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This camper has been sold (buyer from Craigslist) George I have an ATC Bobcat shell with the furnace and sofa/bed. The unit is three and a half years old, mounted on a Toyota Tacoma, so it probably fits some similar trucks. The unit has an electrical system with battery and a 30 watt solar...

What year is your Tacoma? Im looking to upgrade my truck. It's a 2005. Low miles, maybe 40k. George

SOLD I have an ATC Bobcat shell with the furnace and sofa/bed. The unit is three and a half years old, mounted on a Toyota Tacoma, so it probably fits some similar trucks. The unit has an electrical system with battery and a 30 watt solar panel. There is a variable power vent, a speaker and...

I believe this is incorrect. The modern sealed lead acid batteries used in many vehicles today are designed to minimize it but they will actually vent, however they don't have fill plugs so they call them "sealed". However they aren't truely sealed because they will leak acid if left on their...

I've been using an Optima because I was concerned with "off-gassing." Do any any of you think this is a problem? If you use a standard battery, like a set of Trojans, they gas. That's an explosive gas, which means you must vent. All sealed batteries are designed to not vent because if they...

Winter Loop Pix http://picasaweb.google.com/sears.george/G1Anza# Driving on I-15 into St. George is generally like leaving the winter behind. Situated at 3,000 feet, this is the first place, going south, where people tend to stay in the winter. There is a pleasant campground at Cedar Pocket...

Hi All, My camper's group 24 Interstate Deep Cycle just died from over discharge (I forgot to turn off the kill switch :( ). I've been thinking on what to get next, it seems both LifeLine and Trojan are good candidates but both are pretty $$$. Any suggestion on what to get? Thanks Alex...

The Suburban heater used in the FourWheel camper is designed to vent the burned off gases to the outside of the camper, I would be very uncomfortable going to sleep with with a catalytic heater burning inside my camper, if you have a CO detector it will more than likley make more noise than that...

I didn't really want to buy the furnace that All Terrain offered. It uses 5 amps when it is running, so I thought it would be hard on the battery if I ran an electric fridge. Real Life: The furnace is not that big a problem in terms of the battery, depending on how much you run the furnace. The...

Those are some great pics George! Thanks. Great forum. George

Here are a couple pics from the "KOFA NWR".This area is perfect for winter wandering.Low elevation,rugged mountains,Bighorn Sheep and some very clean cabins that are open to the public. Which road is that? I was over there a week ago. Coming out of Quartzsite, I found a pipeline road first...

2. Hwy 93 is beautiful almost the whole way. I'm definitely going back and do some exploring come Spring. 3. Vegas drivers are jerks (personal opinion, no offense meant). I've seen a lot of Highway 93. Over the past two years I've been across Idaho and Nevada on 93. There is a nice campground...

They offer a towing service function now. They are a little vague about where they will come to get you, but they do not exclude dirt roads. I guess they just have to be normal dirt roads. I think it is a good deal, given the price. George

Other than the crusty dude gathering at Death Valley, what would be some other good winter trips ideas? Wanderers from Socal and Arizona - where do you like to camp during the winter? I've been to Parashant National Monument a number of times. It's north of the Grand Canyon, and runs close to...

We were there last week but stayed at Sand Island on the San Juan but it did look like there were some nice spots with great views. I would imagine that once the sun headed down traffic/vehicles would become few and far between? I towed a smaller high clearance trailer and a extra rack on my...

I recently spent a night at Valley of the Gods. They ask you to camp in spots that have been used in the past, but there were at least 30 of these spots. Some were more secluded than others. I was not sure where to go, so I just found a very well worn and wide area. But there were much nicer...

I know, I could have steped in that one. No, I don't need mental help or anything like that, but somebody or bodies here may think so. No, I need help with two camper items. First: How long does it take to get the plastic taste out of the water from the holding tank? I have flushed it four...

I've been on two weeklong trips in my Bobcat. I've been in a couple of windstorms, massive thunderstorms, and had a bear scratch the rear door. To me, it's simple, and if you keep it simple, it works. But 10 days I ago I saw the camper of my dreams. Not practical, but dream stuff. It was parked...

Not that big a deal Alex, They definitely need the extension on the jacks. I took the jacks off, but when I sighted between the jacks, the flare was very, very close. I don't know how we got the camper on. The clearance on the fastlocks doesn't seem to be much of a problem. I had a big Lance...

Flare Problems Hi Ben, Thanks for all the help. To let people know, there is a flare in the fender of the Taco. The bend in the sheet metal gets in the way of the Torklift turnbuckle, and the Rieco camper jack barely clears the flare as you back under the camper to mount it. Here's a picture...

Got my new Bobcat for the Taco yesterday down in Jean, south of Las Vegas. These guys at ATC know how to pick nice days for installing a camper. The installation was pretty easy. Marty had to nibble at one of the mounts for the fancy external tie-down in front. Unfortunately, the manufacturer...

Camelracer, I'd like to know the answer to that. The old rule was capacity/8, or C/8, where capacity is the amp hours at a 20 hour rate. If your batteries are 80 or 100 amp hours, the old rule would be to charge at about a 25 amp rate for two batteries, but taper toward the end. The next...

Hi, Congratulations. I hope to get my shell on Saturday. They are really nice designs. Ebay is OK. You end up setting up a lot of accounts and following a lot of procedures, especially with PayPal. A lot of people buy/sell stuff on Craigslist, but I've never tried.

Marty or Ben, Since the battery has a lot of capacity, what happens if you run it most of the way down? How much current flows into the camper charge circuit, from the alternator? Could you blow the fuse in that direction? There must be some variation between trucks and alternators. Do you guys...

Ben, You might be right on the batteries. It helps to buy a 15 dollar multimeter and take voltage readings. With experience you can tell when the battery is discharged more than, say, half. Batteries last longer without deep discharges. But this chart is interesting...