Hello again.
It was a beautiful sunny and warm (almost hot) weekend, first one pretty much this year! It has been raining and miserable, cold and even snowy so far, and that is not a motivating environment when you need to do most of your stuff outside. I managed to get my new exhaust system installed in between showers a week ago, and poked around on the truck a but. Ordered some new wheels too as the OEM ones make the tire sit uncomfortably close to the UCA ball joint.
On the camper front I managed to get a couple of things sorted, installed and planned. I installed a new 5# LPG tank holder that I ordered off of Amazon from Tactical Overland. SMall, simple and reasonable. I probably should have opted for the 11# holder, but that will be stored in the locker you see below... and this is really for the HW heater and the stove.
This is held in place with 6 x 1/4 x 20 SS bolts and it is drilled/tapped and threaded into the 12 x 12 steel corner plate behind the outer skins. I think I can lift the camper from this tank mount. Lol Plenty of Sika in behind there and in the threads. #burly
I also decided that my sink was WAY too small to be useful as the only sink. Hard to even get a water bottle in there. Really I wash up outdoors and do all my cooking out there too. This is more for drinking water and face washing etc. I need to cut this hole larger, which will be a challenge with the upper cabinet only 8" away.
Super sexy sink and drain from my favorite local Marine supplier, Trotac Marine here in Victoria.
In other news, my little buddy Emmett got his man parts um... sorted out this weekend, so he also got some work done. Poor little dude. He is only 7 months old, and may or may not be coming with me on some adventures (wife's dog). His bucket says "Under construction".
Next up...
- Finish sink
- FInish lower bed brackets x 2 @ table area
- Final once over on all of the corners and edges to ensure 100% sealed up
- Mount 2 x new E-Track 4' strips under each side for mounting the camper to the truck. I have 4 x single E-Track attachment points, and it is a bit restrictive as is
- Test everything
- Figure out how to fit all my camping gear in there!
Clock is ticking and I want to do some camping before I head out for some bigger trips!