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Yup im going to try to do the interior by craigslist stuff. im getting a camper that has a rotten shell but brand new appliances. oven/fridge/jacks/inverters
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Yup im going to try to do the interior by craigslist stuff. im getting a camper that has a rotten shell but brand new appliances. oven/fridge/jacks/inverters[/QUOT
With daily diligence on the computer I was able to purchase everything for the interior in the pics for under $700. That includes the a/c too!
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Nice. Are you planning on having a power supply like batteries or gen for the back?
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Very nice! I'm definately subscribing to this one. Can never have too many ideas!
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Solar panels have been purchased, but I have not figured out how to mount them to the roof yet.
Generator is going on the 105 trailer.
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nice tim, i like it!
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In keeping with the budget theme, drill a hole in one of the side walls and epoxy a large funnel in the hole angled downward. Viola, instant urinal! LOL
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I never get tired of these M109 camper conversion threads!
From crazy elaborate to down to basics simple, they all make me want to build one also.
The fun to be had, during and after a build like this, seems limitless.
Nice work and thanks for posting it.
From crazy elaborate to down to basics simple, they all make me want to build one also.
The fun to be had, during and after a build like this, seems limitless.
Nice work and thanks for posting it.
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Your 109 camper is looking great Tim. Nice work.
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Very cool! i just got an M109 and plan to turn it into a camper as well. I like the simplicity of yours and i want to keep my simple too. i was going to ask you about the roof air conditioner i really like that idea, was it hard to mount in there? and also what did you do to power everything. Did you use the existing hardware and outside plug? Great job!! i'll be posting pics of mine as soon as school is out and i have the time to get working on it! ![[thumbzup]](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/images/smilies/icon_smile_thumzup.gif "Thumbs Up [thumbzup]")
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Nice and simpel have fun with it. I too was wondering about the roof AC. Easy install and you like the choise over a window unit in the side of the box? Oddball was talking boxing in the frame work up there to keep it stiff. Did you box or stay between the supports?
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Subscribed, and ready to read! Nice work, I really love the Keep It Simple Stupid approach. Thanks.
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I esp like the use of the camp stove. Never thought about that one. Great way to increase space use.
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I don't see the problem with the upper bunk. I was on a ship for 5yrs, that looks like more space! lol. My wife said I slept like I was in a coffin for the first 5yrs we were together. I said, that's because I'm used to it! lol.
Great simple build! We love the one my wife built. Lots of fun pulling into a state park with one. lol.
Great simple build! We love the one my wife built. Lots of fun pulling into a state park with one. lol.
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I just used small hinges to mount my panels, as long as it is snug, you won't have any issues. I put my gen where the spare goes, plan to upgrade the tires eventually and figured the larger spare wouldn't fit there anyway. Just built a box around it.
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Some folks that read your suggestion might think it's funny, but you are definitely speaking my language Kenny and I might just do that!
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To be honest, the a/c was easier than I thought it would be. I lost sleep over cutting perfectly good metal out of the roof, but once I commited and started cutting it went quickly. The air duct hole was the same size as a standard rv skylight (14 1/Very cool! i just got an M109 and plan to turn it into a camper as well. I like the simplicity of yours and i want to keep my simple too. i was going to ask you about the roof air conditioner i really like that idea, was it hard to mount in there? and also what did you do to power everything. Did you use the existing hardware and outside plug? Great job!! i'll be posting pics of mine as soon as school is out and i have the time to get working on it!
square hole. I decided on mounting between the roof supports off to one side.... the ac unit is not centered on the roof, but I did not have much of a choice since the control panel inside would have been up against the bunk beds and after I painted the roof unit I barely notice it anymore and I don't notice it at all inside the box with the ac blowing wide open. Once the ceiling hole was cut and insulation removed, I simply cheated by using a pencil to trace the roof hole outline using the newly cut ceiling hole as a guide for my pencil.Project was started at about noon and by 3:00pm and the help of a few cold ones the ac was blowing cold.
As for as the power, the existing hardware was utilized but new wires were run down through the wall under the junction boxes to an rv plug that Vinny-Socom supplied to me as well as came over to help install external plug and wiring. Its a 30 amp twist lock.
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Hey James,
I definitly like the looks of the roof unit over one in the window. The roof unit is also considerable more btu's (12,500) and the price was definitly right ($180). I boxed mine in with cut down 2x4s and it is as sturdy as a rock.
P.S.- I still need ones of thse black out panels if you've got one. Are you coming to the summer rally next month?
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My wife says, "Great Work!" but now she wants me to tell her where her's is . . . 
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Great fab work....the only issues I have with the roof mount AC's is low clearance and leaking due to flexing.
Before I sold my M109 I was planning on putting an AC/heater like they use in motels in the front of it (those plans have shifted to the big van trailer I have now).
Reference a solar power system I would mount it on a trailer and have a battery bank and inverters mounted on it along with the genny. If you don't get enough sun to charge the batteries you can always charge them with the genny and have power at night without the noise of the genny.
Before I sold my M109 I was planning on putting an AC/heater like they use in motels in the front of it (those plans have shifted to the big van trailer I have now).
Reference a solar power system I would mount it on a trailer and have a battery bank and inverters mounted on it along with the genny. If you don't get enough sun to charge the batteries you can always charge them with the genny and have power at night without the noise of the genny.