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Fellow Travelers, I am in PORTLAND OREGON and willing to travel for the right box. I prefer a shell with a minimal build but will consider any of the above. I do not currently have a truck and will most certainly consider a combo package. My preference for the pickup would be a Tundra or Ford...

I just sent you a text to your phone number. Be on the lookout.

Yes Mike, still for sale! I have changed my CL ad. Don't think I want to separate the two. It is a very sweet rig and I am certain someone will want the truck and the camper together. If not sold soon, I'll just take it south, maybe for the winter. I spent the afternoon messing about inside the...

This one is mine: https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/rvs/d/portland-2018-all-terrain-pop-up-truck/7195820850.html SOLD

Clare has one very beautiful and very homey camper van.

Mine was delivered in June 2018. You might check this out. I think a shell might have a different exit requirement from the fully built out camper. I kind of think, that given that we are talking about maybe 30 square feet of floor space, a door should provide sufficient provision to exit in an...

When I was thinking about my Ocelot shell build, now completed, I took a look at Alleycat's build. His did not include the side window. I wrote him a note and asked what had been his thinking. His thinking mirrored my own. My thinking was that the side window is an easy place for someone to gain...

I have a recently completed ATC Ocelot shell build. I installed two of the 100 watt Eclipse panels that were on sale for $119. The install was a piece of cake. The power goes to a Victron controller and then to a Battle Born 100 amp hour battery. I am not an electrician, but when I flipped the...

I have a recently delivered ATC Ocelot shell. Nothing added. Came in at 681 pounds. I have since, added side dinette, bed extension, furnace, kitchen, fridge, solar panels. Basically, the whole nine yards. It works great. It sits on a Ford F150 crew cab. I did my best to keep the construction...

I live on the west side of Portland. I have an ATC Ocelot that I purchased as a shell and have done a complete install. Would be happy to show. You can contact me at davidmenely48@gmail.com

Great trip report Milt. I like your sketches and enough reporting to provide various flavors of your experience.

There are enough books listed to keep me going for quite some time. Thanks to all for your additions. Ivan Doig grew up in Montana as the son of an itinerant stock man. His memoir This House of Sky documents the life he had as his widowed father and maternal grandmother tried to create a family...

Vulture, Thanks for sharing your build process. I like the simplicity of what I think you are trying to do. I have a new Ocelot shell on my truck and hope to get stuck into my build in the new year. My intention is to keep it simple and light. I will be keeping on eye on how you proceed to see...

Thanks for this trip report. I was lucky a couple of years back to do a long Father's Day weekend into the very same places with my son and then six year old grandson. One of the beauties of the Sierras is the ease of going off trail and the granite. It is so different from the Oregon and...

Ski, I can't believe that I finally found this build documentation. Been lurking more than anything for nearly a year. Great work!!. Thanks for all the posting you do on so many topics and your blog posts as well. I just recently took possession of a new ATC Ocelot Shell. Hope to begin a...

Glad you had such a great shakedown trip. Your lab looks just like our Stella. Enjoy your new outfit.

Being an Oregonian and one who is picking up my new Ocelot next Tuesday, I will definitely put the Trout Creek Mountains on my short list. Enjoyed your report and the nice set of photos. I remember reading about a very sizable fire in those mountains about five years ago.

My gal has been making a variety of Rye breads from the same cookbook for the past year. Delicious bread and it both freezes well and can sit on the counter for days and days without losing moistness. My hobby is the eating part.

I always enjoy your photos, your stories and your forum bits of knowledge and point of view. I often want to follow your routes. My new Ocelot will be ready for delivery in just under two weeks. Eager for a new kind of 'wander about' to begin.

It looks like a slice of heaven. Thanks

Thanks all for your replies. I think e rated, probably the KO 2s, air bags and upgraded shocks. Any recs on the shocks? Maybe Bilsteins, not sure on the model. Taku, I have been over Teton pass about four times, always mid-winter, freezing cold, need to be paying close attention to the road...

Thanks for your replys. Yes, been down a few rough roads in a "bug"; fond memories those are. Liked the VW van as well, but gave up on the slow speeds and a burned valve or two, moved onto a Ford Club wagon, straight 6 manual, for expeditions with the kids. That was another one to love. Then I...

This is my first post and I want to begin by saying that I have been very impressed by the friendly and helpful nature of the members of this forum. I began "wandering the west" as an Outward Bound instructor back in the late sixties when I turned twenty. Back then it was backpacking in the...