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[Phessor]

How do the squares hold up in the summer heat? I wanted to try that, but afraid they'll fall off during the Southern California heat waves or start to peel off at the corners or peel off the moment I add weight with velcroed items.

I am now leaning on buying a roll of that cheap carpet they sell by the foot at lowes that I used for my benches. And attaching it with machine screws and washers. My current setup is plastic wall sheets in white used for showers and they look great in the cold, but during hot weather they are wavy and warped. Looks hideous. I went from Coroplast, to plastic wall shower sheets, and now considering carpet instead. It's never ending lol.

Mine have held up just fine in the Arizona, NM and Utah heat.

 

[KellyM]

I used carpet squares and 3M spray adhesive over rigid foam as well. They have held up fine in high temps
(and very cold temps) and I have several things Velcroed to them as you can see in the photo.

 

[STravis]

I had a chance to finally get my flip up doors insulated and I attached the same paneling as the rest of the walls. I need to add heavier struts but it turned out good. I also insulated the top of the walls in the sleeping area and the rear doors. I used 3/4" foam and glued some indoor/outdoor carpet to it. It added a nice finished look to the remaining aluminum in the living space.

 

[dstefan]

I have a giant standing drill press and slide vise I just didn't want to resort to using it. Lazy I'll admit. I tried the step bit method too, it worked somewhat ok but still bounced around with chatter. I'm sure the step bit chucked into the drill press would work best. It's a 1.5" step bit but the issue is before it even begins to open up the counter bore it's already opening up the through hole larger than 1/4" and I can't have that happen. I wound up using my dremel and grinding drum and it worked out really good and I managed to clean up the roughness I left behind from the drill bit attempt. I also switched to machined bolts 1/4-20 2 inch with allen head. I snapped one and the other went on fine. I'm going to reinforce the inside of the door with a latch on top. I saw a member here use that on his barn door in the Facebook group. Until I do that, I will not be mounting my propane tank on that door just yet.

Yeah, it's hard to get just the right size step bit. IIRC iI was using a metric one. I also had luck with 1/2" regular bit, but not the pilot point one — it really grabbed at the edges of the channel.

When you get the top latch added, please post a picture. I’m still thinking of adding some reinforcement. . .

 

[aaaslayer]

Yeah, itks hard to get just the right size step bit. IIRC iI was using a metric one. I also had luck with 1/2 regular bit, but not the pilot point one — it really grabbed at the edges of the channel.

When you get the top latch added, please post a picture. I’m still thinking of adding some reinforcement. . .

I'll post here and the Facebook group. I just got back from a Big Bear trip in SoCal over the weekend and need to clean out the camper and do a bit of refining, change things out and add some D rings to strap down fridge and totes. Always refining the setup.

 

[wheredojoego24]

Hello everyone. First off, I just wanted to say thanks to this community as a whole. While I didn't actively comment or anything, I have been using this forum for ideas and answers to questions for awhile now. Since all of the detailed threads helped me so much, I figured it was only fair that I make one of my own and introduce myself to the community. My wife and I live in Ohio and are very into rock climbing. Her starting a remote role at the beginning of the year was a pleasant surprise for us in the fall and moved up our camper timeline by 5-10 years. So when she accepted the role near the end of November, the next day we put a deposit down for an Ovrlnd camper. And just like that, the clock began and most of my non-working time, from then until March 12th was dedicated to preparing to live and work from a camper for 3 months. This past Saturday was 2 weeks now that we have been home post road trip and I finally got some time and motivation to make this post. It seemed like a lot of folks make their own build post and then link to it in this specific thread, so that is what I did as well:
https://forum.expeditionportal.com/threads/my-ovrlnd-camper-build-2025.248572/#post-3223149

 

[K9LTW]

Hello everyone. First off, I just wanted to say thanks to this community as a whole. While I didn't actively comment or anything, I have been using this forum for ideas and answers to questions for awhile now. Since all of the detailed threads helped me so much, I figured it was only fair that I make one of my own and introduce myself to the community. My wife and I live in Ohio and are very into rock climbing. Her starting a remote role at the beginning of the year was a pleasant surprise for us in the fall and moved up our camper timeline by 5-10 years. So when she accepted the role near the end of November, the next day we put a deposit down for an Ovrlnd camper. And just like that, the clock began and most of my non-working time, from then until March 12th was dedicated to preparing to live and work from a camper for 3 months. This past Saturday was 2 weeks now that we have been home post road trip and I finally got some time and motivation to make this post. It seemed like a lot of folks make their own build post and then link to it in this specific thread, so that is what I did as well:
https://forum.expeditionportal.com/threads/my-ovrlnd-camper-build-2025.248572/#post-3223149

Well done!

Where in oHIo are you? Once and a while we remind our OVRLND-equipped RAM who the boss is and take it to my mom's place in East Liverpool...and threaten to leave it there if it ever lets us down Hopefully just a few more visits before we move out west and I never see road salt, again.

 

[wheredojoego24]

Well done!

Where in oHIo are you? Once and a while we remind our OVRLND-equipped RAM who the boss is and take it to my mom's place in East Liverpool...and threaten to leave it there if it ever lets us down Hopefully just a few more visits before we move out west and I never see road salt, again.

Oh yeah, that is a great place to threaten a vehicle with as a final destination lol we live about 20 minutes south of Cleveland

 

[Fergie]

Mornin' all...I know this has come up before, but bear with me. I have Geico for the truck and camper right now; regular ol auto insurance for the a Tundra, with an additional $10k coverage for the camper, and havent had issues with the coverage side of it. But, with no accidents or tickets, my premiums have increased from about $680 q 6 months to over $900 q 6 months.

So, who all are you using for insurance and have you had any hassles with adding additional coverage for the camper on top of your normal insurance?

Thanks!

 

[K9LTW]

Mornin' all...I know this has come up before, but bear with me. I have Geico for the truck and camper right now; regular ol auto insurance for the a Tundra, with an additional $10k coverage for the camper, and havent had issues with the coverage side of it. But, with no accidents or tickets, my premiums have increased from about $680 q 6 months to over $900 q 6 months.

So, who all are you using for insurance and have you had any hassles with adding additional coverage for the camper on top of your normal insurance?

Thanks!

Sad to say, but that's been a nearly universal thing across all insurance companies over the past year or two. I have Erie for our house, my RAM w/ OVRLND, both our other vehicles, and our travel trailer. VERY happy with their rates after Geico, literally, DROPPED coverage on my RAM because the OVRLND put it over some value limit (so, yeah...clearly Geico doesn't have a uniform plan). But our rates went way up last renewal. Our broker was as apoplectic as we were, but it's across the industry.

With that said...if Erie covers your area...highly recommend you check into them.

 

[Fergie]

Doesnt look like Erie covers Arizona right now, but I appreciate the heads up on them. Did Geico provide any further rationale to you for the coverage drop?

 

[K9LTW]

Doesnt look like Erie covers Arizona right now, but I appreciate the heads up on them. Did Geico provide any further rationale to you for the coverage drop?

Nope. Got a letter in the mail and by the time I received it, I had less than a week of coverage. Needless to say, they’re on my blacklist

They said some cryptic thing like the accessories took the truck's value to an unacceptable level or some such nonsense. I had provided the invoice for the camper.

 

[montechie]

Mornin' all...I know this has come up before, but bear with me. I have Geico for the truck and camper right now; regular ol auto insurance for the a Tundra, with an additional $10k coverage for the camper, and havent had issues with the coverage side of it. But, with no accidents or tickets, my premiums have increased from about $680 q 6 months to over $900 q 6 months.

So, who all are you using for insurance and have you had any hassles with adding additional coverage for the camper on top of your normal insurance?

Thanks!

We use Farm Bureau and haven't had any problem insuring our OVRLND at agreed value, even in our ever growing/expensive area we haven't experienced noticeable price creep with them. Only downside is they're kind of old school and like to bury us under tons of paper instead of digital docs.

 

[DuckDuck]

I have State farm and had it added to my policy in OVRLND's parking lot while they were installing my camper. I was insured for $3.30 a month before we even drove off the lot!
I'll post my current build iteration soon, it's going slow as we find what we like and don't like.

 

[dirtnsmores]

Guys! Quick question about tire rating and the weight of these builds. For a truck like a 1st gen Tundra, 350lb camper with a few hundred pounds of gear and build... Would you recommend I stick with e-load 10 ply tires or try out some 6 ply c-load tires? I currently run 255/80/17 E loads and they've been great, but I'm looking at 255/75/17 c loads in the same exact tire that are lighter. They're a half an inch shorter, 32.5, which I'm fine with. Trying to lose a little bit of weight, height, and rotational mass. Not too worried about sidewall punctures...

How many of you are running? C- load, e-load, passenger rated tires? What size truck do you have? The first gen Tundra is considered a full size truck, but it's about the size of most modern-day midsize trucks.

Edit: my tire of choice is the Toyo open country at3. They've never left me stranded and have plenty of good sizes in the more narrow range.