Vegas Teacher Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 Hey Ya'll: Last night I was talking to the DOW (is that how you guys do dear old wife?) and she said we might be able to make the WCR this year. I would love to meet everybody and visit. I think the truck will be ready to go by then, I just need to get Flyer to help me get it all hooked up and ready to go. For the the sticking point is the wiring of the Jackalopee system and brake system. I did stereos in cars while in college at a shop called Creative Car Audio - if anybody is in the midwest around Pittsburg Kansas, Joplin Missouri, Springfield Missouri, Columbia Missouri or Sedelia Missouri and you need a new head unit or speakers or alarm system go see them, they are great people. I worked in the original store in Pittsburg Kansas that was a radio shack first and creative car audio started out of there. Anyway I will be up at the WCR if I can make it. Oh where was I going, I know stereos but they won't kill somebody if you hook them up wrong, so I am a little tentative about taking this dash apart to hook up the brake controller or cutting into the lines of the semi as they are now for the Jackalopee system. Later, Cory O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickS Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 Cory, Would be nice to see you there. Here is the info. Rick & Carey,Excel W41GKE Wild Cargo Toyhauler Volvo 730, D13, I-shift, 500/1850Brabus Smart Car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegas Teacher Posted February 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 If I am able to go but do not have my truck in the condition to drive it, however I use my Tundra to pull my trailer instead, will I be laughed at or made not to feel a part of the group? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Heiser Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 2 hours ago, Vegas Teacher said: If I am able to go but do not have my truck in the condition to drive it, however I use my Tundra to pull my trailer instead, will I be laughed at or made not to feel a part of the group? Not at all. Everyone is welcome. Rick S already posted the link to the WCR thread with all the information. Hope to see you there (and maybe before in Vegas). 2000 Kenworth T2000 w/ Cummins N14 and autoshift 2017 DRV Mobile Suite 40KSSB4 with factory mods, dealer mods and personal mods - now in the RV graveyard 2022 DRV Full House MX450 with customized floor plan 2018 Polaris RZR Turbo S (fits in the garage) 2016 Smart Car (fits in the garage or gets flat towed behind the DRV when the RZR is in the garage)My First Solar Install ThreadMy Second Solar Install Thread & Photos and Documents Related to the buildMy MX450's solar, battery and inverter system - my biggest system yet! chadheiser.com West Coast HDT Rally Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr. cob Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 2 hours ago, Vegas Teacher said: If I am able to go but do not have my truck in the condition to drive it, however I use my Tundra to pull my trailer instead, will I be laughed at or made not to feel a part of the group? Howdy Vegas Teacher, I can speak to a couple of your concerns, I have an ongoing thread concerning the installation of brake controllers and the Jackalopee, tearing dashes apart and so on. I have now acquired all the nessisary pieces and as soon as "Scrap" Brian has room in his garage we will be installing these units and I'll be posting up a step by step tutorial with photos, this should happen within the next couple of weeks at most. As to attending the WCR with something less then an HDT, NO you will NOT be laughed at, You WILL be made to feel a member of the group, of that and I am sure I can speak for the others is a fact. Dave 2001 Peterbilt, 379, Known As "Semi-Sane II", towing a 2014 Voltage 3818, 45 foot long toy hauler crammed full of motorcycles of all types. Visit my photo web site where you will find thousands of photos of my motorcycle wanderings and other aspects of my life, click this link. http://mr-cob.smugmug.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegas Teacher Posted February 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 42 minutes ago, Chad Heiser said: Not at all. Everyone is welcome. Rick S already posted the link to the WCR thread with all the information. Hope to see you there (and maybe before in Vegas). Maybe before in Vegas....... Absolutely if your schedule permits would love to grab a coffee or a beer depending on your mood and choice for the day. Later, V.T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegas Teacher Posted February 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 3 minutes ago, mr. cob said: Howdy Vegas Teacher, I can speak to a couple of your concerns, I have an ongoing thread concerning the installation of brake controllers and the Jackalopee, tearing dashes apart and so on. I have now acquired all the nessisary pieces and as soon as "Scrap" Brian has room in his garage we will be installing these units and I'll be posting up a step by step tutorial with photos, this should happen within the next couple of weeks at most. As to attending the WCR with something less then an HDT, NO you will NOT be laughed at, You WILL be made to feel a member of the group, of that and I am sure I can speak for the others is a fact. Dave Dave, (this is going to be kind of long... go get a sandwich and a beverage, but it is all positive nothing negative) Thanks so much. I really want to meet the people I talk to on the forum. I think this would be a great way to do it! You live up in Washington? 3 years ago I made my first trip up to the Pacific N.W. in the summer. There was no rain. We stayed at this great campground Just outside of Olympia. We were not in the main part of the city we were a ways outside and it was well before the Volvo. So I found this place by a wild wolf enclosure. It was a campground with a gas station attached to the check in facility. Anyway this was the trip that changed everything for us. When we bought the trailer we were pulling then and still pulling currently, my wife was very much well why do we need anything bigger. Now we were moving from tent camping (skipping the pop up phase) and going directly to a 23.5 foot Fleetwood Pioneer. Used from Craigs list 6500 , but talked them down to 6000.00, yep is has some dings and bumps but figured I would put my own on it and guess what I did. Anyway as teachers we can go and explore all summer long. So out first stop is in Battle Ground Washington for a Schutzhund trial with two German Shepherds. We are there for a week and we go to see Mt. St. Helen's and a few other things in the area, including Voodoo Donuts in Portland Oregon. We then travel north to Olympia and go to several places there and make it up to Seattle to see the Farmers Market. Next we travel back down to Oregon and meet an incredible German Shepherd breeder, Ray Reid, who was already a friend but we spend a few days there and visit with him and his family. It was a great trip and both Pam and I fell in love with the Pacific Northwest we even returned the next year and did Highway 1 from the middle of the Oregon coast line down to Cresent City California to see the Coastal Redwoods and the forest where Return of the Jedi was filmed. O.K. but this is the trip that changed everything for me, after the second week of being stuck with two large German Shepherds in a trailer that does not have slides or anything. So my wife says lets go trailer shopping when we get home. Granted this is 2015 but it is a start. So I say O.K. thinking she wants to look at a bumper pull like we have and go from there. Well we get home and the first thing we look at is Class A motor homes, and back at Schutzhund practice I start talking to Vegas Flyer. Flyer says what about a 5th wheel toy hauler with a garage for a dog. So I say I don't have the truck to pull it. Pam, she wants to go big or go home. I also say that for the price for 4500 series or 450 dually is pretty expensive, and at that moment in the summer of 2015 is when flyer introduces me to the idea of an HDT. Honestly I looked at him like he was crazy. Then I started the research, I joined the forum a little while after but I joined the forum. My investment person started putting money back for me. Then last year in March I bought the Volvo. I am happy I did but have not used as much as I have wanted to yet. I am sure I got a great truck, 20K can't beat the price for the safety and power it provides me. As all of you have said it is a marathon not a sprint when fixing these trucks up. I love my truck and someday it will be repainted shined and have the bed you guys have. I am looking forward to that day when it gets here. This summer if I get to come up I might be in my Tundra or I might be the ugly Duckling at the ball, in my well used 780. I really hope to see you there and as Paul Harvey would say............ "And now you know the rest of the story!" Later, Vegas Teacher - Cory Ossana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr. cob Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 Howdy Cory, If they will let me in the camp ground with out an escort or a warden you have NOTHING to worry about. Don't worry about your truck being all spiffy, one of the things I really like about this group is I have met folks who have more money then I could ever dream of but they don't flaunt it or belittle those of us who get by with less. Its the common interest of travel and trucks that draws us together and when you get right down to it, what more do you need to enjoy yourself and the group. My Pete, is also a work in progress as are many of the other trucks you will see. Heck if your truck by rally time will be setup to safely drag your trailer regardless of what it looks like I would encourage you to bring it that way folks can see what your working with and offer suggestions that may end up saving you a ton of money and time. Dave 2001 Peterbilt, 379, Known As "Semi-Sane II", towing a 2014 Voltage 3818, 45 foot long toy hauler crammed full of motorcycles of all types. Visit my photo web site where you will find thousands of photos of my motorcycle wanderings and other aspects of my life, click this link. http://mr-cob.smugmug.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasFlyer Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 Cory, They probably will laugh at you and make you feel unwelcome, though it won’t have anything to do with your truck........lol Sorry, could not resist that one. John Southern Nevada 2008 Volvo 780, D13, I-Shift 2017 Keystone Fuzion 420 Toyhauler 2017 Can-Am Maverick X3-RS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegas Teacher Posted February 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 Well at least we know flyer is still a smart @$$ however one could not ask for a better friend. Regardless of how he comes across lol! Later Cory Ossana orange Volvo Vegas Teacher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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