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Lol I should have known that YT would already have a video of exactly that.

That is a great idea Dave, a little case for the pump! The clicking can definitely be annoying. It does satisfy my mind though, as its sound is how I check that it is working as intended, but getting rid of it all the way would be very nice. I didn't think wrapping it in something would do it...

I'm one of those guys who is running a diesel heater on the outside of their camper, and here are some of my own experiences: - I am in a completely uninsulated (nothing more than what the camper had from the manufacturer) Alu-Cab Canopy Camper on my '21 Tacoma. - I have a 5kw Vevor unit...

Hey, I have a used Dickinson P9000 LPG fireplace and the GP Factor mounting kit, specific to the Alu-Cab Canopy Camper, for sale. The fireplace has ~250 hours of use on it, and is in excellent shape. It functions just as intended, and has no damage or issues. I am selling it because I am...

Dave, I have it underneath the truck, attached with the rubber isolator thing, to the cross brace structure that supports the spare tire hoist mechanism. I haven't tried wrapping the pump yet, as the clicking noise doesn't impact our sleep at all. Ah yeah, it's that one swivel connection the...

I don't have an LP, but I do have an Alu-Cab that the wife and I have been living in full-time for the past 14 months now. I have some info to share that you may find useful. - I can't imagine trying to sleep with a wide open space at the end of the truck. Sometimes we have no bugs, but most...

Yes Yes, if done correctly, which is probably safe to assume for most mainstream companies. Correct. Think of the camper frame (not the doors/windows, or how it pops up, but the main 'square/rectangular' bit that gets bolted to the truck bed) as a little structure. Simplify it in your mind...

Massive difference between an aluminum extrusion with bolts in the corners to hold it together, and something like Dan Grec's build (he highlighted the entire build process on YT) i.e. aluminum framing with composite panels bonded to it. Their structures are fundamentally different at the base...

I also want to just chime in on this, to hopefully drive the point home a bit further. Regarding the bolted together extrusion build methodology: If I walked that connection/frame/structure idea into any of my professional colleagues offices, and I wasn't joking, I would quite literally be...

10+ months as a home on wheels. Still stunning: Tacoma - Stream in UT by Michael Rickerd, on Flickr Tacoma - Low Left by Michael Rickerd, on Flickr

I have this white one that I purchased on Amazon. Designed to run on 12v, so I have it wired directly to my BlueSea fuse block. It functions, and it lets you know, quite loudly, when the air is 'dirty'. It is on 100% of the time. Starlink Install by Michael Rickerd, on Flickr

We can also do everything inside as well. That was one of my guiding principles during the planning and building phases. We've done full meal prep in heavy, wet snow or very buggy conditions. I certainly prefer to be outside though. Haha

Yes, they stay put in all but the most extreme scenarios (all 4 wheels leaving the ground type extreme, outside of what many people put their truck through). We do sometimes have the velcro'ed pouches on the underside of the smaller platform fall off and to the floor. We don't store anything...

The tank lives in between the cab and the head wall of the camper. Random Over Weeks by Michael Rickerd, on Flickr I used (3) M5 bolts, as a sort of stud, through the camper headwall, and then secured them in place with nuts. This keeps the studs in position when I loosen the (3) additional...

Exciting to see lots of details about other setups. I built mine out over the course of 2 years, and I wanted to go truly lightweight, which meant no drawers or slides of any kind. You can ditch the 40 series 8020 for the interior. Little 1" 10 series is more than strong enough. If you have...

In all of my research I haven't come across a mattress that will fit inside of the cover for the OEM mattress in an ACCC. Most all go with either the Hest or the Exped Megamat Duo L+W (what I run personally, hundreds and hundreds (maybe 1,000+) of nights) in their campers. Either way, good...

I will also chime in with another negative opinion: The design is terrible IMO. What sn_85 said above about dust, heat, water, etc. are all my opinions as well. Setup and teardown would be laborious relative to a typical wedge camper. As a structural engineer, that overall design of the...

Oof. I wish I only had to spend $78,000 on mine to get it to where I wanted it to be. Including the price of truck, I am a hair over $115,000 into my Tacoma. No YT account or free parts unfortunately. And I did 98% of all of the labor, paying ~$1,100 to a friend to weld some things up for me...

Ah thank you very much. Happy to share!

Ozarker brings up a lot of good points, reminds me of my time in the Corps at the CWMWTC in Bridgeport, CA, but the overall applicability of a military grade system to a mobile, routinely opened and closed truck camper is a bit of a stretch. For the warmth, it all depends on the canvas sides...