Wow. Both look great. Your new Ford and NL look like an excellent combo!

 

Well, let's see, which one will I take camping today? A hard choice!

 

Wow, both look like great rigs!

 

The "Old" is showing it's age and is almost ready to put up for sale. Probably the best laid out camper I've ever been in. Definitely has the most storage and most open feel. But really like the new NL and definitely the new truck. Not that the 98 GM isn't pretty much bomb proof, but super nice driving the 350. And loading the 10.2 onto the 350 is much easier.

 

Nice new rig, Bert!

 

Thanks Wyo! Just wish we could get some time to take it out!!!
After this pic, I moved it up to the house and the old one off loaded at that spot. I took it for a drive around the 'rural block' before unloading the NL up at the house. Nothing in it but 2x 20LP tanks. Did some mild to moderate 'elk manoeuvres' and was quite happy with how it felt. Particularly how the rebound back to level was smooth and gentle with the truck as is from factory. Having said that, next will be loaded.....
Out where I live, the side roads are quite quiet and I like to go out and do some jarring zig-zags and hard breaking. I figure best to do it here and get a feel for it then having the first time be in an emergency. My drive is a 1/4 km gravel and the 7.3 / 4:30 was almost effortless.

Something I did notice with the HJ's is the lag of at least one leg when actuating the 'up/down all' button. I'm in the habit of walking around, kicking the legs to make sure they are all firm on the ground anyway. Someone on another forum postulated it maybe the undersized wire gauge that runs to the legs choking off the power ever so slightly. He was passing this on from seeing a mod someone else did where they pulled bigger wire through and it solved the issue. Just thought that was interesting.

My 8x8x3/4 BB ply foot pads have dished after only a couple months with the camper on, so gonna up size to 10x10 and lam up two x 3/4" ply.

 

I've had my best luck with pressure treated 2x10's hacked at my desired intervals, usually made into squares. Even just one under each corner works well, but since a [ 2" x 10" x 8' ] which is really [ 1.5" x 9.5" x 8' ] turns into ten [ 1.5" x 9.5" x 9.5" ]'s, I like to stack them since I have them. None of them ever bend or dish, and if I ever lose enough I can swing by Home Depot and have then hack up another PT 2x10x8 and I'm back on the road.

 

I had 2x10 squares originally as I used the off cuts from making levelling ramps. But two split. It was along the grain and likely just a back grain line, but that's when I switched to ply. But maybe a combo of 2x on the bottom and ply screwed on top would be a best of both.
Just have to check with my bank to see if I can borrow enough to splash out on a P.T. 2x10......

 

Something that occurred to me, looking at the pic, is how little the ol' 2500 is squatting. As is in the pic there's only the 'daily driving' 5+lbs in the bags, Rancho's are on 3 and the leaf's are the '98 OEM's with no additional add-ons. The 96 Okan has got to be at least 2500lbs empty.