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Forklift Jen Beep, Beep…here I come. No, not really.  I’m actually not Forklift Jen, Tork lift Jen, Torquelift Jen or even Dorklift Jen. It’s a common mistake when you have an easily rhyming name, and I don’t take it personally. With all of the new ways I am learning to get around here at Torklift, I hope I eventually have...

Looking back to my humble beginnings of truck camping there were many learning opportunities and tips that I should have picked-up on in regard to all this truck camping stuff. I am reminded that all I really needed to know about truck camping, I learned in kindergarten. Like coloring, stay between the lines on the highway and go a little...

I’m making a splash … literally. I put myself on assignment this weekend and hauled some boating stuff up to the lake.  In my mind, this was a professional outing, so I geared-up and had hyped myself into being a rather important researcher. Then I learned the real meaning of “splash.” With all my enthusiasm I jumped into the little...

The F-350 seat adjusted: Check.    The squiggle indicator off: Check.    No explosion upon starting the engine and the Everest parts are off: Check.  Phew!  I think I can do this.    The rest of the test drive went smoothly. Really!    I was impressed by the handling of the truck, especially with such a big camper.  I felt...

“SCRRRAAAAPE…..!” Imagine my surprise as I made shave-ice out of the sidewalk on my first turn onto the main street in the Ford F-350.  I’m thinking they are going to need a “Don’t Trip” sign over that nice etching. This is a continuation of my first trip in the dually, time elapsed now less than 30 seconds. There was just...

I was warned by my manager at Torklift, “If you see the light on and you start the engine too soon you will blow those bulbs out and the bulbs are $600 each.” Those are very expensive bulbs I thought! Later I was told it was engine parts that were the concern not the bulbs! :) I was already nervous...

“These are my feet and those are the pedals,” I thought to myself. This was my first observation upon getting into the driver’s seat of the Ford F-350.  If you could call it a driver’s seat.  It’s more like a king’s throne that requires a ladder to get in. There was going to be a problem if this is as...

I experiment with Torklift products and take them out in the real world with a uniquely “Torklift Jen” perspective.  Some people say I’m like an action figure All I need is a cape! What is the “Torklift Jen” perspective you ask? Well, I get lots of advice during my work week on what to do, and most importantly what NOT...

When I told my team at Torklift International that I had never truck camped, the room went silent.  I could tell that this was a serious offense.  At that moment, I was dubbed an experiment, a newbie … a truck camper. Since that day, it has become my job to truck camp and document my experiences. I used to drive...