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We had room to sleep 2 more and we could have fit 3 or 4 more in for dinner. . And that's with keeping the entire kitchen open for folks to have full access to the fridge, stove and counter to load up their plates.
If you don't mind sharing, what camper do you have? I'm curious about the floor plan.
If you don't mind sharing, what camper do you have? I'm curious about the floor plan.
Our TT is a 2014 Jayco Eagle Premier 338RETS, it's basically a floor plan Jayco had been making as a fifth wheel previously, it has a giant bathroom (for a TT anyway) and a huge living area with opposing 13' foot long 3' deep slides.
It is a big one. https://www.jayco.com/tools/archive/...ilers/338rets/
Thanks Andy, it is very roomy and comfortable, we love it!
We had room to sleep 2 more and we could have fit 3 or 4 more in for dinner. . And that's with keeping the entire kitchen open for folks to have full access to the fridge, stove and counter to load up their plates.
Oh no, every time I sit at the same table with Twitch he starts playing footsie with me, he is very frisky! That's our buddy Dale sitting across from Twitch, I'm back in the corner taking the picture (where I'm safe from Twitch!).
You and Apoc both welcome the touching and footsie games but as soon as someone is around its all "no no, dont touch me"
Camper #1 has a couple, camper #2 has a couple with 2 teenagers and camper #3 (ours) has Twitch and his wife and two little guys along with me and my Bride. It was raining at dinner time, so we made room for all 12 of us to comfortably sit and eat a great dinner all together in our TT. Had a great time with a bunch of great folks!
This is what its all about isn't it ?? Hopefully, this makes enough of an impression on a couple of those kids that they grow up and do the same with their kids. I have great memories of camping with my old man..... even though it was a very different style of camping than we do. I hope my son grows up feeling the same.
I'm stoked guys! Picked up a one owner '94 E-series 460 V8 28' Motorhome. It's very clean and everything works, needs some brake and exhaust work which we used to knock a few grand off. I'm super excited and already ordering stuff! Can't wait to get out and start camping.
Awesome! Check that roof out ASAP and re-seal it. Roofs are the #1 most neglected maintenance item on a camper, and when water gets in, the whole thing is ruined.
Awesome! Check that roof out ASAP and re-seal it. Roofs are the #1 most neglected maintenance item on a camper, and when water gets in, the whole thing is ruined.
Looked it over good before buying, the guy had it since brand new and was pretty **** about keeping it well sealed. Absolutely no signs of leaking anywhere from the roof or windows. He claimed he would go around it twice a year and seal up anything that looked suspect, did a clean job of it so I feel pretty good about it. I do plan to pull it in at my work and go over it with a fine tooth comb soon.
Worlds longest WD hitch build... After I completed the hitch bar for the Hensley Arrow to 3P conversion I bailed on the rest of it. The jacks for the 3P won't work on my trailer propane cover and as it's fiberglass I didn't want to modify it and cause cracks to form.
I just ponied up and bought the missing parts I needed, struts, jacks and brackets. In the end it was all worth it in the towing experience but the link bending long term might prove to be an issue or it might be fine, time will tell.
My version of the hitch bar has 3 3/4" bolts versus the 5/8" of the 3P. This also allows you to use pre-fabbed truck end hitch bars from any manufacturer. It still has the full range of adjustment like the 3P and the locking bolt to lock it once a shim selection has been installed. This change and shortening the hitch bar allowed me to put the OCL wings on the side of the hitch shank side plates. I was not worried about the stress of the wings on the 1/2" plates but decided it better to be safe than sorry so I drilled 1" holes in the side plates at the front edge of the OCL wing. This hole was rosette welded and then ground flat again to tie the side plate into the hitch bar. The OCL wing was then welded on the side plate. While I was drilling I moved the reciever hitch pin hole 1.75" to the rear to allow the hitch shank to insert fully into the truck reciever. With these changes I am close to the original Hensley ball to reciever edge distance maybe closer.
Nice work. I'm currently putting together a Hensley also. I was looking at the PP adjustable shank, but frankly, I like your design a lot better. It makes so much more sense to be able to use any standard adjustable shank.
Yes, 1/2" A-36 for the side plates.
I originally was just scaling the patent drawings to get the layout but I didn't catch the bolt holes were 5/8" until I cut the first set of plates to test the design. I then found the bolt heads of the 3/4" bolts won't clear each other very well and the meat between the holes is pretty thin... I went back and reread the 3P owners manual and saw the parts list was for 5/8" bolts DOH.
If you don't relocate the wings to the side plates this thing starts getting pretty long, I think I was over 2" longer than the Hensly configuration. Since the whole goal was to tow better I didn't like that idea.
Another idea is to flip it around like 3P does and use the pre-fabbed shank as the HAHA bar and add the wedge/wings to it. For some reason I could not get into this idea even though it might be easier. I am weird.
This is the 3P bolt layout but doesn't work with the 3/4" bolts.
04-23-2017, 06:40 PM
. And that's with keeping the entire kitchen open for folks to have full access to the fridge, stove and counter to load up their plates. 
That's our buddy Dale sitting across from Twitch, I'm back in the corner taking the picture (where I'm safe from Twitch!). 
