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Yes, the tailgate was supposed to come off. I lowered it and thought to myself "I really need to remove that...." then proceeded to forget, back up under it, lower it down and start strapping it in. Then turned around and was like...."Um, yeah". Honestly it looks ridiculous with the gate still...

Next up... a visit to the Marine Upholstery and Fabric guy in Sidney. That was fun, as I got to actually drive around with this thing on the truck again for the first time in like over a year. I loaded it up myself to practice, and it was...fun. Yeah, lets go with that. I took it slow, jacked up...

Weird, it feels like I was posting in here last weekend... not last month? So, what have I completed since the last time I was apparently on my personal computer and not buried in work... the answer is LOTS! Like.... really a lot. I finished up installing my solar stuff and sealing it in place...

As the owner of a Ram 1500 short bed... I like where this is going. Though your timing sucks... :p

Yeah, it is starting to feel like I am on the home stretch for sure. Cushions and upholstery will make a massive difference in the feel and done-ness of any project for sure. The fiberglass is bubbling up all along the outer edge of the camper roof. I know it is not going to last, so it is only...

Oh and you might notice that in some of the pics you see the bubbling of the fiberglass, both inside and outside. This is what happens when you use basic hemlock 2x4 and not aluminum or at the very least hardwood. I need to remediate all of this and soon. I asked for fir, dried hardwood fir... I...

Ok last post for today. I am catching up on the last 3 weeks of work, so yeah... As they say, the devil is in the details. And I am pretty much working on the details now. Installed the Smoke Detector, and this one includes a CO2 detector as well. Has a 10 year battery and a voice...

Today and yesterday I worked on the electrical system details and the solar setup. I am running a pair of 100W Renogy Monocrystalline into a 20A MPPT controller. I only have one battery sadly, a group 27 AGM. I wish I had room for more, might look at adding another for the fridge...

Man, where does the time go. I have spent the past few weekends and days off working on the camper trying to get it done... and I am getting pretty darn close. One of the issues I was still dealing with was the roof wanting to rack from side to side when lifting or lowering. I had always planned...

The pop up camper I am building has a white roof top, and the body sides are natural aluminum... For now. I have been thinking about spraying it the same colour as my truck... or something VERY close. I am hopeful that the white roof top will keep a lot of the heat out, and the insulation will...

This past weekend I had 2 choices... 1, do all the yard work and cleanup I have been meaning to do and 2, work on the camper. Well, I did both. Lawn / yard cleanup was on Sat, about 6 hours straight...was tired and dirty. Sunday however was the fun day (Sunday Funday, makes sense). That was...

I am getting pretty exited about this development. Now, just need to finish and sell mine!

I like where this is going... nice truck and a great story.

Nice! Very cool setup.

I have been on vacation all week... and have done nothing to the camper. lol Lots of hikes and lots of hanging out with the kids etc... good times. Need to get back on track!

awezome!

Wow, thanks Andrew...much appreciated. It has taken a long time to get to this point, but we are close to the finish line now. Heh I can't take all the credit, I had someone do a lot of the work on this with me. I have been picking away at it for the past year...kind of lost motivation for a...

They always are. I have a buddy locally who is on his 3rd rebuild I think now... he says the same thing every time!

No personal experience, but both look very nice and both are highly regarded. I have read lots about both, and it would be a hard decision for me to pick one over the other. I think I like the treehouse design a little better... but then again the Go Fast has some very nice features. Honestly...

Managed to wrap up the cabinet doors tonight. After looking at the hinges again for a good solid 6 minutes, I realized that they are actually VERY simple to put in and to get correct. Measure where the overlap is for the upper and lower cabinet frame, mark a line, place hinge flush with line...