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12-09-2016, 01:06 PM
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Senior Member
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The Mule is ready to haul
Just finished installing 7 pin in bed now just need weather to cooperate, for early January pick up
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12-09-2016, 01:21 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: St. Thomas not BVI., Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TinKnocker
Just finished installing 7 pin in bed now just need weather to cooperate, for early January pick up
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Hi: TinKnocker... Sure hope your "Mule" isn't stubborn!!! Have a safe trip anyway. Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie
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12-09-2016, 01:35 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: NA, Arizona
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Thank Alf, DW and I are hoping and praying this cold front is just a fluke? guess we will find out.
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12-09-2016, 01:38 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Parksville, British Columbia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TinKnocker
Just finished installing 7 pin in bed now just need weather to cooperate, for early January pick up
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Hey, nice neat job.
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2016 VW Touareg TDI
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2019 KC the Beagle
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12-09-2016, 03:32 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Emerson, Manitoba
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Hey TinKnocker
Looks good, with tailgate open could be the inside of our F150, we have the Patriot too, but not the toolbox. How do you reach the toolbox, are you tall? I see you have rollup cover, we got the trifold but blocks view of fifth wheel plate which I could see with old truck without cover, so had to use the tape trick to line up.
Another month or so until your trip to Escape, right. You must be getting excited. Even if bad weather there it won't be anything like we just had here, our grandkids were off school three days, the snow blew around like crazy, our border crossing closed for nearly two days, now the cold has arrived with temps around -18C (0F). Can hardly wait to get out of here in Feb. to head to the west coast.
Adrian
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12-09-2016, 03:46 PM
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"Sure hope your "Mule" isn't stubborn"
"Looks good, with tailgate open"
Never know what might come next..... You better keep an eye on her TinKnocker!
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12-09-2016, 04:26 PM
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David H; Thanks David, It truly is a labor of love when it comes to camping!
Emers382; Thanks Adrian, LOL no I am not tall 5' 3-1/2" hehe but I manage with a small step ladder. Yikes that's cold! -18, all we can do is wait and see? We originally where going to pick up in March or April but with our new president elect I would feel a little more comfortable with our trailer in our back yard.
Mary; "Never know what might come next..... You better keep an eye on her TinKnocker!" Thanks Mary our eyes are wide open but our trailer is a calling so we must go
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12-09-2016, 04:30 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Canyon Lake, Texas
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Really like those Patriot hitches. I hear good things from their owners.
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12-09-2016, 04:41 PM
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I had heard the same and after assembling and installing it in a 5'-6" bed, I must say it is buy far the nice's fifth wheel hitch I had look at. Every thing about screams quality!
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12-09-2016, 07:40 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Seatac, Washington
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Quote:
Originally Posted by escape artist
Sure hope your "Mule" isn't stubborn!!!
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I know this was meant as a joke, but in actuality mules have an undeserved reputation for stubborness. They're very smart and will not do something that they deem stupid or dangerous - they have lots of common sense.
https://www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.u...s-release/7010
Mules are Smarter – The Frontal Cortex
Mule Facts
So, now you've learned a bit more about some Smart Asses!
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12-09-2016, 07:46 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Ashland, Massachusetts
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Quote:
Originally Posted by emers382
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we got the trifold but blocks view of fifth wheel plate which I could see with old truck without cover, so had to use the tape trick to line up.....
Adrian
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Hi Adrian, can you elaborate on the "tape trick"? Thanks!
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12-09-2016, 09:15 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NW Cat Owner
I know this was meant as a joke, but in actuality mules have an undeserved reputation for stubborness. They're very smart and will not do something that they deem stupid or dangerous - they have lots of common sense.
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I can believe that. The good side of "stubbornness" is that they keep going - presumably with more endurance than horses. I don't know if they're fast, though: my grandfather ran a stagecoach in Alberta (over a century ago) and started with a team of mules, but changed to horses... I had assumed for speed, but that's only a guess.
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12-09-2016, 09:47 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: NA, Arizona
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lol well now I know more about mules than ever before, the reason I call my truck "The Mule" is because it has a 3.73 rear end combined with a V8 5.0 coyote engine I just love the way it tows
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12-10-2016, 09:18 AM
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Senior Member
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Location: Emerson, Manitoba
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sisababe
Hi Adrian, can you elaborate on the "tape trick"? Thanks!
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Just a bit of white tape on top of pin box and a piece on the centre of folded back tonneau cover which I then line up but with the few times I did it this summer I still had trouble. Liked it much more when I could see the pin going into the fifth wheel plate.
Would show you a photo but not going outside for a while today then wouldn't want to take the gloves off to use the phone. It's -26C right now
Adrian
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12-10-2016, 09:37 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by emers382
Just a bit of white tape on top of pin box and a piece on the centre of folded back tonneau cover which I then line up but with the few times I did it this summer I still had trouble. Liked it much more when I could see the pin going into the fifth wheel plate.
Would show you a photo but not going outside for a while today then wouldn't want to take the gloves off to use the phone. It's -26C right now
Adrian
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Hi: emers382... I feel your pain!!! Here it's -2, minus snow. Lots of open greenery to feed reindeer. Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie
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Quote Bugs Bunny..."Don't take life too seriously, none of us get out of it ALIVE"!!!
'16 Ram Eco D. 4X4 Laramie Longhorn CC & '14 Escape 5.0TA
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12-10-2016, 09:57 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
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Quote:
Originally Posted by emers382
Just a bit of white tape on top of pin box and a piece on the centre of folded back tonneau cover which I then line up but with the few times I did it this summer I still had trouble. Liked it much more when I could see the pin going into the fifth wheel plate.
Would show you a photo but not going outside for a while today then wouldn't want to take the gloves off to use the phone. It's -26C right now
Adrian
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That is what I call cold.......
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