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Campers or tents, what's your choice |
 Jan 23 2009, 09:01 AM
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 Rock Bar!  Group: Members Posts: 470 Joined: 8-October 03 From: 2415 Stove Prairie Rd Bellvue Co. 80512 Member No.: 8  |
 NO NO Tent for me !!!! hehe heres Gats new home away from home!!!  has lots more storing places and hot and cold water 3 way fridge and freezer it was used only one time the man ses and i have to say it sure looks like thats the case it will do me well im sure grinGat.
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Jan 23 2009, 04:28 PM
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 Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 4,149 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 3 |
Nice camper Gat, should be comfy out on the prospecting adventures to come.
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Jan 24 2009, 05:35 AM
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russau Group: Members Posts: 2,841 Joined: 4-December 03 From: st.louis missouri Member No.: 43 |
Gat your getting soft in your "old"age! haha, nice camper! i cant do tents anymore either! i sleep in my hardware store! haha, long story!
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Jan 24 2009, 08:01 PM
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 Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 613 Joined: 16-October 08 From: Central Colorado Member No.: 6,813 |
When I was kid just growing up, my family of 4 traveled all over Colorado using an overhead camper. That camper is still ready to go and has worn out four 3/4 ton pickups.
Now that I am all grown up, I can't fit into the overhead campers anymore. So now I rely on a tent but having spent far too many nights on the ground, I shopped around and found that there are "high tech" tents that custom fit into the bed of a pickup. I just put the tent up in a few short minutes and then use the 12 volt plug in to quickly inflate a queen size air mattress and I am set for the night. One thing I like to take advantage of is the space that I can still use to transport provisions (beer, meat and 'taters) in the truck bed on the way out to the prospects and then fill up the truck bed with ore for the trip back home. Here's a photo of my current set-up; [attachment=3188:trucktent.JPG] If I can find a beer truck to modify like this, I'll give it a try for next season! Sincerely, ASTROBLEME -------------------- Annual Dues Paying Member Since 2008
Tonko Mining Company "Some day this crater is going to be a greatly talked about place, and if the above credit is due, as is certainly the case, I would like to have it generally known for the sake of the children." Daniel Moreau Barringer 2/1/1912 in a letter about the Barringer Meteorite Crater, Arizona USA |
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Jan 25 2009, 06:16 AM
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russau Group: Members Posts: 2,841 Joined: 4-December 03 From: st.louis missouri Member No.: 43 |
i was looking at one of those tents.but i have a 16x7 enclosed trailer i tow that has all of my stuff always packed to go! i hate loading and unloading things just to go somewhere. im getting to old and beatup to do all of that!
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Feb 5 2009, 11:08 AM
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Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 233 Joined: 18-January 04 From: Central Florida Member No.: 64 |
AMEN RUSS!...unfortunately, I have had to go back to tenting since I had to sell my off-road Pop-Up! At least el Dorado is enjoying it!
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May 1 2009, 08:24 PM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 30-April 09 Member No.: 6,897 |
How is it with Reptiles in Colorado?
Just asking as i like Tents too |
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Jul 17 2011, 07:56 PM
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 Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 464 Joined: 2-March 06 From: Lewis KS Member No.: 319 |
I Say Camper!!!.......Here is mine i just got yesturday
 Sidekick Pics I Took
Website Pics http://www.rvtraderonline.com/listing/2008...ICK-12-97965764 (don't know how long these will be posted)
Facebook Video I Made http://www.facebook.com/v/10150245626267099 |
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Jul 22 2011, 04:26 AM
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russau Group: Members Posts: 2,841 Joined: 4-December 03 From: st.louis missouri Member No.: 43 |
all the comforts of home!
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Jul 24 2011, 02:28 PM
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 Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 230 Joined: 2-August 09 From: Security, CO Member No.: 6,964 |
QUOTE (russau @ Jan 25 2009, 07:16 AM)  i was looking at one of those tents.but i have a 16x7 enclosed trailer i tow that has all of my stuff always packed to go! i hate loading and unloading things just to go somewhere. im getting to old and beatup to do all of that! Russ, Due to our lovely economy, I won't say who messed it up, I tent camp . I have to have my aerobed though, as I can't take the hard ground any more. I recently got a 99 Jeep Cherokee Sport 4x4, and it doesn't have to cargo space my Subaru had! I need to find a 4x8 or 5x10 utility trailer to haul my gear leaving the cargo area for my tent, aerobed, and sleeping bag. When are you going to make a trip out to Colorado? We don't have floods, but do have unseasonably HOT weather.Pat -------------------- 26 year Air Force Vet
LDMA/GPAA, GPOC, & CP LIFE MEMBER 'If you don't stand for something, you will fall for everything.' A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have! |
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Jul 25 2011, 05:28 AM
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russau Group: Members Posts: 2,841 Joined: 4-December 03 From: st.louis missouri Member No.: 43 |
Pat ill be out that way sometime in September after the labor Day weekend. yep you need a trailer for sure! i hate packing and unpacking for a trip!! i probly bring to much stuff with me, but its a long way back to St. Louis,Misery to get something i forgot to bring!
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Jul 26 2011, 11:05 AM
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 Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 60 Joined: 4-October 10 From: Sweden Member No.: 7,387 |
Tent or in a worst case under a tree. A simple shelter near a water source can mostly always be built. :)
If I want all the comfort of home.. I might just as well stay home! lol In my young age it doesn't matter. :P -------------------- Geologists are gneiss, tuff and a little wacke.
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Aug 4 2011, 08:34 PM
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Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 91 Joined: 31-March 11 Member No.: 15,180 |
I don't have any pics of my camper, so I'll post a pic of my tent. I would vote tent for myself and oldest daughter, but have to go with the camper if my wife and younger ones go with.
Here is my oldest on her first prospecting trip earlier this summer. The tent was necessary, because a pop up camper wouldn't make it to where we took the tent in the Jeep.
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Jan 7 2016, 01:42 PM
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 Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 8-December 15 Member No.: 122,345 |
We are fortunate enough to have a semi-permanent portable building set up near our claim. It's a small fabric covered building by Alaska Structures. I got a good deal on it second hand. We stay dry and keep warm with a propane heater or two.
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