Saturday, Aug 30, 2008 at 13:54
No dramas give me a yell if you ever want to know. Other tip is be extremely careful with the tap, easy to break the inside tags and tap flies off.
We find it much easier to close camper with myself in usual hard floor position (to side and pulling canvas) and wife at rear lifting floor off ground.
Had to make glove like cover to fit over opening of kitchen and rear door to stop dust. Ie if travelling over hundreds of k's will definitely get dust in Kitchen. We increased seal profile size on kitchen which also helped. Careful of rocks being flicked up on top of draw bar box. They tend to roll back and fall down gap between box and main camper and cause a bit of damage, we fill with foam.
Only pack things you don't want regularly to rear of camper (under bed). Get a water proof sheet to throw on top of bed. If canvas wet when closing will open to wet/damp bedding.
Check what style of battery switch used. Ours wouldn't switch back on as voltage cut out was lower than the voltage at draw bar due to voltage drop. Make up a second sink hose supplied one to short. With above tap issue, close kitchen fully at night or even just in a couple of inches will disable the pump. Rear legs have no lock nut and thumb screws face down. Have a habit of loosening on rough roads and fall off, just fit a lock nut. Would suggest going over every nut and screw on camper, had a number of things fall off on rough roads. Including bleeder nipple which meant full brake flush.
Be very careful of door zip at bottom. It may not be an issue as depends on how canvas cut. Ours was very easy to get screen caught in zip. Make sure centre canvas pole thumb screws very tight in wind. Don't get caught putting in large items under bed that you need to get out without lifting floor. Am sure you've noticed can't get full height items out door due to lip. Carry hard flat plate to put under jockey wheel in sand and mud. Am told you can leave short awning on when folding camper. We didn't bother as didn't use that often but wonder how much harder it would be to close up. We fitted egg shell mattress to top of supplied mattress, made a huge difference. Wouldn't put heavy tins of food in Kitchen as bearings are not that strong. Really only designed for plates etc which makes sense. We fitted that nylon covered stretchy wire to the sides of the kitchen for tea towels etc.
Don't use cleaners on canvas as will damage proofing so best bet is if you don't want spots on canvas, don't
camp under trees. We didn't worry about it but can get heaps of sap, bird droppings etc. Lift canvas flap regularly and clean where seal fits when closing. Especially on dusty roads.
Will post some more if I think of others.
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