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I see enough diesel emissions related repairs of all of the big three in our shop that solidifies my choice to stick with gas. The complexity is far to much to deal with right now. Yes, given a few more years they might come up with the technology to get the lowered emissions without...

I think the idea is pretty slick with the stove in the center. Stows away in the drawer until needed. Good work.

Since this is a more permanent install of camper to vehicle, I'd at least recommend a rubber strip between the new camper frame and the top. To hold them together and aid sealing, screws up from the bottom through the top and into the aluminum would lock them together. After that I'd still...

Great work. Looks like a good fit.

Looks great!

When I'm in "camp" mode the pelican case comes out right at the beginning. It has to come out to allow for the lower bench to fold out for more room to sleep on. Call it my version of a roll over style couch converting to a bed. But in my case the main access to the camper is the back door...

Ok Boonie here's a visual tour of my camper's storage. Keep in mind right now the camper is fairly empty right now and not packed for a trip so I'll explain if there are any items not in the picture that would normally be there. Plus doing the last couple of changes required a little more...

I should go snap some pics to show the layout. But yeah, everything has a spot to be in. However, it didn't start out that way. It really took multiple trips to figure what needed to go where. Really it depended on what I need quick without having to get all the way inside and what was good...

Yeah, I'm a little more on the hard core off road side of the scale. I'm not going to beat the snot out of it on a full blown rock crawling trail, but I'm not shy of a good trail at least until the trees get tight. But you are right, the same rules apply. Keep the weight down and as low as you...

Hey Boonie. Been following your build too as it's so different and unique. I've been enjoying your progress and glad to see you are back at it too! Let me get into your questions. Weight is most certainly a factor but I wasn't hyper critical about shaving weight out of it, but more of...

I've got quite a bit of gear I stuff into my camper for long trips. I tend to have pretty much everything I need and then some. I carry enough tools, spares and fluids to choke a horse. Camp gear, food, water and other beverages. Since my camper is open to the cab of my truck much like yours...

Finally got around to getting a nagging issue corrected. Those that have followed along may remember the front lift panel on my camper was wasted due to a previous water leak from the roof. It took out the particle board in the cab-over and front wall at the same time, so nothing was spared...

Yeah I'm running something different since I went with a HAM radio over the Midlands. Bill and Larry are using the "ghost" antenna Midland sells like this one: Don has his reservations on how the short antennas work, but based on Bill and my testing last weekend it works. We had solid...

It's been a while for any updates. But the weather is getting better and I had the entire weekend off. I had a productive day with the truck. Nothing major mechanical but more arts and crafts. I did go out with my buddy Bill and tried out our radios on the GMRS bands. We took off west past...

Many of my wheeling buddies have the ARB twin and have zero issues. Just fast filling of tires. My Smittybuilt isn't as quick but gets the job done with the 3 gallon tank I added for extra capacity. As far as the deflators go, I've used the knock off Staun style auto deflators. I have had...

I can't leave the tailgate on with mine. But if I had one that fit inside the bed with the gate up I'd keep it for the porch aspect and having a solid surface to prep meals on. If the camper was larger than the bed and the gate wouldn't close anyway, I'd pull it.

I'll drop to 20psi pretty quickly on any trail. If it's more rocky I might go 15-18 psi. That's loaded out to 6,400 pounds on load range E 315/75-16 tires. Not come close to popping a bead, but I won't go below 15 ever.

I'm happy my FWC is bolted onto my blazer at multiple points on the bed and cab. The story is great. I follow a few of the writers that ran into him on Instagram and they all had posted about finding the camper on the trail.

It's all about perspective. My K5 and FWC combo gets 12mpg on a good day with half the size of what you got. Even if you loose 3mpg you still got better mileage than what I can pull with more power and room inside. I made that compromise so I can take mine in silly tight places where Jeeps...

If you are looking for fuel economy, putting a camper on and adding all the extra weight is counter-productive. :lol: The aero drag will have an impact on fuel consumption. The good news is the dirtymax will handle it without too much fuss. I've got customer's with similar trucks getting...

Yep Street tread on the Silverado for sure. Zero cleanout on the tread when spinning. Knowing that he had no reason to head out on the muddy road. The Jeep is running a larger/wider mud terrain which is going to provide better traction. I didn't see him air down but that would have helped...

If you are planning on putting a brick like camper in the back of an electric truck you can forget about stated range with your batteries. The aerodynamic loss is going to be brutal. We've all seen it with ours. I dropped mileage in mine by 25%, some of that was the gain in weight, but most...

Nice combo. Welcome to the fun.

Good information, on the hose especially. Note that compressors with less than 100-percent duty cycles usually measure them at a balmy 70ºF. You can bet it will drop significantly when the temperature is in the 90s or worse. This is true. I've used mine in high ambient temps (90 and up)...

Welcome to the site! Great setup.