So what did you do to your Truck Camper today?

Installed permanent external cellular hotspot antennas, taped driver side seam between roof and gutter.

Just an unhappy update to my enthusiastic Elfa storage installation of some time ago. We are on a trip to Alaska and the Elfa bin frame is not up to the rough roads up here. The pot metal tabs that hold the frames together have up the ghost and sheared off after a particularly bad section of road. So now the baskets are just stacked on top of one another and the frame is in recycling in the Yukon. When we get home we'll fabricate a more sturdy shelving system that isn't freestanding. Good idea, just not rugged enough.

towpro wrote:

rtbmrgl wrote:

rtbmrgl wrote:
Backup camera, wireless,
2009 Arctic Fox 990,

An update, I had to mount the camera onto a piece of think rubber to insulate the camera from the metal panel, then screw the rubber to the panel.. Not sure why but the camera monitor would have static only when bolted to panel.

maybe ground loop caused by negative wire and negative camper body having different potentials.

thanks for Towpro getting back, even after i insulated the camera with the rubber mount it still gets slight static. if i change the angle or slightly touch the camera the static goes away. The camera has a metal base so I suppose a plastic camera housing wouldn't have a problem. I chose the one I have because of the adjustablity.

thanks, mark

rtbmrgl wrote:

rtbmrgl wrote:
Backup camera, wireless,
2009 Arctic Fox 990,

An update, I had to mount the camera onto a piece of think rubber to insulate the camera from the metal panel, then screw the rubber to the panel.. Not sure why but the camera monitor would have static only when bolted to panel.

maybe ground loop caused by negative wire and negative camper body having different potentials.

Installed the scissor steps.
I used a 1.5" angled aluminum. Drilled and tapped the step bracket into it with nylon nuts on the backside, and then set it up on the step like in the picture, and drilled and tapped the angled aluminum into the bumper. I used SS cap screws into the bumper and pan style SS screws on the stair bracket.
Works great!

rtbmrgl wrote:
Backup camera, wireless,
2009 Arctic Fox 990,

Hello,
1- wired the WiFi transmitter into the existing porch light. I enlarged the porch switch to hold two switches so I could turn of the transmitter when not needed. The porch and running lights are located on a panel, there's a cavity behind so easy to install the camera and wires, the switch is directly behind the where camera is mounted.

2- I installed two diodes so to use two 12v inputs for the reverse wire to the backup monitor(or radio). A switch in dash to turn while driving and the reverse wire output wire to backup lights. Without diodes the reverse lights would come on when dash switch is on.

I hope this helps anyone trying to install a backup camera with WiFi.It took me awhile to figure out a clean installation, (my best friend helped me, last name is -Internet, first name is- The) :)

An update, I had to mount the camera onto a piece of think rubber to insulate the camera from the metal panel, then screw the rubber to the panel.. Not sure why but the camera monitor would have static only when bolted to panel.

Buzzcut1 wrote:
So the post that holds up the dinette table in my 2008 Lance 1055 ripped out. The table top is junk. Essentially it is resin impregnated cardboard with a styrofoam core. I will build a new solid table top but I needed a quick fix in the interim. I cut some 3/4 plywood to fit between the slider rails and cut a notch to allow the support leg to fold flat so we could still use the table top to make the dinette into a bed. The support leg is screwed into the plywood which is screwed into the side slider rails. It should be more stable than the original. Took me 30 minutes. and yes it had come loose on the road so I did a dirty fix with polystyrene foam.

Yep, did a similar fix a number of years ago. I didn't wait until it looked as bad as yours. As I had experienced this in many other fixes. So attacked it early on. While I was doing this, I installed a power strip on the other end of the underside of my table top so as to have power there. Drilled a hole into the table top and install a hole grommet for cables, to help keep in clean. Seemed a good time when the table top was out being fixed.

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So the post that holds up the dinette table in my 2008 Lance 1055 ripped out. The table top is junk. Essentially it is resin impregnated cardboard with a styrofoam core. I will build a new solid table top but I needed a quick fix in the interim. I cut some 3/4 plywood to fit between the slider rails and cut a notch to allow the support leg to fold flat so we could still use the table top to make the dinette into a bed. The support leg is screwed into the plywood which is screwed into the side slider rails. It should be more stable than the original. Took me 30 minutes. and yes it had come loose on the road so I did a dirty fix with polystyrene foam.

Finally got her out from under the tree and gave her and the truck a wash to get them ready to resume work.

rtbmrgl wrote:

USMarine0369 wrote:
I made blackout curtains for the bed area along with a vent cover.


Working on the accordian slide cover next.

Nice , i also have a AF 990, Ill be doing the same thing, so could you please post exactly how you made these.

thanks

I measured the outside length of the valence, then the height of the inside of the top of the valence to the bottom of the cabinet where the wall meets the window wall.
I took those measurements (39.5 x 30 If I recall correctly) and bought blackout material and the camo pattern. I added a little extra for the sides hence the 39.5" width.
I then stitched them together. Then sewed velcro (opposite side as to what is on the inside of the valence) so the curtains will hang like your existing ones do.
I bought the camo on sale at 8.00/yd. regular camo price is about 30.00/yd so can get expensive. Blackout is expensive but if you can go to a curtain making place they may have scraps you can buy for cheap.
For the vent cover I did the same but used snaps.