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[marty]

The standard height of a non superduty camper that is a Grandby or Hawk from under the bed board to the bottom of the floor pack should of been 44 5/8 inches and a 1999 super duty should have been 47 5/8

A standard door height would have been 2 inches shorter than yours because the doors are made in 2 inch increments. Marty here this time.

You asked if there were any other places for water to seep in. Jeff clued me in to another spot. it does not leak often. The black insert that wraps around the bottom of your bed overhang. Pull out the insert being careful not to break it off at the rivets and remove the screws. Then put a sealer into the screw holes and put the screws back in. Then put the insert back in. We found this on an early 80's model.

I hope this helps.

Marty

p.s. a safe clearance would be anything over 2 1/4 to 2 1/2 inches

[benburnett]

A safe clearance would be about 3 inches from the top of your roof to the bottom of the bed. You want enough room in there for the bed and camper to flex when you go over large bumps.

The door back on those is either 42 or 44 inches high. I will check with Jeff in the morning and find out for you. I believe it was 42 inches but I could be wrong on that one.

Sincerely,

Ben
www.allterraincampers.com

[WarpathEngineering]

Ben & Marty,

I just measured my camper. I have 48 2/5" from bottom of floor board to bottom of the overhang. I have a 48" door height. My cab roughly 41" from the top of the bed floor corrigation to the crown of the cab roof. If my math is right this is leaving me with roughly 7 2/5" clearance from the center of the cab roof crown to the bottom of the overhang. Just thought you'd like to know.
Thanks for all the help!

Rick

[benburnett]

Well looks like I was off base on that one. The current door that you have in the camper should be 48" tall. The door height for a standard Grandby would be 46" high.

Hope that helps.

If you have any other questions, feel free to give us a call at 800-446-1003

Sincerely,

Ben
www.allterraincampers.com

[benburnett]

Just read your reply. Sounds about right. That would leave about 4" of clearance if it was a standard Grandby model. At least the door came out to the same height that Jeff told me it was.

Sincerely,

Ben
www.allterraincampers.com

[jimjxsn]

That is interesting info on the LifeLine Batteries.

I'm wondering, why not move the battery outside the camper to gain back some extra space under the sofa?

I looked under the hood of my Tundra and I don't think I have room for the
2nd battery there. Although, I think I have plenty of space for a battery box between the camper and bed side rails.

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[benburnett]

We used to mount the battery box in the bed beside the camper. Most truck beds today have a curve now that won't allow us to fit in a box in that space that we used to use. Also a few customers prefer to have the battery in the camper even with the loss of space so that it comes off with the camper and they don't have it riding around in the truck. I have always preferred it in the truck bed myself.

The optima yellow top battery actually has 45 or 55 amp hours. I don't remember which now. Just got the information the other day and obviously put it away for safe keeping.

The Interstate battery that we are using is a sealed battery and has 75 amp hours for about the same price as the Optima.

Technology is always changing though and I am sure there will something new and great about every other month.

Ben
www.allterraincampers.com