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I know that FWC has installed Global Solar panels on campers before. The first one was the camper bought by Jonathan & Roseann at Conserventures (Jonathan is a member here). Their experience is what pushed me to Global Solar for my own panel (self installed on a 20 year old camper). The...

did you change the depth of your cabinets from what fwc had made? i like the roominess of your setup. i dont like the quality of the old cabinets either. thanks J Sorry for the 6 month late reply - it's been a busy year. I don't recall exactly what size the original cabinets were - but...

They're incredibly happy with their new camper. The 200w of solar keeps them in power indefinitely, and I had to start plugging my better half's ears every time Roseann reminded us how nice the hot shower was. To bad that they were camping down wind from us. The Cummins tends to stink the...

Just a heads up - with the longer camper on the shorter truck, most of the camper weight is going to be on the rear springs. It makes a significant difference in handling (vs a short bed model). My 3/4 ton (Dodge short bed + granby) is a bit overwhelmed, it could really use a stiffer set of...

I've got a Grandby on a 3/4 ton short bed Dodge. It works - but most of the camper weight is carried by the rear suspension. This results in the front being a bit light, and the rear a bit heavy - and you can really tell the difference, especially off road. It's not scary "OMG I'm gonna die"...

Thanks to both of you. I went to the other thread and digested it. Sounds like the Wave-3 will work out great for us. We'll just use it to take the chill off on those early mornings. Steve If that's all you need it for - then yea, the Wave-3 will do it. I put a Wave-6 in my Granby, & it...

It's been a fun project and something both my wife and I are excited about. It helps when the boss isn't questioning every purchase "But it's for the camper" :lol: . I'm going to do my best to document every step of the way so hopefully it'll be a help to anybody else who decides to go down...

Another thing that didn't work out so well was the access to the fridge. I built the counter top above it to lift up and out of the way - but while loading it the first time, I banged the hell out of my elbow on the one support bracket on the rear wall - that pissed me off bad enough to buy a...

Or just use a 5 or 6 foot hose and put the Wave heater where you want it. The Wave6 might be overkill. We considered doing that, but ultimately decided against it because it went against the what we were trying to accomplish - which was to eliminate as much camp 'set up' time as possible. I...

Thoughts on the furnace v catalytic heater. I went with the catalytic heater for two reasons: cost & physical dimensions. In retrospect - neither one were that big of a deal. I already forgot about the pain in the wallet that this project was, and I've found that we have so much darn space...

I think flashing your gear is required in Saline Valley. The last time I saw someone flash their gear in Saline Valley, it was because (I'm not making this up) the bed-sheet didn't reach all the way around her when she crossed the road. It was like a bad traffic accident - I wanted to look...

IMO, the camper is generally safer, simply because it lets you sort through and store things out of sight. That is, you can go through your photo gear, pick out which lenses and bodies you want to take on your hike (or what ever), and subsequently store the rest of them without having to look...

I understand that the grandby is 81" wide, which means that the inside of each jack has to be at least 2.5" out from the camper in order to clear my trailer. Can anybody help? My '91 Grandby is 83" between the inside edges of the 2 rear jacks.

:rolleyes: But each to their own. ;) Yup. I'm a wuss when it gets cold - that's why I live in the desert. :lol:

If mounting it the 2 obvious places would be facing forward under the fridge, near the floor or facing back under the front seat. Be careful mounting it under the front seat - easy for someone to burn the backs of their legs if they sit down right after it is turned off (probably too hot to...

Just wondering if somebody could tell me the wall thickness of the alloy frame ? Larry The frame on my '91 Granby is 1 x 1", with .040" wall.

Good-times I will try to stop over this weekend so you can be the first to spill beer on the floor!! will you be home? I'm home today, working on motorcycles. Tomorrow I'll be out riding most of the day.

. . . long term camping in very cold weather is hard on water lines. There is an incredibly simple solution to that problem - I've been doing it for decades & have never frozen a water line in any of my campers: Don't camp in cold weather. ;) (sorry)

I expected some problems along the way - it's what happens when you jump into things without fully understanding what you are doing. This is just one of those lessons that are learned along the way. My original thought was that the pocket hole screws (without glueing the joint) would remain...

Yea - I guess the title of the thread is a bit misleading. I thought about starting a new thread - but since this one was already going . . . I didn't have to replace any of the plywood floor. I gave it a fresh coat of paint & I plugged the holes where the original mounting bolts were...

2 1/2 trips on the camper now (the first trip only counts as 1/2, because it was all beautiful graded dirt roads, and we only spent one night in the camper before backpacking down into the wilderness area), and I've come across another lesson. Pocket-hole screws: Don't use 'em. A couple of...

A short but entertaining trip report written by Jonathan Hanson (Conserventures) is here. A small photo gallery from the trip is here.

I strapped a granby to my short bed dodge with a couple ratchet straps when I bought it. I had corner jack brackets on the camper, but nothing on the truck. I would have simply gone over the top of the camper if it didn't have the brackets. The straps weren't exceptionally tight (didn't want...

It looks fantastic Bud! Nice job.

goodtimes -- what part # did you get for these hand nuts? I have been looking at McMaster Carr's website, but can't find them. These look perfect! Beats getting out a socket and wrench each time I want to take the jacks on and off! 6092K15