Picking up a Ranger this weekend
AuthorMessageaawebtools Site Admin Joined: Aug 23, 2002 Posts: 521 Location: Florida Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 5:23 pm Post subject: Picking up a Ranger this weekend We will be leaving Orlando Friday to go to Charlotte NC to pick up a 78 Ranger, sight unseen. I have been told it is in great shape except for the lift system. Probably has some bad chains. Looking forward to seeing it. I will be taking tools and grease to redo the wheel bearings before we start out. I am also pulling the wheels off my Roamer so I know I have some good tires. Is there anything else that anyone can suggest that I take with me?
Moose Joined: Jul 25, 2003 Posts: 300 Location: saskatchewan Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 5:37 pm Post subject: Take duct tape...you never know when you need it! Apache Master Joined: Apr 20, 2003 Posts: 696 Location: Auburn Hills, MI Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 7:02 pm Post subject: a pin for the hitch latch. A 12v tester light, electric tape, strippers and wire nuts. A 12v battery charger with manual setting, dont check the lights with tow vehicle as if grounded to itself will blow fuses in tow vehicle, personal experience!!!!. bungie cord in case stabilizer legs are loose and dont stay up. cresent wrench. A harley guy will tell you a cresent wrench before duct tape! Floor jack and jack stands. Take a crank with you just incase. And lots of Mt. Dew to hype you up for the drive!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Site Admin Joined: Aug 23, 2002 Posts: 521 Location: Florida Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 7:55 pm Post subject: I have a lite bar that I am going to strap to the back of the camper. If there is a problem with the wiring inside, I don't want to mess with the lift system to get it open to fix the problem. Got the floor jack, duct tape, meter to check the lites, crank, padlock for the hitch, 4 way tire wrench, two wheel assemblies, grease, two cresent wrenches,bungie cords, and several tie down straps. Thanks for the list. Some of those items I hadn't thought of. Anything else? I got lots of Pepsi, I don't do Mountain Dew! _________________
Apache Master Joined: Apr 20, 2003 Posts: 696 Location: Auburn Hills, MI DONT LIKE MT. DEW!!!!!! HEATHEN!!!!!!!!
Site Admin Joined: Aug 23, 2002 Posts: 521 Location: Florida Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 8:45 pm Post subject: Mountain Lion P**s _________________
Moose Joined: Sep 22, 2003 Posts: 279 Location: Memphis, TN Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 9:13 pm Post subject: Don't forget the cash,,,,road atlas,,,,and an Elvis Greatest Hits CD!!! _________________ tnaptguy--Bret '67 Jen '68 BretII '95 Emily '99 Rachael '01 Sophia '03 Tinkerbell '97 DodgeRam TurboDeisel'99 Ramada '79
Deer Joined: May 27, 2003 Posts: 202 Location: Connecticut Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 10:30 pm Post subject: You might want to bring a second vehicle (maybe a truck) hauling a trailer just to pack all the stuff that Tim suggested. Pete _________________ Pete '67 Katie '69 Samantha '95 Shaun '96 Shannon '98 Ramada '74
Squirrel Joined: Jun 27, 2003 Posts: 74 Location: Indiana PA Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 11:17 pm Post subject: Be careful! Have a good time, and remember how envious we all are of you getting another one!! And, Jail House rock would be a good one to tune to on the greatest hits CD!!
Apache Master Joined: Apr 20, 2003 Posts: 696 Location: Auburn Hills, MI Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2003 7:11 am Post subject: Ive picked up a lot of Apaches and at that distance Ide bring the kitchen sink.... I have a lot of tool boxes I carry with my junk in it and the floor jack could prove to be the life saver of them all. I have not run into a problem with the connections being bad inside the camper for the tail lights. Its usually at the plugor where it is spliced in on the plug or at the connections inside the bezel or the connections on the lights. But then again, I have done the lights on these things so much it's almost second nature at this point. Ole' Elmer Like Joined: Jul 23, 2003 Posts: 775 Location: Keene, Texas (Fort Worth Area) Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2003 9:00 am Post subject: Sleeping bag aawebtools wrote:I have a lite bar that I am going to strap to the back of the camper. If there is a problem with the wiring inside, I don't want to mess with the lift system to get it open to fix the problem. Got the floor jack, duct tape, meter to check the lites, crank, padlock for the hitch, 4 way tire wrench, two wheel assemblies, grease, two cresent wrenches,bungie cords, and several tie down straps. Thanks for the list. Some of those items I hadn't thought of. Anything else? I got lots of Pepsi, I don't do Mountain Dew! When I went to Nebraska to pick mine up, I had a portable light set, lots of tools, duct tape, and on and on, but if have to stop and fix something and you get too tired, I also brought along a pad and a sleeping bag to sleep in the back of my van and to then keep on working. LOL on the Mountain Dew and Pepsi. Personally I like both, but when driving long distance the best thing that has helped to keep me awake is to eat sunflower seeds. The process of sucking on the salt and then working with you teeth and tongue to break the shell and to remove the nut keeps your mind and motor skills active and has kept me awake when caffeine was giving up. Good luck on your purchase. _________________ Alan Restoring a 1973 Ramada
Chipmunk Joined: Apr 22, 2003 Posts: 43 Location: Waynesville, N.C. Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2003 7:43 pm Post subject: Terry's New Camper Congratulations...Friend..Hope you enjoy your Ranger as much as we have ours. Everybody says "great floor plan"...don't know, have only been in another Ranger once and never in another Apache. Guess everyone is right, cause we like ours. Have a safe time traveling there and back. Again congrats......"homer"
Moose Joined: May 13, 2003 Posts: 347 Location: Lancaster, Ohio Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2003 9:28 pm Post subject: yes, congratulations Tery, and best of luck on the trip there and back I also like the floor plan of the Ranger, but am quite happy with our Ramada. _________________ Bill 77 Ramada without end beds
Moose Joined: Sep 22, 2003 Posts: 279 Location: Memphis, TN Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2003 12:18 am Post subject: "Love me tender,,,,,,love me true,,,,,take me to your heart...." "YOU AIN'T NUTHIN' BUT A HOUND DOG,,,, CRYING ALL THE TIME,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "I'M ALL SHOOK-UP"!!!!! U-U-UH, U-U-UH, YEAH, YEAH YEAH... "Do anything that you want to do, but uh-uh honey lay off of my shoes, now don't you step on my Blue Suade shoes....... "Wise men say,,,,Only a fool falls in love,,,,,,,,,but I can't help,,,falling in love with you..... "Well ever since my baby left me.... I've found a new place to dwell,,,,,it's down at the end of a lonely street, called Heartbreak Hotel,,and baby---- _________________ tnaptguy--Bret '67 Jen '68 BretII '95 Emily '99 Rachael '01 Sophia '03 Tinkerbell '97 DodgeRam TurboDeisel'99 Ramada '79
Apache Master Joined: Apr 20, 2003 Posts: 696 Location: Auburn Hills, MI Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2003 7:31 am Post subject: |
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