Joe,
How is your RV coming along? I enjoying seeing your progress!
Where is Andy's fire truck located at? Can anyone go by and see his collection?
Joe,
How is your RV coming along? I enjoying seeing your progress!
Where is Andy's fire truck located at? Can anyone go by and see his collection?
Barbara and Bill
2005 Prevost Marathon H3-45
2013 Cadilac SRX AWD
2002 American XLII 40 foot For Sale
2005 CRV Honda - Sold
Andy's in the process of opening a museum in eastern Pennsylvania with those fire trucks.
I've had my Pete for 2 years now and everything I've done to it up to now has pretty much happened in the first 2 weeks. About the only real project I've gotten done over the two years I've had it now is stretching the frame out.
I'm building my schedule this year so that I'm going to be home in Chicago for about 5 months straight I plan on building out the lower compartments and Bays this summer.
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For now, it's winter vacation on Upper Mattacumbie. Where all the boys r handsome and all the girls pretty.
Last edited by Joe Camper; 01-04-2019 at 08:13 AM.
1990 Peterbuilt 377
3406 B Caterpillar
13 Speed Roadranger
No Norgrens
1 day on paper no machines
Hey Joe just discovered this thread yesterday and read thru it. Coming from a parts-changer with no fab skills whatsoever (ME), you are one talented fella. That's impressive. Prolly win the race up the mountain too!
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Was scheduled to come out and pull all the carpet out of this bus and put a floor in which I'm doing. I got a really good retired friend who's coming with me most trips when he can put up with me. He's a really really good mechanic got a degree in electrical engineering when he was younger nothing he can't fix whether it be below the water or up in the sky and everything in between and he is just a gopher for me now and he's a blessing to have around. I offer him to my customers if they've got any other stuff they need done keep him busy while he's here.
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Headlights short
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Ignition points timing
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Carburetor rebuild kit original straight 6 engine
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Huge electrical draw when off
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Generator on the slide in and an air conditioning charge on the truck.
We had to take the carburetor apart on the power washer to get it running too. no picture so that don't count. lol
Here is the plethora of things that he's gotten running or repaired since we got here.
He likes antiques he is an antique
Joe and Larry coming to a town near u.
Last edited by Joe Camper; 07-11-2019 at 03:53 PM.
1990 Peterbuilt 377
3406 B Caterpillar
13 Speed Roadranger
No Norgrens
1 day on paper no machines
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Here's a pretty cool extra for the garage!!
Golf simulator
1990 Peterbuilt 377
3406 B Caterpillar
13 Speed Roadranger
No Norgrens
1 day on paper no machines
Joe, you're having too much fun.
Gil and Durlene
2003 H-3 Hoffman Conversion
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Back to the RV.
Got buisy starting the lower compartments.
The door and frame r out of a peterbilt sleeper in a local bone yard that I've stripped and cleaned.
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Far from perfect but got pretty finished with the door and frame. 1 down 5 to go.
Its 1/8 in aluminum and 3/16ths rivits that I brushed with a red scotch pad with a block.
Bay Door #1.
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These r the brackets they mount boxes on semi trailers. I welded on an additional second strap they come with only 1. Then I'm going to add a couple removable center braces on the inner lower corners going across from left to right to the bay directly across from it on the other side. Under the driveshaft, tons of room. This will really strengthen things.
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3/4 in ply sanded both sides then primered and 2 coats white all 6 sides before assembly.
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Ripped down 7/8 in cleats and pre drilled, cross drilled holes for 1&5/8 screws in the corners. This entire box is still to be attached to the brackets once I'm sure just exactly where everything will live.
I'm still incubating ideas and this configuration will maybe change
BUT
The beginning of the plumbing bay the hatch will cover.
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I'll have 125 gal fresh water and it will stay this side the 150 gal fuel tank directly to the left is going to be converted to a waste tank. 125 fresh 150 holding tank good numbers.
To balance things the 150gal tank on the other side will remain fuel and its accompanied by 2 8d house batteries, the inverter and the propane tanks in a similar bay I've already constructed over there. that will pretty closely equal the loads left to right and all the heavies r forward of the drives.
2 things I've picked up on. The details consume a great deal of time and u will also be constantly looking for that extra 1/2 in that u ain't got.
Last edited by Joe Camper; 09-29-2019 at 10:12 PM.
1990 Peterbuilt 377
3406 B Caterpillar
13 Speed Roadranger
No Norgrens
1 day on paper no machines
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Closes on the same car door striker post everybody always uses. Way heavier than I expected. It's got to be close to 50lb. Sept for the hinge it's entirely aluminum.
Nothin fancy
Last edited by Joe Camper; 09-29-2019 at 04:12 PM.
1990 Peterbuilt 377
3406 B Caterpillar
13 Speed Roadranger
No Norgrens
1 day on paper no machines
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Been raining here for days suppose to be nice tomorrow might get something done.
1990 Peterbuilt 377
3406 B Caterpillar
13 Speed Roadranger
No Norgrens
1 day on paper no machines
So Joe:
What do you do in your spare time ? LOL
Chuck
Chuck & Katrina
2000 Featherlite
H3-45 Double slide
2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Diesel