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Topic: So what did you do to your Truck Camper today?

Posted By: Rbertalotto on 06/24/13 01:14pm

Finally turned the gas on and ran the refrigerator on Gas...Worked great!

Then I decided to rebuild a water damaged rear corner of my pop-top roof. The work came out great! Even peeling back the aluminum and not having a single wrinkle. Wish I had taken "before" , "during" and "after" pictures as the work progressed

I was contemplating selling this little TC, but now I've changed my mind and will use it this summer and fall and re-evaluate whether a Toy Hauler or this TC with my motorcycle trailer is the answer.

RoyB
Dartmouth, MA
2021 RAM 2500 4X4 6.4L
2011 Forest River Grey Wolf Cherokee 19RR
520 w solar-200ah Renogy Li-Epever MPPT

Posted By: Virgil_Diesel on 06/24/13 04:29pm

I've been wanting to do this project for quite sometime and finally found the time last weekend.

The two cabinets in the cab over has been empty since i took it home when it was new. My camper is a non-basement so climbing up there to store stuff is quite a task for me and DW so it's never been used as a storage

Here is the picture before and after.
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Remove the mattress
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Here it is. Lots of room now. Probably 4 kids or 3 adults can sleep there now. Still shopping for memory foam mattress.
Still have some work to do to relocate the reading light on the side wall.
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If I only knew I could have bought the Lance 8scs Sport during those time and I believe they are not making this layout any longer
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Posted By: mountainkowboy on 06/24/13 06:52pm

Finished the painting of the storage over the dinette and the kitchen. It's MUCH brighter inside now, and also finished the new table for the dinette.

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

Posted By: Rbertalotto on 06/27/13 03:37pm

Spent $5.79 to buy a 25' roll of insert tape at my local RV dealer.

Removed and replaced all the plastic trim insert tapes....Took about 20 minutes!

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What a huge difference this made. Wish I had taken a "before" picture....

And then I replaced the roof vent that was nasty and the gear to raise was broken.....another 20 minutes

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* This post was edited 06/27/13 03:52pm by Rbertalotto *

Posted By: narcodog on 06/27/13 03:49pm

Virgil_Diesel wrote:

Remove the mattress
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If I only knew I could have bought the Lance 8scs Sport during those time and I believe they are not making this layout any longer
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You can still order twin mattress in a Lance.

Posted By: Rbertalotto on 07/01/13 07:37am

Made a little bracket to hold my Fan-Tastic Fan to the ceiling:

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Posted By: Rbertalotto on 07/01/13 07:38am

Made a holder for the BIC stick lighter on the door beneath the stove. Block of wood with a hole bored through. When the door is closed it can't pop out as the cabinet frame holds it in place.

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Posted By: Rbertalotto on 07/01/13 07:39am

Installed my VORTEX vent fan with some cable cover from Lowes

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Posted By: Rbertalotto on 07/01/13 07:43am

HOW COLD / HOT DID IT GET LAST NIGHT?

Installed an "Indoor-Outdoor" thermometer. This unit cost $10 at an auto parts store.

Tells me:
Inside Temp
Outside Temp
Minimum inside or outside Temp
Maximum inside or outside Temp
Time
It has a internal light
And an alarm that sounds at 32 degrees

ALL FOR $10!

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Posted By: Rbertalotto on 07/01/13 07:48am

Excellent use for old 10 speed tire tubes!

I store the round leg for my table under the bunk on my Palomino Pop-Up truck camper. And it rolls around and makes a terrible clatter.

I used a piece of 10 speed bike inner tube to secure it.

First I cut a small slot in one of the uprights under the overhead bunk

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Using a finish washer and a screw, I attached a short section of inner tube with a knot in the other end.

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The rubber tube is simply stretched over the round leg and slid into the slot.

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Don't get much simpler! And when the bunk cover is down it locks the tube into the slot...Nice!

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