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Buy the mattress from Bryan at Alaskan. I bought my 2002 CO used. It had been lived in a few years by some unknown dude, then had been used as a hunting rig for a few years by the person I bought it from. Existing fabrics were dingy. My wife wanted both fresh mattress and upholstery, but she...

If the rear door of your TC is HIGH (4 foot and above) and you want a portable, very stable on uneven ground set of "steps", I would consider the short (4 foot) orchard ladder. Here is an example and source. http://www.oescoinc.com/aluminum-tripod-agricultural-ladders.html If I had it to do...

I ran my furnace while rolling for the first time recently......in well below freezing temps. About 40 minutes before stopping for the night, I stopped and turned the furnace on. Made a HUGE difference in comfort when we climbed in the camper to crawl in bed that nite! (We have a memory foam...

I went to Walmart and bought a cute little electric resistance heater with a small fan as part of the unit. I like that the fan is slight white noise. I also like that the fan moves air/heat around, and has a couple speeds. It can also just be used as a small fan when appropriate. I think it...

If the camper is off-center toward the side without the fuel tank.... Your just compensating. :-) My truck has both me and the diesel fuel on the same side, so I probably SHOULD shift a bit out of the middle towards the passenger side.

Les.... Great idea! When I have time.....someday....I'll do it. Edit/additional Running hidden/in wall wire can be a challenge (my walls are foam inside) in our campers.... Some surface "flat wire tape" MIGHT be just the ticket for surface mounting that low voltage thermostat wire to an aux...

Regarding the thermostat/furnace usage and/or settings at night.... If it is a well thought out camper, the thermostat is within easy arms reach of the bed to turn the heat up/on in the morning. SHOULD be designed that way, anyhow! Can't do that in a tent. Ha! "We" leave the furnace off at...

I just bolted a horizontal angle iron to my brackets with two bolts to each bracket. Two bolts should stop twist forces. Then I lifted on my bracket at the third (center, higher) hole. Your brackets are different, but shouldn't be difficult to stop the twisting forces by using an angle iron as a...

I'm lazy and like the real easy to make queen size indoor BAG with warm/cool sides. BAM, it's made! Sleeps just fine. My CFO/CEO/bedmate likes sheets and a traditional "made bed".., Every morning she climbs up and wrestles the covers to make the bed she is sitting on. As long as she is the one...

Thanks, guys! Edit: ordered ^^^^ that one... 12/9/15 it came today. Heats fast, very compact, she likes it, IT WILL SAVE BATTERIES WHEN DRY CAMPING..... I like that!

^^^ interesting idea... I'll have to think about that.....

Thanks. That's probably the one I'm thinking about...

As far as the casters on the bottom of the jacks. I have experience there, too. My Northern Lite camper is also a tight fit in the PU. I tried the jacks on wheels/casters, intending to roll the camper into the back of the parked truck on my flat concrete floor. Precise, slow, gentle, right? What...

By chance, I do have a bit of experience lifting a camper with a gantry crane. Here is my Alaskan camper up in the air... I used a spreader bar (4x4 box tube ~9' long) attached to the crane hook. Each end of the top spreader bar has fwd plus rear angle iron down to the respective camper...

How about some info/user reviews on the butane hair curling irons for when not hooked up to shore power....? They are not expensive, but I hate to waste the $20 or so if they are a problem to use/don't work well/ whatever.... I have enough junk stashed around already that didn't work as well a...

Also they are a stickler for whatever information is ON THE BOX it came in. I threw it away and saved the directions, but later when I activated it I didn't have whatever they needed so NO REBATE. My fault, but, learn from my bad. Reason for tossing box was it arrived right before we were we...

Btw, usually HOA board members are volunteers who get stuck serving on the boards even though they would rather not. Those tend to be the good ones. There are those who are power-trippin' and, well, you know the type... :-( Good luck! One advantage of livin in a small town is that you have...

$$MONEY$$ ALERT$$$ Get the App on your smart phone (free!) called "Gas Buddy"... yes, "GAS BUDDY"! Yes, I know, but they do diesel, too. You have to be in an area that has cellular data service for it to work, which is pretty common now. I/we just go back from a 5,300 mi round trip to Knoxville...

IF you go with Alaskan, especially a short bed model, be sure to get the narrow (2 person across) dinette so more storage area. Also, I would recommend the wider CO bed edition for sleeping space. If your patient, there are Alaskans that come up for sale often, but with just what you want, it...

To expand on that valid point^^^^.... 4 door pickups being very common is a fairly recent change. A couple decades or so back they were pretty rare, and before that almost unheard of... So, yes, cabover campers have been mounted to std cab pickups for a LONG time, including ALASKAN Campers.

Out and about in our TC.... Just a 2500 mi trip (each way) to eastern Tennessee in about 3+ weeks time. This is fall/autumn, and the BUGS are insistent, and good at, joining us inside the camper. I fantasize about having an all white interior where the dirty flies and thirsty mosquitoes have no...

IF it is/was any kind of a problem, don't you think the problem likely would have shown up somewhere on one of these MANY truck camper forums? Through the decades (6?) the Alaskan Camper has been mated to most of the different truck body styles/models/brands, all with somewhat different...

The only pop-up seriously on my list was XP-V1 since it had a shower. Eliminated it since my wife did NOT want another pop-up.I think we might have been able compromised to it, but I wasn't enthused with the expensive SLOW diesel cooktop, and that seems to be non negotiable. Also weight is high...

I just went through researching and hunting various new truck campers I wanted to spend bucks on. It was a frustrating experience. Started with XP-V1. Went through the FWC factory. Went to BC twice to see separate builders. Did a lot of on-line research. Contacted several more. In their defense...

Thanks for the heads up on the EcoQue, Bigfoot. I did all the web research I could, watching all the videos I could find plus reading all the reviews and comments. I ordered the 15" square model. I like that it folds down very small for transport, plus is energy efficient with (somewhat)...