Outfitter Pop-up Truck Camper

Some interior shots

Sorry, no shots of the rig in New Mexico.

Sounds awesome !

Yah. A pic would be nice (especially in the New Mexico setting!)...

Standing by...

rfgaugush wrote:
I picked up my new Outfitter Caribou Lite 6.5 on 17 March and then spent a week with with it in New Mexico before returning home.

My options:
extended cabover - N-S bed is 80" x 80"
cassette toilet
furnace
3.8 cu ft Dometic 2 way refrigerator
hot water heater
external shower
100 watt solar panel
2 6v batteries
Torklift frame mounts
Torklift steps

I'd like to see pics of your setup.

I picked up my new Outfitter Caribou Lite 6.5 on 17 March and then spent a week with with it in New Mexico before returning home.

My options:
extended cabover - N-S bed is 80" x 80"
cassette toilet
furnace
3.8 cu ft Dometic 2 way refrigerator
hot water heater
external shower
100 watt solar panel
2 6v batteries
Torklift frame mounts
Torklift steps

sleepywheel wrote:
Going to have to keep an eye on this thread......

Sold my Palomino Bronco 1251 a couple of years ago because my wife and I had both banged our heads on the fold down rear wall when the top was lowered. I'm in the market now for another pop-up camper and have found an 2006 Outfitter Caribou that sounds promising. From the sounds of it, the interior needs freshening up due to faded cupboard doors but everything else seems fine.

One thing that I really want is a hot water heater and an outside shower. Since this one doesn't have either, how much work is it to put in? Is there usually a spot where they go where I can just cut the holes in the side of the camper to install? I'm not worried about the plumbing side of things, it's if there is enough room to install a water heater. I don't know if the inside cabinets from the factory are the same whether or not a water heater is oem.

Thoughts?

I bet that Outfitter would help you out with information on this if you ask them.

silversand wrote:
Sleepy:

We don't have outside shower nor hot water heater in our Caribou.

I'm not sure where the heater would be installed; I'm guessing: under the kitchen counter?

I think you need to find the aluminum frame (hidden under the fiberglass laminated sandwich making up the camper walls) to determine where to cut through, to mount water heater frame properly. However, the only way to know for sure, is to contact Outfitter with your unit's serial number.

The best way to identify where the aluminum framing is located: on a summer/fall morning when there is a heavy condensation early AM, the outline of the aluminum frame will be VERY evident (the condensate will adhere to the outside camper shell mirroring the frame). You could then use a marking device to lightly mark the framing members, then create a CAD drawing of the entire camper shell framing structure using measuring tools. Same principal discovering aluminum roof framing (both outside and inside).

Good luck.

Thanks for the info silversand. BTW, I'm not sleepy, there's someone else here that goes by that name. Looks like I might be getting an Outfitter!

Here is a picture of what I was talking about with regard to the door frames and possible leakage (again, these are not Outfitter-specific, but rather typical for most RVs in my experience):



1 - shows the lower edge of the frame. On most frames I have seen, there was no seal of any type on the inner side of the frame. This is not really a problem on the vertical and upper edges. But any water that finds its way inside the compartment drains into the camper structure at the lower edge.

2 - two parts of the aluminum channel meet in the corners. At least on my camper, there is no sealant or the like there. While the corners are manufactured with good precision, the fit is never tight enough to be watertight here.

I apologize for the dirty appearance of our Outfitter in the picture. The camper is sitting outside all year, has been parked since October, and is in dire need of a good cleaning. The LPG bottle is a German-type rental bottle which holds 11kg. The LPG compartment was custom-built by Outfitter to fit the Euro bottle size.

Sleepy:

We don't have outside shower nor hot water heater in our Caribou.

I'm not sure where the heater would be installed; I'm guessing: under the kitchen counter?

I think you need to find the aluminum frame (hidden under the fiberglass laminated sandwich making up the camper walls) to determine where to cut through, to mount water heater frame properly. However, the only way to know for sure, is to contact Outfitter with your unit's serial number.

The best way to identify where the aluminum framing is located: on a summer/fall morning when there is a heavy condensation early AM, the outline of the aluminum frame will be VERY evident (the condensate will adhere to the outside camper shell mirroring the frame). You could then use a marking device to lightly mark the framing members, then create a CAD drawing of the entire camper shell framing structure using measuring tools. Same principal discovering aluminum roof framing (both outside and inside).

Good luck.