out with the old in with the new

[dhackney]

Damn you Doug...
I really like the idea of the lights you have on your mirrors. Now I have yet another thing to add to my list of things to do.

Yeah, well, just remember that it's all fun and games until somebody has to wire the switches and relays...

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[762X39]

The shoe locker. So nice to have an uncluttered floor area.

It's funny that a spot for shoes and boots isn't on the radar in NA campers/trailers. I cut down the dinette in my 70's vintage camper (from 4 person to 2 person) so that I could have a spot to take off(and leave) my boots and on the opposite side so that I would have a spot to slide my cooler out of the way.

[Ford Prefect]

Where did you put your shoe locker?

Doug mentioned them being on the outside of the truck??? Where, and how would that work?

Why a specific shoe locker? Can't you just put them in the closet with everything else?

Thanks for the clarification, and also thanks a lot for the thoughts on Barkerville. Looks pretty neat, perhaps I can visit it someday then.

Regards,
Brian

[westyss]

As usual Yves, your workmanship is first class.
I really like the look of that bench top.

Owen, Doug, thanks for the kudos but my workmanship really isnt very good, but something that I am good at is hiding mistakes! Now that I am good at!


Doug, looking at those pics you posted, did the mirror brackets get shortened on your truck? they seem to not stick out as far as mine, or is that an illusion? And are those Led light on the mirrors? I do like the small size of those, I have been pounding through the bush many times and have had the mirrors get pushed into the folded position, and due to the spring action it makes a bit of a racket when it happens. Now that I took another look I would say that they arent Led's due to the use of relays, goint to bright Led's would maybe eliminate the need for the relays. I remember thinking to myself when you were doing your build that the electric side of it was daunting just like that pic of the wiring,,, yikes!!

[westyss]

It's funny that a spot for shoes and boots isn't on the radar in NA campers/trailers. I cut down the dinette in my 70's vintage camper (from 4 person to 2 person) so that I could have a spot to take off(and leave) my boots and on the opposite side so that I would have a spot to slide my cooler out of the way.

The shoe locker was never planned, it just evolved, but now that we have it is something that should surely be included in any build, we always have several sets of shoes and they are very awkward to store, keeping in mind that they are usually very dirty too tracking sand and dirt and never being able to fully clean them.

[westyss]

Where did you put your shoe locker?

Doug mentioned them being on the outside of the truck??? Where, and how would that work?

Why a specific shoe locker? Can't you just put them in the closet with everything else?

Thanks for the clarification, and also thanks a lot for the thoughts on Barkerville. Looks pretty neat, perhaps I can visit it someday then.

Regards,
Brian

Brian, here are a few images of the locker, it started as a step to get up into the bed or settee and once it was built it was an obvious spot for shoes, it does extend under the cabinet a ways so I had made it long enough for tennis rackets too.
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It is handy where it is too for sitting on the step to put shoes on, and now that the camper is semi finished my wife gets upset at me when I dont remove my shoes before entering, its simply amazing how much we track into the camper going in and out.
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we have no closet so no option there but that would be one dirty closet.

[dhackney]

Owen, Doug, thanks for the kudos but my workmanship really isnt very good, but something that I am good at is hiding mistakes! Now that I am good at!

My grandfather taught me to never show off the scrap pile full of my mistakes.

Doug, looking at those pics you posted, did the mirror brackets get shortened on your truck? they seem to not stick out as far as mine, or is that an illusion?

They are stock 2007 FG 140 mirrors.

And are those Led light on the mirrors? I do like the small size of those,

They are Hella model 81104 halogen. LED's were not widely available or proven when I built the truck in 2006/07. I purchased them from Susquehanna Motor Sports http://www.rallylights.com

I remember thinking to myself when you were doing your build that the electric side of it was daunting just like that pic of the wiring,,, yikes!!

Like all of us, our build was a reflection of what I had access to and knew how to do myself. I had access to a great fabricator who took tremendous pride in his work. My grandfather and father worked for electric utilities and I grew with electrical wiring projects, high and low voltage. The electrical, electronics and things that were related to household and marine systems was stuff I knew how to do, so I did more of that than most people probably would. If I knew how to do woodworking like Paul Jensen, Doug Cuthbert or Steve Robinson, then our rig would be filled with stunning, handcrafted beauty like theirs are.

All you guys that have talents that I don't amaze me. I hope to be all of you when I grow up. In the meantime, I'll have to be happy with getting some lights to blink.

[westyss]

Here's a little trip report from last weekends run that I posted on another site.






Here's a few images from last weekends trip, I took an extra day off work and the plan was to head up around the Lillooet area and spend a few days hanging around some lakes.

We left kinda late Friday night and when we got close to Lytten I did a search on the GPS for a forest rec site close by and it came up with two, one up the sort of closed Botanie FSR so we headed to the next closest, Fountain lake.


This is where we woke up, its always a surprise to see where you end up when arriving in the dark.



We moved to a nicer camp site and set up.



Did some fishing, hiking and some plain hanging around.



Met some of the locals.














Stayed a couple of nights at Fountain lake then checked out Marble Canyon for a bit and then took an FSR to Kelly Lake Provincial park.













Kelly lake..... while descending down the switchbacks towards Kelly lake I remembered driving this route in 1985 in my 1977 Westy. From this view it looked promising but on arrival at the lake the winds were howling and the campsites are just weird there, just like at Marble canyon so off we went.




Arriving here just before dark.




I was sitting outside watching it get dark while my wife was rustling up some chow when I saw these big birds circling to land, took me a while to figure out what they were... pelicans!




Surprised that this pic turned out as by now it was getting pretty dark, I am always a bit surprised when I see pelicans in BC or Canada for that matter but it is very common.




Next mornings view from bed. We stayed for a while and fished but we have never caught a fish in this lake! Had four in the freezer from Fountain Lake though.




Packed up and leaving, the trail out from the site was all chewed up from spinning tires and steep so I locked the hubs,,




while unlocking them I spotted this monster vicious snake!




Stopped at Gold Pan PP for a break and saw many of these.




Last thing,,,, Alexandra Bridge to see the swollen Fraser river and home.

[Overland Hadley]

Still one of my favorite rigs. It just makes sense.

[GregB_00XJ]

Looks like a nice weekend. Where is that bridge exactly, it looks familiar?