A few more test fits, but at this point it's pretty much ready to go. The solar system is completely up and running, and we've got electricity to spare. The only wire connections between the truck and the camper are for the tail lights (and if need be, a long set of jumper cables).
At this point I needed to build a swing out bike rack for the receiver hitch. I actually finished that about an hour before we hit the road, so I don't have any pictures of that in the works. That, and load the thing up for a summer traveling. When we hit the road, the truck was already on its second lease on life, and had 178k hard miles on it. It was ready for 8k trouble free miles, right? Yup. I carried enough tools to do just about any roadside repair you can imagine, along with a pile of spare parts. I guess being super prepared paid off - I used a screwdriver to tighten a hose clamp on a leaky heater hose, and a filter wrench when I changed the oil mid trip. That was it.
At this point I needed to build a swing out bike rack for the receiver hitch. I actually finished that about an hour before we hit the road, so I don't have any pictures of that in the works. That, and load the thing up for a summer traveling. When we hit the road, the truck was already on its second lease on life, and had 178k hard miles on it. It was ready for 8k trouble free miles, right? Yup. I carried enough tools to do just about any roadside repair you can imagine, along with a pile of spare parts. I guess being super prepared paid off - I used a screwdriver to tighten a hose clamp on a leaky heater hose, and a filter wrench when I changed the oil mid trip. That was it.
