Recent content by ElderRig

Wow, how a year has flown by! And what fun we had last year. Little did we know it would be our last year with the camper! We unfortunately were rear-ended during our first trip of the year. Since we had just put the solar on and had a couple trips planned we decided to limp it along for the...

Got the solar installed! The process was pretty simple, and seems to be working correctly. I still have to hard wire the inverter into the main panel, and install the auto switch to turn off the charge/converter when the inverter runs. I ended up running a 40a Renogy DC to DC charger, but have...

Wow, almost 3 years, how time flies. In this time my wife and I have started a family and gone on multiple adventures. I'll do another post about those next. Today's topic is current updates. In the past we've had issues with storing skis/snowboards and with our battery dying on long trips which...

Yes, it definitely is going to be a project of finding whats next to fix. We just went and picked it up from its winter storage spot last night. Now to get some things changed while we are stuck at home!

2006 F350 with a 1993 Caribou

2001 XR650R

Now for the Camper: My mother still had the truck camper that I grew up with, and they had gotten a new camper, so she gifted the 1993 Fleetwood Caribou to us, along with its issues. The major issue was the 25+ yr old roof that was showing signs of wear, big time. There were leaks on the...

Lets start with the pickup. A year ago I was able to get a great deal on a 2006 Ford F350 Lariat CCLB with the infamous 6.0 Powerstroke engine, and a spare 6.0 that was ‘bulletproofed’, well partially. The pickup had 210k+ on it, had the camper/towing package and was fully stock except for the...

Hello all, I've been a member on here for almost a year now and have followed on some pretty cool builds. This community is mighty talented. I thought I would begin a build thread on my wife and I's rig. Heads up, this is going to be a slow build, as well as a fairly modest build. Heres some...