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Have you considered a 12v mattress pad? A second battery to run it off of may be an option for you, depending on your travel style/charge capabilities.

A few comments, based on my experiences: *) Explore the ARE site and be familiar with all of the options available. Your dealer may not be familiar with what's available. For exampe, 99% of what they do may be with guys using it for a work truck, and what we want may be different. *) If you're...

I love chemicals, but, I think it's strange every time I see a "chemicals are bad for you" story. Well, duh! It's a process. They now know that 6PPD is to be avoided. The manufacturers will find another way to do the same thing, once they are required. Tires will cost a little more. It's the...

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That's great to know! I think it helps ease my anxiety somewhat. I'm excited to complete the build with the 80/20 aluminum, but there's no right answer since "what can I do to have more space?" is an open-ended question. But, just typing that out, I'm breathing easier ... it will work out. it...

Two nights in it. Very warm; I keep my bedroom at 68 and it seems warmer than that, with just a comforter. No condensation, although I did crack the front window an inch. Bed is absolutely too high. The nalgene is uncomfortable. I need to lower the bed but I'm worried about loosing storage...

Finished up the headliner & carpet and started trimming it out with some ribbon. Bed came in and put the bedding on. I'll be sleeping in it tonight! Initial impressions of this first pass prototype: the bed is too high. Now I get to play the "But ... I'll have less space underneath!" game.

Really? I think it's great. Seriously. It's one of the only ways that people have to influence larger entities. For about 90% of it, I don't see any difference between it and a boycott or strike.

*) All mainstream trailers have very bad build quality. VERY bad. You have to go with one of those boutique teardrop things to get something better. *) The aliners, in particular of the ones you listed, have a very simple box build. Very simple campers like this can just be unbolted and put on...

I will defend them, from an academic perspective. Who says they need to provide customer service? Why is that a requirement? If they have a 12-month waitlist then they can do whatever they want. Market theory would indicate that they can provide even worse customer service AND raise prices...

I almost settled on XPS also, until I found the polyiso hiding out in another area of the store. The polyiso worked better if I scored it and snapped it, as opposed to trying to cut deep with my utility knife. I had some time at lunch so I built my bed platform. This is a prototype. After I get...

Thanks for the encourage words, folks! Maybe? I would like to get a (cowling?) to go on the top of the cab to smooth the transition to the cap. I have no idea though what they are called or how to source one. Some guys this weekend suggested I contact some of the racing shops for some custom...

Because it's substantially cheaper and you get exactly what you want. In my case I selected a truck cap with extra height and a tailgate replacement. When I'm finished I'll be in to it for about $3k. The closest alternative for my use case (tailgate replacement/extra height) is a 4WC, for seven...

I backpacked through Asia & Africa when I was younger, then settled down for 30 years for wives, kids, mortgages, etc. Time to get back at it! My first retirement date at the university is 3/21/2025. The new girlfriend likes to camp, so I've pushed up my "build & build" timeline by 2.5 years...

I see you've got a spare jug in the back of the truck, with the truck cap on. I've been thinking about this also for my truck cap camper setup. Do you get any smell at all and/or how do you handle that?

Three guys in the 30's in the same area, and a base of manufacturing to draw upon, in people and suppliers (from auto manufacturing.) Thenit just snowballed with all of the suppliers and support businesses popping up. I'm pretty sure there are several articles on it widely available.

Jeep+Ursa is great. It's my second choice after Pickup+(high)TruckCapwithWalkInDoor

Yeah, I love my Wave 3, but my next build will have a third battery to power a 12v mattress pad. I'm pretty sure I recall discussions about diesel/gas heaters sooting up high altitudes because of incomplete combustion.

Those studies sealed the deal for me on heat sources when I ran across them several years ago. Catalytic is great. ODS is Great. Get a propane detector and a CO detector. Ventilate. High altitudes are yet to be solved though. Ideally they would come with a "high altitude" setting, but I don't...

From the Consumer Product Safety Commission comes the following. Given the wording, I suspect this was done mostly in support of ODS, but the info is pretty comprehensive. Standard Propane, with and without ODS: https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/CO02.pdf And Catalytic heater testing...