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This is nonsense. I recently imported a Canadian-market truck with a US-made camper titled in one state, purchased from another state, and got it all squared away in 2 easy and short DMV visits plus a trip to my local CARB referee. The 2nd visit was only needed because I needed to see the smog...

Ooh, I don't need this project right now, but I'm keen to see someone do something cool with this! GLWS!

The greatest moment I ever had with my previous rig (Chevy Astro based GTRV pop-top) was when a bunch of early morning mountain bikers got to the summit we'd camped on, just as I was putting the coffee on. One of them said something to the effect of "******* me, they got a freakin' minivan up here!".

I make ice fairly reliably in the little freezer cubby of my Dometic fridge using the factory ice trays. (I have a 2nd one from my old Truckfridge - same part.) The factory trays are pretty good for this because they're (a) small and (b) VERY thermally conductive, so it doesn't take much to get...

I also question whether your battery bank is actually healthy. Jonyjoe101's math assumes you're pulling full amperage on all four motors continuously. I would have guessed that unloading a camper would involve a main burst while you're dropping the legs from fully retracted, followed by a lot...

It sounds like OP is talking about the batteries being drained by unloading the camper in the field - not a passive draw. I agree that it sounds like the solution is to sever the connection between jacks and batteries, and power the jacks via another method. Happijac does not post the power...

Niiiiiiiice. ?

What leaks are you expecting? I've had a very rare boil-over with pasta, but even that didn't result in a significant amount of liquid anywhere in/around my camp-stoves. I'm trying to understand what failure mode you're trying to prevent.

Thanks for sharing your views, y'all. (And I'm glad that my guess was correct - that it was mostly a matter of having a lot of money tied up in a thing, and not something more existential or specific to the truck.) Hope to catch you on the road some day.

Not exactly a flashlight, but small enough to double as a flashlight and we use them as such: These are USB rechargeable, so with a "Y" cable I can keep two of these charged up in the glovebox of the truck at all times. Magnetic base gets used a lot, and I will also hang them from the awning...

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From the image you posted, he has 0 posts. That's another red flag.

Folks have mentioned that COVID/Vanlife pricing was in effect for a while, (and that was a factor that may be ending), but before this conversation goes too far down the "general RV pricing" road, I want to say that nobody yet has mentioned that 4x4 conversions are just increasingly expensive...

I've gone tankless on my last two OBA setups. I have mine setup for automatic inflation shut-off, which is really nice because I can set the pressure I want and just walk away until the compressor shuts off. (Usually I use that time to do a walk-around inspection, etc.) I started by basically...

Yeah, you're in better shape. My nominal payload prior to pop-top conversion was ~1300lbs, so of course I was playing a very different game!

Mike, I did the galley cabinet on my Astro van in 1/2" birch ply with pocket holes and glue. The cabinet was fairly stiff (and bolted to the van in two places), but not so stiff that I ever saw any issues in the ~7 years that I had that cabinet installed. This included a fair amount of trails...

Before you go super deep into trying to find all the super-short gearsets, you may want to run the numbers with the transmission ratios. It is my recollection (though I don't have a chart in front of me), that with the 10-speed transmission, that super-short 1st gear makes for a crawl ratio...

Yeah, this is the truck that has Been There, Done THAT. GLWS, this should make someone very happy.

Woah, lots of stuff to address there: 1) That quoted CFM is almost certainly at 0psi - which is the normal way to quote max volume. Metcalf's example table above shows how more high-end compressors give their CFM ratings, and how much they fall off once pressure comes into play. In fact, I...