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FYI the shell as-is is up for grabs if anyone wants it: https://expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/project-foam-core-flatbed-shell-up-for-grabs.193382/

The opening above the bucket is the furnace exhaust, and then the propane compartment. Up in the front corner I have a bit of a dead zone at the front of the water tank I wanted to utilize fit most the connections in there (DC may actually go to passenger side front). The water drains were...

Had a couple high 70s sunny days and the roof handled it fine, getting more reassurances... Anyways glued the door jamb in and I'm working on shaping the door frame a bit more and will give it a thin glass layer. Door catches need a bit of massaging still and the flip walls need to be cleaned...

Mine was light grey monstaliner it got noticeably hotter than white. I had to reprint because of it.

I helped a friend redo the roof on a FWC. Stripped it down the basic aluminum frame and dropped on new thin gauge aluminum using VHB tape. It was fast and came out well. Be careful using grey color on your roof depending on what adhesive you use. It was causing structural issues with my...

Got that other project wrapped up and sanded down/repainted the grey sides of the top half white over the weekend. I miss the two tone look but hopefully this will hold up. I'll move it out of the garage later today I think and see what the sun has to say about it. Bonus I'll have...

Look at it like this: You wouldn't be "remodeling" your current one you'd mainly be using it for parts. At that point see what makes the most sense for you. Can you weld aluminum? Its going to require it. Roof: cut/extend the framing, new roof sheeting, new interior headliner, and need some...

A friend has an 80s grandby that he added brackets onto (don't know if his only has a single 1x1 in the corner or not off hand) and it holds. You mentioned fixing the broken welds already, does that mean you can weld aluminum (or have access to someone)? Could add in some tubing, obviously...

What are you trying to accomplish? If you're using the jacks for the manner intended with this camper (ie on/off the truck evenly) it doesn't need an incredible about of beefing up. These aren't meant to be used on the jacks alone. That said have you compared the framing verse construction...

Frames are generally the same from then till now I think, you're only working with 1x tubing in the wall so keep that in mind when choosing bracket material/hole locations so you actually hit the frame. Lift evenly to limit stresses, definitely don't try to climb into the camper when its jacket...

I have no idea what you have for a structure in there but assuming enough you can buy or make brackets. I made some for mine using angle similar to above but also a flat bar as well backed against the angle so I was braced into both sidewall faces. I have a pair of commercial brackets...

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Very nice work.

Wiser minds flagged that grey can actually heat up quite a bit (I knew it would get hotter but didn't realize how much), I masked off the grey with some white paper and shoved the front of the camper out into the sun at noon yesterday since it was 65F out and blue sky. I left a small patch of...

If you went with a flatbed build you have options but still snug. Go with the typical side entry door/rear dinette/front kitchen area. Have it laid out so the dinette is decently wide (maybe 48" if you have a long bed). Have the bench backs make the dinette into a bed, each one bridging the...

Fixing these specific areas I'm not too overwhelmed by (whether I did it from the front or back) the issue would be if its happening all over (or repeatedly). What is odd to me, though I haven't ping'd him again lately is homeskillet didn't report any issues and I don't think he heavily roughed...

Yes I know about the UV the areas in question are already painted (I pulled up an old post there of delamination from heat blankets prior to paint. I believe boats mostly use polyurethane foam (doesn't dissolve if exposed to gas). Also expanded polystyrene is different than extruded...

Would a pop-up trailer work for you? More space, less cost, more flexibility on tow rig. 3 of us use a standard grandby hunting and its snug, no way 4 would fit the normal layout. One option that comes to mind if you need two single beds in a truck camper that I've seen before but can't...

A disheartening occurrence occurred. I'm knocking out a kitchen table out in the garage for the wife and then was going to switch gears to completing the lower half shell. I had the door open on a nice sunny winter day and the sun was hitting the front nose of the camper, the surface got quite...

Cheapish insurance to buy 5 at the same time to have a spare in case you're in the boonies if one fails and also so your potentially needed future spare is as similar as possible (in terms of speed, dimensions, etc.). These tend to run a bit over $100 so a small consideration in the grand...