Woohoo! Got me a new truck camper.

[Nosferatu49534]

Wife*and I have been kinda sorta shopping for a slide in truck camper*since bought my truck last year. But as usual life usually gets in the*way. And any found were either to far away to just go look at or way*to much for our pocket*books. Thursday I happened to see a little*one for sale and figured I would at least stop and look. Its in pretty*good shape for a 1997. Needs some roof repair and a few hrs*scrubbing the inside and out down. The lady was asking $1800 for it but got her down to $1300 because I told her I'm gonna*have to take the whole roof off to repair it. Still have to get the*tie*down bars and turn buckles made*for it. But I*need my buddy to do the welding. And now pictures.

 

[kerry]

Looks pretty clean to me. Good find.

 

[Nosferatu49534]

Thanks.

 

[Regcabguy]

Real nice. You're gonna love the little wing doors. I store my shovel,rake,broom,axe,snatchem strap etc down those sides.
The interior low doors give access to the front spaces for firewood.

 

[Nosferatu49534]

My wife wants me to make little screens for those doors for fresh air as well. We're both excited to use it as much as possible.

 

[Regcabguy]

You'll have bookoo fresh air with that camper. Take her on a test run and see if she's fresh air deprived.

 

[Nosferatu49534]

I need to replace the water lines to the sink as they're all moldy inside. What would be the best kind to use? I'm not sure if the clear vynle I can get at Lowe's would be good enough. Also what would be the best way to clean the water tank?

 

[Josh41]

Looks great, we just picked up a similar camper this year, 7 nights so far and planning for lots more. Is that for a mini or full size?
As far as the water lines go, make sure they are safe for drinking water, not all hoses are. For the tanks, try a cap of bleach/1 gallon of water.
Enjoy

 

[Nosferatu49534]

Looks great, we just picked up a similar camper this year, 7 nights so far and planning for lots more. Is that for a mini or full size?
As far as the water lines go, make sure they are safe for drinking water, not all hoses are. For the tanks, try a cap of bleach/1 gallon of water.
Enjoy

It fits in my 8ft bed and I can just shut the tailgate.

 

[Nosferatu49534]

I kinda forgot about updating this so here's a couple things.

Got my trailer plug made finally. The one that can with the truck was starting to rot and crack. So I took a 25ft 12awg extension cord and cut the ends off to use as wire. The jacket on this cord is super soft and flexible so it was easy to bend/ twist where I wanted it.

Have wireloom clamps holding it the whole length under the drivers side.

Also the crank for the top was starting to pull the lag screws out, so I drill all the way through to the outside and ran carriage bolts with lock nuts on. Now it will have to pull through a lot of material.

Plus a couple shots from vacation last week.