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INSANITY CENTRAL
1986 32' Excella
Airstream Funeral Coach
Citrus Heights
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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Nice rack !!!
Just installed my new security system...
Photo by "ArtStream"
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10-19-2008, 08:30 PM
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Rivet Master 
1968 28' Ambassador
Cedaredge
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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Hey, I want one of those.... Keep those SOB's away  ... JUST JOKING>>>> 
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Jason
May you have at least one sunny day, and a soft chair to sit in..
2008 5.7 L V8 Sequoia
AIR # 31243
WBCCI # 6987
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10-19-2008, 08:48 PM
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Classic 30
Sum Wear
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My, you do have a nice rack! You should change your nic to windowgunner.
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2500HD DMax............30' Classic
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10-20-2008, 04:59 AM
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Rivet Master
1973 Argosy 26
Norristown
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Join Date: Sep 2006
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Hi Tim; You could have made a better statement by hanging you .50 cal. Are you getting softer in your old age? "Boatdoc"
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10-20-2008, 06:51 AM
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Rivet Master
1971 25' Tradewind
1993 34' Excella
Currently Looking...
Estancia
, New Mexico
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Here's mine
Purdy scary, huh?
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10-20-2008, 08:14 AM
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Usually Sleepy
1973 27' Overlander
East Haven
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Join Date: Aug 2007
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not what I was hoping for. 
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10-20-2008, 08:33 AM
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Rivet Master
1968 28' Ambassador
Cedaredge
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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I'm putting a rack in the back of my old pickup when my daughter has her first date..(hopefully a long time off) '75 dodge extended cab.... The boy can sit in the back on that side drop seat looking at my arsenal. And then the only words I will say to him is "get in and get out" Man being a dad is fun......
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Jason
May you have at least one sunny day, and a soft chair to sit in..
2008 5.7 L V8 Sequoia
AIR # 31243
WBCCI # 6987
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10-20-2008, 08:34 AM
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Rivet Master
1968 28' Ambassador
Cedaredge
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lumatic
Purdy scary, huh?
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Yeah it is, Glad I wake up looking at my wife and not that..... 
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Jason
May you have at least one sunny day, and a soft chair to sit in..
2008 5.7 L V8 Sequoia
AIR # 31243
WBCCI # 6987
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10-20-2008, 08:35 AM
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Rivet Master
1972 25' Tradewind
North Vancouver
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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Originally Posted by biggoofball
not what I was hoping for. |
You were hoping for a pair like this?
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North Vancouver, BC
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10-20-2008, 08:40 AM
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Patriotic
1973 23' Safari
North of Boston
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Join Date: May 2002
Posts: 4,546
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Originally Posted by biggoofball
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yeah, me neither. I was hoping we were gonna talk about "roof racks". w/ my new cap, I'll need to come up w/ a way to carry stuff up there.
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10-20-2008, 08:47 AM
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Rivet Master
2005 39' Land Yacht 390 XL 396
Common Sense
, Texas
Join Date: Sep 2007
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I opened this thread hoping to see a different kind of rack....oh well.... 
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10-20-2008, 09:09 AM
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Rivet Master
1968 28' Ambassador
Cedaredge
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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Jason
May you have at least one sunny day, and a soft chair to sit in..
2008 5.7 L V8 Sequoia
AIR # 31243
WBCCI # 6987
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10-20-2008, 09:13 AM
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Rivet Master
1968 28' Ambassador
Cedaredge
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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Sorry, did I just cross the line... Feel kinda frisky this morning
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Jason
May you have at least one sunny day, and a soft chair to sit in..
2008 5.7 L V8 Sequoia
AIR # 31243
WBCCI # 6987
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10-20-2008, 09:15 AM
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Usually Sleepy
1973 27' Overlander
East Haven
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Join Date: Aug 2007
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how'd you get that photo of me?
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10-20-2008, 09:17 AM
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Rivet Master
1968 28' Ambassador
Cedaredge
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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That would be Top Secret...
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Jason
May you have at least one sunny day, and a soft chair to sit in..
2008 5.7 L V8 Sequoia
AIR # 31243
WBCCI # 6987
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10-20-2008, 09:19 AM
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Usually Sleepy
1973 27' Overlander
East Haven
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Join Date: Aug 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chuck
yeah, me neither. I was hoping we were gonna talk about "roof racks". w/ my new cap, I'll need to come up w/ a way to carry stuff up there.
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did your wife buy that? I'm thinking no.
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10-20-2008, 09:53 AM
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4 Rivet Member 
1975 23' Safari
Portland
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Join Date: Jun 2008
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Off topic... but less distrubing thread this early in the morning.
The famous Purman is one post away from Rivet Masterdom. Congrats!!
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10-20-2008, 10:09 AM
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Tramp Streamer
Commercial Member
1995 28' Excella
Artist
, at Large
Join Date: May 2004
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Just watch your rear end!
Dear Doorgunner,
Sure we can all joke around and make off color remarks, but let's be serious for a moment.
There is nothing funny about the heartbreak of "REAR END SEPARATION"
There, I said it.
That 32 footer of yours just can't take the extra load. Airstream, in its wisdom designed its frames right up to the limit.
By adding that Red Rider, the Pump action, and the Dana Magnum 350, you've increased the dynamic load, and that's if there unloaded. If you've got those babies loaded you're just begging for more trailer damage.
The dynamic load is what kills the trailer, not the static loads. In other words, 30lbs on the bumper in the cabbage patch is just 30lbs., Whoopdeeedo.
30lbs on the bumper speeding along on the "Farm to Market road"* hitting Cow pies is magnified by the acceleration.
So that 30lb static load could very easily be like a 300lb dynamic load hitting a BIG COW PIE. (could be more or less) Not only that, it gets repeated over and over and over.
Aluminum doesn't like fatigue loading either. So you hammer the thing apart.
I do believe that the frame and design could have been better. But this is the way they are.
As for a 50mm, the real problem is the handling. Several members have looked into
building a new frame that would absolutely not bend. However, the problem of handling still comes up. You want the mass to be centered just ahead of the axles. You put 350lbs on the back bumper and its 12' aft of the axle centerline. Every time you make a side to side oscillation, that weight out on the end is trying to wreck you.
Picture if you will, trying to dance the twist holding a 25lbs wheezier on the end of a willow stick vs. holding a 25lb wheezier in your hands,. WAY easier when the wheezier is firmly grasped in your hands, and much more polite.
It's called, "polar moment of inertia." You want the mass centralized.
In a rear bedroom layout, think twice about adding that fancy extra pillow. In a rear bathroom model, position the spare TP rolls over the axels.
So there you have it.
Just watch you rear end.
Michael
PS, nice photo
* 4 you city folks, roads designated FM, like FM395 are short for " Farm to Market road 395"
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10-20-2008, 10:27 AM
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Rivet Master
1968 28' Ambassador
Cedaredge
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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Dang, I wasn't paying attention... I missed it  O well this is my 503 yeah.... 
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Jason
May you have at least one sunny day, and a soft chair to sit in..
2008 5.7 L V8 Sequoia
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10-20-2008, 10:38 AM
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4 Rivet Member
1975 23' Safari
Portland
, Oregon
Join Date: Jun 2008
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Look at this way... you had a dopplershift when you crossed into the Rivet Master Zone.
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