Avion truck campers - Hundreds of photos
Without going into too much painful detail, we had a mishap several week-ends ago. While working with sand bag crews on the Mississippi River, the truck and camper fell into the flood waters as a road...
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Congrats, Southedistoman. That sounds like two projects that could result in two solid campers. Double your pleasure!
67 You always blow me away with your photos. Those desert sunrise/sunsets are really hard to beat. A little wet wood isn't gonna take the Zen out of that. Glad you were able to keep truckin'.
Im just really hoping you're wrong about leaks being payback for enjoying our campers. After this past year of fun and adventure, I'll need an Ark!
Thanks for all the compliments on my interview with Mellow Mike from TCA, I declined to post about it as you were all virtual participants on the build and already familiar with the story. A story which continues on.
Only an Avionista would Whynter-ize their camper in April. FM45G
For now, the bike that used to reside here will just hang out in the middle of the camper while underway.
To help the Whynter keep the beer cold I added
Two 150W HQST Mono solar panels. I remember saying I did not want to mount them on the roof but in the end, the pros outweighed the cons. I went with the 2 x 150w config because the panel size of 39" x 40" worked well between the vents while not sticking out the sides too much. They also sit 3/4" below my closed vents so they add no additional height to the roof, at least in the middle.
For the wire entry, I used and old stern light from a boat. The wires pass through two separate holes at an upward angle hopefully preventing most water intrusion. We'll have to see about this one.
But that's not all.
I cut off the bed extension and restored the overhang bed to it's original size. The queen size was just not needed and the extension wasted valuable backrest space below.
Much more comfortable for sitting. The black box with all the wires protruding from the wall where the bed meets the kitchen counter is the new solar charge controller. I was going to save this write up until that was properly mounted but they shorted me the surface mount bezel so why wait?
The new Whynter fridge is running on 100% solar power despite the fact that the sun has not come out since fedex dropped off the panels and one of my two group 27's is pretty much smoked. This week I'm going to swap out the 27s for a couple GC2 or 2400 from Interstate. Just cant bring myself to pony up for the Lifelines.
67 You always blow me away with your photos. Those desert sunrise/sunsets are really hard to beat. A little wet wood isn't gonna take the Zen out of that. Glad you were able to keep truckin'.
Im just really hoping you're wrong about leaks being payback for enjoying our campers. After this past year of fun and adventure, I'll need an Ark!
Thanks for all the compliments on my interview with Mellow Mike from TCA, I declined to post about it as you were all virtual participants on the build and already familiar with the story. A story which continues on.
Only an Avionista would Whynter-ize their camper in April. FM45G
For now, the bike that used to reside here will just hang out in the middle of the camper while underway.
To help the Whynter keep the beer cold I added
Two 150W HQST Mono solar panels. I remember saying I did not want to mount them on the roof but in the end, the pros outweighed the cons. I went with the 2 x 150w config because the panel size of 39" x 40" worked well between the vents while not sticking out the sides too much. They also sit 3/4" below my closed vents so they add no additional height to the roof, at least in the middle.
For the wire entry, I used and old stern light from a boat. The wires pass through two separate holes at an upward angle hopefully preventing most water intrusion. We'll have to see about this one.
But that's not all.
I cut off the bed extension and restored the overhang bed to it's original size. The queen size was just not needed and the extension wasted valuable backrest space below.
Much more comfortable for sitting. The black box with all the wires protruding from the wall where the bed meets the kitchen counter is the new solar charge controller. I was going to save this write up until that was properly mounted but they shorted me the surface mount bezel so why wait?
The new Whynter fridge is running on 100% solar power despite the fact that the sun has not come out since fedex dropped off the panels and one of my two group 27's is pretty much smoked. This week I'm going to swap out the 27s for a couple GC2 or 2400 from Interstate. Just cant bring myself to pony up for the Lifelines.
