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10-12-2005, 02:29 PM
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Round on both ends
1979 31' Excella 500
1975 28' Argosy 28
Rutledge
, Georgia
Join Date: Apr 2005
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What's this tool?
Hi, folks,
I certainly should have asked about this at the forum rally in Ft. Desoto... but I've been toting this tool around in the trunk and have yet to figure out what I'm supposed to do with it.
Humorous replies will be accepted, but what is it, really?
Thanks,
Lamar
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1975 Argosy 28 "Argosy"
1979 Excella 500 31 "Betsy"
1992 Lincoln Mk 7 LSC
2003 Dodge 2500 Cummins "TowHog"
"Lucy Loosehair" the cat - Airstream mascot
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10-12-2005, 02:33 PM
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Round on both ends
1979 31' Excella 500
1975 28' Argosy 28
Rutledge
, Georgia
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 783
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And here's another shot of this mystery tool.
Lamar
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1975 Argosy 28 "Argosy"
1979 Excella 500 31 "Betsy"
1992 Lincoln Mk 7 LSC
2003 Dodge 2500 Cummins "TowHog"
"Lucy Loosehair" the cat - Airstream mascot
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10-12-2005, 02:40 PM
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Patriotic
1973 23' Safari
North of Boston
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Join Date: May 2002
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well, one of the objects is a plastic pink flamingo.
the other is a support for the second step that unfolds and hangs down from the top step.
you work it by taking the short end and jamming it up against the underside of the floor and the frame rail; the other end, with the longer piece of angle-iron, then fits up against the back edge of the step.
the original supports for this step were made of soft alluminum, and wore out easily, making for a flimsy stepping experience.
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10-12-2005, 03:02 PM
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Rivet Master
2005 28' International CCD
Pagosa Springs
, Colorado
Join Date: Aug 2003
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It's a hot dog flipper for grillin. It's too narrow for bratwurst.
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10-12-2005, 03:10 PM
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Site Team
1964 26' Overlander
1964 19' Globetrotter
OlyPen
, Washington
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 13,936
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Long reach hook - designed to retrieve dump valve covers that roll under trailer and land exactly in the center - where you can't reach them (short of wriggling on belly through puddle around dump site) This tool can also be used like a shuffleboard que to knock cover out to the other side of trailer...
What do I win?
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10-12-2005, 03:54 PM
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Round on both ends
1979 31' Excella 500
1975 28' Argosy 28
Rutledge
, Georgia
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 783
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Hi, Chuck,
The flamingo is there for scale...
Hmm... my second step unfolds from the back, so I don't think that's it.
Karma to anyone who answers as long as I have any left.
Thanks,
Lamar
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1975 Argosy 28 "Argosy"
1979 Excella 500 31 "Betsy"
1992 Lincoln Mk 7 LSC
2003 Dodge 2500 Cummins "TowHog"
"Lucy Loosehair" the cat - Airstream mascot
Klaatu barada nikto
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10-12-2005, 03:57 PM
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Patriotic
1973 23' Safari
North of Boston
, Massachusetts
Join Date: May 2002
Posts: 4,546
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read this thread. I posted a diagram of how this tool works, and there are other solutions for the "wiggly step syndrome"
http://www.airforums.com/forum...ead.php?t=9926
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10-12-2005, 03:59 PM
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Retired.
Currently Looking...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SafeHarbor
Hi, folks,
I certainly should have asked about this at the forum rally in Ft. Desoto... but I've been toting this tool around in the trunk and have yet to figure out what I'm supposed to do with it.
Humorous replies will be accepted, but what is it, really?
Thanks,
Lamar
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Aluminum perch for the plastic Flimingo?
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10-12-2005, 04:05 PM
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Just an old timer...
2004 22' Interstate
Tipton
, Iowa
Join Date: Mar 2003
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You guys are all SOOOOOO lame... leading poor Lamar down the primrose path with your dull conjecture about step reinforcing rods and all that. Lamar, don't listen to 'em for a minute. You have there, a really, REALLY rare piece that goes to (shhh... don't let anyone hear this out loud...) the Electrolux Death Ray. Yes, I know it sounds incredible, but I think it's a piece of the mounting equipment that allows the Death Ray to be mounted inside a standard Dometic Penguin air conditioner shroud. In fact, I think you can see it as part of the tripod in the last scene of the demo. They can be deployed remotely from the driver's seats of most vehicles using controls wired through the Bargman connector (you didn't really think that all those wires went to lights and stuff, did you?)
Anyway, for all of you skeptics out there... here's a link (quiet... we don't want this out) to the Brotron Labs website:
http://www.brotron.com/Movies/DRay.html
Roger
P.S. And for you cheapskates out there who want the fun, but don't want to pay the energy bills that go with these things, I've recently heard that there is a coin-op model in pre-production!
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10-12-2005, 04:09 PM
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Retired.
Currently Looking...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 85MH325
Anyway, for all of you skeptics out there... here's a link (quiet... we don't want this out) to the Brotron Labs website:
http://www.brotron.com/Movies/DRay.html
Roger
P.S. And for you cheapskates out there who want the fun, but don't want to pay the energy bills that go with these things, I've recently heard that there is a coin-op model in pre-production!
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This is all I get from your link, Roger...
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10-12-2005, 04:26 PM
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Round on both ends
1979 31' Excella 500
1975 28' Argosy 28
Rutledge
, Georgia
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 783
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Bannana, maybe.
Hi, Chuck,
Could be... I found out (from your link) that the second step his been misfolded the entire time I've had this trailer. (I've never needed it.) I had to move my porch platform to get it down, and it was puzzling for a while. I had to consult the diagram a couple of times.
Okay, I can insert it and push the bottom step against it, and it stays there.
However, there are no marks on the step that indicate that this tool has ever been used that way. Since the step's made of aluminum, I think it'd show.
The PO took it out three times in the five years he owned it, and he actually borrowed a tow vehicle from his neighbor when he went. Neither he nor his wife are really tiny people. I doubt that they needed the second step either.
I was wondering if it had something to do with the way the awning touches the stove vent as it starts to urfurl.
Thanks,
Lamar
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1975 Argosy 28 "Argosy"
1979 Excella 500 31 "Betsy"
1992 Lincoln Mk 7 LSC
2003 Dodge 2500 Cummins "TowHog"
"Lucy Loosehair" the cat - Airstream mascot
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10-12-2005, 04:39 PM
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Just an old timer...
2004 22' Interstate
Tipton
, Iowa
Join Date: Mar 2003
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Lamar, actually, I have one that is similar to that for my trailer, however it has an adjustable carriage bolt head with a jam nut that allows it to be adjusted for length. We use it regularly and it has never marred our aluminum steps.
Roger
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havin' to fix my broken Airstreams since 1987...
AIR 2053 Current: 2004 Airstream Interstate "B-Van" T1N DODGE Sprinter
Former Airstreams: 1953 Flying Cloud, 1957 Overlander, 1961 Bambi, 1970 Safari Special, 1978 Argosy Minuet, 1985 325 Moho, 1994 Limited 34' Two-door, 1994 B190 "B-Van"
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10-12-2005, 06:55 PM
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4 Rivet Member
1967 30' Sovereign
Leavenworth
, Kansas
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 382
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If its raining.........
and your sitting under your awning, occasionally you reach up with this tool and push the rain water that has pooled in the middle of the awning out to the edges.
Gosh, doesn't anybody know anything here?????
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67 Sovereign, double bed, rear bath-"Moby"
2005 Dodge Ram 2500 Hemi, Quad Cab-"Ahab"
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10-12-2005, 07:03 PM
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USN/LAPD Retired
2005 25' Safari
North Las Vegas
, United States
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 850
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What tool is this?
You'll All Wrong !!
Its a roach smasher!@!
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10-12-2005, 07:16 PM
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Rivet Master
1956 22' Flying Cloud
Durango
, Colorado
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: 1975 25' Tradewind
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Naaa - its a flamingo pooper scooper
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10-12-2005, 07:58 PM
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5 rivets, 1 loose screw
1966 20' Globetrotter
Saginaw County
, Michigan
Join Date: May 2002
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Quite obviously, it is a cow tipper.
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May you camp where wind won’t hit you, where snakes won’t bite and bears won’t git you.
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10-13-2005, 04:57 AM
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Rivet Master
1974 27' Overlander
1954 26' Romany Cruiser
1960 26' Overlander
Rockingham County
, New Hampshire
Join Date: Sep 2004
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By the look of the end, it must be a camp fire ash rake
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10-13-2005, 05:49 AM
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Rivet Monster
1975 31' Sovereign
1980 31' Excella II
Sprung Leak
, North Carolina
Join Date: Jun 2003
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What that thing really is an early attempt by Airstream to meet the challenge of the Leatherman universal tool, but obviously the prototype was a little too large for pocket use, so they included one with every trailer sold....
Aaron
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10-13-2005, 07:50 AM
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Patriotic
1973 23' Safari
North of Boston
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Join Date: May 2002
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10-13-2005, 09:20 AM
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Rivet Master
1974 27' Overlander
1954 26' Romany Cruiser
1960 26' Overlander
Rockingham County
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Chuck, you are too funny! Always trying to be practical
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