Alaskan Camper Build Up

[98dango]

Looks awsome man I love it now how do i talk the lay in to it.

[Saiyan66]

Definitely liking the roof rack on there. Any pics of the rails you mounted to the cab?

[Carlyle]

Carlyle, the rig looks great! I'm sure you have covered this somewhere in the 300 or so pages, but why did you not go with a cabover? I would think having a 12' and cabover bed would net you more room, and way less rear overhang. I am going to guess you don't like to climb up into the cabover bunk?

Glad too see you are out enjoying it!

Hi Redthies,

The reasons for the non cabover unit are pretty much something that is mostly personal. The non cabover Alaskan is a better sealed unit by far. The sides have better insulation and less wind leakage. If the storage area beneath the bed is kept more, the bed should stay warmer, in theory. Set up and down is quicker as well. You still have to climb up in a bunk, but not much of a big deal for us as we are many years away from walkers.

[Carlyle]

Definitely liking the roof rack on there. Any pics of the rails you mounted to the cab?

I'll post some pictures this week.

[pods8]

I think the rack smoothes out the transition (visually) between the cab and camper heights better, looks good.


P.S. Update your avatar photo with your new rig.

[Dogmann]

I love the truck and those TIRES!! RIMS... It looks bad ***...

[ersatzknarf]

Hi Carl,
Would it be possible to see some photos of the finished interior, please ?

[Carlyle]

I'll post some interior pictures very shortly. I purchased a set of Firestone Ride-Rite Airbags to put on the rear tomorrow. The back end has a bit of sag that I want to fix sooner than later to avoid leave springs wearing out prematurely. Wednesday the truck goes in for an alarm system install. The truck alarm will be hard wired to the windows and doors in the rear of the camper just like I had in my previous build. In addition my Yaesu 7900r will be discreetly mounted under a seat with the face plate up in a usable area. Radio, external speaker, and antenna will be grounded separately and then I need to program it... Finally, I'll get the Pioneer dvd deck in the camper wired so that it thinks the nonexistent parking brake is engaged and play movies through the flat screen.

Wow! 300k hits!

[Carlyle]

Firestone airbags in place:


Yakima tracks in place on roof of truck:


Flatscreen tucked behind couch in down position:


Gray water tank:


View from door with top up:


Top down:


Inverter and batteries under driver's side settee:


Table behind driver's side setter:


Pioneer stereo before bypass kit in place:

[Carlyle]

19 volt upverter for backlit led flatscreen:


Solar and battery monitor:


Full size bed with real mattress: