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Posted By: mike/kellie on 09/03/17 04:13pm

2015 Host Mammoth triple slide w/ TorkLift Fastguns
2015 Ram 5500 SLT cab & chassis with Douglass 9' utility body

Posted By: zb39 on 09/06/17 01:21pm

mike/kellie wrote:

Zb39 wrote:

How is the camper attached to the Douglas bed, front and rear.

2 options. Perfectly aligned brackets that match the camper. A pin is inserted and it's locked in. They are pretty much out of sight. I will have frame mount brackets and my originalfastguns. Not concerned if one would temp block a door.

I guess with the pins there is no give etc. Still an interesting idea for locking down the camper.
I wish they were somewhere besides 3k miles from me.

2017 Host mammoth, sold
49 states, 41 National Parks, 7 Provinces
2019 2 door Rubicon 6 spd.
2019 Berkshire XLT 45B
2022 Host Cascade
2021 Ram 5500 Air ride

Posted By: Bedlam on 09/06/17 01:49pm

mike/kellie wrote:

I will have frame mount brackets and my original fastguns. Not concerned if one would temp block a door.

Thinking about your setup and some challenges:

1. An 8' wide truck body only gives you only 3" of additional width on each side for truck frame tie downs and the connecting turnbuckles.
2. The camper tie down points are under the wings at less than 8' wide. You will need some type of offset brackets from the original tie down points to clear your truck box. These will have to mounted in a way that does not put leverage on the mounting locations.

Chevy Sonic 1.8-Honda Passport C70B-Host Mammoth 11.5-Interstate Car Carrier 20-Joyner SandViper 250-Kawasaki Concours ZG1000-Paros 8' flatbed-Pelican Decker DLX 8.75-Ram 5500 HD

Posted By: mike/kellie on 09/06/17 01:58pm

It feels like 3,000 miles away. I'm planning a trip once it's completed camping along our highway 395 then up and over Tioga Pass through Yosemite. Hopefully catch some fall colors and fish. It will also be the first time my wife and I have been able to go out together in almost 2 years and not worry about home life (discussed in another current topic)

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Here are 3 getting fitted for the big day. One was from Alaska and the other from Arizona. Another Host was due in a week or so.

Posted By: mike/kellie on 09/06/17 02:10pm

Bedlam, it's hard to pick up but the rear box design tapers inwards towards the back allowing for the tie-downs. The inside cargo width of 52" does not change. The last box behind the wheel well is 22' deep toward the front and probably 18" at the rear.

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Posted By: Bedlam on 10/07/17 02:05pm

Although our Mammoth shower head had five stream settings, it was inefficient in water usage and worked poorly when on low pressure shore connections. In the past, I used the one setting Oxygenics model marketed toward RV'ers with success. This time I chose their 1.75 gpm multi stream PowerMassage 88446 model:

https://oxygenics.com/products/powermassage-handheld/

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After a week of showers with this upgraded head, I can fully recommend this model for RV's with the caveat that it does not have a shut off valve (neither does the model sourced by Host).

Posted By: bka0721 on 10/07/17 04:40pm

I am always puzzled when one elects to go the Service Body route and they cut out the cabinets or reduce the heights and depth of the cabinets to attach their camper to it. Then pay twice as much for it, too.

For many years I have shared a different approach by attaching the camper to the top of the utility boxes. After almost 9 years of backroad travel I still have not had issues with retaining the camper or damage to the service body, ironically ordered out of the Knapheide catalog. Those that are familiar with me know I don't travel paved roads very much.

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Posted By: yblaw on 10/09/17 05:44am

Although Host does not supply a shower head with a shut off valve on their newer models, we bought a brass, nickel-plated shut off valve from Amazon for about $9. It took only a few minutes to install between the flex hose and the shower head. Our first Mammoth was factory-equipped by Host with a shut-off. We were surprised that the 2017 model wasn't so equipped. Regardless, it was a very good $9 investment......

Posted By: Spearfisherman71 on 10/09/17 07:35am

yblaw wrote:

Don't buy the one at Home Depot. If you don't use it for a few weeks, it will corrode internally and seize up. Bought the one on amazon that has a thumb lever and works great.

Posted By: zb39 on 10/09/17 07:59am

Spearfisherman71 wrote:

yblaw wrote:

Don't buy the one at Home Depot. If you don't use it for a few weeks, it will corrode internally and seize up. Bought the one on amazon that has a thumb lever and works great.

Good to know, thanks.

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