| Author | Message | ||
     Richard Grayson III (Skaramunga) New Member Username: Skaramunga Post Number: 24 Registered: 02-2003 |
do any of you west coast rover owners catch crap for living in your ride (or in my case on top of my ride). for some odd reason the police around here hated my roofrack tent, and anytime they found me (usually by the beach) they would kick me out. i find it unfair. It's not that i dont have a place, i just like beach front prop... | ||
| Kennith P. Whichard III (Kennith) Senior Member Username: Kennith Post Number: 408 Registered: 05-2002 |
I lived in mine for about 2 months across the US. I took my 2nd row rear seats out and slept in the back. After a while, I found the best place to sleep is a truck stop. As for the beach, it depends where you are. There are many beaches that allow camping during certain seasons, however for weather, wear, and safety reasons, have limited houres off season. Cheers, Kennith | ||
| Adam Ross (Discodriveradam) Member Username: Discodriveradam Post Number: 146 Registered: 01-2003 |
One time, on a camping trip gone horribly wrong, I spent two full days in my truck, naked. The third day I spent on the roof rack, clothed, but with no padding at all. Only me, my clothes, a 4-inch high heel shoe, and a salamander. You might not want to ask. | ||
| Jeff Mclaird (Granitedisco) Member Username: Granitedisco Post Number: 107 Registered: 08-2003 |
Adam - I think we may want to ask  | ||
| Lewis Jones (Cutter) Senior Member Username: Cutter Post Number: 428 Registered: 10-2003 |
plenty of free good camping around this town....and Adam, We want to hear the story, but please no pics! | ||
| justin monnin (Ineedthissale) New Member Username: Ineedthissale Post Number: 12 Registered: 12-2003 |
its a little off the topic but..... i want to put a tent on my widerness roof rack. has any one tryed this??? | ||
| Brian Dickens (Bri) Senior Member Username: Bri Post Number: 907 Registered: 08-2002 |
If camping is not allowed I can understand why you would need to put the tent down even if it is on the top of the roof. If there is no policy or it is not posted it is up to the police I would guess. Best thing for living in a rover (other then the necessities of course) is a freezer fridge. Frankly when out camping I more enjoy getting away from the vehicle for a time and finding a place to pitch a tent, but that is just me. | ||
| Blake Monchilovich (Azblake) Member Username: Azblake Post Number: 100 Registered: 02-2003 |
On a winter skiing/fishing trip I took out the rear seats to sleep and used a catalytic heater for a little over 2 weeks. Lots of interior ice in the morning. An electric hot pad or java maker would have been nice. | ||
| Adam Ross (Discodriveradam) Member Username: Discodriveradam Post Number: 148 Registered: 01-2003 |
Man, okay, here goes; but I'm apologizing in advance if anyone is offended by any of this, whether it be content or length. While I was working in Yellowstone this summer, we would go camping and wheeling in Targhee National Forest in Idaho every weekend. Well, for the case in point, we decided to "dump camp", which is where you don't hike in; you just camp out of the cars. It's fun for a lot of people. I decided to bring along this girl I had a thing for. You know, starry night, nothing but body heat to keep you warm...I had this perfect date planned. So I pick her up when she's done with work (she was a server in Old Faithful Inn Dining Room, so she was dressed up [allusion])Well, the night progresses, we're all drunk, and we decide it's time to go to bed. I suggest to Amanda (my girl) that we lie on the roof rack and watch the stars. We got up there, things got romantic, and I'll spare you the details. But we got back in the car to sleep, and I took off my clothes and got in my bag. No big deal; I always sleep naked. Well, I slept until about noon, and by that time, everyone had left except me and Amanda. So we enjoyed the sunny day, went fishing and hiking, and just relaxed. We were haviing so much fun that we decided we would stay another night, and just eat the trout that we had caught that day. Night falls, we eat and waste the evening away, and then decide to head to bed. Once again, we are drunk, and we made a crucial error: We forgot to dispose of our leftovers and put our trash away. Not a big deal back here in TN, but out there it's bear country, and a whole 'nother ballgame. So we go to sleep... ...and I wake up in the middle of the night to Amanda punching me, saying, "What the f*** is that?!". I look out and there is a grizzly rummaging through our camp. I tried to reassure her that we are fine in the car; I mean, he didn't even know we were there. Then, it turns towards us, and she screams. Now every damn living thing in Idaho knows where we are. The bear stands on its hind legs and sniffs us out. Well, let me just say that right now I am not a happy camper (no pun intended). Luckily, the bear's curiosity in us and our campsite was short-lived, and he left soon thereafter. So we go back to sleep. Morning comes. No bear in sight. So we cautiously get out to stretch, with me basking in the sunlight in all of my naked glory. But sure enough that thing was waiting for us. It mock charged us from out of nowhere, and we hastily got back in. Then it came back. This time, it rammed my truck right above the front passenger tire. I basically said, "Buh-bye!" and went to start the car, but I got nothing. OMG, WTF. Tried it again--nothing. Then I look outside and see the bear playing with my shirt. Not far away from him are my pants and underwear. They fell out when Amanda got out of the car. So here I am, naked, with a bear eating my tee. I think, "Geez, what a nice death." Not much else happens, and the bear finally leaves again. A couple hours go by, and we begin to feel safe, so I try to start the car again. Still nothing. I get out to look under the hood and see if I can diagnose it. About 30 minutes go by, and Amanda screams, "He's back! Get in!" So I do. He just walked up right next to the car and decided to go to sleep. Just great. After a while it gets dark again, and the bear rouses from his nap and decides to rummage through our stuff again. By the way, car still won't start. I'm so fed up with it I decide to just go to bed and hope he's gone in the morn. Amanda was mad that I could think about sleeping, but I just didn't care anymore. So I go to bed, naked and pissed off because I have been cramped in my truck all day with my girl whining and bear stalking me. Next morning: I wake up and the bear is gone. I try to start the car, and nothing. So I am going to check the engine again. Yadda yadda, bear comes back. I get back in the car, wait around, and the bear goes to sleep. I'm pissed. I have to figure out how to get out of here. So I get this extendable golf ball retriever that was in my backseat (perfect weapon), open the door, hop on the roof rack, and shut the door. HA! The hood is still open from the day before, so I crane my head around the side of it to check out the engine. After a while, my DWeb experience started to kick in, and then my light came on: the inertia switch! The bear must have tripped it when he nailed my car! Epiphany! So I ask Amanda to be really quiet and tell me if she can hear a clicking noise. "Yeah," she says. So I get to work. Careful not to disturb the bear, I start to climb my way down onto the front of the car to disconnect the battery. Bad timing. Bear decides to wake up, and decides that I am threatening him, so he stands up and starts messing with me. I stay on the opposite side of the car from him, and he keeps at it all day long. Like the rest of the time, he stays around until it's night, then starts rummaging. So I am stuck on my rack, naked, with nothing but Amanda's shoe (from when we got romantic on the rack) and a plastic salamander (gift to her from a kid at OFI that she waited on; fell out of the pocket). Blah, blah, I go to sleep. I wake up. Bear is gone, So I waste no time. I jump onto the engine, pull the negative lead, reconnect it, shut the hood, and jump in the car in about 3 seconds. Still no bear. Oh and still no clothes. I start the car, and we got the fuck outta there. We told all of our friends that we were ust having so much fun we decided to stay a while longer. We did, however, report the rogue bear to the rangers, and they did kill a bear of comparable size going through trash cans a few miles away. Not sure if it was ours or not; they didn't come and have us look at the body, lol. But that was the last time we camped in the Targhee. And oddly enough, that was the first and only date bewtween me and Amanda. The End | ||
| Kristopher March (Apexdisco) Senior Member Username: Apexdisco Post Number: 252 Registered: 02-2002 |
Nice story. | ||
| Andrew Maier (Newman) Senior Member Username: Newman Post Number: 485 Registered: 04-2003 |
Oh. My. God. Is that FUNNY! LOL (at least you nailed her) | ||
| Brian Dickens (Bri) Senior Member Username: Bri Post Number: 908 Registered: 08-2002 |
Nice. | ||
| Shawn McKenzie (Shawn) Member Username: Shawn Post Number: 174 Registered: 10-2002 |
ya ya, but what about the fender?  Great story for the campfire! | ||
| Matthew A. Barnes (Discoveryxd) Senior Member Username: Discoveryxd Post Number: 292 Registered: 08-2003 |
"(at least you nailed her)" HAHA, that's great. Maybe the bear was just pissed  at you because you got some , and he's been lonely in the woods. | ||
| Adam Ross (Discodriveradam) Member Username: Discodriveradam Post Number: 149 Registered: 01-2003 |
Haha, thanks for reminding me of that bright side Andrew. Oh and the fender was toast. The light assembly was never seen again, the end cap was gone, the brush guard was pushed up to like a 20 degree angle, and the panel looked like a paper wad. I'd like to see him try that stunt with my Slimline. | ||
| carl seashore (Drcarl) Member Username: Drcarl Post Number: 99 Registered: 07-2003 |
i'd like to see the insurance claim... great story! | ||
| Ray Gerber (Raygerber) Member Username: Raygerber Post Number: 212 Registered: 09-2002 |
That is an instant classic... | ||
| Brett A. Naquin (Bnaquin) New Member Username: Bnaquin Post Number: 31 Registered: 09-2003 |
Dude...we've got to party. | ||
| Reed Cotton (Reedcotton) Senior Member Username: Reedcotton Post Number: 286 Registered: 01-2003 |
LOL Every camper should have one good bear story. But beware the camper that has more than one. | ||
| Blue (Blue) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Blue Post Number: 1050 Registered: 04-2003 |
one word... . . . . GUN | ||
| Sergei Rodionov (Uzbad) Senior Member Username: Uzbad Post Number: 252 Registered: 08-2003 |
Blue - gun wont help, b/c you cant just go around and shoot animals that look angry at you in national forests. At least from what i know Adam - cool story, man Glad you survived and didnt even get hugged by brother bear.. I certainly hope it wasnt that one that got shot though. Doesnt look like it was looking for your butt, overwise Disco wont help, you - being from taiga climat zone i seen what angry grownup bear can do to things.. I guess he just felt a bit interested in you (oh c'mon.. naked bod running in forest? food laying about? ), thats all. Next time keep spare clothes in the truck and some food. Again - cool story | ||
| SSV (Susannah) Senior Member Username: Susannah Post Number: 598 Registered: 06-2002 |
GREAT STORY!!!! Too bad the girl split on you...she should have been proud of her 'hero!' | ||
| Axel Haakonsen (Axel) Moderator Username: Axel Post Number: 711 Registered: 02-2003 |
Instant classic.... - Axel | ||
| Kyle Van Tassel (Kyle) Moderator Username: Kyle Post Number: 520 Registered: 11-2002 |
Yeah , its exactly that , nice "Story" you dont reset the inertia switch that way... "Blow me" | ||
| Ray Gerber (Raygerber) Member Username: Raygerber Post Number: 214 Registered: 09-2002 |
I gotta go with Blue on this one, I'd rather be in trouble for whacking a bear than have a big chunk out of my thigh (aka the Lion thread)... but then again any girl that brings 4" heels on a camping trip and has them on the roof rack could be worth spending three days in the truck with, along as you have a fridge or something. | ||
| SSV (Susannah) Senior Member Username: Susannah Post Number: 600 Registered: 06-2002 |
"any girl that brings 4" heels on a camping trip and has them on the roof rack could be worth spending three days in the truck with..." Oh GOD...time for me to EXIT this thread! | ||
| Ray Gerber (Raygerber) Member Username: Raygerber Post Number: 215 Registered: 09-2002 |
Sorry Susannah, I couldn't resist that little detail that caught my eye. I was a lot less focused on whether or not the remedial action was appropriate for the inertia switch! | ||
| SSV (Susannah) Senior Member Username: Susannah Post Number: 601 Registered: 06-2002 |
Actually, I do have a worthy question related to the inertia switch info...can it be offset by tilting the vehicle (ie someone would try to tow it?) or only in the case of an accident? (damage to the truck) | ||
| Blue (Blue) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Blue Post Number: 1051 Registered: 04-2003 |
gun wont help, b/c you cant just go around and shoot animals that look angry at you in national forests ahhhh yes, I forgot, guns don't work in national forests apparently brains don't either | ||
| SSV (Susannah) Senior Member Username: Susannah Post Number: 602 Registered: 06-2002 |
Ray...I understand....afterall....most of DiscoWeb is MALE! | ||
| Steve Andrews (Sillybus) Senior Member Username: Sillybus Post Number: 408 Registered: 08-2002 |
Great story. Makes my silly bear story pale in comparison. | ||
| Chris von C. (Chrisvonc) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Chrisvonc Post Number: 340 Registered: 07-2002 |
I was going to ask... dont you reset the inertia switch by just simply pushing the reset on the top of it? I've never had to undo my battery. I just push the button, reset the key and I am fired up. Now I could be all wrong if that thing on my firewall is not the inertia switch but are they differant from year to year? | ||
| Blue (Blue) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Blue Post Number: 1053 Registered: 04-2003 |
why would inertia even trigger if the truck isn't running? | ||
| Kyle Van Tassel (Kyle) Moderator Username: Kyle Post Number: 521 Registered: 11-2002 |
Inertia will trigger if its running or not. However , it wont reset that way. Push the plunger down and off you go. "Blow me" | ||
| Aaron Richardet (Draaronr) Senior Member Username: Draaronr Post Number: 369 Registered: 09-2002 |
dude where are the pics of amanda naked | ||
| Brian Dickens (Bri) Senior Member Username: Bri Post Number: 925 Registered: 08-2002 |
Blue, just go along with it OK. | ||
| Adam Ross (Discodriveradam) Member Username: Discodriveradam Post Number: 150 Registered: 01-2003 |
Kyle, maybe I am confused about what the inertia switch is, but I have experienced this problem on three occasions. Each time, my car would not start, all the lights lit up on the dash, and there was a clicking noise from the passenger footwell. I pulled the battery negative lead, reconnected it, and it worked. It might not be the correct way to reset the switch, but it worked for me. Try it. Aaron, no naked pics, sorry. | ||
| Richard Grayson III (Skaramunga) New Member Username: Skaramunga Post Number: 26 Registered: 02-2003 |
haha, so the best thing i've learned from my thread was that the only curse word i can say on d-web is blow me, sweet!!! very amuseing stuff | ||
| gil stevens (Gil) Senior Member Username: Gil Post Number: 369 Registered: 02-2002 |
man.. and to think i camped every night for almost 3 months and never had even a single bear encounter. Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, WA, British Columbia, redwood coast.. not a single bear. I feel slighted. I did hear the call of the Yeti deep in the hills of BC, but thats a whole different story.. | ||
| Chris von C. (Chrisvonc) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Chrisvonc Post Number: 341 Registered: 07-2002 |
Adam, when mine trips, the flashers flash until I reset it. Again, I dont know if thats consistant with all the D1's but if it is and your flashers were not going, you may have something else going on there that does get reset when you unhook the battery. Maybe? | ||
| Adam Ross (Discodriveradam) Member Username: Discodriveradam Post Number: 151 Registered: 01-2003 |
Chris, my hazard lights came on the first time, but they haven't the last two. Maybe my inertia switch doesn't work properly. Wouldn't surprise me, seeing as how nothing else does on my truck. | ||
| Shawn McKenzie (Shawn) Member Username: Shawn Post Number: 177 Registered: 10-2002 |
Adam, Do you have any pics of the bumper/fender before it got fixed? | ||
| Adam Ross (Discodriveradam) Member Username: Discodriveradam Post Number: 152 Registered: 01-2003 |
Shawn, I took lots of pictures of it to send to my Dad so he and our local insurance guy could go ahead and assess the damage done before I got home. But I never got 'em back from the insurance company; my Dad might have picked them up, but I haven't seen hide nor hair of them since. Your inquiry rejuvenates interest in them, though, so I will look around for them. | ||
| Brian Pippin (Tnrovers) New Member Username: Tnrovers Post Number: 3 Registered: 11-2003 |
Now I've known this Adam Roos character for quite sometime, and my Disco has dome the same thing his has and I did what he told me and it fixed the problem.... As for his rendevous in the woods, I heard that story a while back and it still sounds somewhat believeable... but if his Yellowstone girl is anything like the local broads he brings home you might not want to see pictures ;) | ||
| Adam Ross (Discodriveradam) Member Username: Discodriveradam Post Number: 154 Registered: 01-2003 |
Brian, finally took my advice and got on this great site, eh? Are you gonna wheel this weekend with LRN? Disclaimer: Brian has horrible taste in women. I, on the other hand, am quite the connoisseur of the opposite sex. | ||
| Matthew A. Barnes (Discoveryxd) Senior Member Username: Discoveryxd Post Number: 299 Registered: 08-2003 |
The only way we'll ever know is if we see a pic! Come on man, lets see her. Then we can have "Is She Fugly or What Poll" | ||
| Brian Pippin (Tnrovers) New Member Username: Tnrovers Post Number: 4 Registered: 11-2003 |
Still undecided @ this point we're suppose to start rugby, but that may not happen till school starts..... and this wil be my last saturday b/c we have a match about every weekend. Its still up in the air but last time the Sequatchie stole my cell phone and debit card, mayeb I should ask LRN for $$ for replacement? |
