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5/28/2022

Click the pics, it's not only the right thing to do, it's the only thing to do.

Not much going on today. My youngest son came for a visit; he lives in Woodland Park, where I used to live before I sold my house. It was good to see him again, the last time I saw him was last summer.

All of this communication with the Internet and cell phones makes keeping up with all of your relatives easy. For example, when I had to write letters to friends and relatives, and long-distance phone calls cost a fortune, no one heard from me very often. But now, sending an email or a text message takes a few seconds, so I hear from everybody all the time, even if I don't get to see them that often.

I'm still slowly taking things out of the bronco so I can sell it. I'm not really hurrying because I don't think selling it will be a big problem; so far, finding another one I can live with is more difficult. And when you figure that I was paying attention to truck campers for sale when I was in Arizona and New Mexico without finding much interesting, this is turning out to be more difficult than I thought.

If I wanted to spend 30 or $40,000 for a relatively new model, it wouldn't be a problem. Still, since I'm looking for something far less expensive, it seems like I'm looking in the same financial range as many other folks, so not much is available, and they seem to get sold pretty quick.

I sure would be unhappy if it comes this Fall, and I would be sitting here in Denver with nothing to travel in except the Arctic Fox. I never thought I would say that because I love the Arctic Fox so much, but the thought of dragging a trailer down the road that is so limited in where I take it will be a real downer for me after the kind of mobility I had last winter.

Theboondork

This is the gigantic Japanese Moth named Mothra. And according to the movie, by the same name, this huge moth has revenge more devastating than any man-made weapon, Martha defies warplanes, and wrecks ocean liners, smashes dams and bridges, Mothra creates hurricanes, Mothra is enveloped in a shell no human force can penetrate, Mothra is indestructible, all-powerful, and indescribable!!!

This giant Moth scared me 61 years ago, and I still feel a twinge of fear all these years later staring at the incredible beast known only as Mothra! Although he does seem a wee bit smaller than in the movies, and maybe he just got mad because all those Japanese people were shooting at him. But I'm still glad I'm not on an ocean liner, a bridge, or a dam. Or I wouldn't stand a chance being this close to MOTHRA!.

My granddaughter

My youngest son visited today, and since he knew one of the trees in my daughter's front yard had broken limbs from the last snowstorm he brought his climbing equipment and took out all the bad limbs.

Cutting down dangerous trees that are going to fall on someone's house, or power lines, is what he does for a living.

Since I showed some of the fish my oldest son has been catching, in the next few days I will show some pictures of what my youngest son has been up to.

10 Comments

Judith

5/29/2022 08:34:40 pm

How handy to have such competent offspring.
That flower in the header is a stunner.

Tom

5/29/2022 09:14:55 pm

Thank you Judith, your taste as always is impeccable. Yes I have without a doubt been blessed with some of the greatest kids anyone could hope for, and I try to let them know every day how proud of them I am.

Tom

Larry Worsham

5/30/2022 05:30:13 am

Found an older 820 at dealer in Wyoming..... https://www.sonnysrvs.com/rv/C03-8320

5/30/2022 08:04:49 am

Thanks for that information Larry, I see there closed for the holidays, and they didn't mention a price. They also didn't happen to say if it's for a long bed or a short bed truck. If there's a picture taken from the correct angle I can usually tell if it's for a long bed or a short bed but I couldn't tell from those pictures.

Casper Wyomings not too far away, so getting there is possible, and those Lance 820s that age are somewhere around eight to $12,000 depending on their condition.

When looking for a truck camper it has always irritated me that the people or the dealers selling it don't give you the most important information you need to know about the truck camper there selling. And yes the price is important but you can usually negotiate the price. But the two things you absolutely have to know before you can get interested in it; is it for a short bed or a long bed truck, and how much does it weigh. Without those two pieces of information you have no idea if the camper can even be carried on your truck, so anything else in the ad is absolutely worthless.

I'll give them a call tomorrow and see what they say. Thanks again Larry.

Tom

5/30/2022 09:18:09 am

On RV trader he list it for $11,900 or make offer.

https://www.rvtrader.com/listing/2003-Lance-Lance+820-5021739201

5/30/2022 12:47:46 pm

That price sounds about normal for now days. I looked up the dealers website and it's still not clear to me if it's for a long bed or a short bed.

I noticed it has a window on the nose of the camper. I've always heard about class C motorhomes and the problems they've had with a window on the front of the camper but I've never heard anything about a window on the front of a truck camper, I wonder if it's a water entrance problem or not?

Tom

Linda

5/30/2022 02:49:02 pm

It does say GVW is 1837 and it looks like it's probably a short bed but it doesn't actually say that and I am not good at geometry. :(

5/30/2022 03:48:43 pm

Yeah Linda the weight looks fine for my truck, but the only way I can tell if it's for a long or a short bed truck is if I see a picture of it directly from the side, then I can usually tell.

I've also heard that you can add about 500 pounds to the GVW to get a rough estimate of the loaded weight of the camper. But I carry about 500 pounds of tools just to be able to keep my RV on the road.

Tom

5/30/2022 01:38:44 pm

I don't know much about that type camper but if you do a search on 2003 Lance 820 there is a brochure on google. I believe it said it was for a short bed truck......

I would check out the front window area closely if ya look at it. I had a old caveman cab over with front window and it had some water damage in that area. My Fox trailer has a front window with no problems. I guess it depends on how it was kept....

Hope I'm not getting to far into your business but I come from a long line of researchers and have time on my hands due to this heat and humidity in Texas!

Happy Hunting!

5/30/2022 02:22:22 pm

I know their are numbers on some campers that tell you things like how long it is or whether it's for short bed or long bed trucks, but there doesn't seem to be any consistency between different manufacturers and since I've been looking for almost any brand of truck campers in the past I haven't learned what most of the numbers mean. But like for the Lance campers I've learned that the smaller the number, the lighter the camper is.

I don't think a window in the front of a truck camper would be a problem unless there was some damage that had already occurred. I think there's better ways of sealing up windows now so I wouldn't let it worry me. But I forgot what year it was that Lance started building aluminum frames instead of of wooden framed truck campers. From the problems I've had in the past with RVs, I would much prefer an aluminum frame.

Don't worry, my life is pretty much an open book, a boring book, but open nonetheless. And heat is not a problem in Denver, I wore a light jacket for most of the day.

Tom

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