"dumpsterfire!" (2020covidsux)
09/23/2019 at 08:47 • Filed to: None
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"dumpsterfire!" (2020covidsux)
09/23/2019 at 08:47 • Filed to: None | 6
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so my GF and I had been tossing about the idea of getting some form of a trailer camper, and she was getting set on an Airstream she could gut and redo. finding a 1973 31footer in Albuquerque for cheap fit the bill for her. SO we load up the dog into her Tundra and set off for the 9 hour drive.
Craigslist seller super helpful with mounting a new tire before we arrived, and didn’t murder us. A fter a fair night rest in a hotel, loaded her up and set off for a drive home through SW Co lorado, one of the most beautiful locales on Earth.
as night approached, we realized the hotwired trailer didn’t have working running lights, so a quick stop in Walmart, at a local peace officers “suggestion” yielded a very OPPO fix- battery LED light, red reflector strapped over with clear packing tape and baling wire to the bumper.
Both her truck and trailer made the long haul pretty damn well, considering all the trailer roadside horror stories in “working condition” i’ve seen and heard. Now for some sweet, sweet vintage trailer restoration.
MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
> dumpsterfire!
09/23/2019 at 09:45 |
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Walmart didn’t have any trailer wiring and lights?
What you did is better than nothing, but it wouldn’t have taken much to actually wire in some make shift running AND brake lights.
M.T. Blake
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09/23/2019 at 10:21 |
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Was the cops name ‘Mac gy ver’?!
shop-teacher
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09/23/2019 at 10:31 |
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That’s awesome! I’ve been considering doing the same. There’s a good condition gutted shell near me, but even that is at the tippy-top of my meager camper budget. Mind if I ask how much that one set her back?
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dumpsterfire!
> MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
09/23/2019 at 13:52 |
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They had the self contained magnetic light sets, but not enough cable to make it 35feet behind the hitch. The previous owner had sort of hacked the harness, so was worried we might lose the lights we had.
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dumpsterfire!
> shop-teacher
09/23/2019 at 13:53 |
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40 of the US Benjamins.
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dumpsterfire!
> M.T. Blake
09/23/2019 at 13:54 |
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I honestly think he was disappointed to not find a mobile meth lab rolling through his town.
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M.T. Blake
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09/23/2019 at 13:55 |
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If that was the case he must not have realized how much even a project Airstream can be!
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shop-teacher
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09/23/2019 at 16:32 |
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10 less than the asking price of the one around here. Thanks for the info!