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@BajaSurfRig thanks for the compliment and I am glad I could help out even if it was just in a small way. In hindsight, I probably should have done what you are doing and picked up an older used unit that needed some love and rebuilt it. In the long run it would probably have been a lot cheaper...

I managed to hurt my back twice in the past 3 weeks... so things may slow down a bit. Ugh, so close. I am still going to press on and see if I can make it! ;)

And finally... latch brackets. These were a fun project as I got to make something from nothing. Ok, its not like I welded these up from flat plate and or forged these from an ingot... but I thought up the design, drew it up on paper, and made them. I like doing that, especially when they work...

Some more detail pics of this weekends work. While I was at it I installed my Solar Controller and the circuit breakers for all the 'free' electricity the sun is going to provide me. This is a 30A PWM controller for now, soon to be replaced by a Renogy 30A MPPT with Bluetooth. I installed 2 x...

LOTS of work done in the past few days. I turned 50 on Wednesday... so I decided to take a few days off to just do some stuff and to not do some stuff. Wednesday - Friday was 'me time' so I got to do whatever I wanted. I sat on my ******** on Wednesday and had a pretty chill day. Thursday and Friday...

10 days... not much progress. I did a bit of work last weekend, and made a large change to the look with a small amount of work. I painted out the roof edge with the same grey epoxy i used on the bottom of the tub. I didn't really like it white, and before I mounted the gas struts I wanted to...

Yes.. agreed. A very dark art indeed. I think i have a good plan, just need to get up the nerve to drill the holes. Heh

I managed to steal a few hours away from Mothers Day (and my daughters birthday) and did a little work on the camper today. It really sucks only getting a couple of hours a week to work on this as I REALLY want to get this thing done and to get out camping. Lots of little things to do still, but...

Looking great. Lots of good and useful additions since the last time I checked out your build. I am glad you guys are getting so much use out of this trailer setup. I really like what you did with the solar wiring and the battery / MPPT stuff. I have been looking at those Victron units at the...

Man... not much forward movement on this in the past few weeks. I have picked up a bunch of parts for this thing, like plumbing fittings and some trim pieces. The weather has been pretty meh still, so not a lot of exterior finishing and the top lift stuff still needs completing. I did order the...

Wow... great build.

After much research and reading... I ordered a set of rams plus brackets from Lift Support Technologies (https://lstechnologies.ca/) who I have worked with before. Awesome selection of rams, sizes and brackets. Pretty stoked to get these in the mail. Will post pics when installed. Greg

Congratulations Dan... well done!

Thanks!

Not my pic BTW... something I found online while doing my research. I have not found much other than the total open length and the lift pressure. Thanks!

Hello All, I am building my camper and am at the point I am looking for gas rams to help with the opening of the roof. I am hoping that someone can share some measurements with me from their Four Wheel Camper? As I understand and from research the 4WC rams are a total or 40.6 inches long and...

Another weekend... and it was a long one too which was nice (happy easter BTW). I managed to fight off a few nasty migraines and wait out the rain to get out and to get some stuff done. Not as much as I would have liked, but forward momentum is good. I really need to get some good weather so I...

On Sunday I worked on the rear door sealing surface trim as well as some flooring and trim for the closet. That was a job that I had been putting off for some time. Cramped and awkward to work in there, but it looks good now. Just need to finish the rest of the flooring too! Here is the outside...

It's been a busy weekend. I worked on Saturday on the mounting brackets for the lift tubes I bent up last weekend. These will be an internal double hoop style manual lift with gas lifting struts outside to help out. Again, they uploaded out of sequence... heh Finished lift bracket (no weld...

I never did pick up a second one for my XJ... actually sold the XJ before I ever got there. I did however pick one up for my slide in pop up camper project. A nice deep cycle to keep the lights on and the water pumping. So far, it holds a charge well, seems like a nice battery and as mentioned...