Christmas Progress #2

Here are some pictures of the camper with the windows Dad and I installed yesterday. We used butyl tape and silicone. This afternoon I had some time so I installed the diamond plate alum on the bed sides. Now I can take a little break, in a couple days Dad Stein and the Stein boys will be in town so hopefully we will be able to install the roof!! Stay tuned.....

Christmas Progress #1

Here are some pictures of what my Dad and I did over Christmas break. We painted everything with varnish, (two coats) put eternabond on pretty much every seam. Webseal on the roof seam. Then cut out the two water holes, one for pressure, one for fresh water, and we also cut out and installed the vented propane door. I got the two water hookups for free from my buddy Dan, and I paid about twenty bucks for the propane vent! The next day, we installed the windows the next day.... Thanks Dad for all of your hard work!!! I forgot to mention we also installed the final piece of alum onto the nose of the truck camper. That was a task!!! Wow...

Weekend Report

Here are some pictures of the tc after I put the siding on. Last weekend since I knew that I was going to be putting the siding on by myself, Sam Seth and I used a brake and bent each sheet at the top and bottom. This was very important to do because there are no screws holding the siding on, just 560 glue. So I had to make sure the siding was being put in place and not moving around. I would simply put the glue on the wall, and then put the siding on. I started at the back, and overlapped each sheet by one inch and used a special 3m double siding tape to connect the pieces. The temp was about 35-45 degrees all weekend so what I did to help was put a propane heater in the camper. The camper walls were actually warm when I put the glue on so I wasn't worried about the glue not setting. Once the glue dried for about a couple hours, I bent the tops back and then cut the alum. so it is flush with the corners. I used a 3/8 inch router trim bit to do this. Router bit works smooth as long as you stop every couple feet and put WD40 or motor oil on the bit so it won't get clogged up. Next step is to put the windows in, cut the roof vents, and install the roof....

More Progress Pics

Progress

Finally!!!! Sorry it has been so long. Since I expanded the camper by adding some height, I realized that I could not put it together inside my little garage. So I asked our lovely landowner Sylvia if we could use her barn and she said yes!! Over thanksgiving break I was able to put the truck camper together with the help of my two wonderful brother in laws Sam and Seth. We worked all day last Friday and Saturday. We got the camper put together and ready for the alum siding, however, it was too cold for the glue to work. Now I'm going to have to wait till this weekend, get the heaters going in the camper, and keep the glue warm. This sat. I'm hoping to be done with all the siding. I have a rubber roofer coming over this weekend to hopefully put the roof on. I'll keep ya posted.

Tiedowns

Here is a couple pictures of the tie down brackets that I made. The angle iron pieces go into the wall, and the flat iron pieces will go on the bottom of the wing of the camper. The bottom pieces will act as a guide for the eylets, that's the idea for now anyway. I might have the eyelet welded to the iron plate just to make it more permanent. However this way, if I do ever break something, I can replace it without major repair. I screwed and glued them in today. You can also see the wiring of the wall that will go to the inverter. I'm using 14guage wire. Oh yeah!!!

Siding, Electrical

Here are a couple pictures of the walls after I put the luan siding on, and installed the wiring. One side of the camper is for AC power only, while the other is DC only. I will be installing two LED lights for the main area, and a reading light for the cabover. The AC wall has two outlets for the fridge, microwave and tv. Plus two lights as well, one will be a big florescent light, and another for the cabover section. Wow , I'm running out of room in the garage. Also ifyou look past the walls, sitting on the camper is 1200 bucks worth of alum siding...