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Maybe a revised version would be... If you CATCH fish, you don't have to cook. If YOU don't catch fish, you have to cook someone else's fish. If you don't do either one, you have to CLEAN UP.

I like the slomo solution a lot! Not only does it keep gusts of wind from impacting a moon roof, it would keep diverting wind from trying to lift the camper from the truck bed and relieve a lot of strain on your tie-down hardware and the plywood in the camper. You can then put additional "stuff"...

Might be a good idea to insure your fresh water inlet has a threaded plug in it. Also, you can make a wooden plug for the overflow tube (and ice box drain if you have one) out of some dowel of the right size to keep critters from entering the system during the winter and during non-use times...

When it's time to de-winterize the camper and clean it out, consider if you should fill the tank enough so that it drains out of the "overflow tube" (if your tank has one...) so that the bleach/water concentration can clean out any critters that have set up house in there over the winter and who...

Many good options/solutions but...to answer your question....YES....you are using too much water for "camping"! You can utilize many of the suggestions here but cutting down on USAGE is the first issue to address.

For those who are interested in sanitizing a 20 gal tank in a used camper they bought or one that has set for some time... A first wash-out with Dawn dishwashing liquid/water (not too much Dawn here!) and a drive around town with a few turns with the tank filled up about 85% or so to take...

I could not use the ones I bought...while they appeared to actually be NOS, they were all cracked.

I thought the title suggested Bratwurst and Beer....now we're talkin'..... a dab of mustard and a nice cold one with that Brat and you are good to go!

There are photos of American made and dated cans from 1941 and 1942. That story had been around a long time but was also suspect as it might have been a cover story for a more clandestine operation. The German can of which the British version is practically a dead on copy was produced throughout...

I accumulated two great signs over the years. Each of them in one of the two previous campers I had. One in an old Alaskan and the other in a Lance.... " BEER IS PROOF THAT GOD LOVES US" and another attributed to the ancient Sumerians or some long, lost civilization... "THE GODS DO NOT DEDUCT...

Got Brian on the phone up at Alaskan. He says any John Deere compatible hydraulic fluid rated cold weather and about 15 WT will be OK. Grabbed a gallon at NAPA of their best stuff. I bled the line next. Then it was a bit of guesswork...I knew the fluid had run out of the LF cylinder so I checked...

If at first you don't succeed... OK, I couldn't raise the top as air was bleeding out the crack in the bottom of the cylinder I needed to replace. I barely got it up and on the pins last weekend so....how to support it while installing the new cylinder/piston from Alaskan? Easy-peasy...got my...

Hmm...foiled again! I have had the top in the up position for two weeks now resting on the pins and the pump valve OPEN. I just went out and cut me a 23 5/8" long broomstick as suggested and then tried to decide if it was to be placed outside on the LF corner of my CO to support the top or....if...

are those products mineral oil based or petroleum? I'm thinking maybe it has to do with the material the O-rings were made of back in the day or perhaps even now...will a petroleum based fluid break them down. I did read that while 1940s landing gears used a mineral oil (see the mil spec above)...

I'm about to replace the whole ram on my LF corner as it has split...the camper came to me with two hose clamps around the end just above where the line is attached and the PO did get a complete ram/tube assembly from Brian prior to my purchase of it. I know about how to support the top while...

Wow...another 8 ft CO w/side dinette up near Seattle in Bonney Lake....$800.00 or offer! https://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/rvs/d/73-alaskan-pop-up-camper/6479952970.html

If your camper has a circuit breaker built into it between the shore power connection and all internal devices then just check to see if it is a 15 amp or 30 amp. That tells you how much DRAW the camper wiring will allow you to pull. You can't just upgrade a system by replacing the factory...

Not mine...up in Sacramento...2001 Alaskan CO....asking $8900 and looks outstanding! https://sacramento.craigslist.org/rvs/d/alaskan-camper/6478916491.html

My old Alaskan had no water heater, nor does my new/old one. What we back then was to carry one of those plastic showers you filled up and let the sun warm up all day. They really are not all that efficient in forested areas where you don't get all-day sun so I figured out how to help warm up...

1) gas up and go weigh the truck without the camper...front, rear and both 2) compare those readings to what you find on the VIN tag 3) now you know how much weight the front and rear axle can each handle SAFELY 4) load up everything including your camper, passenger and weigh front, rear and...

Add some crossmembers to that roll-around for support in the middle and you have covered all your bases. No floor issues for the next 40-50 years.

Of course if anyone has a pigtail left over from an Alaskan, I would be interested...like the one in these photos: It has the Edison plug, the two-pin connector and the four-pin connector to plug into a properly wired up truck electrical service as shown here:

Thanks!

I can't be the only guy who has an older Alaskan that did not come with the pigtail when I bought it. I can make one up but I need the two-pin male connector for the clearance lights and the interior CO reading light/porch light. I checked with Alaskan and they do not have them. Before randomly...

Craigslist has a 1976 Alaskan 8' CO for sale up in Corvallis, OR...."Alaskan Camper" in Portland should get you there. It is an unfinished "project" but for $800.00 you should probably take a look if you are up in the NW area and are looking for one of them. Not mine...