Here is a link to a video of my family and I in the Gilbert Days Parade in Gilbert, AZ in October. We had a great time!
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Wanted to take my 72 F100 back to stock parts so it looked older and fit with trailer better. More like an old farm truck. I swapped the cragers for stock steel wheels with skinny whitewall tires. Found some '66 hubcaps too. Also changed out the aftermarket billet grill for the original '72 grill that came with the truck. Finally I built some simple wood bed rails. I think it looks 10 yrs older now!
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Friday, September 14, 2012
Labor Day Camping
We spent Labor Day weekend camping up on the mogollon rim at Knoll Lake. It was a great trip full of kayaking, campfires, skits, and the kids playing in the dirt...
Here's a shot of the trailer and kayaks with our new 04 Tahoe. Sold the van a couple months ago so we could finally buy a legit tow vehicle the whole family could fit in.
Sorry for the long time between posts...
Paul
Sunday, April 15, 2012
New vintage tow vehicle!! 1972 F100.
Picked this up recently to pull the Shasta to car shows, etc... she's loud and proud... haha
Friday, July 29, 2011
Maiden Voyage!
Well, after two years of blood (literally), sweat (extremely literally), and tears (ahem… figuratively, of course), we finally took our first trip in our Shasta. It’s been a serious trip in itself just getting to this point, and not all systems are totally working yet, but it was time to get her on the road!
We chose a campground near Durango, CO for our first trip. A long distance, but we really wanted to go somewhere out of state and new to us. We went with my wife's entire family and almost everyone had some kind of trailer or camper. The Shasta pulled and performed really well with no problems at all. I was really pleased. The sway control bar helped with wind and trucks passing by and we kept our speed to a max of 65 mph.
Here we are stopped for lunch in Payson, AZ:
We decided to only drive halfway and stay the night in Chinle, AZ. 10 hrs is a long drive with little kids, plus we wanted to spend some time at the Canyon De Chelly national monument. This is a beautiful place. Make sure to stop there if you get a chance. Amazing views. The next time we go through there we are going to hike down to the Indian ruins. We stayed at a great free site near the canyon. This was our first time sleeping in the trailer. It was a fairly hot night, but not too bad.
Here are some pics of the campground and Canyon De Chelly:
The next morning we headed north again on our way to Colorado. My Father in Law took us through a beautiful canyon drive that has a fantastic overlook of Shiprock in New Mexico. Rain poured and impromptu waterfalls poured down the canyon walls. We barely made it up the steep mountain and had to stop and cool off the van at one point. We made it though and kept on trucking towards our campground.
I saw a bunch of old trailers as we drove through New Mexico and Colorado. Here are a few pics of some cool ones:
This one actually had “Not 4 Sale” painted on the windows. Must have been asked a couple times…
Here’s a tiny one:
A Spartan Mansion, I think…
Neat with the storm rolling in…
Sixties Shasta in storage. I think I bewildered a guy trying to get into the facility as he watched me bushwack across the freeway embankment to shoot this pic… haha
I’d love to pull my trailer with a truck like this:
In the last major town before the forest we stopped at a Wal Mart so I could buy some cheap running shoes (in my haste to get the trailer ready, tested, and packed I forgot shoes… haha). Then we drove through the small town of Dolores and on to Mavreeso Campground in the San Juan National Forest. The campground is right on the West Fork of the Dolores River, so we had a nice cool spot for the kids to play, etc… The weater was perfect. After coming from 115 degrees in Phoenix, we were more than ready for a high of 80 degrees.
Here are some pics from our campground:
Here’s some pics of the finished interior. I really like how the curtains turned out:
After a week of relaxing, kayaking, daytrips to old mining towns, card playing, campfires, and skits, it was time to head home. We took the long way home and stopped at Four Corners before back tracking north through Utah in order to go through Monument Valley. We went through a really cool town called Bluff, Utah. My Bro. in Law got some cool pics of the trailer while following us:
This is one of my favorite pics of the trailer in Monument Valley:
Strategic shot at the “Cow Canyon Trading Post”
And finally, the obligatory shot of the trailer next to the HUGE toyhauler my Bro. in Law rented for the trip showcasing the stark difference in RV eras:
We had a fantastic time and can’t wait for our next extended trip with the trailer. We are doing a small two night trip to the high country of AZ in a week. Can’t wait!
Thanks
Paul and Darcy
We chose a campground near Durango, CO for our first trip. A long distance, but we really wanted to go somewhere out of state and new to us. We went with my wife's entire family and almost everyone had some kind of trailer or camper. The Shasta pulled and performed really well with no problems at all. I was really pleased. The sway control bar helped with wind and trucks passing by and we kept our speed to a max of 65 mph.
Here we are stopped for lunch in Payson, AZ:
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| From Colorado Trip 2011 |
We decided to only drive halfway and stay the night in Chinle, AZ. 10 hrs is a long drive with little kids, plus we wanted to spend some time at the Canyon De Chelly national monument. This is a beautiful place. Make sure to stop there if you get a chance. Amazing views. The next time we go through there we are going to hike down to the Indian ruins. We stayed at a great free site near the canyon. This was our first time sleeping in the trailer. It was a fairly hot night, but not too bad.
Here are some pics of the campground and Canyon De Chelly:
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| From Colorado Trip 2011 |
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| From Colorado Trip 2011 |
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| From Colorado Trip 2011 |
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| From Colorado Trip 2011 |
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| From Colorado Trip 2011 |
The next morning we headed north again on our way to Colorado. My Father in Law took us through a beautiful canyon drive that has a fantastic overlook of Shiprock in New Mexico. Rain poured and impromptu waterfalls poured down the canyon walls. We barely made it up the steep mountain and had to stop and cool off the van at one point. We made it though and kept on trucking towards our campground.
I saw a bunch of old trailers as we drove through New Mexico and Colorado. Here are a few pics of some cool ones:
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| From Colorado Trip 2011 |
This one actually had “Not 4 Sale” painted on the windows. Must have been asked a couple times…
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| From Colorado Trip 2011 |
Here’s a tiny one:
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| From Colorado Trip 2011 |
A Spartan Mansion, I think…
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| From Colorado Trip 2011 |
Neat with the storm rolling in…
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| From Colorado Trip 2011 |
Sixties Shasta in storage. I think I bewildered a guy trying to get into the facility as he watched me bushwack across the freeway embankment to shoot this pic… haha
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| From Colorado Trip 2011 |
I’d love to pull my trailer with a truck like this:
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| From Colorado Trip 2011 |
In the last major town before the forest we stopped at a Wal Mart so I could buy some cheap running shoes (in my haste to get the trailer ready, tested, and packed I forgot shoes… haha). Then we drove through the small town of Dolores and on to Mavreeso Campground in the San Juan National Forest. The campground is right on the West Fork of the Dolores River, so we had a nice cool spot for the kids to play, etc… The weater was perfect. After coming from 115 degrees in Phoenix, we were more than ready for a high of 80 degrees.
Here are some pics from our campground:
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| From Colorado Trip 2011 |
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| From Colorado Trip 2011 |
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| From Colorado Trip 2011 |
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| From Colorado Trip 2011 |
Here’s some pics of the finished interior. I really like how the curtains turned out:
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| From Colorado Trip 2011 |
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| From Colorado Trip 2011 |
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| From Colorado Trip 2011 |
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| From Colorado Trip 2011 |
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| From Colorado Trip 2011 |
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| From Colorado Trip 2011 |
After a week of relaxing, kayaking, daytrips to old mining towns, card playing, campfires, and skits, it was time to head home. We took the long way home and stopped at Four Corners before back tracking north through Utah in order to go through Monument Valley. We went through a really cool town called Bluff, Utah. My Bro. in Law got some cool pics of the trailer while following us:
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| From Colorado Trip 2011 |
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| From Colorado Trip 2011 |
This is one of my favorite pics of the trailer in Monument Valley:
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| From Colorado Trip 2011 |
Strategic shot at the “Cow Canyon Trading Post”
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| From Colorado Trip 2011 |
And finally, the obligatory shot of the trailer next to the HUGE toyhauler my Bro. in Law rented for the trip showcasing the stark difference in RV eras:
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| From Colorado Trip 2011 |
We had a fantastic time and can’t wait for our next extended trip with the trailer. We are doing a small two night trip to the high country of AZ in a week. Can’t wait!
Thanks
Paul and Darcy
Sunday, June 26, 2011
It's been way too long...
Update with pictures!
Finally an update with some photos! Sorry it's been a long time between posts.
Propane: I ran new 3/8 copper under the trailer and into the wheel well area and put in a shutoff valve. I found the valve at home depot in the water heater area. I had use a mip to flare fitting to make both ends 3/8 flare.
Next, I ran a six foot propane hose from the valve, through the wall, and to the wave 3 heater. I used a PC desk hole finish fitting to make the hole look nice. I think the bent hose to the heater looks pretty good…
My bro in law and I have been working on building wings. Here’s some pics of our progress. I think they are going to turn out pretty nice:
I disassembled the stove/oven and rebuilt it with new insulation. I had the front facing parts powder coated white and it turned out really nice.
Fantastic fan is in and working great
I cut an air access hole for the converter and finished it off with a decorative floor heater cover from lowes:
I got the water tank installed and plumbed from the gravity fill and to the sink:
Here's a pic of one of the dinette seats installed to see what it looks like:
Here is the fabric we'll be using for the curtains:
Here is the fabric our futon cover will be in:
Finally an update with some photos! Sorry it's been a long time between posts.
Propane: I ran new 3/8 copper under the trailer and into the wheel well area and put in a shutoff valve. I found the valve at home depot in the water heater area. I had use a mip to flare fitting to make both ends 3/8 flare.
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| From Darcy and Paul's Shasta |
Next, I ran a six foot propane hose from the valve, through the wall, and to the wave 3 heater. I used a PC desk hole finish fitting to make the hole look nice. I think the bent hose to the heater looks pretty good…
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| From Darcy and Paul's Shasta |
My bro in law and I have been working on building wings. Here’s some pics of our progress. I think they are going to turn out pretty nice:
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| From Darcy and Paul's Shasta |
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| From Darcy and Paul's Shasta |
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| From Darcy and Paul's Shasta |
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| From Darcy and Paul's Shasta |
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| From Darcy and Paul's Shasta |
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| From Darcy and Paul's Shasta |
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| From Darcy and Paul's Shasta |
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| From Darcy and Paul's Shasta |
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| From Darcy and Paul's Shasta |
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| From Darcy and Paul's Shasta |
I disassembled the stove/oven and rebuilt it with new insulation. I had the front facing parts powder coated white and it turned out really nice.
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| From Darcy and Paul's Shasta |
Fantastic fan is in and working great
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| From Darcy and Paul's Shasta |
I cut an air access hole for the converter and finished it off with a decorative floor heater cover from lowes:
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| From Darcy and Paul's Shasta |
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| From Darcy and Paul's Shasta |
I got the water tank installed and plumbed from the gravity fill and to the sink:
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| From Darcy and Paul's Shasta |
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| From Darcy and Paul's Shasta |
Here's a pic of one of the dinette seats installed to see what it looks like:
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| From Darcy and Paul's Shasta |
Here is the fabric we'll be using for the curtains:
Here is the fabric our futon cover will be in:
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