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Yes, run all the negatives back to a combined bar and tie that into your camper battery with appropriate gauge. My preference on the truck line back to the truck's battery negative would be from battery terminal to battery terminal (leave the bar out of it), I like each system being separate...

Excellent writeup. Where is the shakedown going to be? Haven't fully decided yet. The 2 on the table currently are SW Colorado or Yellowstone. Don't want to be to far from civilization since this will be the shakedown run but I've also got a 4 day weekend so we can stretch out our range a...

Dude I sent you a link for bonded primary a while back. :P You did and I thought it would be something easy enough to find locally. Turns out that is not the case. Every place I called had no idea what I was talking about so I got impatient and bought no-bonded. It'll be a little more work...

I removed the door from the fridge and pried out the old fake wood. Wasn't tough to do just took a little patience to not break the plastic frame the wood is held in by. Using the old piece as a template I gut out, stained, and poly'd a piece of 1/4" sandply to replace it with. matches the...

Turned out that the shelf under the fridge was the PERFECT size for the PD4045 so that's where I'm running all the electrical to Running wire is pretty efficient so I decided to get the cabinet doors going since they would require staining, sanding, and poly. Measure one more time than you...

I discovered the local hardware stores carry aluminum flat stock, channel, and angle in a variety of dimensions. I figured this would be perfect to trim with from an ease of installation as well as protection stand point. The vertical corners are screwed on but the rest are glued. I used a 3M...

Painting the passenger side and also decided to block up the rear window. I figured there is a window in the door and I'd rather have a cabinet in that space for extra storage. Did I mention the excessive amount of time spent staining, poly'ing, sanding, poly'ing, sanding, poly'ing...

The cabover out of the way, on to cabinet building. First the base: For now I'm going to keep the 3-way fridge. Being as it is the largest single object inside the camper I had to build around it: Not happy with the original look I decided I needed to change it. I pulled the front panel...

Long overdue update here. As everybody predicted the pace of my camper construction couldn't sustain itself. Family came out to visit, despite the dismal ski season we still had to make it out for closing dates, and a variety of other little stuff. Not to mention I spent a LOT of time...

Bell4 I just bought a Hawk that will require a major restoration and I also live in the foothills near Denver (Evergreen). I would like to see your project. Please shoot me your contact info. Thanks, RM Definitely! PM incoming. I owe this thread an update big time. My pace has slowed...

Thanks for the kind words everybody. It's a fun project and I'm still learning at every turn so if anybody has suggestions feel free. What does everybody use for wiring? I'm looking at 12-14 gauge sheathed bonded pair. In wall speaker wire fits the bill but I'm wondering if there is...

Took everybody's advice and mocked up the interior in CAD to get a better feel for the space. By CAD I meant Cardboard Aided Design of course :D. Not my finest work but it did help to get a feel for how much space I'd have to work with inside once there are cabinets in place. Got the...

Impressive as heck, especially considering how long you've been at it. So it seems the welds breaking are a design flaw, not a guy welding your camper up at 4:30 on a friday afteroon. I am not a welding guy and I've followed this thread closely, why would you say they are a design flaw? Looks...

I finished up the painting. It took a couple days for it to stop being tacky particularly inside the camper. The outside got a total of 3 coats. The new interior wood got 2 and the floor got 1 because I ran out of paint. I figure it gets covered so no big deal. Once I'm able to elevate the...

Here's another thing- You go cranking down the attachment points in the corners of the plywood tub and you risk ripping sumpin' loose. I have a little 'rattle' adjusted in to my turnbuckles a-purpose... how do I keep the whole mess from comin' off and flyin' down the road? Jam nuts, that I...

Pods and Desert Rancher thanks for the eyebolt info. I've got a Grainger and a Fastenal close enough that I should be able to find the right sizes and hopefully in grade 8. Mark W. you bring up a VERY good point about the lack of triangulation in the frame design. I don't know why that...

Glidden works well. You planning to add turn buckel bolts/ports or through bolt the floor to truck bed? I'm planning to add eyebolts to the bed of the truck and the camper then connect them with a turnbuckle system. I need to get under the truck and figure out where the best spot on the bed...

The narrowed side and the non-narrowed side. You can really see the difference in the side steps here. One thing I noticed is on the passenger side there is no extra space added like there is on the drivers side where the furnace lives. I figured more space never hurts so I made it the same...

Ok, got the rest of the photos off the camera and sorted out so on to the front! LOTS of screws and butyl tape scraping later I had the siding off the front. cleared out and ready to get to work. Though a problem quickly arose. Both the top and bottom welds on all 3 of the aluminum posts...

Looks like you got a good base to start on. Twisted wire for hose clamps? Maybe in desperate emergency. Some people. Thanks for the pics. Keep em coming. I laughed when I saw that one. As you can see in the pictures the wiring was a bit of a rats nest too but the braided wire hose clamps...

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...

more interior de-construction all gone counter gone too back to the corner. Time to get to work A little time with the hack saw and angle grinder and here is what you get more cutting and a little test fitting to figure out how the furnace will still fit here. I went out and...

Hello WtW! I'm a long time lurker who finally made the jump(s). In the last 2 months I bought a 2004 Dodge 2500 quad cab short bed and a 1980-ish FWC Granby. The plan is to do a staged rebuild starting with narrowing the camper to fit in my truck and then redesigning the interior. I figured...