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Yeah, I'm sure they are overkill, I was originally just going to do 1/4" but the place I got them from said they see 1/4" bend all the time for other purposes so I figured why not just go bigger. That way I don't have to think twice about any of that. At least we can feel confident if an...

The additional weather stripping, larger wood blocks, etc have made a difference. Since adding them, we've had very little dust coming in while driving so that's been nice. It just takes a little bit of time to figure out where it's coming in and then how to seal it off. I'm sure there is a...

We've made a few more upgrades to the truck mostly over the past couple of months! 1) Increased the size of the plates and bolts that are holding the camper to the flatbed. I'm not sure if this was required, but going from the tiny plates to these 1/2" thick, 6"x6" steel plates with 1/2" fine...

I would talk to Thuren (https://www.thurenfabrication.com/). We just placed our order for King 2.5s with remote reservoirs and their 1.5" lift front coils made for the Hemi. Chris and Don have been amazing to work with so far and we can't wait to see the ride difference for our truck with the...

Thanks! We've been using it quite a bit and it's holding up great! We usually keep our Instagram up to date with "post worthy" photos - https://www.instagram.com/iggy_the_igloo/. You'll be able to see some good shots of trips on there. We've had to make a few adjustments like add more weather...

Yeah, when we were thinking about the hard-sided popup, bear country was one of the "pluses" for it. I do wonder the same, is a popup camper with the upper soft sides not considered "safe" for bear country? The soft sides are pretty high up there...

Yes, we did have the truck bed removed to have the flatbed installed. The cab-chassis would definitely bring the camper lower since the flatbed could be mounted much lower. I believe we didn't choose the cab-chassis because when we were building it online, there were way fewer options and those...

That's interesting, thank you for sharing! So you think a thinner mattress and the Froli is more comfortable than the original mattress? Which system did you order?

Ahh, I see. Those are valid concerns for sure, I don't disagree with you that some things could be thought through a bit more and better designed. But I think overall, it's very well built and they've been around since the 50s, so they are doing something right. I'd say that in general, you...

By bed, do you mean the mattress because of the aluminum framing around the tiny short walls? Also, 100k for what? Alaskans aren't even close to that price. They range from $30,000s to mid $40,000s.

I hope the thermal pack helps out in those cold temps! Definitely play around with the fans, they make a huge difference. We have a rubber mat between the camper and our aluminum bed. The floor is not insulated but we do have a rug. We have the Truma Combi heater/water heater and there are three...

@lzpup , thank you, we are overall very happy with it! We haven't done a ton of snow camping, just a few nights and the snow load seems fine. The hydraulic jacks that lift the top half of the camper are really heavy duty and very well made. I would say that the only thing you would probably...

It's actually an ATV cover - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006JMK3FA/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 We tried two different bike covers and neither were large enough to cover both of our bikes at once (wide bars, long bikes) so I figured we'd give the ATV cover a shot. We've...

@Motafinga , how is yours holding up through all of these years? Would be very interested in hearing what you've had to deal with if you don't mind sharing.

Thanks! Totally agree that there is no perfect rig, what you gain in one, you are losing something in the other. As for the bikes being high off the ground, that was a big want of mine when designing the flatbed, we were lucky to have Alum-line be so open to installing one in the bed. It's...

Van vs truck...... that's a hard one. They each of their pro's and con's. Remember that we owned a high roof Sprinter, so we are comparing to that (for the most part). A lot of these pro's and con's can be switched depending on what's important to you. Truck Pro's: - Much nicer drive, it's very...

We didn't want to deal with the toilet, we've never had one and have been fine, but we can see the appeal to having one. Our camper is the 8.5' version and so far, it's doing fine for off road use. It is heavy but I'm not sure how much heavier than other campers. In terms of it holding up, we...

It was really easy. We built out a van before this which had many more decisions than our camper. Since Alaskan has a tried and true floor plan, it was mostly us picking out cosmetics like walls, ceiling, floor, sink, faucet, fabric. We did not get the toilet so we had custom drawers made to...

We live in Golden so it could have been us! We are the 3rd flatbed Alaskan side entry camper and I know Bryan had his at the Expo out East, so that leaves us and one other!

Thank you! We drive on dirt roads all the time, pretty much every trip leads to dirt roads for us. Overall, it stays very clean. There is a little bit of dust that gets in right at the corners of where the mattress meets the countertops, but we think that can be fixed with a little more weather...