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That was on the truck when we bought it, but I believe the previous owner added it to try and reduce wind noise. I don't have a sense for what the MPG is without it, and there's still plenty of wind noise. The truck is the 6.7 turbo diesel and weighs something like 5 tons alone. It's a bit...

The charger is a 25 amp RedArc BCDC1225D. Since the camper has been empty until recently, I haven't really been watching the draw or charging at all. Running a few LED light bars at night doesn't make a dent. Even when we've run the heater all night, the 100 Ah battery only discharges by about...

Hey Dean, Thanks for the article; that all makes sense. I was definitely incorrect in my description and the charger is indeed connected to the battery and not the alternator. (I hadn't even heard of a BCDC controller before the seller described it to me.) Based on your article, my...

The "kitchen." The fridge box was simple to build but took some thought for air circulation for the compressor. Normal folks would just cut a hole in their camper with a louvered vent to the outside. I wanted to avoid this option if possible for two reasons. First is that this could be a...

Cupboards. This was my first foray into anything resembling finish carpentry. I built these out of 3/4 baltic birch ply, which I laminated and edge banded. I wanted a bright color to counter the drab gray that FourWheel has by default. I built them outside the camper in modular fashion. This...

The bench. This would function as a lounge space, guest bed, and sleeping with top down when necessary. I did this first before our inaugural road trip this fall so we at least had somewhere to sit. Underneath serves as part of the "open storage" idea and will eventually be where water...

The design: We had a few design criteria to work with. 1) It had to be very utilitarian to handle 4 seasons with multiple sports (climbing and skiing). Our default is function over form. 2) Lots of "open storage." By this I mean that we plan to utilize modular storage with removable plastic...

The bones: The shell was basic with a couple notable exceptions. 1) An Espar heater tapped into the truck's 48 Ga diesel tank. The original owner went through the trouble of having this professionally installed which included taking the truck bed off. This think works like a champ and I'm...

Hi All, I wanted to share my progress on a Grandby shell build project I recently started. This forum has been invaluable as I've planned the build. I welcome any thoughts and comments. I bought the shell this summer along with the 2017 F-350 it was attached to. In hindsight, this seems to be...