Recent content by Big Silver

I have tried using the alumanized bubble wrap and a Zodi tent heater with limited success. The insulaton would be better applied to the sleeping bags. Heater helped a little but the volume of the tent and truck bed was too large to notice warmth more than a couple of feet from the heater...

I just took my Dodge 07 3500 long bed with Flip Pac out for its first, (with me) 4x4 day trip in the local desert mountains. Tight truns, off camber shelf road, steep climbs and decents. The jeep trail is in the El Paso Mtns. and is called Last Chance Canyon. I have taken my 2000 offroad pkg...

Several years ago I was camping near Beatty Nv and it had been very cold, low 20's so we camped with the top closed and tent stowed. Close quarters but much warmer. We woke up to 3" of snow covering the desert. I had tried camping in the low 20's before using foil coated bubble wrap...

Sorry guys, BSA has taken up a couple of weekends. I took the Troop to the Palm Springs Air Museum and camped at Joshua Tree one weekend and the next was spent on a rough Scout fishing trip in the Channel Islands. I also made a dash to AZ for Thanksgiving visit with family and friends and...

Thanks guys. Something that is not in the pictures is the 1/2" x 1/2" x1/8" angle that runs the length of each slider on the undersides. When I built a set for my 2001 1500 shortbed I found I needed to do somthing to keep my highlift jack from slipping around. The angle is easy to weld in...

Has anyone put rock sliders on their full size trucks? I have one mounted and the second is about half welded.

Made some progress today welding up the reciver hitch. Looking at other options lead me to go ahead with this choice. There was not enough clearance between the lower bumper and the trans cooler so I had to go down below. Here is a photo. I will cap the ends with 1/4" plate and put two more...

Thank's Dixie, I had not condsiddered this option, wish I had. I have already welded up the cross member clearancing for the power steering lines. I still need to finish the reciver tube and weld on a couple of 1/4" end plates but the hitch looks like it will work. I will need to cut a hole...

Visibility to other vehicles is my primary goal. With my first Flip Pac I got caught in a panic stop situation near Baker on the I-15 between LA and Vegas and the lights on the camper shell helped slow the traffic down behind me when I put the hazard lights on. It also helps when I'm on a trip...

Has anyone welded up a front reciver hitch for their 2500 or 3500 Dodge with the diesel engine? I'm in the process and do not like the loss of 2" to 3" the aftermarket hitches offer. It looks like I will need to clearance the heat exchanger lines for the power stearing unit on the driver...

Hey, Have any of you inatalled additonal lighting on the rear or sides of your Flip Pac Campers? I'm planning on putting a set of two red lamps on each corner above the rear door as turn signals and a pair at the center of the shell above the rear door as break lights. I am also planning on...

Ok, some background explanation is required. As for leave no trace, I have a deal in place with a campground owner who shuts down for the winter. Large accessible parking lot is snow covered yearly. Large tent will not damage anything. I do teach and follow leave no trace. Dealing with...

I understand this is an old thread but want to offer some additional information that may help someone out. I have severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)and can not function for long without a CPAP machine. I camp and backpack regularly with my machine and would like to pass along a few tips and...

A bit off track here, I started a Scout Troop last October and am building the Troop equipment inventory from scratch at this point. As a boy, my Troop 214 used GP small for leaders, and GP medium for snow trips to Mingus Mt., shelter half pup tents for the boys desert camping around Phoenix...

Chad, Thanks for the reply. I now have the 1 ton LB and looking at the intercooler, ac heat exchanger, trans cooler, and radiator, I do not have the room to mount the reciver as high as I would like. I had a 2001 offroad pkg 1500 QC Dodge with flip pac. I fabbed a custom front reciver for...