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All juvenile jokes aside. I have a 2015 F150 and ran into this problem. Apparently many vehicles today use a two piece lug nut. It has a inner nut and a outer cap/shell. Repeated air tool removal, environmental issues, etc causes them to swell and you will not be able to get your socket on them...

I am a big fan of Home Assistant - Home Assistant and use it to control my house. Quick demo of some of the capabilities from HA webs - demo It is a bit of a "rosetta stone" for home automation that allows you to mix and match all sorts of devices (zigbee, z-wave, wifi, 433Mhz,) from various...

which one? Tempo disc or Pebble? Disc is cute and small, but Pebble uses AA batteries - either look to have great battery life in the occasional polling configuration. The way I would probably use it is to set outside of camper and then pull down the data the next morning or leave in camper...

Anybody using these Bluetooth data loggers? https://bluemaestro.com/products or Looks like they would be cool for getting a graph of temp, humidity, etc of inside of camper, outside environment, battery box, guitar case, refrig or whatever.

Just got my victron 12/12-30 installed, but camper is not on truck to run full system tests. Decided to go ahead and build a cooling solution as well. I went with the following setup: Blower style fan that is easy to flush mount on the wall below the V12/12-30...

I leave the flaps on but rigged up some PVC pipe to turn them into window awnings. Top portion in place with velcro and bottom portion held outward with pvc pipe and velcro.

I have a small folding camp chair I sometimes put in the aisle to eat breakfast that put's me low enough to look out the window, but otherwise is just a light source and a peer window for the dog.

I installed torklift stableloads on my 2015 F150 with ATC Ocelot camper. Handles really well and can disengage when the camper is not on the truck. if you want their propaganda watch: https://youtu.be/ydQMZ_fAUH0

ATC Ocelot - I like my front slider window. See through camper when driving, more ventilation, ... Have not had any leak issues.

Got my camper plugs wired up, one for the battery box charger, and one for the rear mounted air conditioner, now how to get power into the camper without having a drill another hole in the camper for a power inlet. Why not a hole in a hole? Since I rarely use shore power I went with the put a...

Russ, I lost one of the original screws for the breaker, so the odd screw is one that had the right threads that I had laying around. :) When I ordered my Ocelot, I Amazon drop shipped a 5k BTU window unit to ATC and they installed with the appropriate additional bracing in the back wall...

Have gotten by with the cord through the hatch, but wanted something a bit better...... I have wanted to add a AC outlet to my front battery box, but wanted something small to conserve space. So I repurposed a gang box from Home Depot. 15 amp blue sea breaker, power indicator, reverse polarity...

Any fire concern with very thin nylon fabric? Maybe coat with fire retardant? Or maybe not an issue, but curious and want to make sure no danger from stove.

Ford trucks have the combination lock on the door. This makes for all types of hiding inside the truck options. Also very handy when you need to get something out of the truck and your keys are in the camper.

I use the inreach with the basic safety plan and pretty much only use preset messages as I can send unlimited of these at no additional cost. I have preset messages like: "I'm here all is ok", "Leaving camper for hike", "Back at camper all ok". These are set to go to family members so they...

Have watched videos of folks soldering 10 awg to a XT60 - a bit tight but works. I think you can go down to 6 awg with the bigger brother XT90 connector (90 amps, get used in big RC copters, ebikes, etc.) I'm not an RC model guy, but this video does a nice job of showing the XT series of...

I was digging around the web looking for small DC power plugs that were small and could handle decent amps. Not being a RC model guy, I was not familiar with the XT series of power plugs. Any who these look like they would be handy for many applications in the battery box of our campers -...

Thanks for the inputs /ideas. I rigged up a 10 ft mc4 to anderson power pole to connect to the panel, then made a 20 something and 30ish foot anderson terminated cables so all total 60 feet or so hopefully that covers most situations.

This one is similar to mine but looks like you can plug it into your 12 volt plug. https://www.amazon.com/Costway-Propane-Portable-Instant-Traveler/dp/B077YWNWXV

I carry a Mr Heater Boss XB13 battery powered water heater. It works pretty well. If the water is really cold you have to recirculate a bit back into your source bucket. I carry a collapsable bucket for the source water. Drop hose in the bucket and the battery pumps water through the...

On the return trip East, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is a pretty spot as well.

Ok time to use a lifeline - phone a friend / ask the audience...... What length of cable do ya'll use on your portable solar? Trying to get a feel for what is typical length needed most of the time. In my digging around seems like folks have as short as 10-12 feet all the way to 50ft. Not so...

Nothing too crazy - 135mm handheld, spot metered, under exposed a bit, cropped in camera.

She was a beauty! Shining down on the Lone Star State. http://www.wanderthewest.com/forum/uploads/gallery/album_1183/gallery_5844_1183_38792.jpg