North Ga to the Seas of Carolina
Well I finally got out and did a little exploring and camping again. It feels good to wander from home a little and see some other parts of the east coast. Of course we did it up in style in our 10 RT starcraft pop up camper. This thing is the perfect camper for me and my family.
Here is my 2006 tacoma TRD hooked up to the camper. IT pulls so nice since the camper has full leaf springs and shocks with 15 inch offroad tires. O-ya not to mention AC and 3 way frig. Anwyay we headed up to North Ga to a spot right outside of Hellen Ga. on some private land on a lake.
We didnt do that much exporing because the weather kept us close to camp. No problem we made due and were able to catch a few bass and brim so all was not a loss.
Then we headed for the beaches of South Carolina right out side of Charlston , we camped at James Island Campground. What a great place for the entire family. I cant say enough about all the close and cool things that are at this campground. I will let the next picture speak for it self.
We were able to visit three different beaches , Ise of Palms, Folly Beach and Keawa Island beach. All of them were nice and had a little something different. We had great weather and we were one week a head of the croweds becuase the school kids had not gotten out in SC yet. It was a great week and I am already looking forward to the next adventure.
First camping in the RT10
First pop up camper trip in the Star Craft RT10
front disk conversion myBJ40
Well , after some time trying to get back into the garage , I broke down and had our local land cruiser shop hook me up with a front disk conversion from a 60s LC. Way to go ACC ! The addition of disk front with locking hubs is nice. The BJ40 stops real nice and the brakes feel great. The warn hubs are a nice touch and should get me that little bit extra gas mileage. Anyway they did a great job and I now can enjoy slowing down and stopping with out having to worry so much.
Next I am going to paint my new hood black and get my old one off. Also my buddy Pete brought over a couple of items like some rear light protectors and a new driver apron. Spring is here in the south and I cant wait to get her out on the street some more. Also next is am addition of a OME steering stabilizer, I am pulling the front seats and cleaning real good. Still looking for a set of OEM steelies with 33 9.5 15 on them. I will keep looking.
well Santa came ...
I got a Starcraft 10rt offroad popup. Man this thing is great.. I cant wait to get it out and try it. This thing has 13 inch ground clearance, double LP tanks, 15 inch mud tires, full size spare. This isnt your grand dads popup!! Time for camping with the kids.
MYbj40
Well We got myBJ40 out the other day and took the family for a big ride , I have seen some smiles but this topped the cake.
Even though I really like the look of the OEM soft top I am very happy with my best top and how easy it is to run it as a full length sun top. It is real neat to see two kids waving to everyone you pass buy.
radio install and 12v plug
Rear seat belt install
Well I had to do it, Drill four nice holes in the rear floor for the mounting of the rear seat belts. I had been looking for seat belts trying to decide what to do and how to mount them. I looked on line and read a little about how to secure the belts. I found a little bit of information here and there. I also was trying to go with OEM toyota seat belts but then after pricing them out , I figured it not going to really matter to me that much to have cheap-o seat belts as long as they hold people in. So I ran down to the local auto zone and started looking. Now the staff there had no idea if they had them in stock or not. So I looked and looked and was about to give up when I spotted them on the wall behind a chrome built shifted (YEA). So I was pleased to find that not only did I get the seat belts but also all the mounting hardware too. All for $15 bucks. great deal in my book...
So I go started right away and forgot to take some pictures of the process. but here are some anyway. I measured and drilled four holes , filled them down a little, then painted the top and underside with Rust zero. Let dry , then inserted bolts and tightened everything down. These things are stout and I would not worry about them ever pulling through. Then I mounted up the kids car seats , loaded up the wife and we all went for our first family BJ40 ride.... What a great feeling to see the smiles on the kids faces. The wife even said that she enjoyed it. Now she is asking about how we can fix that cruiser lean. : - )
