So what did you do to your Truck Camper today?

Pulled out the excide group 24 battery and replaced it with a Duracell group 31 AGM. I was a little worried about the size but it fit.

trailgranny50 wrote:
Gathered up last of supplies to install new converter and battery. Guess I'm on my own figuring out exactly how to do it. No input and post has disappeared. Oh well, forum was fun and interesting for a while anyway. Yall stay busy and happy camping.

Maybe you did not post on the correct forum?

Wayne

slightly different hood to TC nose geometry on the 2011 F350 compared to my 2003 made me have to move the Lance strut mounts back 2" on the TC nose to reacquire the 4" of exposed shaft ( per intructions from the local lance dealer). took all of 10 minutes

trailgranny50 wrote:
Gathered up last of supplies to install new converter and battery. Guess I'm on my own figuring out exactly how to do it. No input and post has disappeared. Oh well, forum was fun and interesting for a while anyway. Yall stay busy and happy camping.

I have also noticed not much has been going on in the forum, but I'm still here

Finished installing additional taillights (at an angle, you could only see one taillight before) - everything is wired through the 7-way plug, although the taillight connection branches off with a 4-prong flat plug on the lower left side. I routed the right side wiring through the metal crossbars under my camper.

Left turn, anyone? ;-)



In case anyone notices that the truck's lights aren't on - the umbilical is actually plugged into my Ram 1500. The maroon truck is "Trusty Rusty", my motorized camper cart....LOL! (It was cheaper than a trailer or dolly)

Got mine out of the moth balls over the weekend- making sure everything still works... had not been used in almost 2 years. De-winterized the plumbing (is it bad to leave the RV anti-freeze in too long?)

The fridge and water fired up fine, charged the batteries that were stored in the garage (heated in the winter) and they seem to take a charge OK with minimal maintenance.

Camping is no longer the priority it once was.

Gathered up last of supplies to install new converter and battery. Guess I'm on my own figuring out exactly how to do it. No input and post has disappeared. Oh well, forum was fun and interesting for a while anyway. Yall stay busy and happy camping.

Installed a fan in the fridge to hopefully increase the cooling efficency.

I bought this fan off Ebay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dometic-Refrig-Fan-w-ON-OFF-switch-INCREASES-cooling-STANDARD-model-/180999049305?hash=item2a24625059&vxp=mtr

Made a couple brackets to securly mount is. drilled a hole through the back of the refrigerator and wired it up.

Finished wiring the inverter and installed a dedicated outlet with USB charging on the dinette table...





Used a couple of pill bottles to isolate and insolate the 12V connections:

Managed not to hit it while pulling TT out of the driveway.