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80s Keystone Project - Laramie Wyoming - $500, now $400 https://wyoming.craigslist.org/rvs/d/laramie-80s-fwc-keystone-project/7654657451.html I had a buyer, but impending kid and such had them change their mind. Now included are 2 100 ah agm batteries, 6 struts - 4 40s and 2 60s, and four 220...

I built a dolly for my keystone and used 8" pneumatic tires because the driveway is gravel/dirt. I would use a trailer. Even though the casters rotate, the weight of the camper on the casters/tires is just too much. They are rated at 280 lobs. I used four of these...

Scout campers come with diesel heaters. Here's part of their blurb With 2 kW max output and the capability to operate in temperatures as low as -45°C/-49°F, you’ll stay warm and protected from the elements. This heater is as economic as it is powerful, consuming just 0.24 litres of diesel fuel...

I got a set of aluminum diamond plate scissor steps I want to mount to my tailgate in the down position. E-trailer has a bracket - https://www.etrailer.com/Accessories-and-Parts/Brophy/TSSB.html - that I'll use. The 5 step version fits a tailgate height of 40" to 48". My tailgate rests at...

I've installed the renogy 50 amp mppt/charger on my new rig (Scout Kenai on 2006 Ram 2500. My project 80s era Keystone will be for sale shortly). https://www.renogy.com/content/RBC3050D1S-G1/RBC3050D1S-Datasheet.pdf Note that the unit can take 50 amps from the alternator at 13.2-16 volts It...

https://wyoming.craigslist.org/rvs/d/arapahoe-2020-upgraded-four-wheel/7534511238.html Not mine. Flatbed Granby. Lander, Wyoming

Here's some pictures of the proposed linear actuator installation

I found this somewhere here, or on the web. It's another option for a table mount. Mine will mount vertically on the front wall to make a table for the dinette so you're not constantly kicking the table base. Excuse the album name - this is the only picture in it...

https://smile.amazon.com/WirthCo-20092-Battery-Doctor-Isolator/dp/B0058SGDFK I'm curious if anyone has used one of these battery isolators and what your experience has been?

I'm looking to finish my rebuild over the next couple months. One of the questions I have concerns the kind of seats people use for a dinette. Mine will be 40" wide. The floor will be even with the ledge over the wheel wells - similar to what Magnus did here. Magnus' build I don't like the...

They work just fine for raising and lowering the camper in and out of the bed. You have to know your "need." Are you keeping the camper on the truck? If so, keep the jacks. Are you moving the camper off and on the truck a bunch of times a year? If yes, keep the jacks. Are you traveling...

If you don't use the humidifier you'll be fine. I used my resmed s9 and humidifier camping with a 55 amp hour optima battery and it lasted about 6 hours before the machine shut off. I believe the combo draws about seven amps an hour. I have two 235 watt panels that in ideal conditions will...

One caution or caveat. I built a rolling platform that covered the whole bottom of the camper. I used 6" PNEUMATIC tires because my driveway is gravel/dirt. The resistance of the tires on dirt is pretty substantial. The U shaped mounts that connects the tires to the wood frame you bolt to...

Not yet - still wiring the house, installing a new furnace, etc...

Thanks for all the suggestions and brainstorming. I think I'm ready to install the actuators - once I finish wiring the downstairs of my house... I'll come back with results...

No rational reason. The EMT solution is the easiest and most tried and true non-lift panel system. Maybe I can make it work. Hope rules!!!

I found this in an earlier web search after someone mentioned hall effect sensors. https://www.progressiveautomations.com/products/hall-effect-sensor-actuator?variant=18283068588099 I think this would work if you mounted the actuators on the outside of the camper. Wouldn't the fact that the...

I see what you're saying. When you lower one end, the tension in the sideliner lessens and the roof can wander. I guess I'm going to have to test this. If one end of the sideliner remains taut, will this be enough to keep the roof fromwandering. I wonder if by lowering one end, and having...

I'm sure I'll try it. But what I imagine is that the roof has no anchor when the whole thing is lifting - nothing to keep it from sliding left or right, fore or aft. All four lower brackets are bolted to the bench over the wheel wells. There is no rigidity at all to hold the roof in place...

Good question... As I think about it, isn't it just like raising it? One end is taut while one end lowers. When the lower end is down on the camper body, anchored if you will be the lowered actuator, the other end can be lowered. Thanks for helping me t hink this through...

My problem is I have always worked best in teams when it comes to "problem solving" and "doing stuff." This is very much a solo effort. Brainstorming is what keeps me going. For example, right now I'm trying to decide which direction to have the actuators extend - forward for the front pair...

I'm kind of chuckling here. I've torn my 140 year old balloon framed house down to the studs and joists and am slowly redoing everything - heating, electrical, plumbing, repointing the sandstone foundation - real stones - and getting rid of bearing walls to open up the space. I get your...

As I've envisioned it, the sideliner folds down inside the actuators. The oak strip running fore and aft between two or three of the roof cross members will hold the brackets attached to the roof far enough away from the sides that the sideliner will naturally fold down. There should be no...

No lift panels. Once the roof is up the sideliner creates a tensioned box. As stated, four actuators and six struts will maintain hundreds of pounds of lift that will create the tension in the sideliner. I've had the roof up now for five days using only the six struts and one cargo bar and...