Se7en62
Adventure Seeker
Recently picked up this 2019 Ford F-350 King Ranch Crew Cab Long Bed FX4 with 3.73 gears and 275/65R20 Michelin LTX AT2 tires, with a plan to get it setup for hauling a truck camper on- and off-road. The truck has an 11,500 lb. GVWR and a 4,028 lb. Payload Capacity. This thread will have to pick up where we are now with the project, but things are looking very good:
Truck Mods: Airbags in the Rear, BDS Fox 2.0 Dual Steering Stabilizer, BDS 2" Level Kit with Fox 2.0s, Torklift Frame-mounted Tie Downs, Torklift FastGun Turnbuckles.
Future Truck Plans: Torklift StabileLoads, 5Star Tunes, 37s with 17s (maybe keep the 20s), 4.88s, Carli Trophy Spare, Carli Backcountry 2.5".
The camper is two-owner garage-kept MINT Lance 1030 that was fully renovated by Jensen Adventures and converted to lithium/solar/electric, aside from the propane furnace. We picked it up a couple weeks ago from the Jensen's and they aired it on their YouTube channel here: (104) Saying Goodbye to our Lance 1030 Truck Camper! More mods to the Kodiak! - YouTube
Since it was renovated, the camper doesn't have the normal weight associated with the propane fridge, propane water heater, propane generator, or propane oven and cooktop, even the lead-acid batteries have been replaced with Renogy Smart Lithium batteries, which weigh significantly less. I'm guesstimating the weight, as we haven't had a chance to take it to a scale quite yet, but:
Approx Dry weight is ~2,400 lbs.
Approx Wet weight is ~2,800 lbs with 38-gal water, 14-gal propane, and a full fridge.
Loaded weight with passengers, linens, cookware, tools, etc. is roughly ~3,400 lbs.
Camper Options/Mods: It's easier to go to their YouTube channel (above), because they did so many mods to the camper:
Truck Mods: Airbags in the Rear, BDS Fox 2.0 Dual Steering Stabilizer, BDS 2" Level Kit with Fox 2.0s, Torklift Frame-mounted Tie Downs, Torklift FastGun Turnbuckles.
Future Truck Plans: Torklift StabileLoads, 5Star Tunes, 37s with 17s (maybe keep the 20s), 4.88s, Carli Trophy Spare, Carli Backcountry 2.5".
The camper is two-owner garage-kept MINT Lance 1030 that was fully renovated by Jensen Adventures and converted to lithium/solar/electric, aside from the propane furnace. We picked it up a couple weeks ago from the Jensen's and they aired it on their YouTube channel here: (104) Saying Goodbye to our Lance 1030 Truck Camper! More mods to the Kodiak! - YouTube
Since it was renovated, the camper doesn't have the normal weight associated with the propane fridge, propane water heater, propane generator, or propane oven and cooktop, even the lead-acid batteries have been replaced with Renogy Smart Lithium batteries, which weigh significantly less. I'm guesstimating the weight, as we haven't had a chance to take it to a scale quite yet, but:
Approx Dry weight is ~2,400 lbs.
Approx Wet weight is ~2,800 lbs with 38-gal water, 14-gal propane, and a full fridge.
Loaded weight with passengers, linens, cookware, tools, etc. is roughly ~3,400 lbs.
Camper Options/Mods: It's easier to go to their YouTube channel (above), because they did so many mods to the camper:
- Fully Renovated, including new paint, new flooring, new stained/sealed butcher block counters throughout, new LED lighting, new fabric, new window blinds, new faucets in the dry bath and kitchen, new deep sink in the kitchen, new electrical system, new fridge, new stereo, new memory foam mattresses, ALMOST everything is new...
- Renogy 3,000w Pure-Sine Inverter
- Renogy 50A DC-DC Charger
- (4) Renogy 100w Solar Panels w/ Room to Expand
- (2) Renogy 100aH Lithium Smart Batteries w/ Room to Expand
- Unique Appliances 3.1 cu.ft. Solar DC Fridge/Freezer (Only uses 90w at MAX Cooling! WHAT!!?)
- 3-Gal Electric Water Heater
- New Queen Memory Foam Mattress
- New Bunk Memory Foam Mattress
- Portable 1200w Single-Burner Induction Cooktop
- Original Atwood 7920-II Propane Furnace, but I just replaced the motor and ducting so it runs super smooth and quiet.
- Original Twin 7-gal Propane Tanks, which I just had recertified, filled, and replaced the lines to the tanks.
- Original Rear Awning
- Original Dometic 600 Series Duo-Therm 13,5k BTU AC
- Custom Stained Teak slide-out rear deck-step.
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