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:) The pay isn't very good the the hours are great! 14 days until I turn 62, and can get my lifetime National Parks pass. Social Security doesn't start until July sometime. I did some shopping yesterday after church, then took the rest of the day off and went hiking - there should be some fun in...

I finally made some visual progress today, I got the Lauan plywood on the right side of the camper! It was a little tricky doing it alone, but managed to do it. First I tried to determine the best usage of the plywood, with the most structual tie in as well as not wasting wood, then made a...

Thanks, John. Make sure you get a camper in good shape it you go that route. I still think it might have been easier and quicker to build one from scratch than what I have been doing. Oh well, I think I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, although just got a notice today that the shower...

Hi Chris, The aluminum is .040. I was hoping for off white but all he had was white. It will just be for the sides, the top has a rubber roof. It will go on over 5mm Lauan plywood. Vic

Making some slow progress, have been spending lots of time thinking and planning so hopefully will minimize the mistakes. Of course, there are no plans or blueprints to follow, so everything is worked out on the fly! Right now I'm trying to figure out how to do the garage and storage doors, so...

It looks great, Peter! Glad you were able to try it out. I'm getting a bit anxious to do that myself but it will be awhile yet. Vic

I had a 14' box on my NPR, with a power lift gate, and sold it to a Fuso dealer in Fort Myers for $1100, and they took it off. The Isuzu dealer said they would sell it on consignment for me (asking $1,500) but they wanted $388 to take it off, another dealer offered $500 and they would take it...

Evan, great job on your camper. I just ordered the aluminum sheeting for my camper today, should be here by Wednesday. I'm still debating on how to do the doors for the bike garage, top or bottom opening. Where did you get the lift struts and how much were they? If you decide to insulate, you...

Thanks, Kerry. Yes, it is a very nice workspace. Probably not fair to call it a driveway build because on one the side of the driveway are four "carports" with 13' ceilings (I'm using two of them), and right behind that is a fully equipped workshop with practically every tool I know how to use...

My cousin Jim is an accountant, and with tax season over he was going to his hunting camp for a long weekend, and invited me to go with him. I had already missed the deadline to go to the wedding I wanted to attend so I took the weekend off as well. Now he is taking some time off work and...

Advice is welcome but some explanation would help. I'm looking for a dual sport, most XR250s I've seen advertised are off road. I don't understand why you would call the CRF230L outdated when it only came out in 2008, the XR250 is older, and I would think, heavier. I'm going to be carrying it in...

After lots of thought and looking around, I am now leaning towards the Honda CRF230L instead of a Yamaha, in spite of the extra cost. Anyone have, or know of, one for sale? Thanks, Vic PS Progress on the camper is going slow, put it on the truck today for a test fitting. You can see my...

Thanks, John, really appreciate the information, as well as the great idea about tapping the plug, never thought of that! Yesterday I took the vents off the roof, the covers need replacing and they need to be recaulked, also need to plug up the hole where the air conditioner was, as well as...

I'm trying to hook up the auxiliary fuel tank but need to know the size of the drain plug on the original tank. Does anyone know what size it is? John? Thanks. Got my battery cables yesterday. Also last week tried out the inverter and found out there was a problem with the load sensor switch...

Thanks Doug, The information was great and the photos really helped to visualize it. I was looking for a photo of the CRF230 head on to see how much room it takes up, and couldn't find one anyplace. I've found a couple for sale on line, waiting to hear from the sellers. I will be registering the...

After getting the camper under a roof, we have had over a week of nice weather with no rain! Ah, well, the days are beautiful so I'm not complaining. However I don't seem to be making much progress, too much time trying to find stuff, both on the internet and running around town. I got the...

This afternoon we got the camper off of the truck again and back on the stand. We hoisted up the back end of the camper, jacked up the front end and drove the truck out - very easy compared to putting it on there. Then we put the stand back underneath. Now I can go get some needed materials, the...

No fooling, made some progress today, got the rear of the camper mostly rebuilt today! Took a lot of mental energy to work it all out, especially after either cutting some pieces too short (or maybe forgetting how I planned to do it), anyway it all worked out with a few minor modifications...

Check out Sun Electronics in Miami, FL. for some good prices. They have their own panels as well as some name brands. They also have a location in Arizona. http://sunelec.com/ Vic

I decided if I was going to fix the holding tank I should take it out and do it right. It took a bit of doing - there were 12 screws in the floor of the shower pan holding it down. Something doesn't seem right with that, you think they might leak?!?!? Got started on rebuilding the back end...