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I recently ran into a similar situation with my Norcold 2 way, wouldn't get cold enough on propane, but on 110 it would freeze everything when set to the middle temperature position. I called Norcold and one question that came up was the clearance on the sides and top of the fridge in the...

Ok I have finally gotten Flickr to allow me to upload a pic of the campfire in a can in use 2 weekends ago.

Figured I would share this with the folks on the forum... OK, being one of those folks that happen to live near "ground zero" of the Asian Longhorn Beetle infestation of 2008, the surrounding states have started their "firewood importation ban" with some states carrying fines of up to $500 for...

Just a thought from one 2WD explorer to another. I carry 4 things in my truck for the "just incase" that will make life easier incase of getting stuck. First is a good short handled flat shovel, a 3/4"x18"x18" piece of plywood, a tow strap, and a comealong. the shovel is good for digging out or...

From my experience driving all 3 makes in a fleet of trucks used to haul campers in the North East (Ford GM and Dodge) Here's what I found starting with the diesels first. Fords are slow off the line, and have trouble getting out of their own way when you need them to make that turn while...

Would love to join you, but stuck up here in New England in the middle of a SWAIN storm (Snow/Rain/Crud)

One thing about Supersprings, they require you to know exactly how much weight you plan to put on he back of the truck. I have a set of the SSA-8 (3000 lb capacity) that I put originally on my old Ford Ranger to haul my 1500 lb Sunline camper. After the Ranger died, I cross referenced the...

I use a collapsable 5 gallon water container from Walmart, and hose clamped a length of water hose with the fitting on one end to fit the outlet of my camper. Works well, no major issues with the campgrounds, plus it comes in handy when you need to douse a burned out campfire before breaking...

I was looking earlier this year for a small canoe, weent with a Raddison 12' Aluminum Canoe. Nice part is it's very lightweight at 34 lbs. Downfall is the aluminum skin is very thin, so rocks are an issue. The Radisson comes with a triple keel design, 1 main keel and 2 smaller keels, great for...

I had an issue with my water tank being full of well water that had a real high iron content in it, turning the inside of the tank orange and full of crud. I ended up having to pull the tank, fill it with 1 oz of chlorine bleach to 1 gallon of water, drive with the tank plugged for an hour...

Thanks for sharing the pic, now I'm getting more ideas for my next HF setup. Don't have a winch off the front of the truck, but I do have the front 2" receiver that I can play with. Just trying to figure out which antenna to go with, looked at a lot of screwdriver antennas lately. 73 Matt NA1Q

Definately a cool setup, would like to see a pic of the antenna mounted on your truck. As for your question about what's under the back seat... my truck didn't come with a back seat. :D 73 Matt NA1Q/M

Update... PM'd Stan@FWC about the Plastic LP Comparment Box, and He got me in touch with his parts guy. Long story short I have a Plastic 20# Horizontal LP Tank Box and Compartment Door on the way. As for the PM build, that's changing into a modified Glen L Acapulco Camper, and pics should be...

Looking at it, I should have rephrased my post over on ExPo, especially what I sent at the time. As I re-read the posts, I realized that I was leaning my response to one manufacturer over the other, which could be interpeted as manufacturer A is better than manufacturer B. I believe this was the...

Cool ideas, I use a tarp with 2 hooks secured to the roof and a couple ropes out to tree branches, downfall is that there has to be trees around for it to work. I like the bag awning idea.

Depends on the model of camper and the attitude of the significant other. My latest camper has a really small bathroom (so small that even the US Border Patrol commented that it was a really small bathroom) My girlfriend is reluctant to use the bathroom in the camper unless she absolutely has...

The plans from Glen L arrived today! And I have a sink/stove combo unit on the way, so that covers the kitchen, minus the refrigerator right now, although the Nova Kool 3100 is looking like the next refrigerator. Now I'm looking at doors, plans from Glen L call for a 24" wide door opening, the...

I just ordered one of these for my camper project Stove/sink combo unit A 2 burner SMEV stove and sink combo. 12"x31"x5" could be made into something portable for indoor or outside use possibly.

Only thing you may want to consider is some form of Porta Potty, I've been camping with my daughters (twin 8 year olds) and the thought of running to the bathroom in the middle of the night for one, then after settling in the other needs to go, gets real old real fast. I'm working on my next...

I'm guessing that the Lugable Loo didn't go with it because it was "weighted" down? I saw one of those on a canoe trip years ago, it did better as a sail on the guy's canoe than hiding anything, especially at night, you could tell the shape of who was in there from the shadows reflecting out...

Don't know if this info would help out, but I'm running a Yaesu FT-857D in my truck, with the ATAS-120 mounted to a specialized fender mount that actually attaches to the hinge of the hood of the truck. Places the antenna right up near the cab, but it also allows me to see if it's up or down...

Well I went and bought a set of plans from Glen L, the Alcapulco 8 foot truck camper plans. Problem I'm having is with the Popular Mechanic plans call for a steel angle iron frame. I had my father, who works in a steel fab shop, do a rough estimate of the steel needed and weight of it. The...

Ice in drinks are quite wonderful at times, but I'd rather be outside than inside, especially in winter. But the only things to do up here in wintertime are work, shovel snow, and go ice fishing (some hunting with sporadic seasons and some lame skiing due to lack of good mountains also) Plus...

Looked at that, the flip pac, and a few other cap ideas like that. Sticking with the initial truck camper idea, one other thought was with the camper idea was to make a couple hatches in the floor to allow use while Ice Fishing up in the far north. Still working on the plans, possibly a cabover...

Thanks for the reminder Stan, I totally forgot about the OSB chipboard some manufacturers still use to save money. After looking around at all the stuff out there, I'm going to keep going on the home built truck camper project. Not that I was looking into a pop up, but the price seemed fair...