Sledding with a truck camper

[Ryeser]

Believe me, TKO and his son don't do much trail riding! You should try to keep up to them sometime!

Good gear gets wet. If it isn't wet, you were trail riding....

 

[tko sled ed]

Good gear gets wet. If it isn't wet, you were trail riding....

Your gear must stay pretty dry then

 

[Pedaling pete]

What kind is the good gear? My tobe and fxr stuff gets soaked lol

 

[NoBrakes!]

KLIM and nothing but

 

[Pedaling pete]

KLIM and nothing but

I have klim boots and gloves. They get wet though.

 

[Caper11]

I have klim boots and gloves. They get wet though.

Sounds like your not looking after your gear or its old.
My klim, tobe, skidoo gear doesn’t get wet unless I do something wrong, like put a wet hand in my glove, and I have left the truck lots in the rain.

 

[Pedaling pete]

Sounds like your not looking after your gear or its old.
My klim, tobe, skidoo gear doesn’t get wet unless I do something wrong, like put a wet hand in my glove, and I have left the truck lots in the rain.

Yeah maybe. It should last longer than 1 ride before getting wet but it doesn't.

Could be just me, but I always get wet especially early season.

 

[Caper11]

Yeah maybe. It should last longer than 1 ride before getting wet but it doesn't.

Could be just me, but I always get wet especially early season.

I wash my gear every season and spray it with that gortex stuff I think its called renew.

 

[Pedaling pete]

I wash my gear every season and spray it with that gortex stuff I think its called renew.

I'll try that. Dont think that's the problem though.

Probably just the way I operate. If you all stay bone dry when you ride then right on.

The stuff isnt really water proof or meant to be, its water resistant.

If you dont believe me, wear it swimming some time and see if it gets wet or not. Lol

 

[blubbles]

In chatting with Klim I was having issues with water repellency and they suggested just washing them every few weekends. The dryer is what really helps the whole process.

For boots its all about the socks, if you find a good merino wool sock with a high % of wool content it will make all the difference. I forgot them one weekend, and my feet were soaking at the end of every day. Normally I can take my foot out of my boot and both the boot and the socks are dry to the touch.

 

[Pedaling pete]

In chatting with Klim I was having issues with water repellency and they suggested just washing them every few weekends. The dryer is what really helps the whole process.

For boots its all about the socks, if you find a good merino wool sock with a high % of wool content it will make all the difference. I forgot them one weekend, and my feet were soaking at the end of every day. Normally I can take my foot out of my boot and both the boot and the socks are dry to the touch.

I've tried 20 dollar socks, but the best invention ever is the boot dryer for the end of the day.

 

[FernieHawk]

I've tried 20 dollar socks, but the best invention ever is the boot dryer for the end of the day.

Someone on this website got me into Bama socks...one of the most functional products I’ve ever bought and they are cheep for how well they work. I had to buys boots one size larger but that’s the price I had to pay to have dry socks at the end of the day. The Bama socks would be wet on the outside layer and dry on the inside layer.

 

[neilsleder]

Someone on this website got me into Bama socks...one of the most functional products I’ve ever bought and they are cheep for how well they work. I had to buys boots one size larger but that’s the price I had to pay to have dry socks at the end of the day. The Bama socks would be wet on the outside layer and dry on the inside layer.

Love Bamas! I don’t know how they work but they work awesome

 

[LennyR]

I'll try that. Dont think that's the problem though.

Probably just the way I operate. If you all stay bone dry when you ride then right on.

The stuff isnt really water proof or meant to be, its
If you dont believe me, wear it swimming some time and see if it gets wet or not. Lol

You really don’t have Klim gear do you ? Just more of you beaking off about things you know nothing about I’d say. Thousands of satisfied Klim wearers everywhere know you’re full of $hit.

 

[Pedaling pete]

You really don’t have Klim gear do you ? Just more of you breaking off about things you know nothing about I’d say. Thousands of satisfied Klim wearers everywhere know you’re full of $hit.

Ok sure. You having a bad day bud? ur getting kind of upset about my boots getting wet. lol

 

[LennyR]

Ok sure. You having a bad day bud? ur getting kind of upset about my boots getting wet. lol

Not upset at all. Just commenting on your apparent lack of knowledge.

 

[Pedaling pete]

So your gear never gets wet? Oh wow you're my hero.


Any ways. For people like myself, whos gear does get wet. That is some thing to think about if you are staying in a 8ft truck camper....

 

[zal]

I’ll give my two cents on camping in a truck camper.
My background on this comes from 10 years of using an old 1974 22’ tandem holiday trailer, camped at Kakwa and then parked year round in the Pine Pass.
We didn’t have a porch, wood stove or anything like that.
We used the furnace from the trailer and an electric fan to circulate the heat. We used foam and bubble wrap on the windows as well as the clear plastic Saran Wrap stuff. I installed a vent cover so I can leave the vent open to remove as much moisture as possible.
To dry our gear, and I have had Klim gear and was soaked. Especially my boots. My feet sweat no matter what.
I gutted out the bathroom and installed a drying rack (shower rod basically) to hang up our gear. We used a little electric heater for heat, a boot dryer for the boots. We hung the gear up, hung the gloves upside down using clips, hung the balaclavas, used big hooks to hang the helmets, turned on the heater, opened the rear window an inch or so to get the moisture out and the next morning our gear was dry. We’ve had as many as 4 in there but normally 3. The gear itself hung where the tub/shower would have been. So that’s about 2ft x 3ft?
Thise are some ideas possibly you can use to dry your gear and handle moisture.
We used a 3000 watt generator for power.

 

[Got boost want snow]

I’ll give my two cents on camping in a truck camper.
My background on this comes from 10 years of using an old 1974 22’ tandem holiday trailer, camped at Kakwa and then parked year round in the Pine Pass.
We didn’t have a porch, wood stove or anything like that.
We used the furnace from the trailer and an electric fan to circulate the heat. We used foam and bubble wrap on the windows as well as the clear plastic Saran Wrap stuff. I installed a vent cover so I can leave the vent open to remove as much moisture as possible.
To dry our gear, and I have had Klim gear and was soaked. Especially my boots. My feet sweat no matter what.
I gutted out the bathroom and installed a drying rack (shower rod basically) to hang up our gear. We used a little electric heater for heat, a boot dryer for the boots. We hung the gear up, hung the gloves upside down using clips, hung the balaclavas, used big hooks to hang the helmets, turned on the heater, opened the rear window an inch or so to get the moisture out and the next morning our gear was dry. We’ve had as many as 4 in there but normally 3. The gear itself hung where the tub/shower would have been. So that’s about 2ft x 3ft?
Thise are some ideas possibly you can use to dry your gear and handle moisture.
We used a 3000 watt generator for power.

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Your setup worked Tim, we always had the wood stove in our porch and it drys amazing and keeps the moisture out of the bus. Miss riding with ya bud.

 

[zal]

Your setup worked Tim, we always had the wood stove in our porch and it drys amazing and keeps the moisture out of the bus. Miss riding with ya bud.

Same here, Blaine. Will have to figure something out!