Winter Camping Set Up, Biscuits & Gravy: Solo Truck Camping
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- Truck Camper Tour. Welcome my Friends to our Next Camping Adventure. I wanted to take time my friends in this Camping Trip to hopefully answer some of the questions you've had about Red. So let's take a quick tour of my Winter Camping Setup as well as take some time to Relax, Detach and just get away from things for a little bit.
Thank You for watching my Friends and as always….Take Care!
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My wife and I always look forward to Monday's. A chance to "get away" with 5 bite's. Thanks Dale!
Me too!
Thank you my friend! Take care
Thank you, I appreciate that my friends. Take care and I will see you next Monday!
No doubt! Love my Monday night 5 bites videos!
Howdy Mr.5 Bytes wus sup 😅 glad 2 see you once again how's life been treating you good & great 👍 I hope !! Take Care & Be Blessed 🙏 21:15
Thank you my friend and I'm doing well thank you. I hope life is treating you well also. Have a blessed day and take care!
Wow! As simple as it gets, great way to close the top and bottom tail gates nice
Thank you my friend! It is pretty simple but that's the way I like to keep things LOL. Take care!
Love then Red walk through! This is the only YT intro I don’t fast forward through. I’d smash those biscuits and gravy. This is how I want my camping videos to be
Thanks so much for the kind words my Friend! I truly appreciate that. Take care and have a great week!
Great video! Love the truck set up and the biscuits and gravy!
Thank you my friend! Take Care
I'm camping as well as I sit here enjoying your video.
Thank you and that's great to hear my friend! I hope you have a fantastic trip, be safe and Take care!
@5bites Thanks we have a nice campsite view and it's been a nice weekend.
Can't go wrong with biscuits and gravy! Especially during the cold in December. Thanks for the great video.
You are absolutely right, there's nothing better than biscuits and gravy on a cold winter day, and thank you! Take care my friend!
Nice set-up in Red!! Loves me some biscuits and gravy!!! Great video as usual!! See ya next Monday!!!😊
Thank you my friend! I've always been a huge fan of some good old biscuits and gravy LOL. Take care and I’ll see you next Monday!
Thanks Dale for the tour of red your setup looked awesome I have that same heater and it works very very well then it'll look great as always thanks for taking us along
Thank you Pat and You are welcome my friend! I agree It's a great heater. Take care my friend!
One of my daughters got me a picnic table cloth that has elastic all around the edge. Stays on the table nicely in the wind, is plastic so it's easy to wipe off, and obviously covers the entire table top. Love it.
That sounds great! I have not seen a picnic tablecloth that had elastic on it. Only thing I see at the stores are the disposable ones with maybe some metal clips to hold it down. But I always make sure I put something down on the picnic table, the critters like to dine on top of them as well. LOL Take care my friend!
Solid winter set up! Looks warm and toasty. I make a mean biscuits and gravy but never tried it at camp. The toaster oven is a game changer. Lol thanks for sharing brother!
Thank you my friend! You are absolutely right about the toaster oven and I want to try to use it often during the winter season, at least before I move back into the non-electric sites. Take care!
Another great video. Hey you have a nice setup in red. Thats all you really need to keep it simple. Biscuits and gravy is one of my favorite meals. Thanks for sharing my friend
You are welcome Dave and thank you as well my friend! biscuits and gravy has always been one of my favorites too. Take care!
thanks for the vid. Stay safe, stay armed, stay free. God Bless.
You're welcome my friend and will do! God Bless and Take Care
A little bit of black pepper and some Cajun seasoning added to the gravy when you stir it then some Tabasco sauce when it hits the plate over the biscuits...
Hi Keith and thank you for the tip my friend! One thing I never thought of was using Cajun seasoning, sounds like a great idea. Take care!
Love the Velcro curtains and the side storage idea. Thanks so much for sharing. I have a marine battery too and will try that out this spring.
You're welcome my friend and thank you as well. When I first started the truck camping and I had the idea of using that marine battery, mostly because I would use it for a trolling motor and it would last for about 8 hours so I figured, well this should power some lights for a few hours in the back of Red LOL. Take care!
Another Monday and another great video buddy. Love the simple setup you have in Red. Also like the bath mat idea on the tailgate. 👌👍🙂
Thank you my friend! And that bath mat on the tailgate makes it so much easier to get in and out of Red! lol Take care!
basic setup, my kind of camping ,enjoyed the video and no matter what time of day i watch you always make me hungry with the meals you make, they always look so good . take care
Thank you my friend! I have to say I think I get more out of keeping things simple in life than anything else. Take care and I'll see you next week! Oh and bring a snack LOL.
Loved the truck set up walk through!!
Thank you my friend! I think it's pretty simple but I like it. Take care!
Love your videos and thanks for sharing your experiences and cooking knowledge.
Thank you and You are welcome my friend! Take care!
Thanks for sharing your truck set up. You gave me some ideas
Hi Greg and I'm happy to hear that I gave you a few good ideas. Take care my friend!
Once again another great video. Love your setup in Red. Everything is so functional without clutter which is great. I think the ceiling fan is very neat. We maylook for one of those for our camper to help distribute the air. As always the food looked delicious.
Thanks for the adventure!
Your friends from West Virginia!
Thank you my friends! If it helps any, that ceiling fan I got off of Amazon. I think it was less than $20. Take care, have a great week and I'll see you next Monday!
Another good one Dale. Nice setup in Red. Simple but suites your needs. Have a great week Buddy. See you on your next trip. Have a great week.
Thank you Dennis! You have a great week as well my friend and I'll see you next Monday. Take care!
Another great video! Living in Tennessee, biscuits and gravy are always a favorite! I thoroughly enjoyed watching! Take care, stay safe and stay warm! See you next Monday!!
Thank you my friend! Well biscuits and gravy has always been a staple in the household. My mom's side of the family comes from the Elk Valley/ LaFollette area 😁Take care and I will see you next Monday!
Wow! That explains a lot! I'm in middle Tennessee!
That explains your love of cornbread and why you cook the foods you do! I love it!!
@@southerncooker6475 🙂
Thanks for another great video and a tour of your setup! You’ve given me some great tips on how to setup the back of my Gladiator (now just need the cap) haha! One thing I think people overlook is the importance of having, and knowing how to use, a fire extinguisher close by..thanks for mentioning that!👍 Thanks again!
You are welcome my friend! I'm glad I could share a few things that would help you in your setup and I agree, a fire extinguisher is a must have for any camper. Take care!
Thank you for the biscuit and gravy recipe❤
You are quite welcome my friend! Take care
Great video my Friend !
Thank you! Take Care my friend
Love your channel. I subscribed. Had to go make some coffee to watch haha. Take care
Thank you my friend and welcome to the channel! LOL, I just got me a fresh cup of coffee myself.🙂Take care!
@@5bitesyou take care too. Happy holidays
Nice setup and dinner
Thank you Terry! it's simple but it gets the job done, and the biscuits and gravy really hit the spot too. Take care my friend!
You got the right idea, 5 Bites. The truck set up is perfect. Some people get carried away with the truck camper setups. They want the Waldorf Astoria….lol. If you wanna take a weekend in a resort, go to a resort! What you have is all ya need for truck camping, and then some. I think your rig is pretty comfy. Loved the video! Just one concern, those heaters always worry me. Does it have a coil inside it that can start a fire! I always worry those things will tip over and cause a fire while sleeping. Always be safe and be well. Thank you.
Hi Tommy and thank you my friend! No worries on the heater , I specifically got one that has the tip proof feature. It has a pressure switch on the bottom so if it gets knocked over on its side or even upside down it'll automatically shut off. I agree, sometimes people get fancy with their setups. But to each his own I suppose. Personally I prefer the simple and practical approach to camping. Which also means that's left stuff I have to pack clean and bring home LOL. Anyway, Just my opinion. Take care!
Thanks for the tour of the inside of Red ! Looks very comfy. I love electric sites in the winter for the advantage of electric heater plus an electric blanket. My dog loves the electric blanket.
You're welcome my friend! I love the electric sites in the winter as well, and they drop the prices on them here in Indiana too LOL. I don't blame your dog one bit, electric blankets are awesome! Take care!
very nice..
Thank you my friend! Take care
Dale, you knew good and well the biscuits and gravy title was going to reel me right in 😂😂. Great video as usual, keep up the great work!
Hi Joe and thank you my friend! Well, I wasn't 100 percent certain that that would work but I thought what the heck, I do get to eat biscuits and gravy... Worth the risk. LOL Take care!
Another awesome video. Might I suggest that you add a little Baileys to your evening cup of coffee. It's one of life's little pleasures.... Are all of your little friends hibernating?
Hi Larry and I have to say that's a great idea my friend LOL. I think you might be right about our little buddies hibernating but hopefully they'll make an appearance again soon. Take care my friend and have a great week!
I would move that fan to the rear. That way you could sit on the bed and move around. It will work fine there. Love me some Buiscits and Sausage Gravy too! Enjoying the Videos on Mondays. 😂
Thank you my friend and I appreciate the suggestion, I think I'll give that a try. Take care and I'll see you next Monday!
Thank You For Sharing Your Camper Interior. My Wife And I Enjoy Camping In our 17’ Casita Spirit Deluxe Trailer. We Travel To The State Parks Here In Texas. I Like The Way You Have “Big Red” Set Up. Happy Camping, My Friend.
Thank you Joe! It sounds like you and your wife have a pretty nice setup as well my friend. Safe travels to you both and take care!
It's great setup because there's no mosquitoes right now. 😂😂
Thank you my friend and you make an excellent point LOL. Take care!
Nice setup very well thought out the biscuits and gravy looked good couple of drops of Tabasco would be good 😊
Hi Jesus and thank you my friend! That does sound pretty good I think I will take you up on that suggestion the next time I fix biscuits and gravy. Which will probably be in the near future LOL. Take care!
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Awesome stuff, dude
Thank you, I appreciate it! Take care
Another enjoyable video, thank you! I like your setup in Red. I'm curious how do you deal with condensation when it's cold out and you run a heater inside? Biscuits and gravy must be fuel for the gods! Ha ha. That food is great anytime. Thank you for taking the time needed to share your videos with us. See you next week! Cheers, mate!
Thank you my friend and I agree with you on the biscuits and gravy LOL. As for the condensation I think, and that's just a guess, that it has to do with the fact that I use fleece for my curtains. One thing I also forgot to mention in the video is I not only have velcro on the tops of the curtains but on the bottom as well to completely surround the window. Cheers to you as well and take care!
New subscriber in Arizona, love the channel
Thank you my friend from Arizona and welcome to the channel! Take care.
Red's setup is well thought out and caters to your specific needs well. Both fan options are a good idea to circulate the cool or hot air as needed. Do you have an AC to DC converter so you can run the heater or other things if you happen to get a campsite without electric? Nice camping trip and the Biscuits and gravy is nice cool weather food. Salisbury steak with mashed potatoes and a vegetable might be a good idea for an upcoming meal too.
Thank you my friend! Yes, I have a 1000 Watt inverter that I typically carry with me during the spring through fall seasons when I am not at an electric site. Thank you also for the meal suggestion, I appreciate that. Take care my friend!
I am a manager at a grocery store and we sell a TON of that Pioneer Sauce sausage gravy mix. Still watching the rest of the video.
I can definitely see why it's so popular, It's one of my favorites! Take care my friend!
Dale, That's a nice setup in Big Red and probably didn't cost you a arm and a leg.
Thank you Chip! Well with just the materials and hardware and that includes the battery (That was the biggest expense) I would say about 250 bucks. But remember, that was over two years ago LOL. Take care my friend!
Nice change of pace to show us the inside of Big Red! Very well done Sir. Any special trip planned for during the Holidays?
Thank you my friend! I'm glad you enjoyed the little tour of Red. Well I will definitely get out there and get us an episode in before the Holiday. Weather permitting, I plan to make something over the campfire that we have yet to cook.🤞Take Care!
Hi there I just love your videos so so Beautiful your so Amazing love you and your beautiful videos Merry Christmas 🎁🎄🧑🎄❤️😊
Thank you my friend! Merry Christmas to you as well! Take care.
Sausage gravy and biscuits, a great meal any time, but especially for breakfast. I make a point of having a biscuits and gravy breakfast at Bob Evans whenever I'm on a trip. It's just not the same without it. When I'm at home, my personal preference is Bob Evans Sage sausage, but all the brands are pretty good.
Hi Kevin! ohh I could eat biscuits and gravy anytime a day LOL Also I think that's a great meal on a trip, just a little comfort food on the road. Take care my friend!
Nice set up, been following for a while and haven't seen inside ole red, ive been planning on starting a build, thanks for some ideas!
Thank you Tim! Well I am certainly glad I could give you a few ideas and I hope that build comes out exactly the way you want it! Take Care my friend.
Ain't a damn thing wrong with that set up. I old school too. You basic camper with some perks. But not like the glampers out there. BTW, sausage white gravy and Biscuits, I love. I put 2 lightly scrambled eggs on top. Try it. Good truck set up and video my friend. See you on next one.
Thank you Zilla, and there's no school like the old school. I just like to keep things as simple as possible when I'm out there at the campground. I think I get much more enjoyment that way versus setting up 42 gizmos and gadgets LOL. Take care my friend! Ohh, and I'll give the scrambled eggs on top a try as well, See you on the next one!
Your Awesome 👌 I love your channel especially Red ❤well done 👏 with your set up .I am a Aussie female ,but I'm going to say Bloody beauty Bonza Mate 🤣🤣🤣❤🇦🇺 🪃
Thank you so much for the high praise, I truly appreciate that! Take care my friend from Australia!
Always look forward to your videos. what inverter are you using ?
Thank you Jeff! I have a PiSFAU 1000 Watt Inverter That I found on Amazon. So far I've had no complaints about it. Take care my friend!
No lie I started cracking up when you showed the ceiling fan, definitely unique compared to most truck campers I've seen on YT. Biscuits and gravy on a cold evening sounds yummy, but think I would've cracked an egg on the side.
One question, are you going to go in depth on your power system? I'm assuming you have an inverter hooked up to the deep cycle battery? How long does a charge last, when you run your space heater, USB lights, charge gopro batteries, and the DVD player? Oh, the DVD player...ahhh that brought back memories of the cross country road trips I took solo with my toddler. She's older now but we've since switched to a tablet and downloading shows off Netflix for a simpler approach to entertainment.
Well my friend honestly I think I'm the only truck camper out there that actually has a ceiling fan LOL. I've actually looked. Well, I had not planned to go to in depth on my power system but I can answer a few of your questions. I do have a 1000 Watt inverter that I use in the spring through fall. In the winter months I use the electric sites so I don't need to bring it along, The only thing I use it for during that time is Inflating the air mattress, it has an auto inflate fan. Also since I only use the heater in the winter months I use the electric site hookup for that. Everything else in the back of Red Can be run off of the 12V system. All of the 12V components have a very minimum draw as far as the battery is concerned. I can easily take a two night trip, run everything back there if I should choose to and still not drain out the battery entirely. My memory is not what it used to be LOL, so if you remind me late spring or early summer perhaps I'll do a walkthrough of my power system that way I can show the inverter as well as everything else. Apologies for the long winded response. Take care my friend!
The old pre made carpet kit for pickups they used to sell them back in 80s like 250 bucks easily removed but comfortable
Hi Dan! I did look into that when I first started my truck camping, but with my setup I'm only invested about150.00. That includes all the flooring and the little shelf I built and it's hardware so that's the direction I went. That I like working with my hands LOL. Take care my friend!
@5bites I had one in my Nissan wife and I on our way home from Vegas it was pouring so hard we pulled over in a safe place an slept till it stopped
@@danpayan9468 They do come in handy my friend
Thanks for another great video! I was wondering how you raise your tailgate at night. I've seen a lot of folks who close it up and then climb over to get into the camper at night and that would be tough with a bad knee. Dinner is one of my favourites, but I can't find country gravy mix up here in Canada. The sausage up here is no hell either! I have to go stateside to get good biscuits and gravy. Cheers from Ontario!
Hi Kevin and thank you my friend! Well I'm sorry to hear that you have to travel so far for some decent biscuits and gravy my friend. I don't know for certain but maybe you could get some from Amazon? (As far as the gravy mix) I can say it's really popular here in the states. Keep warm my friend from Ontario and I will see you next week! Take care
4:43 have you considered upgrading to a lithium battery? Last year I upgraded my slide in truck camper to lithium and it’s made a world of a difference for us.
Hi Alex! I have looked into them to be honest. I think I might go that route but right now I'm waiting for the current battery I have to croak LOL. Take care my friend!
Love to watch what you cook and how you cook it. May I ask where the name 5 bites comes from?
Thank you my friend! My Channel name, this explanation may be a little lengthy but I don't mind explaining it at all. Growing up I spent a lot of time with my uncle who taught me quite a bit about the outdoors, camping, hunting and bass fishing. During the spring through the fall we spent a lot of weekends either on the lake or in the woods. More so on the lakes because he was an avid bass fisherman. Every time we would go bass fishing he would always say we only need “five bites” (In Indiana a limit of bass is a total of five fish) With his help I actually became pretty good at bass fishing, at least well enough that I started fishing in tournaments and did pretty well. Unfortunately at this time he also was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and could no longer go on our little weekend trips any more. I would still see him often and we would always discuss my fishing tournaments and one thing he always told me was that “all you need are five bites”. He passed away in 2014 and years later, while I was searching for a name for my channel, I thought I would name it “5 Bites” in his memory. He truly did help encourage my love of the outdoors and that's how I came up with my channel name. Thank you for asking my friend and take care!
Thank you so much for taking the time to explain that!! What a wonderful story! Makes me like your channel even more!
@@goldfinger180024 Thank you my friend! Take care
Wish I could
Yes sir B&G good B,L,D stick to your ribs good comfort food
I have to say of all the comfort foods it is my favorite! Take care Dan!
How long is your truck bed
Red has a full size, 8 foot bed. Thanks for asking my friend. Take care!
How do you hook up your cigarette lighter to the battery for power
Inside my little shelf/storage area I mounted two bus bars which I ran all my 12 Volt wiring to. I then took one Leed off of each bar and brought them out to the battery with a large Alligator clamp on each one. It was easier to do it that way than to run each connection to the battery. I hope that answers your question my friend. Take care
Is your truck 4 wheel drive?
No, Red is standard rear wheel drive. Thanks for asking, Take Care my Friend!
How many miles do you have on your truck
Hi Greg! Red is right at 128K. Take Care my Friend
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Thank you Don and Bear!