Operation Oxcart AKA Gini's Burden-A Four Wheel Camper story

I'm a pilot and quite familiar with VORs

Most people probably see them and have no clue what they are for.

Edited by ETAV8R, 08 June 2013 - 06:01 AM.

Finally pulled the camper off the truck. Primarily to do my Lagun table bracket installation. Took an extra day since the bolts supplied were either too long or too short. The top were too long and stuck out in the small storage cubby and the lower ones didn't even get past the two layers of wood on the side of the camper.
Here are a couple cell phone pics.





 

 

That bracket should be standard equipment on a FWC, but they are expensive. I finally ordered one.

 

FYI - The Lagun bracket is available at svhotwire.com for $225 and ($20 UPS ground shipping) - total $245.

 

http://svhotwire.com...2&product_id=13

 

Thanks for posting the pics.

Edited by BLM, 04 August 2013 - 04:20 PM.

Copied from Roof Lifting Helper Thingys...

 

Oh YEAH!



With much help from Overland Hadley and others on WTW my roof lifting helper thingys are installed on the inside of my Finch.

I wasn't able to get pics last night since I finished after dark. The 50lb struts are perfect for my roof with the Yakima Tracks, nothing else up top yet. The roof lifts up easily and comes down easily. At first I thought the 50lb might be too much but it is perfect.


Within the last few days I thought I had it figured out. Popped it up and then was in a dilemma and didn't have a solution. I really thought with the Finch something was different. Well with some insight from Hadley I popped it up again yesterday and started again looking at lining things up. Well that did it. Got them installed in about 2 hours. Now mine isn't as clean since I used off the shelf 2x5 tie plates but I am more than happy with the way it turned out.

 

The parts:






 

Disregard the larger tie plates. I went back to the hardware store and got more of the smaller ones and they worked great. More pics tomorrow.

Parts were purchased from the following:
McMaster-Carr http://www.mcmaster.com/#9416K23
Struts: 9416K23 Gas Spring with Threaded Ends, 33.94" Extended Length, 16.14" Stroke $22.28
End fittings: Zinc Part#9416K88 $1.62

Bimini Fittings:
http://www.marinepar...ehiwirepin.html

~$7.00 each

2x5 Tie Plates from L@we$ these were about $0.55 each
Small screws-various prices.

The dilemma:




The solution/finished product

 

 

Roof Lifting Things thread reference:
http://www.wanderthe...e-27#entry86547

Edited by ETAV8R, 03 August 2016 - 04:30 PM.

Installed the rubber mounts to hold the lifting struts when not in use today. They will go under the storage box on the passenger side. I also did the trim molding around the lifting panels like Overland Hadley did. I will take pics on my trip coming up this weekend.

 

Also the mount for the battery is coming along. Hope that is the hardest part of doing my second battery for the camper.

Here are the pics of the lifting strut holders:

 

 

 

 

 

 

And the trim for the lifting panels is done as noted earlier. I'm not sure about these. For some reason I think they might be causing even more wear on the vinyl siding.

 

 

 

 

Today I got more parts for the battery tray but need to get a few other things tomorrow. I did pick up a roll of reflectex for the windows of the truck cab. This has to be one of the easiest mods to do. Can't wait to see how it does while camping. This past weekend the cab was pretty warm while parked in Saline Valley. I'll get pics of this project tomorrow.

Having seen this camper in person, albeit in the dark, I can say this is a very clean rig.   

Thank you sir. Wish we had talked more when we crossed paths in the middle of nowhere. Any Saline plans?

Here are some pics of today's progress...











 

 

Thank you sir. Wish we had talked more when we crossed paths in the middle of nowhere. Any Saline plans?

 You are welcome.   Saline has been a standard for us over Christmas, but this year we are looking farther south.  But you never know where a wanderer will show up!