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There is still some gives in the rear panel. I installed a diesel heater vertically on that door and while it s a double panel fiberglass into a sandwitch composite, mine still had a little bit of flexibility. I guess you wont know until you try it. Sides have A LOT of flexbility, they are...

for the side window…while it s not 100% flat, once you start cranking the window and the rim…. It those push the fiberglass and force it to match the window so a flat window work in most cases. The rear door are stiffer tho so i m not sure if it will work as well, depend how tall is your window.

If you mean about my post, the front window are the spacekap brand one that come stock with the unit. They dont leak and dont open either. I added side windows (artic terns). The front is a passthrow that goes to the truck. No window. It s permanently open and much bigger then any window.

that is what i went with, elevated platform in the Nose. After cutting the lip, no insulation under the mattress and only 1 inch of insulation in the ceilling of the cabover, i found it was actually not bad in there but it s definitily not as much clearance as a normal truck camper. I find the...

Mine is 66 inches at the cabover (1.5’’ insulation each side) but i cut the ‘’retaining wall’’ and gained about 3.5’’ inch of height. So my bed slide out from the cabover and end up been a nice 75’’X68’’ so bigger then a short queen and still have about 24’’ of head room above the mattress

Great info you put there. I m currently building a spacekap diablo 8 and had another old one 10 years ago. I had to search a lot for the info so this thread is a great idea and gathering of info.

One element i can vouch for having seen so many of those around….they are STRONG. That company produce so many medical mobile unit for the oil field and construction company in northern BC and Alberta. Those unit see the roughness condition there is on forestery and gravel road and harsh winter...

You mention good point, dimension will be different. That should not influence the weight much tho. But a basement will for sure. So is solar. the old version came with stove, fridge 3 way, sink, one tank only (no grey tank) , manual vent, jacks. So for sure, the new version will be pimp up...

You can be sceptical but many of us, me included owned one and weighted them. Mine was under 700lbs empty and 900lbs loaded. So…those weight are real.

We are comparing to our full built out camper 610 from the 90s…. It was never sold as a shell only. It was always sold as a full camper With bed and sink and heater and fridge etc. So a fully build 90s 610 was 700lbs territory’ and now they are taking of a 610 in the 1500lbs territories 30 years...

It s strand shotted from an air gun. There is a video on YouTube that show the build progress. First is gel coat apply to the mold, then strand fiberglass shoot from a gun while another guy roll it tight and compact. It s very thin…. As very little regidity and when it come out of the mold… it s...

a spacekap is a completely different construction vs a northern lite. a space kap is a 1/8+ thick or more fiberglass rigid shell. all the strengh and integrity of the shell is based on the thickness and shape of a single skin. The northern lite is an extremely thin outer layer...and the...

same with mine, the sticker had it at 680lbs and when i measured at the scale... it was a little more in near 850lbs but i had water and gear in it. it was such a great little unit and the f150 didn't even feel it. It's very hard to understand how NL is coming with a 1500lbs 610. It's a none...

my northern lite 6-10 was about 750lbs and it included the normal stuff...fully build, hot water, fridge, but no toilet. it was a masterpeice of smart design and lightweight. For northern lite to come in 2023 and propose a 1500lbs 610 make me wonder what went wrong. we have so much technology...

the extrusion are aluminum and go from outside to inside so there is termal bridging at every screw you see inside...about every 9 inches. i m not sure if this is ''best in the industrie'' but it s a design used by CPT in kelowna that make the same boxes for medical treatement units. You can by...

as it been done? i m talking building a full passthrough so you can go from the truck cab to the camper. i m talking more then a window...full body walking. I currently have a F350 and a Kodiak camper. i love the camper and i love the truck and willing to perhaps put a flatbed instead of the...

awesome project! looking forward to follow this one!

so true and that is the reason why i need 2 camping unit...one functional...and one project!!!!....the build is litterally 50% of the fun!!!!!

i share many of the same experience as you...sitting at the front in cold winter camping in banff, i can feel the cold from wherewhere. that is a time of the year where you need to close up the front...there is no other way around. But there is another 8-9months in the year were this isnt a...

while driving in hot weather, can you run the mini split for the rear passenger?