So what did you do to your Truck Camper today?

Virgil_Diesel wrote:
I've been wanting to do this project for quite sometime and finally found the time last weekend.

The two cabinets in the cab over has been empty since i took it home when it was new. My camper is a non-basement so climbing up there to store stuff is quite a task for me and DW so it's never been used as a storage

Here is the picture before and after.


Remove the mattress


Here it is. Lots of room now. Probably 4 kids or 3 adults can sleep there now. Still shopping for memory foam mattress.
Still have some work to do to relocate the reading light on the side wall.



If I only knew I could have bought the Lance 8scs Sport during those time and I believe they are not making this layout any longer

You can still order twin mattress in a Lance.

Spent $5.79 to buy a 25' roll of insert tape at my local RV dealer.

Removed and replaced all the plastic trim insert tapes....Took about 20 minutes!







What a huge difference this made. Wish I had taken a "before" picture....

And then I replaced the roof vent that was nasty and the gear to raise was broken.....another 20 minutes

Finished the painting of the storage over the dinette and the kitchen. It's MUCH brighter inside now, and also finished the new table for the dinette.

I've been wanting to do this project for quite sometime and finally found the time last weekend.

The two cabinets in the cab over has been empty since i took it home when it was new. My camper is a non-basement so climbing up there to store stuff is quite a task for me and DW so it's never been used as a storage

Here is the picture before and after.


Remove the mattress


Here it is. Lots of room now. Probably 4 kids or 3 adults can sleep there now. Still shopping for memory foam mattress.
Still have some work to do to relocate the reading light on the side wall.



If I only knew I could have bought the Lance 8scs Sport during those time and I believe they are not making this layout any longer

Finally turned the gas on and ran the refrigerator on Gas...Worked great!

Then I decided to rebuild a water damaged rear corner of my pop-top roof. The work came out great! Even peeling back the aluminum and not having a single wrinkle. Wish I had taken "before" , "during" and "after" pictures as the work progressed

I was contemplating selling this little TC, but now I've changed my mind and will use it this summer and fall and re-evaluate whether a Toy Hauler or this TC with my motorcycle trailer is the answer.

Converted our stoves manual spark generator to battery powered electronic ignition, primarily to add an electrode to oven. No more laying on the floor to light oven.
Following 12thgenusa's thread fairly simple conversion.
Also added. per anpother suggestion, a small mirror to oven door for verifying oven pilot lit..

Nice-push the silent button lights burners almost instantly 1st or second spark. But even more nice is lighting the oven while standing. Oven lights 1st spark everytime with single button push. One of those 'why didnt I do this years ago' mods-

Modification: Took control of how the basement fan works on the Arctic Fox (the camper I love to hate).

Normal operation: When the furnace heater turns on, power is simultaneously sent to the basement fan. Warmed air is thus circulated into the basement.

The bad: When hooked up to shore power and using an electric heater, or catalytic heater, there is no ability to turn on the basement fan to heat the freezing basement.

Solution: Install an automotive on/off switch in series with a diode to manually provide power to the basement fan when the furnace is off.

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Ideally, the manufacturer should build a camper heating system to operate in this manner. Additionally, a thermostatic switch could be physically located in the basement and wired in series with the manual switch.

No work on the camper itself, though I did finally finish the paved patio area around my deck at my home site :).

packed up the first aid station, stowed all the pots and pans, Honda 2000, rolled up and secured the awning took the pooches for one last walk, waved good by to horse show management and hit the road for home. 25 mph crosswinds and moderate freeway traffic ( I hate road boulders , ie: folks going 55-60 in the fast lane with no one in front of them). Reached home, dumped the grey and black tanks, cleaned out the fridge. just in time to snap this picture from my yard.

Started getting ready to leave on vacation. Had to remount the truck plug wiring.......I forgot to unplug when I unloaded it......DUH. Finished some painting inside. Had to remount the electric center that was ready to fall out, guess the 15 miles on the wash board road in the desert did the deed on the last outing. Waiting on some parts to come in to fix the foot pedal on the toilet and still have to re finish the floor of the shower.....heck I may even get my new dinette table top on.

T-minus 5 days till launch....:)