Outfitter Pop-up Truck Camper
Outfitter truck campers are some of the rarer ones out there. They come form a small manufacturer with relatively few produced each year. I have started this thread for others with these truck camp...
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Allright, late to the party here, so I don't have much to add...
We ordered a new Apex 8 LB from the factory in the spring of 2011. Took delivery of the camper in August, 2011. So far it has been fairly problem-free. We had to replace one Happijac motor that was seized, and the freshwater fill hose had a kink in it that made the tank difficult to fill. And the cassette toilet hose blew after only a few days of camper use. Since we are a couple 1000 mls away from the factory, we need to do all repairs and maintenance ourselves.
We learned some lessons re. water intrusion and wood rot on the previous camper. As a result, I made some modifications and small improvements to the cargo door frames. The rectangular frames will leak at the corners; I just sealed all corners with epoxy glue. And all frames will leak any water getting into the cargo compartments into the camper interior at their inner lower edges. I glued small (1x1 cm) aluminum L-rods behind the lower edges from the inside with automotive body sealant. The camper sits outside all year, and so far we have not seen any issues with water intrusion.
Build quility on our camper is not very good overall, but it seems to hold up very well and the floorplan and functional aspects of the camper more than make up for any imperfections.
Here are some pictures of the camper:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/104581754261901190566/albums/5649697271345346881
And here are some pictures of the Hallmark and Outfitter factories which we visted in 2012 (I know, we did it the wrong way around - you should really first visit, then buy):
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/104581754261901190566/albums/5709065644079894593
We ordered a new Apex 8 LB from the factory in the spring of 2011. Took delivery of the camper in August, 2011. So far it has been fairly problem-free. We had to replace one Happijac motor that was seized, and the freshwater fill hose had a kink in it that made the tank difficult to fill. And the cassette toilet hose blew after only a few days of camper use. Since we are a couple 1000 mls away from the factory, we need to do all repairs and maintenance ourselves.
We learned some lessons re. water intrusion and wood rot on the previous camper. As a result, I made some modifications and small improvements to the cargo door frames. The rectangular frames will leak at the corners; I just sealed all corners with epoxy glue. And all frames will leak any water getting into the cargo compartments into the camper interior at their inner lower edges. I glued small (1x1 cm) aluminum L-rods behind the lower edges from the inside with automotive body sealant. The camper sits outside all year, and so far we have not seen any issues with water intrusion.
Build quility on our camper is not very good overall, but it seems to hold up very well and the floorplan and functional aspects of the camper more than make up for any imperfections.
Here are some pictures of the camper:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/104581754261901190566/albums/5649697271345346881
And here are some pictures of the Hallmark and Outfitter factories which we visted in 2012 (I know, we did it the wrong way around - you should really first visit, then buy):
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/104581754261901190566/albums/5709065644079894593
