Category Archives: RV Projects

Renovated Truck Cap Pickup Camper

Well, It’s done! Here’s the intro to this story. Over the years I’ve had four pickup truck campers. Two hard side and two soft side. My first “Soft Side” was really a “Soft Everything”! COX Campers made a small pop-up that fit in mini pickup trucks. Just like this but no chassis and wheels etc.

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LITHIUM BATTERY HEATING PROJECT

My Pickup Truck has a Roofnest Falcon Roof Top Tent installed above the truck cap. Even though I might be camping far off the beat’n path, I still need access to electricity for charging devices, powering a portable refrigerator/freezer, running a diesel heater, and more. To accomplish this, I added a solar panel to the

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Roof Top Tent…Solar System

Recently I replaced my “Soft” Roof Top Tent (RTT) with a smaller, “Hard” RTT. The soft tent was an “Overlander” from Smittybilt. The replacement is from Roofnest and I went with the lowest profile RTT on the market, the Falcon. There were two reasons for the move….One was the Overlander was a bear to fold

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RV Lead Acid/AGM to LITHIUM

A few years ago I installed a rather involved solar system in my Forest River RR19 Toy Hauler travel trailer. Back then, with a single Lithium battery costing over $1000 I decided to go the AGM (Absorb Glass Mat) route. You can read all about this project on another article here on my web page:

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Roofnest Falcon Handle DIY

The Roofnest Falcon is a great Roof Top Tent (RTT). When you purchase it, they include one handle. And it is a VERY nice handle. If you want or need more handles they are $40 each. Don’t get me wrong, they are worth $40 each as they are extruded or cast aluminum, anodized and beautifully

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RV Projects, Toy Haulers, Travel Trailers, RV Solar, RV Internet, WiFi Booster, WiFi Range Booster

50,000 miles In a Travel Trailer….My Opinions

Seems I’ve somehow earned the reputation of knowing something about travel trailers……After owning a 20′ Toy Hauler for 5 years and towing it all over America, I’ve got some opinions that I’ll share with you. Please feel free to add comments below if you think I missed something or want to add something . Here

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OVERLAND OFF ROAD TRAILER BUILD FROM LOWES UTILITY TRAILER

How did all this start? I currently have a nice Forest River 19RR Toy Hauler camping trailer. It suits me fine as I’ve dragged it cross country four times and in 5 years I put 50,000+ miles on it! My wife and I shoot a sport called Cowboy Action Shooting. We travel to events all

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