VIDEO: Shoshone Falls Idaho and New Free BLM Campground    Shoshone Falls by Twin Falls Idaho, is known as the Niagra Falls Of The West. After years of being closed for one reason or another, Shoshone Falls was finally open while I was there to see it, and this was no let down. Afterward, we spent a nice night of free BLM camping at a new, just opened, BLM campground only a couple miles back north out of town, closer to the freeway we would continue west on. ... View more

Hi, i am new to this forum and i seen some post from the pasts bout those camper. I just bought an" leak free"98' unit. An Peak Kodiak Sc83. The water is dripping from the front tie down, and is a a lottle loose! so water is running down the inside of the wall! Does anyone has experience with these camper, and did repair on the side wall, infos of where it can come from. It has top fiberglass shell and bottom, wall are separate. Thanks!!! ... View more

I topic beat to death probably, but I have a quick question.  I installed a set of Torklift lower Stable-Loads this lifted the truck perfectly, but it took away the contact of the upper over-load spring pack  to the bumper above them, they now sit about 1” above the bumper.  When full loaded the camper does just rest on the overloads.    Should I get some upper stable loads?   Cheers, Eric ... View more

Thanks to the new Chrome extension, the pics are back! You must view in Chrome with the extention. Here is the link: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/photobucket-embedded-imag/ogipgokcopooepeipngiikdkpmcpkaon?hl=en .. It has been a misconception even on my part, that adding machine oil to the crank socket lubricates the jack itself. This is UNTRUE! I now have a complete tear down with pics to show everyone what goes on inside and how to disassemble and lube the working parts if need be. This is a little lengthy but most will find the education worth the read. This is a model 4150. First you have to make a little tool like this. An old hanger works good. This will serve two purposes, explanations following. Remove the two screws that hold on the motor. Pull the motor off the jack. Pull out the spring loaded socket. Remove the lever and pin...a pair of flush wire cutters works well. Wedge them underneath and they pop right out. Remove the internal plastic manual mechanism...note how this is installed. one side has a round hole and the other an oval shape where the lever goes. There is a "C" clip here, you need to remove it with the little tool you made. Just put it in from the side and pull back. It will pop right out. Once you get the clip off then pull out the manual socket. This is the hole in the socket that is to be oiled, but as you can see in the next few pics, the only thing that is being lubed is the socket itself. Once you pull out the socket, remove the manual gear. Now as you can see the oil really goes nowhere. There is actually a lot of grease here. What your going to do next is pull this gear off that shaft straight towards you. Use that tool again to hook the gear from behind and pull it. You may have to do it a few times, the shaft gets a little burr on it but if it gets stuck ,just push it down and keep yanking, it will come off! Once the gear comes off, this is what the back looks like. It has two slots. The slot that has the closed ends is what holds the pin in place. IT IS IMPORTANT YOU PUT THIS BACK TOGETHER THE WAY IT COMES APART! Rotate the shaft so the pin is facing towards the corner and pull it out. Now pull the leg assembly out of the jack housing. Get ready to inspect and re lube. Pull this cinch spring off and inspect this bearing. Use an air ratchet or drill to turn the worm screw all the way out, inspect and re lube. Re-assembly is just the opposite of the tear down. I found that even though this jack was sticking on me, it was still pretty well lubed, but maybe not enough.....Hope this dispels any unknown facts as to how these things work. One other note is that if the worm drive of the leg was to wear out...seems like you should be able to replace it rather than the whole jack. MMMMMM...haven't got to that yet but I wonder if they sell it seperatly? Does any one know? ... View more

so I have tried with this forum and it is just messed up beyond all beliefe, new posts are horabaly highlighted at best, if some one replys to anything but the main topic then it isn't highlighted but moved up, the format for browsing is horrible.  anyways enough about this one..     the only other one I am in ia adventure truck camper forum, it is active but only has one area and everything is posted on top of each other..    is there any others out there that are worth giving a try?     Steve ... View more

so the wife and I went to look at a few new campers yeasterday ..  we had previously decided that one model was our favorite, but yesterday we looked at another modle and it has been moved into the number 1 spot for now.  previously it was the adventurer 910DB. the weight would max out my truck but it would have worked I loved the outside storage space in the slide on this one.    As of yesterday I thnk we prefer the Adventurer 901sb it comes in at only 400lbs more than my current camper so that should leave us 800ish lbs under the payload when loaded for camping.  it doesnt have the outside storage that the 910db has but when we think about it it has enough, what we did like aboiut it is the use of space.. the 910 beause of the slide setup just seamed to have a lot of waisted space that would be awkward to make use of at the front of the slide and the bedroom seamed like it could have been put togeather better.. I know its set up for a cali king bed, but the one we were looking at was a 2020 and no matrice so I would just put a queen from costco in there.  doing that there would just be open space on the one side that could have been cabnets or some sort of storage...     is anyone rocking an adventurer 910 or 901 and can't point out other things beside what I have mentioned and give me some other opinions?  ... View more

https://youtu.be/8FPLb5w8PRM    Water Pump Failure OR A Not So Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The April 8th Solar Eclipse We were a couple hundred miles into our trip to see the solar eclipse. we were just passing Grandview and approaching Prosser, Wine Country in Washington. Just as we were passing a truck stop, steam began violently billowing out from under the hood in all directions. We stopped immediately, so no en<span;><span;><span;>gine damage would occur. I saw a heater hose burst, so I fixed that and thought we'd be on our way but not so fast. the engine was still overheating. I thought the situation over and decided since no bubbles were in the coolant, I could eliminate head gasket failure. The next thing was water pump failure which proved to be the right diagnosis. it was now Easter morning and I was doubtful we would find an Auto parts store open. As luck would have it, Oreillys in Grandview opened at 8 AM. Even more surprising was the manager stepped up and went the extra mile, delivering the part and some other items to us at the teuck stop. A lifesaver indeed. While waiting for delivery, I pulled out the fan, pully, and water pump. The old pump showed no sign of a failure and looked normal. I installed the new pump anyway.  The new pump worked and the engine is running great with running temperatures between 173 and 183. Never going above or below those temperatures since installing the new pump. There will always be another breakdown and when it happens,  I'll be ready for it. Being able to do my own repairs has saved me many thousands of dollars over the years. I hope my videos will help you do the same. ... View more

VIDEO: Emergency Truck Camper Siding Repair  It's been an interesting trip thus far. Water pump failure. My arm is mostly healed from the fall during that repair. Contaminated water sickness. All better now. Fuel injector replacement, truck is running great but mileage is awful. Now this with the siding on the cabover pooching out due to high winds. Fortunately the solar event was a video success having gotten decent video of the sun showing the event, total eclipse, corona, solar flares or prominences, and Bailys Beads. We have now spent a full week at Lake Dardanelle, Arkansas. Today is laundry day, and then we plan to head to Mt. Nebo, a lookout mountain for a couple days. After that. We'll see where the wind blows us. ... View more

It's hard to believe but it is that time of year to start planning for our 2024 Northern California Truck Camper rally. We had a great time last year and hope to build on it this year. This year I am going to try to put a little more structure into the planning. Check the signup form for details but basically we will have a planned Saturday afternoon outing somewhere and a potluck Saturday dinner. All of the information about the rally is in the signup form linked below. The dates will be April 5th to 7th but early arrivals and late departures are welcome. Note... Feel free to share this with other friends who you think might be interested in attending. Sign Up Form If you want to see a video of last year's event, check out this link: 2023 Truck Camper Rally Here are a few pictures as well. ... View more