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03-15-2006, 03:45 PM
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4 Rivet Member
1964 22' Safari
Eagle River
, Alaska
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 251
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Important papers: toilet paper cover
My toilet paper keeps unrolling all over the floor during travel.
It’s a basic stock ‘64 recessed holder.
How do you keep it from unrolling??
On ships we had a rolled stainless steel serrated “cover” that prevented this.
Anyone know where I can find one?
Safari64
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03-15-2006, 03:56 PM
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Rivet Master
2012 25' FB Eddie Bauer
Vintage Kin Owner
Virginia Beach
, Virginia
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 7,801
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Safari64
My toilet paper keeps unrolling all over the floor during travel.
It’s a basic stock ‘64 recessed holder.
How do you keep it from unrolling??
On ships we had a rolled stainless steel serrated “cover” that prevented this.
Anyone know where I can find one?
Safari64
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Mine never does this, have you had your running gear balanced? How's the axle? You know, I've seen plastic covers in pet stores... designed to keep your kitty from amusing herself when you're not there, but it would probably work for T.P. traveling too.
Tin Lizzie
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03-15-2006, 04:16 PM
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Rivet Master
1994 21' Sovereign
Down on the corner...
, CT
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 997
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lol.....my oh so clever husband chimed in an said put a rubber band around it
while your on the roll
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03-15-2006, 04:22 PM
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Rivet Master
1956 22' Safari
2015 27' Flying Cloud
Vintage Kin Owner
Conifer/Evergreen
, Colorado
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 12,707
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We take an empty plastic water bottle 1-liter size, cut off the ends and split it lengthwise to slip over the TP roll while underway. The 2-liter size works well for paper towels...
Shari
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03-15-2006, 04:27 PM
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Rivet Master
2007 23' International CCD
Lapeer
, Michigan
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 7,082
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we used to do the rubber band too with the sob, doesn't move on the AS. Rubberband over the roll holder insert than over the paper for travel then pulled off to the side without having to remove the insert for use.
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03-15-2006, 05:30 PM
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We can tow it!
1996 28' Excella
Where the water tastes like wine
, Michigan
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 1,625
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rotfl
Quote:
Originally Posted by PaulaFord
Mine never does this, have you had your running gear balanced? How's the axle? Tin Lizzie
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03-15-2006, 05:47 PM
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Rivet Master
1948 16' Wee Wind
1953 21' Flying Cloud
Denver
, Colorado
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,169
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Superman's solution
Safari 64:
Remove the toilet paper from the roller, squeeze the sides together until the center cardboard tube looks like this (), then put it back on the roller. Now it should not unravel as you travel.
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Denver, Colorado - WBCCI Unit 24
Airstream Life "Old Aluminum"
Airstream Life "From the Archives"
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03-15-2006, 07:27 PM
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Retired.
Currently Looking...
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, At Large
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 21,276
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 47WeeWind
Safari 64:
Remove the toilet paper from the roller, squeeze the sides together until the center cardboard tube looks like this (), then put it back on the roller. Now it should not unravel as you travel.
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Of course, if you squeeze too hard, you will wind up with lots of short lengths of TP...
Something I have used, is an oversized paper clip, through several layers.
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Terry
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03-15-2006, 08:01 PM
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Just a member
1978 28' Argosy 28
Lutz
, Florida
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 4,549
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I use a small french clothes-pin for both my TP and paper towels. If not they unspool themselves and it never looks the same when you re-roll it
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WBCCI #5501 AIR # 49
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1978 Argosy 28 foot Motorhome
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. -- Plato
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03-15-2006, 09:10 PM
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Rivet Master
1968 26' Overlander
Wenatchee WA
, Cape Cod
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 871
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Houston we have a problem
I guess that by '68 things got really hi-tech. In 1968 Frank Boorman, Apollo 8 commander, refused to orbit the moon unless they fixed this TP problem. At launch the vibration would make the tp unravel so once they hit weightlessness the unraveled paper floating through the orbiter became quite bothersome. NASA scientists went to work on a new plan to create an in-flight tp containment center, also known as the IFTPCC. Airsteam soon adopted this new technology in all new '68 trailers; they called it the WBTPCCI.
Here is a few pictures of the TP holder in park and launch sequence.
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03-16-2006, 02:09 PM
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4 Rivet Member
1964 22' Safari
Eagle River
, Alaska
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 251
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French clothes pin?
Thanks, great ideas all. I'll try them
Can't have the important papers flying around
Whats a French clothes pin?
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03-16-2006, 02:52 PM
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Aluminut
2004 25' Safari
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, Illinois
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 10,477
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Our Bambi did this all the time. My fix was not as neat as what has been posted.....I just took the roll out and set it on the floor on it's side.
Haven't had the issue with the Safari to have to worry about doing it or any of the other fixes.....
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03-16-2006, 02:55 PM
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Rivet Master
1993 25' Excella
Full Time
, Anywhere USA
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 2,708
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You are cracking me up....
Quote:
Originally Posted by Uberlanders
I guess that by '68 things got really hi-tech. In 1968 Frank Boorman, Apollo 8 commander, refused to orbit the moon unless they fixed this TP problem. At launch the vibration would make the tp unravel so once they hit weightlessness the unraveled paper floating through the orbiter became quite bothersome. NASA scientists went to work on a new plan to create an in-flight tp containment center, also known as the IFTPCC. Airsteam soon adopted this new technology in all new '68 trailers; they called it the WBTPCCI.
Here is a few pictures of the TP holder in park and launch sequence.
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Too funny!
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New England Unit
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03-17-2006, 12:03 PM
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We can tow it!
1996 28' Excella
Where the water tastes like wine
, Michigan
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 1,625
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Good luck with the tp solutions
Love the humor in this thread uberlanders I was cryin from laughin so hard!!
Paula--hope my post (#6) wasn't offensive, surely didn't mean it to be. I thought you might have been funnin on that one so I was laughin with not at your response--important clarification. Couldn't give ya more pos karma cause it said I gave ya too much already...Guess that's what I get for reading the hanger falling off the closet/running gear jokes on another thread...
Best to all.
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03-17-2006, 06:51 PM
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Rivet Master
2012 25' FB Eddie Bauer
Vintage Kin Owner
Virginia Beach
, Virginia
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 7,801
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Not the LEAST bit offended....
Quote:
Originally Posted by tin sista
Love the humor in this thread uberlanders I was cryin from laughin so hard!!
Paula--hope my post (#6) wasn't offensive, surely didn't mean it to be. I thought you might have been funnin on that one so I was laughin with not at your response--important clarification. Couldn't give ya more pos karma cause it said I gave ya too much already...Guess that's what I get for reading the hanger falling off the closet/running gear jokes on another thread...
Best to all.
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I frequently "channel" Inland Andy.... as I was doing this post. I meant it humorously. No offense taken at all!
Tin Lizzie aka Paula
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03-17-2006, 07:04 PM
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We can tow it!
1996 28' Excella
Where the water tastes like wine
, Michigan
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 1,625
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Glad to hear it!
Quote:
Originally Posted by PaulaFord
I frequently "channel" Inland Andy.... as I was doing this post. I meant it humorously. No offense taken at all!
Tin Lizzie aka Paula
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Thanks Paula, I am so glad to hear that! I hope that the person who took offense from my post in this thread will find it in his heart to forgive me.
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