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Camp Locator Pole
Howdy,
Has anyone ever used a telescoping camp locator? If so did you have a LED whip at the top? Where did you mount your locator and how did you run the power for the whip?
Thanks,
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I’am confused.with the whip part….. Is this the same locator with battery pack Truk uses to find his way back to the bus ?
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That was cold… What’s a camp locater?
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A camp locator is typically a 22′ telescoping fiberglass pole that some people put flags on at race events. For us, we plan to put a LED 3′ whip which is also offered with various camp locator manufacturers.
We use a camp locator to help with finding our way back after riding atv’s at night. I use my drop pin, then switch my maps to satellite so I can see the trails on my maps which is super handy. And we turn on the “find my friends” so we don’t lose anyone. But when we get into the camp ground it becomes a pain to look at the phone and drive to get to camp. So when we get close a locator light we be great!
If you go to http://www.safeglowhips.com and click on camp locator you can see the options. They have a couple of mounting options. I think the best one for a Prevost, since there is no ladder, would be the hitch. Then, put some sort of hose insulation around the pole to protect the coach from possible wind damage from the pole.
I was also wondering aobut the power to the whip. I might could use the power from the toad plug:?????
I just wanted to use y’all as a sounding board.
Thoughts?
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I have a flip phone but assume everyone else carries a phone that will do everything, including act as a GPS. Maybe I am missing the point, but can’t you set the location of the bus in your GPS before you leave, and then when you want to go back to it, you just pull out the phone and let it guide you back?
Seems a whole lot simpler than rigging up sky high strobe lights.
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Just for your information, Jon ties a slip knot in a really, really long piece of string, places it around his hitch then heads out leaving the string trailing along behind him to use as a trail back. The only thing that slows him down is winding the twine back into a ball as he heads back to the coach. If his flip phone rings, he just has to stop winding to answer it. Just letting you know how Jon the ‘techie’ does it according to what Tom tells me.
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String huh. I figured with his (Jon’s) flip phone maybe bread crumbs. GPS seems like the way to go with my Garmin.
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I’ll have you know I have made substantial progress in the high tech area.
There was something I had to do exactly at noon today. But I was going to be in the shop or in the office and I wasn’t going to bring the alarm we use for cooking all around with me when I got the brilliant idea my flip phone had an alarm.
IT DOES!
So I set it for noon and it worked like a charm. Who woulda thunk?????????
So find someone else who is technically challenged to pick on today.
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Fred nailed it, I’ve seen the string. Jon finding an alarm on his flip phone is priceless. Wait until he realizes it probably has a vibrate function and he will….. Never mind, you won’t be able to get that image out of your head.
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I have a camp locator pole after two drinks it stands straight up LoL!!! Trina thinks its funny , I still get lost
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I just finished a Grey Goose (orange) on the rocks. After reading this thread I’am going after another,….. Make that a double.
Peter and I are on the same channel !!!!
Butch and Dawn are going to be a bad influence on this group.
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Dawn, I would be very worried about damage to the coach without a connecting point for the flagpole near the top. The ladder attachment for 25′ flagpole worked great on a plastic coach I had, but without the upper ladder attachment point, the pole would have been hitting the back of the coach with even a gentle breeze. They are very flexible. Your pipe insulation idea sounds good, but better would be to combine that with an anchor to the coach at least 3/4 of the way up. I just bought a big portable bathtub/shower grab handle that attaches with special suction cups for that purpose. (Walgreens) It is supposed to hold the weight of a human so should be ok to secure a flagpole. The instalation and de-install via step ladder might be a PIA however.
Ours has a solar powered beacon on top. Some of the whips I’ve seen are battery powered. If those aren’t options you can likely get the power you need from the outlet in the engine compartment that powers the engine block heater. It’s switched at that dash for convenience. Unplug the block heater and secure the cord in case you forget to plug it back in before driving. Use a 12 volt transformer if necessary.
I recommend against the liquid pole erection methods mentioned above until you are safely back at the bus.
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” Liquid pole erection” ? are you frick’en kidding me ? Where’ s that bottle of Grey Goose ?
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Butch,
havent looked at the webpage and the options the have available, but was thinking of a flagpole in general and how to set one ip for the coach. didnt want to put it on the coach as there is nothing to secure it at the top of the coach from keeping it hitting. came across a good base call “the claw”(www.theclaw.com). was trying to figure out how to use that as a base for a pole.
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I’m going to wind up my string and go home. This group is getting a little too wild for me.
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