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Have you considered buying a product from a company that makes truck based professional labs already designed specifically for use in the type of terrain you will be using yours in? I have a personal bias towards companies whose products have a proven track record in a day to day industrial...

I'll be watching!!:)

Thanks So NOPEC is - (New Old Perfect Expedition Camper) - Yes, I know, pretty damn pretentious!! It started life as a pretty rundown, somewhat water damaged 1995 Peak Industries "Kodiak" fiberglass SB camper. That company is long defunct. Lots of ripping and gutting, lots of ideas...

84FLH Referencing your original post, you will not get better advice and examples of real world experience of exactly what you want to do, from these folks here (OKA 374) that have actually done it. Simply fast forward by ten years your vehicle gas engine choice (5.4 is getting pretty long...

I am on my third build using "GoPower" brand flexible panels from BC. I can't vouch for where they are made (I have my suspicions) but I did have a warranty issue with the original designed first ones I had. The service/warranty department was really amazing, at one point I had two guys on...

Looks like your project is going very well, just finished reading your build stuff up until now. You mentioned that you were going to dicor the edges of your flexible solar panels. I see you have been into some freezing temps with lots of precipitation already. You don't want to chance any...

Failing the availablity of the jacks, If you could track down two more sets of strong hands and two 8 ft 2x4s, I think that four bruisers could do it easily and safely. You could put the boards under the front and back bottom edge of the canopy and then lift each corner with the boards to move...

From what I understand, it is all about knocking the glaze off of the surface, whether it be paint or fiberglass and then ensuring everything is super clean prior to coating. I used the 3M scuff pads as well on my RO sander and they really worked well. I don't think you'll have to take your...

Just a thought or two to further muddy your thinking. You could consider picking up some colloidial silica and a quart of some of the "short list" coatings and have a go at playing with the actual enamel and as well, creating texture by hand with a roller. It would give you a look at both...

Final initial surface prep (post sanding) was a light rubbing with mineral spirits using modestly dipped clean rags followed by a soap and water scrub and then clear water rinse. I was fully expecting to use a primer but the paint guys talked me out of it as they were very confident that none...

I recently completed a build thread which included redoing the entire outside of a fiberglass truck camper. For the finish on the considerably re-fiberglassed exterior, I used a readily available (Benjamin Moore/Coranado paint stores) one part polyurathane industrial enamel called "Rust Scat"...

My dad always used to joke about our county roads grader operator saying that his real name was actually "highblade". I never got the joke until I started driving..... And grid road corrections, you generally only ever miscalculate one of those babies once during your short life, especially on...

Common sense dictates to me, anyway, that adapting your driving style to the road condition is equally or more important than the choice of a vehicle or camper. Since you are pondering a trip to Canada, you will find that many of the thousands of kilometers of gravel backroads here often have...

Last Installment of this Build Thread. Here are some pics of the Inside. The basic changes from the original interior were the new countertop, smaller sink/tap and all new PEX/Sewer components, new water pump, replacing the stove/oven with a stovetop only, getting rid of the huge table and...

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When I did my seams, I was hung up on the need for ensuring that the initial structural integrity of the walls was to remain at least the same or increased, which I think I accomplished. To that end, I felt I needed to keep and improve the bond created by the use of screws to hold the panels...

Sounds good. All of the thirty year old "RV quality" plastic stuff on the roof should definitely go so knocking parts off of one on the door frame just helps! The three 14x14 vents, the cover for the holding tanks vent, any assorted antennas, the fridge vent, etc. are on that list. I...

Well done, I feel a little like a drug dealer/influencer! Here are a couple of suggestions for starting out. Make up (or buy) a couple of short but beefy sawhorses and lower the camper down on them. I used a couple of stringers between the horses ("north/south") to ensure that I didn't put...

Good question, Mike. I too have been watching and enjoying the discussion on the jackknifed Dodge. The mould manufactured fiberglass campers are heavy, especially when compared to some of the advertised weights of the composite FRP stuff. The numbers on my camper before I started into it...

Have a close look at the outside of the entry door hole. There should be a flange there that is screwed on to the frame which trims the sides and top, take that completely off and the fridge should just come out. Failing that, I would suggest measuring the fridge edge trim, hinges, etc. and...