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Same on my GMC. Might be a GM specific thing....(But, as others have noted, it is pretty clear and easy to read where ever it is..) It sure would be interesting to be a fly on the wall during the meetings between the engineers and the marketing gurus within the big three NA truck manufacturers...

Coming from a guy that makes sinks out of plastic and a printer, that's pretty high praise! Thanks a lot and all the best of the season.

Second Last Installment of the NOPEC Build Thread (Caution - This one got really long...) The final pre-paint finishing of the exterior fiberglass, featuring tons of sanding. Fiberglass work is relatively easy and very satisfying because of the creation (or repairs in my case) of surfaces that...

Thanks Ryan. Don't know about you guys in east BC but it is chucking snow here today and I think after a first clearing pass down the driveway, its a good day to take a run at the last "installment" of this build thread. I'll definitely touch on the Arctic Tern windows. Cheers

From FBMPlace today. This thing is just screaming, "Bie me, Bie me"....... "Camper $500 first come first sieve furnace and stove work great there is no fridge in there there is an electric one in there that's used as an icebox basically nothing special first come first service one of the jecks...

Actually, looking forward to another summer of gravel showers, soon.. I think it will be different than a pure ice road like the old Inuvik/Tuk route. From what I could see, this one is on mostly muskeg which I am guessing doesn't have the same concern with speed as pure ice so guessing the...

Dean When we did the Mackenzie, we hit Wrigley, Tulita, Norman Wells, Ft. Good Hope and of course Ft. Simpson. We were told to avoid going into Wrigley as it was known to be pretty sketchy, lots of small time thieves, etc. Everywhere else that we visited was great. We actually got quite a...

Dean We had a great trip but had a lot of big weather (man, can that lake blow up fast) which kind of nixed the greater plan so we missed both of our re-supply opportunities and had to shorten the trip to 30 days unsupported. Due to the weather, we weinyed out on one huge open water crossing...

Good bit of research. I don't think that either Rust Scat or the Acrylic stuff you mentioned would be prone to chipping. I feel that Rust Scat is pretty hard but not brittle, but I don't really know. Personally, I wasn't interested in water based house paint that I had to prime. I'm just...

I knew you guys were up there but had forgotten where. I'll have to go and watch that one again. Really glad you enjoyed the first episode. Believe it or not, it really picks in the last two...

We'd be interested in your feedback. As I mentioned, we really enjoyed them. This past summer we were planning to do a DH TwinOtter fly in/flyout paddling trip down the Thelon River starting in the NWT, ending in Nunavut at Baker Lake on Hudson bay. However, with COVID, jet fuel had gone...

Interesting, like I said, mine has been just great and I would use it again, definitely. Pop over anytime for a "scratch" test. :giggle:

Build Thread on NOPEC - Continued - Making the exterior "One" One of the many downfalls of older (maybe newer as well) factory built mass produced campers of any sort, is that they are invariably screwed together, basically turning a bunch of small pieces into a single entity. This labour...

Looking forward to seeing your ice road adventures!! I don't know if you guys have seen these yet, but Parks Canada recently released to YouTube, a Trilogy of documentaries ("Into the Arctic") made by a relatively young Canadian Landscape artist/videographer named Cory Trepanier from back east...

It is amazing what you can do with long underwear, a tarp and a headlamp.........

Recently, I rebuilt a fiberglass shelled camper and went through the same quandary when it came time to finish the exterior. I looked hard at all of the marine stuff, both one and two part as well as, the various bed liner products, etc. Like you, I wanted something that wasn't too shiny, easy...

Further to my last post. this is the second installment of this build thread; c. Re-do all of the interior walls that were affected by the fiberglassing (cont'd) After I glassed over all of the window holes and other large openings, I then had to fix the inside walls. I filled the holes in...

Always winter because there are waaaay better things to do outside when it is above 0! (other than skiing, of course....)

I think the issue these days is the trend towards lightening the weight of our vehicles and part of that is the continuing reduction of the thickness of the sheet metal in the pickup boxes, be it steel or aluminium. Several years ago, I had a set of commercial stake pocket anchors with a camper...

Warning - Kinda lengthy and photo heavy.... Further to my last post. So the plan with this camper was as follows, Stage 1 - Interior mostly a. Gut the interior down to a point where I could prep to fiberglass over all of the unwanted openings. b. Fiberglass over these body openings which...