From Van Life to Truck Camper: Easy Modifications for Any RV
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ม.ค. 2023
- Get ready to take your RVing adventures to the next level with simple modifications and additions! In this video, we'll show you how we went from van life to truck camper life and some of the easy modifications and products that have made a big difference. Whether you're searching for an upgrade on your current RV or have just started out on the road, these tips will help make your journey more enjoyable and hassle free!
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Why is it that Pistol eating green beans makes me so happy. 🥰
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The space above the door...avocado storage!! lololol Great tips my friends!! Carey on...
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Safe Travels Always
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How about a rail system that you can hang kitchen utensils on, and hang a little bucket to hold your silverware items. Or just use a Velcro command strip on the wall to hold the bucket. Love the pup eating her green beans! So cute
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That bread looked DELICIOUS!!!!
So good!
I saw a great idea for shelving. Use Command hooks to support wire shelves.
That's a great idea!
Those mats are awesome, they really work to keep the sand out. I have a couple and I love them!
Great stuff! I’m really surprised how well the bread came out. Those microwave/convection ovens have always gotten a bad rap in my experience.👍🏻
Thanks:) We are super happy with it!
The camp ground looks great
Very helpful video 💪 Thank you 🙏
Glad it was helpful!
I definitely want the XL RV sliding door blanket. It's in my wish list.
Great share, my friends…
It would be interesting to see what George would do with a cabin like yours.
Yes! Imagine the possibilities!
Hi! I was thinking the same thing. It may be possible to import/make semi-finished pickup campers, and then make the same good solutions that Humble Road is known for. A German company has done just that.
Interesting!
Duck tape for the win! Love it
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Hello good people! I already love the pickup camper. You are good at creating good solutions and thank you for sharing. Nice to see "normal" temperatures that give me some energy. There is a lot of snow and cold here. So I'm looking forward to spring. In the meantime, it's warming to see you doing things in nice surroundings. Keep on trucking!
Thanks so much!
Adapt improvise and overcome! Fantastic!
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We added utensil drawer under our table. We added 2 to our Lance Camper. They work great.
Great Job
Thanks!
I really think the manufacturers of these campers should employ some boat designer's, the simple cheap things you have done have made it better already, safe travels 🇬🇧🇬🇧
Yes!
The folding step from Amazon is a great addition to our travel trailer steps and I've been using the quick connect for my hoses for years
Can you be more specific about which step you used from Amazon?
Love the ideas! Looked at an 820 yesterday....wasn't impressed with the shower door......didn't seem to work properly, love the layout though!
I’ve had that mat for about 3 years and love it I’ve got the same color as yours ,awesome truck camper
Good to hear!
How I love that you are baking in the convection oven! I'm still learning ours!
You can do it!
Coming together! ❤🐾
Yes!
Nice changes, guys! Can’t wait to watch “Iron Chef - Scones”
Wine timer for the win!
Dave😁
That's so cozy, so nice. I sooo want to do that too!! Pistol is the cutest eating green beans :))
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fantastic vid, very informative, great storage mods. looking forward to li battery vid.
Thanks! 👍
I love my convection oven. ❤️👍🏻
It’s our first and we love it!
Suggestion for the closet: wire shelving from Home Depot held up with command hooks. Just saw a video about that.
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We bought that mat when it first came out and we were tent camping. The other nice thing is it doesn't hold water. Still going strong after many years. Originally designed for use as a temporary helicopter landing pad according to their literature.
Loving it!
Sooo awesome 👍❤❤🤘
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Most campers buy glow steps from Torklift. See Stoneyboots channel, they have the Cirrus 920 on a F-350 flat bed. Easy to pull out, easy to store and install.
In that medicine cabinet in a different RV brand, I bought narrow and shallow baskets and Velcro/command stripped them to the shelves.
Good afternoon from Godley Texas, simple, but great common sense mods. Always go with what works for you not others. Plus is being able to remove the mods without damaging the walls. Stay safe and happy travels 😎
Thanks 👍
This was really good. I got some good ideas for our class C (B+) I keep changing what I store in the cabinets in the kitchen area, I’m still not quite settled. (Going on 2 years ☺️) The bikes in the truck are a good idea, out of the weather and a bit harder for vandals.
And the rug!! Got to check that out as well. Thanks for sharing guys 💕
So interesting to see the process of organizing your new camper. We got our first van last summer and the process of figuring out how to organize is ... ongoing, lol. We ended up taking the medicine cabinet mirror down and installing small bungee cords with small command strip hooks. But now we still need a place for at least a small mirror. For the kitchen drawer... a roll-out drawer might work to create an easy drawer, if you can find one that fits the space. But of course you're pros at this and may have already considered it. Thanks for the tip about the sand mat. Looks like a great way have an outdoor rug without taking up too much storage space.
Good ideas!
With May Lance to Dodge Ram TDI , we used a 5-step adjustable step folding, it was just easier to climb in for dogs and 5’ tall wife, vs 6’4” husband . Our p/u bed was 40” most of time courtesy of airbags.
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Oh my gosh that French Bread though! Yummy! I love your set up so far so good and I love the content. New Sub!
Thanks so much! 😊
I've had that rug on my Amazon wish list for a year or two now. I guess maybe it's time...... (since we didn't overspend at the RV show). :-) We have the same microwave/convection oven. The convection oven is great, but it does tend to heat up our van and takes awhile to cool. But, otherwise, we like it.
It’s a spendy rug but it’s such an important piece of gear for us. We have the amazon link on our website;)
Me too! Best review I’ve seen. Maybe it’s time to go for it. Thanks.
@@annettemills2399 Thanks!
I liked the van.
We did too😉 Time for new adventures!
Hello, Thank you for sharing, I just wanted to say I have a hanging flatware stainless set, and I have seen several choices of them on Amazon also. I love it and they usually have a carrying handle, which makes them great for indoors to outdoors quickly. Apologies if someone has already suggested them. Best wishes and safe travels! ❤️🤗
Thanks for sharing!
My camper had one step that was too high, so I found a two step on Amazon & switched out the entire step system. You can do the same for multiple steps. Just google RV 3 step folding steps. As for the quick connect - I put one on each end of my hoses, so screwing into the faucet it a brreeze. Just don't forget to remove the stem when you release it. Home Depot has them much cheaper than Amazon. Love your videos.
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You may be able to pull the toilet and remount or spin the floor mount a little so the toilet mounts at an angle the the wall. You will need a new wax gasket so you don’t have a leak when you set the toilet back down on the mount. I believe RV toilets use wax seals, I may be wrong, but there will be a seal.
It will take a bit to see where you need to put things. Looking good
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Closet storage: I recently saw where someone took the standard wire shelving, cut it to size with a hacksaw, and used Command hooks to mount them on the walls.
Silverware storage: Ikea sells some nice kitchen wall storage pieces, particularly the Kungfors Rail system. I'm thinking that you can easily mount it to the wall to the left of the sink.
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You should send all this add ons and redo to the company that made your camper. They can improve the next model. Also, you should be a test user for prototypes so the really have people use them before production. These are things that should have gone through quality control. No drawers is crazy. I like the Lance campers, don't know how they compare in price but they are nice! My dogs eat green beans too! And most other veggies!
First off, Dave, you are such a softy (like me). Saying the magic words (gr**n b*×ns) just so you can feed some to Pistol. I absolutely love it. Our cat has me doing much the same. Secondly, when I was a ranch cowboy, I used state that with bailing wire (later, bailing twine) and duct tape, I could fix just about anything. You have proved my point with the medicine cabinet. Lastly, Irene, when you make sourdough bread and eat it in front of us, you'd better have enough to share. (Just kidding of course!) That loaf was perfection!!! I am excited for the coming adventures you two (three, sorry Pistol) will be having with your new home. Carey On!
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When you leave Fl. come on up to Greenville SC :)
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Use two tension rods parallel in closet instead of shelves
Loving your channel and homemade bread! I hope you will share your recipe!
Coming soon!
I'm building a boondocking 4x4 truck with a camper shell . It's just me and my dogs . Its a tough old truck . Its a badass baja style 😎
Go just about anywhere .
Nice!
For your shelving in the hanging closet, how about using four Command Hooks per shelf? They can be easily removed when no longer desired.
That’s the solution we’ve settled on;)👍
Hi guys😃, Irene I have never seen anything baked come out of that kind of microwave! That bread looked awesome and yummy😃 I'm liking your camper but a bummer no draws. Rub rub rub pistol, you go get your green beans😚 Carey on😃
Thanks Vickie!❤️
Be cautious of the quick-release water hose connectors. I use them on all my outside water faucets and they can pop off if there is too much pressure. Sweet fixes for storage and such... I might have to use a couple here at my house.
Good tip!
One thing I wouldn't like is the oven placement...
Hi Irene and Dave
Does your door have a retractable screen door?
I noticed the frame on the inside behind Dave.
Can't wait to see the scone cook off video. I love scones with strawberry/rhubarb jam.
Yes it does!
Great adventures in your new rig. Thanks for sharing. That water quick connect, is it brass? If so, it needs to be food grade. Standard brass may have contaminants such as lead. Work more research.
You could unscrew the little rod sticking up from the shower knob. Just turn the knob. EZ-PZ! If you inadvertently forget to turn off the cut off valve you could get drenched again, I really like the shut off at the shower head. We use ours all the time. Great for water conservation.
I like the duct tape idea. Those plastic cabinets are pretty flimsy. I wonder if the pressure rods will distort or crack the plastic??
How about some drawers in the tall cabinet rather than shelves? Is there enough room between the panels and the sink and cooktop to put a very shallow tray - you know, you see them in houses. The panels could tip out out and your silver ware could reside there.
For some really clever storage and mod ideas, check out the Escape Trailer and Casita Trailer forums.
We used the same shower shutoff in our trailer, mounted at the faucet, to make the shower operation safer for a 7 year old. Whatever temp the water is set at, it changes very little when turned on or off.
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Won’t you still need the Coleman oven when you are off grid or will your new battery system power the Convection oven for X amount of time? The mods were explained very well & camera person did a great job of showing the details. 👏🏼
We may. Once we get some lithium batteries installed and a bigger inverter we’ll see what it can do. It might be hard to give it up after all these years!😉😁
Awesome changes/additions to your camper. The bread looked delicious and I love how Pistol was right there when the bread came out of the oven. ❤❤❤. Can you tell me about the organizer you have on the bathroom wall? I can’t quite make out the color but it looks taupe.
Thanks! It actually came with the camper:)
Organized Obie sells something similar.
You can use Super glue on the plastic fasteners. Have fun!👏
Great tip!
Nice area my dad lives in micanopy Florida next to Ocala
Very cool!
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Hi just found you channel for shelving check out The Way We Did It. They got a Lance and added shelving using command strips. Not sure which video but they don’t have many.
I was thinking of the fabric shoe pocket organizers. Doest have to be for shoes. Fir inside the closet door. You should check IKEA for the kitchen area. There are also these gel sticky pads to put things on for the kitchen where they won’t slide around.
Great idea!!
Lithium phosphate batteries are the only batteries that I would purchase for our RV
Be sure to use a water pressure regulator on your water system or you can damage your plumbing and Alde system. About 20 bucks
Got one! 🙌🏼
Curious to see how you upgrade the electric off grid power system for this model truck camper.
We have a plan!🙌😁
There's a lot of comments and I'm not sure if you said where you are? Can you please share with me the RV park that you are at? Aloha Ron
Santos state park campground in central Florida
Could you use a drawer slide in your truck for bikes in the back seat? Just a thought . . .
We’re pulling the backseat out this week to see how it looks 👍
What year is the camper? I know it's not a '23 cause it's got the flip up sink. We are looking at the same camper so all of your tips are being well received. Especially interested in your upcoming power upgrades. 🎉
Thanks for all of the tips.
-Troy & Aimee
2022🙌
What size Dutch oven did you use for the bread loaf? I want to try that with my convection oven.
Here’s the link to the one I used! amzn.to/3J3ACqk
Do you use a pressure regulator on city water inlet?
Yes. We connect a filter and regulator on the inlet.
How is driving with your new camper? New truck too? Looks like an option for us.
So far so good. Really enjoying the comfort of the truck!
How did you do the air conditioning for Pistol when you aren't there?
We were plugged in but it wasn’t hot out so we so with windows open and the fan on she was just perfect:)
When you get a new rig, for how long do you end up doing these storage modifications? Or, is it an ongoing thing?
Takes a few weeks to get settled in but it never really ends;) always looking for better ways to store things 😉
Most famous race horses in the world come out of Ocala
Horse capital of the world!
Does the convection oven heat up your cabinet. We've used ours one time, and the side of the cabinet got so hot we haven't used it since.
After several uses we haven’t noticed the cabinet getting hot.
Do you still like the outdoor rug?
Love it!👍
I'm sure you have said it and I have missed it, but which is roomier, the van, or the truck camper? Feels like the truck camper space is wider but maybe shorter?
Campers all around roomier.🙌
What kind of pot did you bake the sourdough bread in? Thank you.
This is the one! It’s nice and lightweight! amzn.to/3wqMRpr
@@CareyOnVagabond Oh, geez! Another thing to add to my Amazon wish list!
Hi, did u buy a backup camera for your truck camper?
A company sent us a wireless one to try out. After a few more weeks of testing we’ll do a video about it.👍
Are you as comfortable in there as you were in the van?
Definitely 😁
Do you have your bread recipe? Living full time in our truck camper we CANNOT get bread to rise, no matter what we do. It might be due to it’s too cold to bake bread up north.
The recipe is just a handwritten note I have. I need to get it up on the website sometime! This was a sourdough loaf and no problem with rise. We are in Florida though so temp is not an issue. We have made many yeasted doughs without issue in cooler temps. I just wrap the bowl in a towel and put in a sunny window. If you don’t have sun at all that could be a problem.
Where are you riding the MTBs?
Santos, Florida. Excellent mtn bike trails and there is a trail head at the state park campground.
Many of the tweaks being made seem like things the manufacturer would do if the designers and management actually spent some time in their own product.
Green beans for the dog?
Her vet recommended them and she loves them🤷♂️😁
Thanks again. Do you have a recipe for the cheesecake in the thumbnail?
th-cam.com/video/S_lDP67LwoY/w-d-xo.html - James Taylor - Handy Man
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Cookbook in the future?
We hope so!