So what did you do to your Truck Camper today?

Got the Christmas Decorations up on the camper and the surrounding docking station.


Still cleaning and putting things away from the big trip and slowly working on the very very long trip report. ;)

Made sure the battery was full of water......its been plugged in and "ready to go" for a month now.

Added, TEMPORARY, insulation under drivers side cabinets, stopped the draft across the floor. Also used the same pink insulation to make plugs for some of the windows and added a layer of it under the bed.

Putting the Eagle Cap 950 on the now ready 2012 FORD Super Duty F350 Super Cab 4x4 6.7L diesel. Spent the past week installing all kinds of Camper hauling related items to the truck, Timbrens, Torque Lift Tie Downs, Rear Sway bar, Camper wiring harness, and last but not least HAM VHF , UHF and HF antennas plus the ICOM IC-7000......Looking to depart for a Pre-Christmas trip to southern Utah, and Lake Mead either tomorrow or Monday....Snowed here all night.

GARY & LAURII
and Shadow the Lab and Mondo the Cat!?!?!?

looking forlornly at it. My wife had knee replacement surgery on Wednesday and is coming home from the hospital tonight. It's not going anywhere until my first horse show of 2013 in January as I will be staying around to assist with her rehab.

Ran a power cord out to it..It's finally going to get cold this weekend and I am going to run my little heater as a safeguard against any freezing...

Truck:
* new under valve cover harnesses and new valve cover gaskets.
* Added a 200 amp shunt between alternator and camper for a digital amp meter.
* Prewired for torklift hidden power with anderson plug.

Camper + truck:
* rewired battery charging wires to awg 1/0.
* Installed a 200 amp mega fuse with holder in the battery compartment.
* removed the recalled sure power 1315 100 amp battery separator and contacted the manufacturer for an upgrade to 1314 200 amp while changing out. The 200 amp will be better with the 1/0 wiring and uni-directional will be better with solar. The new one is on its way.

To do:
* finishing the amp meter job (making hole in dashboard and wiring the meter)
* installing an emergency start switch to connect to the sure power 1314-200Amp
* installing a torklift hidden power with a Trojan 27TMX battery. Should arrive at the end of December.
* placing another mega fuse of 200 amps in or on top of the torklift hidden power box, so it's as close to the battery as possible.
* Placing the sure power 1314-200amp in the engine compartment as soon as it arrives.
* Replace electric element of my Suburban water heater. While doing the rewiring job, I must have switched on the electric heater by accident and since it was winterized, it was empty. Normally I use the little switch on the outside, but unfortunately I didn't this time...

2cknights wrote:

I'm not that lucky. Mine is in kit form. I have most of the old parts in the garage. Just have to put it back together again.

I know. I'm just being a smart azz. Too excited for my own good!

Jaxom wrote:

2cknights wrote:
I spent the day wishing mine was finished.

You too???
I got word that mine was finished except for the custom cushions!!! < 5 days!!!

I'm not that lucky. Mine is in kit form. I have most of the old parts in the garage. Just have to put it back together again.

Installed, (read; plugged in) an ozone generator to keep molds, smells, mildew down.

PurePlug Air Purifier - Small Space Direct Plug-in Purifier Cleans the Air of Bacteria, Viruses, Fungi, & More - Ozone Regulator Designed to Completely Destroy Odors


got it off Amazon here;
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008CQO62W/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00