A lot of people say they find our little truck camper refurb project interesting. So I thought I'd share it in a thread here. A little about us: my husband and I are perpetual DIYers and creators. We've done quite a few projects together over the...
We bought an old Red Dale truck camper for $350. It had been gutted. Some of the water damaged wood had been replaced. We stripped it down on the inside to the frame & aluminum siding. We're building it out to suit us. It's gonna be our off-grid...
Somewhere on the last 23 dirt/rock miles of Mex hwy 5 in Baja.1965-66ish Red Dale camper. Bought the camper for $350. It had been gutted. Spent last year fixing it up. Outfitted with 300 watts of solar and everything needed for off-grid adventure...
Some more details about the set-up:We have a 25 gallon water tank on board. No electric pump....just a hand pump faucet. We'll also haul a 7 gallon jug for drinking water + a Berkey water filter.No shower/toilet - we do have a cassette style porta-...
There are 3, 100 watt solar panels on the roof. We have a 200 amp hr battery. A pure sine wave inverter for charging laptops and cameras. A MPPT controller. The outlet is connected to a plug for "Shore Power" when/if we have it available. All the...
