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03-19-2019, 07:16 AM
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Senior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
State: Nevada
Posts: 625
THOR #12329
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any one else here ever headed down the road with just a bed roll???
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03-19-2019, 10:11 AM
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Senior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: 2016 Thor Outlaw 29H
State: Tennessee
Posts: 668
THOR #13869
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I have headed down the road with just a bedroll, just me and my old school Harley, but my body doesn't do as well now a days on the un-cushioned ground.
So now needing at least an air mattress, I need to pull a small trailer, with all my gear strapped down, including cooking wares, food, and water.
Even that is taxing any more.
So now up to a class C toy hauler, thinking I may still do it the old way.
But, like other folks, you spend good money for the extra luxuries, and you would think you'd want them to work right.
So what is wrong with that?
And, what is wrong with asking for knowledge to do it yourself with things that go into err?
I mean, I like to tinker, save money vs shop labor, plus learn what nots if something happens down the road, and maybe been there and know where to look.
I don't see anywhere, in this forum, where folks are just bickering, as you seem to suggest.
So, bring your chair over to our campfire, chill out some, smoke a doobie if you want (I am so past that, but don't care if you do), enjoy, we are all out there for the good life, see you down the road...
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03-19-2019, 11:04 AM
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Senior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: THOR Chateua 35SF
State: Florida
Posts: 5,850
THOR #11130
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hmmm....might be a new name for the Chateau...."Bed Roll". I'll see you at the beach tonight with my "Bed Roll"... Youth was wonderful...my generation invented the "Skate Board" with a pair of Kingston Skates, a few nails and a piece of plywood. Pot had a nice golden color...it was from Columbia...not California. My "RV" was a 1968 Chevy Van...no A/C but did had shag carpet. The girls burned bras, not cabinetry. I learned through trial and error (over too many years), the value of a great wife. These days, I don't "tell her to do anything"...I'm the one that makes her the sandwich and bring it to her with a beer.
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Traded Thor for Melbourne Prestige 24NP
2018 THOR Chateau 35SF
Two Labs, Bugsie & Blondie
Blondie passed in 2020 at 5 to Leukemia
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03-19-2019, 01:31 PM
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I Think We're Lost!
Brand: Still Looking
Model: Tiffin Wayfarer 24 BW
State: New York
Posts: 22,195
THOR #8860
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How about this: for a minimalist approach?
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Current coach: Tiffin Wayfarer 24 BW
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03-19-2019, 01:46 PM
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Senior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: THOR Chateua 35SF
State: Florida
Posts: 5,850
THOR #11130
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At 1:38...the precise moment he turned it onto a bed, I heard something "howling" off in the background. Was that a "Lot Lizard" or an Owl?
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Traded Thor for Melbourne Prestige 24NP
2018 THOR Chateau 35SF
Two Labs, Bugsie & Blondie
Blondie passed in 2020 at 5 to Leukemia
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03-19-2019, 02:14 PM
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Senior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
State: Nevada
Posts: 625
THOR #12329
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Denman
How about this: for a minimalist approach?
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I would have never guessed that to have a slide out....how cool is that
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03-19-2019, 02:26 PM
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Senior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
State: Nevada
Posts: 625
THOR #12329
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 10scDust
I have headed down the road with just a bedroll, just me and my old school Harley, but my body doesn't do as well now a days on the un-cushioned ground.
So now needing at least an air mattress, I need to pull a small trailer, with all my gear strapped down, including cooking wares, food, and water.
Even that is taxing any more.
So now up to a class C toy hauler, thinking I may still do it the old way.
But, like other folks, you spend good money for the extra luxuries, and you would think you'd want them to work right.
So what is wrong with that?
And, what is wrong with asking for knowledge to do it yourself with things that go into err?
I mean, I like to tinker, save money vs shop labor, plus learn what nots if something happens down the road, and maybe been there and know where to look.
I don't see anywhere, in this forum, where folks are just bickering, as you seem to suggest.
So, bring your chair over to our campfire, chill out some, smoke a doobie if you want (I am so past that, but don't care if you do), enjoy, we are all out there for the good life, see you down the road...
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I pretty much post what I've read here, some one said that's how to lighten a coach for travel,... take all the doors offand put curtains to make it lighter..e used to do that back in the 60's to the stick house...I come here for help and ideas , and try to help others..I try to fix stuff myself, takes too long to take it in for repairs..then it comes back with two new things broke... if you ever get it back..no more Harleys for me,but I gotta say this, I've slept in a grass field that was more comfortable than the Denver mattress in my new coach...
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03-19-2019, 03:04 PM
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I Think We're Lost!
Brand: Still Looking
Model: Tiffin Wayfarer 24 BW
State: New York
Posts: 22,195
THOR #8860
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Gritz Carlton
At 1:38...the precise moment he turned it onto a bed, I heard something "howling" off in the background. Was that a "Lot Lizard" or an Owl?
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That's why you keep the 629 in your lap!
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Current coach: Tiffin Wayfarer 24 BW
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03-25-2019, 05:51 PM
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Senior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: A.C.E. 30.2
State: Arkansas
Posts: 333
THOR #13770
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Gritz Carlton
hmmm....might be a new name for the Chateau...."Bed Roll". I'll see you at the beach tonight with my "Bed Roll"... Youth was wonderful...my generation invented the "Skate Board" with a pair of Kingston Skates, a few nails and a piece of plywood. Pot had a nice golden color...it was from Columbia...not California. My "RV" was a 1968 Chevy Van...no A/C but did had shag carpet. The girls burned bras, not cabinetry. I learned through trial and error (over too many years), the value of a great wife. These days, I don't "tell her to do anything"...I'm the one that makes her the sandwich and bring it to her with a beer.
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Yeah Gritz, & my big brothers stole my skates to make their first one in 1967 L.A., & I'm still pissed at them, lol!!!
But I understand the sentiment he's expressin, our whole generation probably does (yes, I'm at the tail end of the Boomers). We're not Millenials whining in the basement (no offense to the millenials out here who surely break that mold!).
I'm still a bit uncomfortable applyin the word "campin" to this house on wheels. Until I bought this, as late as this past summer, I was still packin my sheis in a ruck on my back to camp (all this past summer in the unending rain & mud!). Before that, campin generally meant deployments or field exercises. But as a young teen it did mean jus a bedroll & my motorcycle (sure beat muckin out my dad's pig farrowin barn!).
Now, despite bein at the tail end of the Boomers (as in Baby, not my bros of nuclear submariner life!), I've got to admit I'm gettin too old for that, I've torn the sheis outta myself mor than most girls my age as a medic playin w/the big boys in mech infantry & cav. My rig is jus my work around for those realities, bc I still crave freedom & adventure.
I'm finding I like havin a house on wheels to base my adventures from. I can make temporary retreats, r&r, & refill my ever needed oil can (lotsa naproxm sodium for this girl tinman!) to address all my metal body part replacements.
I think maybe that's why so many of us are out here at my age & up, bc we haven't forgotten the freedom of bedrolls - we've just adapted new tactics to carry on...[emoji39]
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03-25-2019, 06:04 PM
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I Think We're Lost!
Brand: Still Looking
Model: Tiffin Wayfarer 24 BW
State: New York
Posts: 22,195
THOR #8860
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Once your RV costs as much as a house: it's called "Glamping"!
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Good Sam Member 843599689
Current coach: Tiffin Wayfarer 24 BW
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03-25-2019, 06:23 PM
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Senior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: A.C.E. 30.2
State: Arkansas
Posts: 333
THOR #13770
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Denman
Once your RV costs as much as a house: it's called "Glamping"!
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Yeah, I think I just saw my 1st example. Nice couple jus pulled in to the fam camp w/an English Bully named "Dumpster" (it fit him). They said they're on their 1st trip, both retired 3 wks ago, they have a brand new Entegra Inspire w/a shiny custom tribal tatoo lookin paint job & a toad w/a matchin custom paint job, & even the dog's digs (he gets his own personal house w/fenced yard!) that they had jus pulled out had a matchin paint job. I so wanted to take a pix (my sis would luv it), but didn't think that would go over too well w/them. That dog is pure royalty, despite his humble name...
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03-25-2019, 06:35 PM
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Senior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Vegas 24.1
State: North Carolina
Posts: 330
THOR #11380
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vegasruv24.1
I would have never guessed that to have a slide out....how cool is that
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Did he ever get production off the ground? Built for motorcycles.
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RVN (Tet 68)
2015 Thor Vegas 24.1
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