The day has come to load the camper onto the K5. I started out this morning getting ready by starting to pull the tailgate. John and his two boys came over to help take the top off. As things normally go there is always one friggen thing to disrupt plans. The torsion springs for the gate were a little of a pain, but what turned into a problem was that the head of one of the bolts to the right hinge had broken off a long time ago. It would not allow the hinge to pull out of the pocket on the body. Taking too long we unbolted the hinge from the gate and moved on so John's oldest could go back home to meet a buddy to go skiing. So with the top off that left John and his youngest to ride back to his house in the topless K5. With no rear seat or gate. We got some looks from other vehicles to say the least.
I don't have any pics putting the camper on as I've taken enough on the last couple of go rounds. Plus John, Tony and I were constantly moving to prep the truck for the camper. The heavy bed mat was pulled out, to be put back in later. I had fresh weatherstripping for the cab and the top so they got glued in with 3m weatherstrip adhesive. Camper tape was used on the top of the bed rails and the gate opening. We yanked the carpet off of the camper floor and pulled all the staples and put it in the truck. The bed mat went back in and the camper was lifted up. We dropped it onto the truck without much fuss. We did have to open up some holes to line up better on both sides but it didn't take much.
On to the installed pics...
Pardon the duct tape. I had the lock for the propane compartment at home. Still need to install it.
Inside, plus the stuff I needed to take home from John's house like the camper jacks and other stuff.
Now it's onto fitting it out. Wiring, lower bench, ceiling.....
Cabinet work. by Rob Zulian, on Flickr
Cabinet work. by Rob Zulian, on Flickr
