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Well, I’ve been camping in my S280 for a couple of years now. Only thing I’ve really noticed is a 8k btu A/C is about the bare minimum for one of these. It cools it fine but it takes a long time to get it cool after it’s been sitting out in the sun all day. My first routine was to fire up the...

Sounds pretty cool but I don't see them getting very far with the military without the primary fuel being diesel. Try getting any of the fuels he listed or even straight gasoline through the military supply chain out in the field. Under ordinary conditions, none of the fuels he listed will be...

This was the last thing I needed before we head out on our first camping trip. Now I just need to find some time off work to go camping. I went with this little inverter because the MEP is just too big to lug around and way too noisy. After doing a bunch of research, of course Honda is top of...

I've got a cheap air materess (I think it's Coleman) that I've used in tents and the deuce bed and the comfort level is lacking. I have laid on a nice one though (don't know the brand) and it was real comfortable. The problem with the really thick ones is I will loose a lot of headroom on my...

Yes, I'm still working on it. It's been a slow process but I've just about got it ready enough to take a trip with. Beds are finished, A/C installed, and I put a counter with cabinets back in that was in it when I bought it. Only thing I need is to find some mattresses for the beds and come up...

It will be laminated safety glass. Glass shops can't cut tempered glass, it will just shatter when you try to cut it. Tempered glass has to be cut to the final dimension before going through the tempering process.

Well I noticed it's been almost a year since I started this thread. It's been a slow process and I had to put this project on the back burner due to other things coming up. It's starting to get warm and the kids are wanting to go camping so I've got to get this thing going. Worked on it a...

I'm running way behind schedule but I did get some work done on the shelter the last few days. Got the lights hooked up Added a standard 3 prong plug for power hook up. Did some work on the beds. On the bottom bed, I've made a removable center section. The plan is to remove the center, have...

I worry about the quality of a lot of the HF stuff. I'll admit I haven't checked out their solar panels though.

I could run some solar if I could find some cheap panels. Even if I'm out somewhere without generator or shore power, it will only be for a couple of days at a time. No more than the lights draw, I think the deuce batteries will hold up fine.

Well I've been really busy at my day job and working a bunch of hrs. so I haven't had time to work on the shelter much. I did get my 24v florescent bulbs in. Looks like they are going to work great. I got them from this place- http://www.dyna-brite.com/ . I'd have to go back and look at the...

My Buddy in the lighting business came through for me. He found the 24",24V LED tubes for $21 each. Although the shelter is wired for 10 of the florescent lights, I think just three of the LEDs will do me. I know I hotwired in some 120v just to see if the lights worked and half of the bulbs...

Well I've hit a roadblock on 24v 24" LED tube lights. I have found them in 48" but they want $65 each for them :shock:. I've got a call into my buddy that is in the lighting business but he hasn't came up with anything yet. Anybody know where I can find 24v 24" LED tubes? I have even...

Well I'm back to work on the shelter. The main priority at this point is to first get A/C and lighting. That way I can at least throw a cot in the back and get some camping in before summer is over. I've studied all the A/C options I can think of and at this point I'm leaning towards one of...

Are the toes of the channel pointed up or down on the roof? Are you saying that there is a layer of insulation between the roof channels and the ceiling? From what I've come up with research, the cross members are on 22" centers. 22" corresponds to the attachment points for stuff already...

Thanks Firefox. I think LOGSA has restricted access to all the manuals in recent times to us lowly civilians. I'll do a Google search and see what I come up with. I've already done a Google search for any applicable TMs but I haven't searched for any TBs.

Well I got to work on the shelter a little today. I managed to get everything striped out. I did run into a small problem though. My ceiling is sagging a little in spots and would like to get the sags out. Does anybody know how the ceiling is held up and if there is any framework up there? I...

Look at post #20.

Dave, I never thought about turning issues when towing a trailer with the tailgate down, good point. I've going to probably have the tailgate removed anyway so that shouldn't be a problem. If I go on extended camping trips I'll probably want to pull a m105 to carry extra stuff.

Most commercial van trailers are bare aluminum on the roof. Most camper trailers are either white or black rubber roof. I figured there would have been more of a temp difference between black and white. I'm sure the black was gloss though so that's bound to help. Also, taking a surface temp of...