Ready to Camp!

[dakonthemountain]

Hey Guys,
Well, FINALLY after a couple years, Burt is ready to pull the travel trailer to the beach! Can't wait! I've got to finish the brake wiring on the trailer on Friday and then we are off! Here's a pic of Burt ready to go!
Dak

 

[fatherdoug]

Nice! Have fun at the beach.

 

[LEB Ben]

Now that's a set up. Good to see these trucks still towing like that and not pushed aside for some big smelly diesel. Do you have a round trip mieage estimate?

 

[dakonthemountain]

Ben, It's only a couple hundred miles this trip. In the fall I hope to pull the trailer about a thousand miles winding out to Utah to Zion National Park by way of Grand Canyon and the Petrified Forrest.
Dak

 

[TexasRho83]

any idea on the gas consumption you're gonna go through? lol

 

[RedLariat85]

Thats awesome! Have a good trip!

 

[dakonthemountain]

any idea on the gas consumption you're gonna go through? lol

I got 8.5mpg on the average when I was carrying around the 4,000lb cabover camper in my gallery. The trailer actually weighs in about the same, so I imagine I'll get close to the same mpg, at least I hope so!
Dak

P.S. Leaving now!

 

[TexasRho83]

I got 8.5mpg on the average when I was carrying around the 4,000lb cabover camper in my gallery. The trailer actually weighs in about the same, so I imagine I'll get close to the same mpg, at least I hope so!
Dak

P.S. Leaving now!

Good luck bud, take plenty of pics

 

[dakonthemountain]

Well...... I Never left the driveway. Brakes completely locked up on the trailer as soon as I applied them the first time and after hours of trying to diagnose the problem gave up I'm going to put it up on jacks and re-do what I had already done that WAS working fine!! Electric brakes are a snap, so all I can think of is it is a ground problem somewhere or a stripped wire shorting out causing the circuit to close as soon as I moved the trailer... GGGGGRRRRR!!!! ended up going back to Burbank with the Saturn and went to a neighbors house on the roof to see the fireworks (the ones not going off in my head!) Hope you all had a great 4th!
Dak

 

[LEB Ben]

Sorry to hear that Dak. I was looking forward to pics. I'm sure you'll get it all figured out and get another trip in some time soon.

 

[m78]

That literally sucks a big one.

 

[TexasRho83]

Awww sorry Dak. Well, can't pin this one on Burt

 

[dakonthemountain]

Awww sorry Dak. Well, can't pin this one on Burt

Nope! Not this time!
Dak

 

[Mil1ion]

Break-away switch is on ?

 

[dakonthemountain]

No Dennis, I wish it were that easy. there is an open circuit in the frame/axels. I am just going to pull the wires and redo them all. It's a simple job really, but at the time I just gave up after trying to trace it for hours!
Dak