Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:15:12 -0800
Reply-To: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Camper clearance indicator
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there is a simple test i do when i want to try out clearance
i walk in with my hand up over my head ... arms fully extended
if i dont touch my westie wont either ...
alas this only failed me once and only a little
the parking garage at me moms old condo in victoria
really steep entry/exit ramp and she (the van) would just slightly touch
on the roof rack rods that sit just above the fiberglass pop top ...
poorly executed headroom (to borrow from carpenter lingo)
ah yes you want a set of stairs here ..no problem ...
do you want the short one at the top or the bottom
happy new year all
On Dec 31, 2007 6:04 AM, Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@mac.com> wrote:
> You must live in a land of luck. Around here (Tyson's Corner
> Virginia), the sign may claim 6 feet 6, but the reality is more like
> 6 feet 2. At work the sign's originally read 6 feet 10, but they
> changed them (I guess after complaints) and now they read 6 feet 8.
>
> Still feels like I'm going to hit the top someplace when I drive in.
> With the 235/75R15's I do hit the top.
>
>
> On Dec 31, 2007, at 2:51 AM, Roger Whittaker wrote:
>
> > lol.. should have seen the face on the guy at powells books parkade in
> > portland
> > he said hey ... you cant go in there you are too tall
> > i had already measured ;O)
> > went in real easy even with the 15" gowesty wheels/tires
> > coming out i felt a little long though ... yet ...
> > made it with out a scratch
> > yours
> >
> > On Dec 30, 2007 7:18 AM, TJ Hannink <tjhannink@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I just replaced the stock antenna on the Camper and remembered why
> >> I don't
> >> extend it fully but stop when it is about an inch higher than the
> >> vent on
> >> the poptop. This has saved my roof vent a couple of times when
> >> getting into
> >> parking garages - just go slow and watch the antenna tip when you
> >> get to the
> >> clearance sign hanging in the opening of most garages.
> >>
> >> Good luck and happy new year.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> TJ Hannink
> >> Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition
> >> 1981 Bluebird Wanderlodge, FC-33SB
> >> Des Allemands, Louisiana
> >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wolfsburg_campers
> >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FC_wanderlodge
> >>
> >> ---------------------------------
> >> Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > roger w
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