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    Darche 270 hinge/bar loose?

    Scratch that it seems I found my answer. It seems crazy to me this is the only thing used to attach these awning bars
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    Darche 270 hinge/bar loose?

    Hello all, recently purchased a Darche 270 awning and installed. The aluminum swing bar seemed pretty sloppy right out of the bag which seemed ofd to me. Upon closer inspection the aluminum tube appears to be held by a single rivet from the underside and the entire bar can wiggle quite a bit...
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    “Ice cube” A custom square drop camper

    Ventilation fan is installed and wired up. I installed the upper bunk wall foam. I still need to install the front box roof rack before I can add the headliner.
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    “Ice cube” A custom square drop camper

    Currently in the process of installing the diesel heater. With the limited space I opted to bring the vent up through the floor. Since I have little kiddos and theres always the concern of blankets or pillows covering the vent I created a heater “cage” so it can never be easily obstructed. For...
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    “Ice cube” A custom square drop camper

    In the spirit of stability I opted to use two 60” locking drawer slides for the slide kitchen. This means both hands were required to unlock and drawer out the kitchen whick quickly became annoying. My solution was to create mounts that attach to the existing locks that allows for a cross bar...
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    “Ice cube” A custom square drop camper

    Designed and made the electrical panel. Trying to keep it as compact as possible. This will be running from a 170ah lithium battery with 200 watts solar on the roof. I looked and looked for something that was clean and low profile for running the solar wires through the roof but was unable to...
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    “Ice cube” A custom square drop camper

    First night out. Long way from being done but she tows like a dream.
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    “Ice cube” A custom square drop camper

    Spray day! Full spray bed liner inside before adding the sub floor. Then install floor and spray again, color spray next. Its not perfect but I was on a deadline to go camping the following weekend. I no also got a chance to cut all the aluminum hatch panels that cover the storage cubbies.
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    “Ice cube” A custom square drop camper

    kitchen slider built, installed and tested. I also finished the water tank mounts for the front and rear. This will give me 27 gallons of water capacity. I was able to plumb the tank fill where the old fuel filler was.
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    “Ice cube” A custom square drop camper

    After much cutting and welding we have connection! It is both adhered and fully mechanically attached. Fiberglass to aluminum connections can be tricky!
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    “Ice cube” A custom square drop camper

    The aluminum front box is done. Now on to “grafting” it on to the fiberglass box. The difficulty here is there are no flat surfaces on the fiberglass box. This means alot of “custom” work to be done
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    “Ice cube” A custom square drop camper

    Time for a photo dump. Its been a busy 6 months so progress on the trailer has been slower then I had hoped but we have been using it as is this summer so it wasnt a total bust. Some shots of building out the sub floor. This creates a king sized bed with a rear 60” drawer fir storage...
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    “Ice cube” A custom square drop camper

    Windows cut and box mounted. I will need to do some window frame modifications to ensure a perfect seal but its coming together nicely.
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    “Ice cube” A custom square drop camper

    Internal dimensions (roughly) the size of a king size bed (80” long by 76” wide) I will be adding an additional “back pack” box in front of this box which will house the drawer kitchen and possibly a “mini” bunk for one of the kiddos The square in the roof is actually an interesting design...
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    “Ice cube” A custom square drop camper

    Gas filler will feed the 26 gal fresh water tank that will sit flush under the floor. Rear bumper will be removed and a steel one integrated into the frame will replace it (with integrated hitch for a bike rack) I removed the interior shelving and am in the process building a bed platform. Plan...
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    “Ice cube” A custom square drop camper

    Well after many other life “projects” I'm back with my next overland build. The family is getting bigger and more space is needed for all the gear The basis of the camper starts with a fun craigslist find. This is an astrobody from supreme corp. These were built for Chevy Colorado or GMC...
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    Chevy Colorado w/ Astro Body-2007 Colorado Standard Cab 5cy, AT,2wd 59K miles, 8k

    Im building an astrobody trailer now. Did you make any progress on yours?
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    Aluminum RTT (scratch and dent) new

    Sorry no this is local pick up only
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