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

Posted By: mooring product on 06/19/12 02:32pm

Living on the edge myself.

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Pete
2012 RAM 3500 Mega DRW. Stable Loads and Torklift tiedowns.
2006 Lance 881 Max.

Posted By: Buzzcut1 on 06/19/12 02:53pm

spent over an hour using goo off, a brush, soapy water, and a high pressure hose nozzle to get all the dang bug splats off the nose of the TC

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2011 F350 6.7L Diesel 4x4 CrewCab longbed Dually, 2019 Lance 1062, Torqlift Talons, Fast Guns, upper and lower Stable Loads, Super Hitch, 48" Super Truss, Airlift loadlifter 5000 extreme airbags

Posted By: DWeikert on 06/19/12 05:57pm

Replaced the incandescent interior bulbs with LED lamps. Picked these up on eBay
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link to eBay auction

The seller raised the price since I purchased. I got these for $1.99 ea with free shipping. I see the price is now $2.19, still a heck of a deal. They did sort of trickle in one at a time over the last week or so after a two week wait, but for the price I'm not complaining. Bought a few extra just in case but they've all been good so far. Only caveat is they are polarity dependent, but that's not too hard to figure out. I plan to use a pair to replace the high tail light on the back of the truck cab. I have a boot for the pass through window and on an earlier trip I was stuck in traffic for an extended period and the heat from the brake lights built up under the boot and distorted the plastic lens/housing. Since then I've been unplugging the high brake light before loading the camper, but with these that shouldn't be necessary.

Old incandescent
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New LED

The LEDs are a cooler light but plenty bright. Ran a test and the incandescent draws roughly 1.3 amps, the LED's 93 milliamps (.093 amps).

Dan
2008 Chevy D/A 2500HD ECSB
2010 Northstar 8.5 Adventurer

Posted By: jtlingo123 on 06/20/12 10:16am

I bought a 1972 Dolphin truck camper two weeks ago (and no it doesn't leak!) and I'm in the process of taping everything off and re-painting the inside. I also tickered with the Duo-therm heater and got it working yesterday! Ran it on high for two hours and it works great! Surprised by the lack of funny smells and fumes, so I guess I lucked out!

Josh Lingo
Snoqualmie,WA.">

Posted By: Buzzcut1 on 06/20/12 11:55am

finished cleaning up the camper in preparation for this weekend. Gotta say even though the bed is much thicker I still have tons of head room and after 10 straight days on the road with comfortable good nights sleep with zero back pain in the morning. My recomendation is to toss that crappy thin RV mattress and put in a real one

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Posted By: portscanner on 06/20/12 12:30pm

Installed a time so the water heater shuts off one hour after I turn it on, so I dont forget to turn it off (and dont have to listen to it firing up in the middle of the night)

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One beautiful wife
Mattie and Trooper the furcampers
2019 Dodge 4500 with 2008 Lance 1181
2015 Jeep Wrangler toad w/ ReadyBrake/Brute
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Posted By: noxinnhoj on 06/20/12 10:13pm

loaded the tc up with some food for a weekend trip to fort langley bc,one camground(derby reach)is already closed due to the mighty fraser river overflowing its banks.We have reservations for brae island,which is under a flood watch,,not looking good with lots of snow on the mountains and rain in the forecast.oh well hope for the best,my lance wont float as it is a bit water-logged already,lol

1995 silverado dually,2005 lance 915 lite

Posted By: James' on 07/03/12 12:51pm

Added a NICE Hellwig sway bar and made head phone plug-ins above our heads with volume controls for the TV.

2006 Chevrolet 3500 HD 4X4 dually, crew cab.
6.6 diesel, Allison trans. Air bags.
2011 Lance 992 duel pop-out, 2200 gen, 135 watt solar panal, Yakima skybox.

Posted By: jtlingo123 on 07/03/12 01:52pm

Working on new vinyl tiles for the flooring! I'm almost done painting the inside. [emoticon]

Posted By: kerry4951 on 07/03/12 02:31pm

portscanner wrote:

Installed a time so the water heater shuts off one hour after I turn it on, so I dont forget to turn it off (and dont have to listen to it firing up in the middle of the night)

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Thats a great idea......thanks

2009 Silverado 3500 dually D/A, Supersprings, Stable Loads, Bilsteins, Hellwig Sway Bar.
2010 Arctic Fox 1140 DB, 220 watts solar, custom 4 in 1 "U" shaped dinette/couch, baseboard and Cat 3 heat, 2nd dinette TV, cabover headboard storage, 67 TC mods

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