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Posted By: Stanbiker on 05/17/13 11:37am

Butch50 wrote:

I put in some shelves in a hanging closet in the cabover area. We have a wardrobe right at the back door so didn't feel that we needed more hanging area but did need more shelves. If we decide that we would rather have hanging all I have to do is remove the shelves as the are adjustable type.

Butch,

Would you share how you installed the shelves? I think I don't really need the hanging space, but more shelves would be great.

Thanks!

Posted By: Butch50 on 05/17/13 02:27pm

Stanbiker wrote:

Butch,

Would you share how you installed the shelves? I think I don't really need the hanging space, but more shelves would be great.

Thanks!

Not to much to post. I went to Lowes and bought 2 72" strips of shelve mounting hardware cut them in half to make two 36" sections and some clips that fit them. Then I also bought a 11.5 X 48" shelving board. Mounted the strips and then cut the shelving board to 22 3/8" as that was the width that I needed. Put the clips into the shelving strips and put the boards in. I made the boards just slightly bigger than was needed but I wanted to make sure they wouldn't bounce let the clips fall out. The hardest part of it all was trying to get into the opening in the closet. I took the door off as I'm a pretty big guy so it was still tight. Anyway I took a few pictures of it but not much to see as a small space.

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Butch

I try to always leave doubt to my ignorance rather than prove it

2021 Winnebago View

Posted By: curahee on 05/17/13 10:01pm

Installed a Tri-Metric 2025-RV battery monitor. Took several hours to re-route the wires, put in wire clips, pull the batteries to change the negative cable and just gain access to the back of the battery compartment. Feels good to be able to better monitor our usage of the 2 6V batteries. I also put in a watering system a couple of weeks ago so maintaining them should be easy. Now time to get ready to camp next weekend!

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Still need to clean up the meter wires..
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2012 Ram 3500 DRW CC 6.7L DSL, Ride Rite air bags, Helwig Sway Bar, Torklift tie downs/Fastguns, Tri-Metric monitor
2012 Eagle Cap 995 most options
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Posted By: ggadwa on 05/18/13 08:03am

This week I removed the two 6 volt Trojan T105 batteries from the Eagle Cap 950 very tight fit battery compartment. Water / acid levels were fine after the past year of camping plus sitting on the Charge Wizard whenever not camping. Then I replaced the 4 gauge three foot long wires to the Xantrex Prosine 2000 Watt inverter with 2/0 gauge welding cables. The cables should really enhance the Inverter efficiency and output when we need it.

Always something to upgrade or modify....when we can't get free to hit the road with the TC.

Happy Camping
Gary and Laurii

HAM RADIO Operator since 1964 'W7FSI'
EAGLE CAP 2011 950 CUSTOM BUILT by the great folks at LaGrande Oregon
2012 FORD 350 XLT 6.7L Diesel 4x4 Super Cab with lots of stuff

Posted By: freddypinak on 05/18/13 01:29pm

We put the camper back on the truck. Got it within 1/8" dead center on the bed on the first try! Installed the battery and tested all the lights and battery charger. Letting the A/C run on shore power to make sure all is good.

Two weeks to go and we leave for 3 months in Alaska! Won't need the A/C in Alaska...they are getting light snow in Anchorage this AM :-(

2006 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD 4x4
1998 Lance SquireLite 165

Posted By: Kalabin on 05/18/13 06:07pm

freddypinak wrote:

Two weeks to go and we leave for 3 months in Alaska! Won't need the A/C in Alaska...they are getting light snow in Anchorage this AM :-(

I ended up with about 4" in my back yard in Eagle River. However its starting to all melt again, usually it's in the mid to upper 50's this time of year. Pretty sure it will be in the 60's by the time you make it up here. Just a weird weather system.

2009 Ford F350 V10 4.10 FX4 Crew Cab SRW, Timbrens, Leer Topper

Posted By: Kidoo on 05/19/13 07:13am

freddypinak wrote:

What is your trick to get so closed centered on a firts try? I allways struggle.

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Posted By: freddypinak on 05/19/13 10:24am

Kidoo wrote:

freddypinak wrote:

What is your trick to get so closed centered on a firts try? I allways struggle.

We use a mat in the truck bed with a line all the way down the center and we also have a center mark on the front of the camper. We start by making sure the line on the mat is perfectly centered in the truck bed and (most importantly) we position the truck as close to center and square to the camper as possible. This way there is no real cranking the wheel much to position the truck as we back under the camper. We raise the camper just enough to clear the mat so it's easier to see how close you're tracking the line when you back under the camper. Then it's just slow and easy with lots of stops to check position. Oh and practice....practice...practice :-) Also helps that we're on a perfectly level cement pad!

All that said...the real truth...with yesterdays luck I should have played PowerBall :-)

Seen all kind of different rigs and devices for centering, including centering blocks. Just not sure if the centering blocks would put any torque on the camper legs as you back in. Maybe someone on the group who uses them can give some feedback.

* This post was edited 05/19/13 10:49am by freddypinak *

Posted By: Kidoo on 05/19/13 03:27pm

Thanks, I should do that too and take my time a little more. A level cement pad makes things easier for sure, mine is on the grass and not level, maybe I should have some square ciment tile and try to have a better ground.

Posted By: mountainkowboy on 05/19/13 06:32pm

Ruthie spent the weekend painting the kitchen and the over-dinette storage, while I made load spreaders for the front jack brackets and went over the whole jack system in prep for the selling.

Chuck & Ruth with 4-legged Molly
2007 Tiffin Allegro 30DA
2011 Ford Ranger
1987 HD FLHTP

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