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I used this heater kit: Happybuy 2KW Diesel Heater Double Vent 2KW Diesel Air Heater 12V Diesel Parking Heater Metal Tank for RV Bus Car Boats Motorhome And this 16ml pump: Tavot Low Fuel Consumption 16/28ML Heating Pump - Durable & High Performance & Long Service Life 12/24V Diesel...

A little more about the truck, for posterity: - Ambulance alternator swap, rated at 215 amps continuous - 4 x 200ah AGM sealed golf cart batteries - Sensata 12/1200 pure sine inverter, rated at 1200w continuous It's wired so that the camper has Anderson and 110 connectors, and the truck has...

Thanks. And I really can't say enough about how impressed I was with that little heater. A few notes: - They regulate temperature by decreasing and increasing btu output within a set range, it does not actually turn off and on. This wasn't a big deal, I just used my vents and fan to make sure...

The old ones at least are built like a tank and just keep chugging along. Works for me.

This has been a long time coming, and some of you may have read about the crazy drama with my flatbed. With that all taken care of, I was able to score a reasonable deal on a thoroughly used 2010 Grandby shell with a few small issues. My goal here wasn't a full on "camper" (kitchen, bath...

In fairness, we know next to nothing about him, his actual financial situation, or his job prospects.

I'm well into the build of a 2000 7.3 F250 4wd. I've been going through it and more or less rebuilding it piece by piece to make it into what I want. It now has a flatbed on it and I recently picked up a FWC Grandby that I'm redoing, etc. I do most of the work myself and still REALLY adds up. I...

A real gem from the paperwork that they submitted to the BBB:

Yeah, I don't understand how these guys have been around for 30 years and there aren't horror stories about them everywhere you look.

In the ongoing saga, I was just notified yesterday of Gary Goodson's (Alum-line president) response to my BBB complaint. Some excerpts: "We had addressed the concerns of the customer and found that all his concerns are with the tolerances of our work." "None of this work was unacceptable...

I'm glad you asked. I hadn't even looked into it because I couldn't reuse them no matter what. It does not appear to be fuel rated. It's sold as coolant hose: http://www.federalhose.com/index.cfm?action=product&PID=51

Thanks all. The detail work is still driving me a little nuts, but I'm much happier with the way its sitting now.

I found a 2010 Grandby shell that I'll be picking up this weekend. It's not in fantastic shape, but it should be a good base to build into what I'm looking for. I just had a couple questions relevant to getting it home that hopefully someone can answer. First, I have a flatbed on my truck...

Yeah, I agree, especially considering that they're sold as class V hitches. If the brackets end up getting used, it won't be exactly as pictured. I only bought them because they're heavy steel with a nice stiffening bend and a very clean cut for the tube. But, to clear the spare, the crosstube...

I love it when a plan comes together. I'll take some better pictures of the whole thing at some point in the near future, but I wanted to snap a quick picture of the progress: The bed whole bed is now sitting at about 3 1/4" higher overall and it's not even twisted anymore. The bottom of the...