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Truck Camper Trip Reports – V3.0

IntroductionThis sticky thread is designed to capture a selection of trip reports members have created over the years. There is a lot of great stuff out there and it would be a real pity for it to be lost because people could no longer find it.Big th...

kohldad by Explorer III
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Back in a Bigfoot

Wife and I decided it was time to let the fifth wheel go and get back into a truck camper. Found this gently used 2020 and pulled the trigger. Can't wait to make some memories in this camper. 

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Jack mounting plate pulled away from camper - repair?

A car backed into one of my front camper jacks and consequently the mounting plate was pulled away from the camper. Fortunately, no serious damage was done to the camper itself but the mounting plate was bent and needs to be straitened at a machine s...

unbob by Explorer
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3D Printing Success Story

The jack covers on our 2014 Lance 865 had gotten very brittle and I broke one of them when I was washing the camper. After an exhaustive search, I was not able to find any OEM replacement covers for the Atwood jacks. I found someone on Etsy that offe...

NCMike by Explorer II
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Resolved! New Truck Camper Forum Comments

I wonder how many will come over to the new forum page from RV.Net?  I thought we would see all of our old subjects over here and just continue on as usual, but so far they haven't been moved.  I hope the forum continues as this was the last page tha...

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MORSNOW by Navigator II
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Do NOT use Flex Seal on your camper roof!

Figured I’d post this since I had a troubling conversation with my repair guy a couple weeks back when I picked up my camper after it was repaired following a minor collision last fall. We were discussing my long battle with a skylight leak in the ba...

help with truck to camper connector

I have a 2006 Lance 861 and no longer get running lights. Trying to determine if I have a truck wiring problem or a camper but google keeps bringing me to standard trailer 7 pin connectors or a true 6 pin connector. My camper has a 7 pin female but m...

Repacement of Atwood jacks

Hello,I have a 1999 Elkhorn 11xx truck camper. One of the Atwood jacks just died when the motor hit resistance it die and stop lifting.  I tried to find a new jack but found out they were obsolete.   As my wife loves the camper we decided to buy the ...

biggjb by Explorer
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Wolf Creek 850 roll over story

Well, Since I opened this can of worms here is the entire story.First let me say I have been a long time truck camper owner and I am no rookie. I have gone trough several truck campers. I recently had an article published in truckcampermagazine.com...

anutami by Explorer III
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1999 Snowriver Slideout

Have a 1999 Snowriver. The back of the slide out is no longer engaging while the front is doing fine. This happened suddenly after a trip last night. I am having a difficult time finding a mechanic that knows anything about Snowrivers. There is limit...

Resolved! Truck Camper A/C instalation

I have a 1999 fleetwood elkhorn truck camper which does not have A/C installed.  There is an outlet plug for an A/C unit and I need to know if anyone else installed A/C in their truck camper and how they did the work

biggjb by Explorer
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Okanagan 117 DBL

Good Day to all, I just bought a Okanagan 117 DBL ultimate suite truck camper from Oregon, had it delivered to cape cod, I did not get a owners manual, with it, I was wondering if anyone has the above unit, and would copy their manual for a reasonabl...

mbba201 by Explorer
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Castle Rock Formations UTAH Water Erosion.

VIDEO:   Fabulous Castle Rock Formations UTAH Castle Rock Formations UTAH. A fabulous place with very interesting erosion happening to the cliffs around the campground. The erosion reveals clearly how erosion is occurring and revealing many different...

Hauling my camper

Hello everyone,Looks like the forums had an update since I last posted...Last time I was here I was updating about how I was restoring a new to me 1996 Lance Legend 945. Its since been finished, its progress you can see herehttps://community.goodsam....

2018 Wolf Creek 850 wiring diagram

Hello All,I'm wiring up an inverter and there are 4 different wires that are terminated directly on the positive terminal of the battery and some do not go through the kill switch under the sink. One is blue, the others are red. Some I've been able...

Davem_ by Explorer
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Charging House Batteries

Hello All, I apologize for my absence. In 2022 I had two strokes, so my quest for a T/C got sidetracked. Lots of rehab, lots of prayer, learned to rewalk, lots more of rehab. Now I’m back to work and taking my life back.I picked up a real nice Leer ...

GAR2 by Explorer
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