Cool Mods - Thread restored 10/18/2012
My daughter was getting a little warm in her bunk during our last camping trip, so I decided to put her a fan in to keep the air flowing. I had been wanting to add a 12-volt fan to the main livin...
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Bobandshawn wrote:
On my 2008 Keystone Springdale I mounted a 12" deep Lowes truck tool box where the battery boxes were between the trailer and LPG tanks. It just barely fit and it would be a no-go on lots of trailers. I have my 2 12Volts inside in boxes along with all my blocks and such. I also added a 12 volt disconnect switch in there. It adds a little more security while the trailer is being stored from battery snatchers. Weight wise it probably added 50 lbs up front once you figure in the blocks. I do have it drilled for ventilation on the back side of the tool box. .
I have considered one, but I don't like the look with that step for the truckbed. Sure, it makes a nice shelf for tools, and people put the vent holes on the bottom of it, but it just looks funny to me. My nomad also has a curved front, so I really have limited space at the top of the box, which just happens to be about where the curve sticks out the most. I also don't have diamond plate on the front (!!) so my new box design sort of acts in place of that.
I also have a buddy with very very little space between the front of his trailer and the back of the tank and one of those simply will not fit, nor will my modified Harbor Fright tongue box. Seems the newer ones have shorter tongues.
This whole need started due to battery snatchers. Idiots tossed my leveling bars on the ground, cut the wire between the batteries then realized they were six volts so they left 'em.
At the very least, six volt batteries do have some semblance of theft deterrence. :)
