kieronfb

Part 1.
This time last year I took a job in norther Alberta and I decided instead of flying from Vancouver island and living in camp I'd pull my 1960s camper the 2000 km over the B.C coastal mountains and the rocky mountains for the adventure of it and to collect the living out allowance. With a quick oil change and pack up me and my 1998 F150 with 260,000kms on it tried are luck.

jkaufman_95

Sounds like an adventure, but repaint the trailer lol

2011LIMITED#288

u went to work the rigs?

kieronfb

The drive there was completely uneventful witch was awesome! total drive time was 19 hours and a fuel bill of $580(towing a 800kg camper). After a few month's of work Driving a logging truck I had an opportunity to pick up a 1990s 5th wheel camper for cheep.
I sold my Killer camper and found a hitch at princess auto for $300.
anyway I made the round trip 2 more times empty and the fuel bill was around $380
and my final trip was my return to civilization with my new camper in tow. (That trip I had the edge cts evolution programmer installed and with the tow mode on I made the trip with a fuel bill at $400 (towing 2100kg camper with a full tool box in it) I saved 180 if I make this trip again the cts pad for its self I highly recommend it!)
so in the end Ive put on 20,000km in a year 0 brake downs (sorry one thing I lost my front windshield a little chip in -40 turns in to a big crack real quick)
thanks for looking.

kieronfb

I was not "nice" to my little F150 I used it as a shop truck,hot shot and pilot car and on the weekends we went out and played in the mud

kieronfb

I was Logging out of Grand Prairie Alberta.

kieronfb

My other toy

proexpert

thanks for sharing the story, a little bit of mud will never hurt, like the Western Star too.

A7B2FX4

As a guy on the radio says "living the dream". Sounds like it applies in your case. Which towed better the Orca special or the 5th wheel?

kieronfb

"The 5th wheel" the little 60s camper was all over the road and it keeped me under 90kph the 2000kg 5th wheel was a dream to pull I could hit 140kph no problem