setup. The the 2x4 box tubing is welded to that very well. The bottom of the box tubing is saddled in the I beam main frame. We added an extra weld or 2 to them also. The 2x4 box tubing that the bumper is welded to is only about 3-4 inches off the main I beam frame. I can shoot a couple more pics tomorrow when its Light out.
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Fisherguy
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I hope it's not a Lippert frame you're hanging that off.
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SabreCanuck
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I finally got around to finishing off adding some drawers to the Bullet... Just waiting for some trim to come in from Keystone to finish things off..
New pot drawer under the bench.
New drawers for DW's drawers 
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Stephensx04
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Fisherguy wrote:I hope it's not a Lippert frame you're hanging that off.
Care to elaborate on that?
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