Torklift Blog

  Torklift International has won some major awards this year as a leader in  manufacturing and business achievement, and we have another announcement to add to these list of honors.   We were recently named exporter of the year by the World Trade Center- Tacoma Division.       We have had tremendous growth and that includes trade in the...

I don’t mind being told I drive a land yacht, but not because the camper is swaying back and forth when standing on the jacks. It can feel like you’re out at sea riding the swells when the camper is off the truck.  The only think missing is a game of shuffleboard on the lido deck and the midnight buffet...

I take all of the warning labels found around the truck camper very seriously.  They are vital to keep us safe when common sense does not kick in and liability could be an issue.   I am carefully reading through them all. If only there were more warning labels like these in my life.   For example, the passenger mirror standard, “Objects...

 As a person of short stature, I have rarely encountered a clearance issue. That is why one morning before my required 1st cup of coffee I found that the truck camper has such an issue with drive-thru’s. I did not have camping on my mind, and the F-350 rides so smoothly it’s easy to forget the camper is back there. ...

…or a corny idea. I was inspired by a recent write-in to an auto mechanics online forum. A car owner was smelling a pungent burnt popcorn smell sporadically from the engine compartment. As it turned out, when the owner visited her father (a popcorn farmer) mice would stash the corn kernels found lying around on her exhaust manifold, explaining the...

“Go find the Mountain Man.”  That term was used to describe Casey Cotter, our lead engineer, and master behind so many of Torklift’s innovations. He’s the real deal, and can be found on weekends out in nature thinking up brilliant ideas to make camping easy and possible for people like me. Where he could “MacGuyver” an instant wiring fix to...

Although it’s impossible for me to imagine, and difficult for those who have come to love the FastGun, that there was life before this revolutionary turnbuckle. I went to the oldest person I know, my 105-year-old grandmother, and asked her what it was like before the FastGun.  She said, “ We used bows and arrows.” So, okay, not that far...

  The year was 1976. Gerald Ford was President. The Apple company was formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. Landing vehicles from the U.S. spacecraft Viking I and Viking II set down safely on Mars. The Seattle Seahawks played their first football game. Punk Rock got its start. Rocky I was tops at the box office. And, Torklift International...

As I get to know the people who make up Torklift, I am seeing more and more of what makes these products so amazing. I am finding out that my talented colleagues do some extraordinary things not only here, but also in their time off. To start with there is Amanda.  She’s a co-worker, and someone I definitely don’t want...

I have a valid fear the unknown when it has to do with backing up the truck and camper. When I’m out there solo and I don’t have a crew of marshallers guiding me in like a 747, I need to rely on technology. So, I am trying to build a case for a new investment in a back up...