canfindtom
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- Jun 4, 2019
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Just thought I would take a moment to share some of the Gandby shell upgrades I have come up with. Maybe some of my ideas will help others.
I removed the rear seat in my extended cab and built a storage box with slide out boxes and with space on top for soft cargo. There is room in middle (between the slide out boxes on each side) for a propane fire pit.
I had a formica top fabricated and I installed to provide lots of counter space, running all the way from the existing stove/furnace cabinet to the front of the camper. It is great. Same formica as the original in the camper. I am glad to have ordered a window on the driver's side.
I built a small cabinet under the counter to hold small misc. items.
I installed an ARB DC refrigerator on the floor at the front of the camper - works great. That being said there is a little problem with this as it slightly interferes with the complete folding down of the side couch into a bed. The being said the fold out beed is still functional. I wish the refrigerator was a few inches lower so the bed could come all the way down rather than be up a few inches - but it is what it is.
I had Four wheel Camper build be a cabinet that I installed on the existing small, low cabinet that is built into Granby shell campers on the rear passenger side . This has been a huge benefit, huge storage for all my kitchen supplies for easy access. I had Four Wheel move the upper small cabinets forward a bit to accept the new big cabinet. I cannot tell how great is have been to have this cabinet.
I built a cabinet for my drinking water carboys and installed a marine sink under it - piping the gray water out of the camper using plastic tubing and running out the door that access the turnbuckles and along side the camper and truck bed and down. I put a folding paid under the outlet to catch the gray water and dispose of it properly. Everything works by gravity, so pumps, no electrical.
I also ran an extension cord out the same route so that I can "plug in." I installed have a small battery charger in the battery cabinet and can easily plug it into the extension cord when house current is available to charge or maintain the battery as needed. It been working great.
I found a great hitch step that slides into the hitch when camping, and straps down into the camper when traveling. I it always very stable no matter what the ground underneath is like.
I also installed a usb and cigarette lighter plug adapter in the front part of the camper to be more accessible that the existing installed i the furnace box area.
I am very happy I bought the shell and did these improvements rather than a build out. It very much fits my and my wife's needs.
My only regret is that I did not order the solar panel installed by Four Wheel Camper. I did it myself, finally got it right, but it was not easy. Thankfully it is now working well.
Now that my massive ski season using the camper as my free hotel has come to a close it is time to run around the country a bit.
Safe travels to all.
I removed the rear seat in my extended cab and built a storage box with slide out boxes and with space on top for soft cargo. There is room in middle (between the slide out boxes on each side) for a propane fire pit.
I had a formica top fabricated and I installed to provide lots of counter space, running all the way from the existing stove/furnace cabinet to the front of the camper. It is great. Same formica as the original in the camper. I am glad to have ordered a window on the driver's side.
I built a small cabinet under the counter to hold small misc. items.
I installed an ARB DC refrigerator on the floor at the front of the camper - works great. That being said there is a little problem with this as it slightly interferes with the complete folding down of the side couch into a bed. The being said the fold out beed is still functional. I wish the refrigerator was a few inches lower so the bed could come all the way down rather than be up a few inches - but it is what it is.
I had Four wheel Camper build be a cabinet that I installed on the existing small, low cabinet that is built into Granby shell campers on the rear passenger side . This has been a huge benefit, huge storage for all my kitchen supplies for easy access. I had Four Wheel move the upper small cabinets forward a bit to accept the new big cabinet. I cannot tell how great is have been to have this cabinet.
I built a cabinet for my drinking water carboys and installed a marine sink under it - piping the gray water out of the camper using plastic tubing and running out the door that access the turnbuckles and along side the camper and truck bed and down. I put a folding paid under the outlet to catch the gray water and dispose of it properly. Everything works by gravity, so pumps, no electrical.
I also ran an extension cord out the same route so that I can "plug in." I installed have a small battery charger in the battery cabinet and can easily plug it into the extension cord when house current is available to charge or maintain the battery as needed. It been working great.
I found a great hitch step that slides into the hitch when camping, and straps down into the camper when traveling. I it always very stable no matter what the ground underneath is like.
I also installed a usb and cigarette lighter plug adapter in the front part of the camper to be more accessible that the existing installed i the furnace box area.
I am very happy I bought the shell and did these improvements rather than a build out. It very much fits my and my wife's needs.
My only regret is that I did not order the solar panel installed by Four Wheel Camper. I did it myself, finally got it right, but it was not easy. Thankfully it is now working well.
Now that my massive ski season using the camper as my free hotel has come to a close it is time to run around the country a bit.
Safe travels to all.