AT Habitat, Atlas, & Summit Pictures, ideas, aaand BS

Ha yeah ive spent alot of my trail time on foot with my gear in a bag before building my truck. However, last year i spent over 70 days in my Habitat and put ~45k miles on my truck. You may be on to something tho.. maybe my backpacking mindset has made me keep my truck camping more simple. Ive never thought about the two being connected but it makes sense.

 

..the best choice due to your height would be the Atlas, no overhanging sleep platform to make you slouch/crouch, (like me) then put up an aftermarket awning. A wedgie design will be short on the sleep platform..you'll be touching your toes on the roof instead of your head under the roof. and just to close out that 81" inch idea, there is no way to get that clearance between ground and opened sleep platform under normal use conditions. and again, that introductory ad copy is correct for the vertical space inside a deployed tent while your standing in the bed of the Tacoma.

 

I have mentioned this earlier in this thread but I know things get buried easily... The diesel heater has been nothing short of amazing for winter camping. We bought the 5kw model. I don't know how anyone can say you can't effectively heat a habitat with one of these. They will cook your ass out of there on high when ambient temps are well below freezing. You also do not have to cut holes in the bed if you mount it like I did. The hot dry air is amazing.

Yes you can use a good bag and layers to be warm enough in pretty much any climate, but one of the beauties of an enclosed space is the ability have some climate control.

Just a week ago I was camping up in Northern NV on an elk hunt. We parked trucks on a wilderness boundary, and backpacked in. Very high altitude and It got down to about 0 degrees at night, not sure with wind chill but it was COLD. I slept in my -20 bag with layers and was totally fine in terms of body temperature....BUT that is far from what I would call comfortable. When I got back to the truck I fired up the heater and is just so hard to beat. Leave it on a lower setting while sleeping and I sleep like a baby in a nice comfortable sleeping bag with minimal layers.

Seriously, for the $~150 these chinese heaters cost, it is by far the most cost effective addition I have made to the camper. Just try it and I can all but guarantee you won't look back.

 

I was able to page back and find your post about the heater. I had the same thought in mind to use one of those cubbies for the intake and exhaust but my biggest concern is if the exhaust gets hot enough to cause damage to the bed if mounted too close.

 

There is plenty of room to allow for clearance... I also wrapped the exhaust in some header wrap for more peace of mind. Probably have over 100 hours on it without issue.

 

How and where did you mount the muffler and intake on the underside?

 

So I bought an extra length of the corrugated exhaust pipe material, and put the muffler in between the two lengths of the piping, I used some clamps to attach the exhaust pipe up in the wheel well and routed the exhaust out under the fender in front of the rear wheel. The intake is just clamped on to the other side of the aluminum plate I made to cover the cubby hole.

 

@another395Taco here you go, you can click on the up arrow in the quote to get to the original post. Let me know if you have any questions! Still love this setup and have used it a ton.

 

setting up camp right on the cherry-stem road. fire ring had weeds growing in it. camp fire free zone. friday 13 nov.

 

Good evening, I just recently got a at habitat for my Tacoma 2nd hand and was wondering how the 3rd brake light is wired. I have a 3 wire plug. If anyone could help it would be greatly appreciated!

 

I had my hab installed at Adventure trailers in Prescott, For mine they just used T-taps right behind the driver tail light.

Did you buy that used?

 

T taps with a weatherpack plug like this is ideal because you can unplug and remove the habitat if needed. This is how mine is setup.

 

Yea I got it used, are you t-taped with all 3 wires?

 

Awesome thanks I will have to look into the materials needed and try it for sure!

 

Nice score, you will love it. Yes, All three were t-tapped.

 

Sorry to keep bombarding you but do you know where the wires went? I’ve only wired up the LEDs that just have power and ground

 

Not bombarding at all...

Those three wires on your plug there are going to be tail light, brake light, and ground. They go to your third brake light. Just thinki of the tail light and brake light as just two different LEDs that share the same ground.

So you will have to use 3 t-taps, right behind your driver tail light. One from the brake light wire, one from the tail light wire, and one from the ground. You will also need the other side of that connector you are holding in the picture.

 

I only had to t-tap the brake/power, which was red in my case. Im assuming because the 3rd already has a ground fed thru the harness. Why did you have to hook up the tail light to your 3rd?

 

I'm assuming when you say power, and I say tail light, we are talking about the same thing. The third brake light has a "running light" or tail light just as your factory lights do. I got my "power" from the tail light circuit.

 

Okay yeah I wasnt aware that it was also a running light. I just assumed 3rd brake light only and thats how I was instructed to wire it from AT.