Casper's "I did a bad thing" micro off road camper build

Thanks Bill fun project

 

First hook up today after all the work. Everything is in the camper except the fridge and food. Truck only dropped about 3/4-1" I'll take it for a drive tomorrow to see how it tows but shuldn't be any problems

 

Looks great, nice and level. You should be good towing too.

 

That would be great but we'll have to see. Christie will be going to CA for a week in September with her Mom and sister for her birthday.

 

Test drive was succesful! No difference in power or breaking. Only a minor bit of bounce when i hit bumps but very small trailer sits almost level. All that will be taken care of eventually if i get a set of heavier springs for the truck. The hitch is very smooth and the extra length made it noticeably easier to back up.

 

I think I'm going to add this mod to my camper as well. Are they all 120 AC outlets only? Until the little one gets older we won't be boon docking for a bit.

 

I believe so that small I was ng for though. It takes a gfci outlet cover also

 

ng?

 

I hate these damn phones. Yes, I believe they were only for 120v ac but that was all I was looking for also

 

Nice, thanks.

 

Anybody looking to have your very own Tigermoth???? Mine is available - in Wyoming - see post in FOR SALE thread

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/2017-taxa-tigermoth-w-or-without-rtt.557581/

 

Damn Bud I hate to see you let it go. I know we discussed your trailering issues in the other thread. Have you considered anything like a toy hauler by Intec? You couldhave the best of both worlds just pull the toy out and whalla it's a camper. They even come with a pull out kitchen with a fridge and stove, available also with AC and all kinds of awnings. This just may solve your issues and let you have the best of both worlds

 

how in the hell did I just find this thread? That camper is bad ass!

 

Thanks hopefully we get it back this week but with all the weather who knows. I'm ready to get away some where though

 

Where is your camper @ without you?

 

It’s been at the dealer for the last month. I’d hoped it would be back by now. I had to have the ac warranted and chose to go ahead and let him install the dual battery setup with twin 100w solar panels as I don’t know much about that stuff. I have 1 more piece to the puzzle to acquire and we should be ready to escape the campgrounds

 

AC unit went bad? You will love the duel battery system I had that on my old Coleman pop up....

 

The hope is that between them and the solar it will satisfy our electrical demands for several days so we can escape the campgrounds. It won’t run the ac but as long as it powers the fridge and my cpap that will work

 

Electrical supply—— dual batteries and solar:

I was able to pick the camper up today finally. I took it in to the dealer to have the ac warranted and decided to have an electrical upgrade while it was there.
Rhino rack tracks were mounted to the roof with polymer bushings in the roof to keep it from buckling. 2 100w 21”x42” panels were mounted in the track which also allowed me to retain use of the Thule bars.





Inside where the single battery had been dual group 31 agm spiral core batteries were installed along with twin 30a breakers and a Victron Energy charge controller that’s monitored via Bluetooth on my phone.



I like to do all my own work when I can but idk squat about solar and got a good deal from the dealer so just let him have at it. I’m glad I did as he did a really nice install.

We got lucky when we found this dealer and to have him less than an hour away is a huge plus. He carries nothing but smaller campers and many unique campers and camping trailers geared toward off road use.

 

Looks good.

I'm putting together weather stations at work for a project where they need to monitor/log weather conditions. They've got solar panels, agm deep cycle batteries, and a tiny charge controller/power supply. It's an interesting setup.