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The picture on the left shows a Thule cargo carrier mounted to the cross rails I installed. The rails are 1" dia metal conduit crimped flat on the ends for bolting to the rails that came with the Lance. The strap is to keep the lid on the Thule tight. I also have a pair of cheap locking pliers that holds the front of the two halves tightly together. I hate leaks where I store stuff!
The middle picture shows the platform for my dual band VHF ham radio antenna. It should be about 19" on a side for the minimum ground plane surface, but I didn't want to sacrifice the space. It works pretty well so it may be permanent.
The picture on the right looks like a dinner plate... and, it is. We had already been on the road about 7 hours when the XM radio station cut out. We had turned north and the antenna wasn't working on the hood of the truck anymore. While I was in a Wal*Mart store buying stuff to fix the leaks we had discovered during after a rain storm, I spotted this steel enameled dinner plate in the camping section. I dried the roof off with paper towel, taped the plate down with white duct tape and placed the magnetic XM antenna in the middle. The plate has been there since that day in October of 2006 and the tape is still holding up pretty well. I took this picture while we were in North Carolina in February of 2009. I would just glue the antenna to the roof, but it needs a metal base for good reception. The blue plate might be permanent.
In the middle picture you can see the MaxxAir vents. The one on the left is a powered vent over the bathroom. The one over the main cabin (lower right) is a MaxxAir Turbo/Maxx Model 1200T and it's one of the best things we've added to the rig. It's thermostatically controlled, reversible and moves a lot of air.
Other
Small Mods/Additions We've Made
Replaced the rusting
jack bracket lag bolts with stainless steel bolts
Swing-out TV bracket
AM/FM/CD/MP3/SD Card/USB
Radio
3-drawer set for the
bedroom
Shelving in the "bunk
bed" cupboard
Shelving in the "kitchen"
cupboard
More 12 VDC outlets
400W inverter
Antenna & power
connections for HF & VHf transceivers
LED lighting
V-Line pistol safe
Wireless thermometers
for the fridge & outside temps
Wireless rear view
camera
DC motion lights
Battery powered motion
alarm
Torklift Fastgun tie-downs
w/locks
Portable 12VDC water
pump for filling the fresh water tank from jugs
Diagonal cables/turnbuckles
and a ground brace for the front jacks
Near
Future Mods
A hitch mounted auxillary
holding tank
Replace the Lance
truck/camper plug/socket with a heavier & cheaper pair
600W Pure Sine Wave
inverter
Another inch of floor
and lower sidewall insulation
Isulated boot &
heat cable for the dump valve body
Far
Future
Sell this one and
get a camper with a slide-out, like a Bigfoot, Artic Fox, North Star, Starcraft,
Travel Lite... anything but a Lance!
Note:
Nothing on this site is meant to offend Lance owners who are happy with
their rigs. I sincerely hope that my unhappy experiences with Lance
are the exception.
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