So what did you do to your Truck Camper today?

Here you go finally got Air-Foil done.
Thanks to Sleepys idea.
No more bug splatter / better MPG and it just looks neat.

Got up at 3:30 am and figured I need to do SOMETHING to the camper.

Looking in my junk bin I found a dual 12V equipment cooling fan. Mounted it below the thermostatically controlled fan that the PO had installed.



Then wired in a switch so I can turn it on and off as needed. Only will be used on real hot days.



Used a steel letter stamp kit to label the switch

Speaking about steps........

I added a nice "no slip" step to my hitch hauler....







And I went to WalMart and bought a new deep cycle battery as my five year old West Marine battery was simply not holding a charge long enough.

~DJ~ wrote:
Got my new 4 step Little Giant for rear steps. Thanks to all who suggested it!!

Pics??

Got my new 4 step Little Giant for rear steps. Thanks to all who suggested it!!

dug the camper out of the barn to check some things out and take pics

Good job,simple fix when you think outside the box,you seem to be good at recycling the bicycle tubes. I love going green.

2006 Dodge SB, Palomino Bronco 1200...Plastic Bedliner...

My truck has a plastic bed liner that I do not want to remove as I use my truck more as a truck than as a camper hauler.

But my Palomino Bronco real slides around in the bed.

So....

My bedliner is deeply ribbed:



I need to put a couple 2X4s under the camper so it clears the sides of the truck. I have a roll up toneau cover that has a set of aluminum rails that run along the bed top edges.

So to keep the 2X4s in place I nailed a couple pieces of half round molding that fits perfectly into the bedliner ribs:





On the side that the camper sits on I stapled a few pieces of bicyle inner tube:





Camper doesn't move at all now! I did some "Parkinglot Loops" to see if I could get it to slide around....Solid as a rock!

Installed four new (to me) tires and rims on Saturday.

Today, I finished buying the materials needed to install the tie-down system. Will begin working on the system Friday.

Fun stuff.

I bought a new smoke alarm today. It's on sale from ACE and it's a nice small one for 5 bucks! Can't go wrong with that!