I Built The Ultimate Truck Camper: 100 MODS ON MY DIY EARTHROAMER

[@BarelySqueakinBy]

You have done some great mods to your rig. We love the vid. On your way back north have some shrimp tacos in Guerrero Negro for us🙏🏻❤️

[@thecumminscamper]

Thanks y’all! I’ll be sure to have an extra taco when we’re headed back north in March!

[@SpykersB]

Absolute respect to your handiness. 👍🏼🍻

[@thecumminscamper]

Big thanks dude! Greatly appreciate the kind words and for watching the video. Stay warm!

[@SpykersB]

@ i made it across the border last week, froze my ass off in montana n again at salt lake city, because my batteries died, n lithium wont charge in the cold, n furnace aint great, couldn't heat up camper much, was white knuckle driving to get to better weather. Not something i wanna do in January ever again though lol. So i be-lined it to quartzsite Az. Checking out this crazy big tent rv show, n the number of rv's here is wild to see. As an rv nut, this is defiantly a bucket list kinda thing to do at least once, it's crazy! 😂. 🍻

[@SpykersB]

@ i made it across the border last week, froze my ass off in montana n again at salt lake city, because my batteries died, n lithium wont charge in the cold, n furnace aint great, couldn't heat up camper much, was white knuckle driving to get to better weather. Not something i wanna do in January ever again though lol. So i be-lined it to quartzsite Az. Checking out this crazy big tent rv show, n the number of rv's here is wild to see. As an rv nut, this is defiantly a bucket list kinda thing to do at least once, it's crazy! 😂. 🍻

[@Beardedadventures1016]

Badass rig. Awesome job

[@thecumminscamper]

🤘🤘🙌🙌 greatly appreciated

[@fhukit]

Eric, just a quick observation for your tv cabinet. Remove the hinges on the right side. And just put the same latches you have on the left side. Just unlatch all four and pull it out.

[@thecumminscamper]

That’s a brilliant suggestion! I’ll absolutely be doing this. Thanks so much for the great idea. This will save me so much time and frustration. Freaking genius

[@miked.r.6671]

Thanks for the Detailed Walk Thru with all the Mods...So Kewl!

[@thecumminscamper]

Thanks Mike! Glad you enjoyed the detailed walk through. It was fun to take some time to capture all the different improvements we’ve done and hopefully others can learn from it.

[@E6fireman237]

Wow, you have done a lot! another great video!

[@thecumminscamper]

Thanks bud! Over 6 years it hadn’t felt like a ton of mods but when I made a spreadsheet prior to making this video I was like WOW this is a lot of mods

[@largemarge1603]

01:15 I replaced the stock alternator (160A, small-house, intermittent-duty) with a 230A continuous-duty big-house. . We carry the original as a spare

[@thecumminscamper]

Smart! We did the same on our 3500. Went from a stock 180 to a 370 and kept the 180 as a spare. The 5500 has stock twin 220 amp alternators. I’m hoping to get two 50amp dc to dc chargers this spring from Victron and get rid of my renogy.

[@chasebenson3563]

Awesome video! Love y’all’s channel can’t wait for the next video

[@OverlandCitrus]

Great job I can't leave anything alone I have to modified it too LOL I did 42 Mods the the van so far LOL

[@thecumminscamper]

42 mods is awesome! I’ve never been able to leave a vehicle of mine stock. Modified vehicles can become a work of art in my opinion

[@nathanielplenge]

Just subscribed a few weeks ago, just because of your camper wrap! 😂 Any details who I should seek out, as far as the wrap? I'm assuming you had someone print the wrap, then you installed it? I have a Northern Lite Fiberglass TC and wanting to do something similar. Enjoying your content and the information you provide. Thank you both!

[@thecumminscamper]

@ thanks for watching and subscribing! Stoked you’re enjoying the videos. I did not do the install of the wrap myself. The company VFXwraps out of NJ did everything besides choose the image for the wrap. They did provide me a website to choose the image from and there were over a million image options. Depending on where you are geographically, I’d try and find someone in your area who does wraps on boats and approach them. Love the northern lite campers! Super well built.

[@largemarge1603]

​@@nathanielplenge We worked with Harris Design And Print, Eugene Oregon. They custom print anything on your wrap.

[@CaptnBlack94]

Awesome walk-through, dude! I'm surprised how many similar modifications we both have done to our rigs.

[@thecumminscamper]

Great minds think alike my dude! Miss ya bud!

[@daddie_longlegs9357]

Damn son you got skills, thanks for the video, a lott of good info. Be safe and have fun out there!!

[@thecumminscamper]

Thanks so much for the kind words! Glad you found some good info in there. Hopefully others can use this as a resource for possible upgrades to make their truck camper more efficient for their use

[@runawayparents]

Nice. Lots of ideas for me to steal. Pretty sure our next mod will be the 5500 SRW. Great video as usual. ❤

[@thecumminscamper]

Thanks Mike! My hope was to provide people some good ideas to make their own. Hopefully this video can act as a resource for other people looking to improve on the foundation of a stock camper. The Ram 5500 upgrade is a great one. So nice not being over GVWR and the ride is rock solid.

[@happydamcampers]

Beautiful setup!. We have been some modes as well for, not as much as you but we have only had the camper in use for one year.

[@thecumminscamper]

It sounds like you’re doing great things to your camper already! It’s fun getting the rig dialed in for your own style of travel.

[@largemarge1603]

23:50 2024, after almost two decades full-time live-aboard, we finally retired our ancient AGM bank. . We took our specifications to MAC'S BATTERIES AND SOLAR in Eugene Oregon. In three days, they built our new 24v LiFePo4 bank and installed it in a custom cabinet. . For about us$2600, we have the equivalent of sixteen (16) 100ah BattleBorn. . For photovoltaics, MAC'S carries several hundred panels of all sizes and configuration. . We feed our bank from six 305-Watt panels, a total of 1,830-Watts. I fabricated a toy-hauler on a similar commercial chassis, and we just might add an additional six panels on its roof, bringing us to an excessively obsessive amount of catching free fuel falling from the sky.

[@thecumminscamper]

1830 watts is a ton! I’d love to get close to that. My challenge for solar panels is if i go with larger panels on my roof rack I’m completely negating my ability to walk on my roof. I’d have to walk over the panels to get to the cab over. I’m still trying to decide what the right move is

[@Jason-jp4lj]

Nice work buddy. Its all about enjoying life. A truck camper helps! We love ours!

[@thecumminscamper]

Hi Jason, Thanks so much for the kind words! I agree on it’s all about enjoying life. The one big thing we can’t get back in life is time! Glad you’re enjoying your truck camper. What type do you have?

[@Jason-jp4lj]

2021 dodge 5500 and a 2021 kingstar camino

[@largemarge1603]

01:23 Grid-heater bolts destroy engines! I am glad you dumped it.

[@thecumminscamper]

They sure do! Seems is mostly an issue in cold climates but can happen to anyone when/if the grid heater relay sticks and stays on melting the nut enough to where it falls into the engine. I can stand the idea of a faulty designed nut taking out a whole engine 😂

[@McRVP]

I drop my gray on the ground anywhere we are.

[@thecumminscamper]

🙌🙌

[@kaleibob]

Hell yeah

[@michaelide9380]

You were right about dustins channel it is real good

[@thecumminscamper]

🤘🤘

[@Beardedadventures1016]

Dude. I love that hat

[@thecumminscamper]

Thanks dude! I was at Shakas, where I got the hat, recently and sadly they don’t make this version anymore. I was going to buy a fresh one as a spare as I love the hat a lot. It’s a great place to support as well

[@DWS1958]

Nice job, Eric. I have done many mods on my 1995 Lance 195 Truck Camper, as well.

[@thecumminscamper]

Thank you so much! What’s your favorite mod that you’ve done to your 1995 Lance? Sounds like you’ve got a sweet camper!

[@DWS1958]

@@thecumminscamper 200 watts of solar, window covers for cold/hot weather, 2 additional batteries in the space between the camper and bedside in front of the wheel well (connected w/Anderson connectors), 2000-watt sine wave inverter, converter upgrade, insulated riser under the camper, step modification to make entry/exit easier/safer when my enclosed trailer is connected, and too many more to list if I add the mods done to the trailer used to haul my 2 motorcycles (Yamaha XT-250 and Suzuki Boulevard C-90T}, Kayak, tools, and other camping supplies.

[@kurtwalker1125]

I just walked by your truck 30 minutes ago in Las Tunas at the lot. I’m like 300 yards away from you. I have the 2024 GMC 3500 ton with the SMARTCAP.

[@thecumminscamper]

Hahaha the small world of Baja! We’ll be in this spot for a while so if you see us wandering around the area say hey! I’ll be on the lookout for your truck. Thanks for watching!!

[@bondkx01]

Nice work buddy. Huge appreciation for the amount of effort you've put in as I've done similar. You guys going to make the Quartzite truck camper rally?

[@thecumminscamper]

Thanks dude! Greatly appreciate the kind words. We won’t be at the rally in Quartzite. Unfortunately the timing of the event is before we’re out of Baja. It’s hard to leave the perfect weather of Baja in February.

[@thim8009]

I want to run air conditioner on batteries also. I figured i need a 400 amp altinator, 100 amp dc to dc charger, and at least 3 60 amp solor charge controllers to keep up recharging. Will also have to upgrade to 48 volt system. Good way to to spend 2500.00. I bought a 15.00 diesel exhaust pipe and drilled a hole in the truck wall where the back of seat was and run my generator where my back seat was and it's even quieter.

[@thecumminscamper]

Sounds like you’ve done some great modifications on your truck camper! Thanks for watching and commenting

[@denniskwasnycia1950]

Great video and thanks for posting it! In regards the vinyl wrap, did you take a picture of what you wanted and it was blown up from there? As well, did you have the hot water tank changed to one that is electric and gas? My 04 Lance 1161 only has a gas hot water heater.

[@thecumminscamper]

Thanks for watching! So the hot water heater electric element will fit your 04 Lance hot water heater also. It adds the electric element to our existing LP hot water heaters. Pretty easy to install. Plugs right into a 120v outlet and has a toggle switch for when you want to use it. Search Camco Hot Water Hybrid Heat on Amazon. For the wrap, the company doing the work provided us a website where we could choose from over 1,000,000 options. We searched Lake, Trees, Mountains and then filtered down the results to fall in love with this picture

[@denniskwasnycia1950]

@@thecumminscamper Thank you!

[@climbingcue]

What states are you missing other that Hawaii. With your 47 state count. Enjoyed the video, I also modify everything.

[@thecumminscamper]

We still need to do Washington and Alaska both of which we’ll get to by May of this year. Hawaii we visited this fall so once we hit Alaska we’ll both have spent at least 1 night in all 50 states. So glad you enjoyed the video! Modifying things is great. Engineers/manufacturers can only do so much so it’s great that there’s a community of people out there modifying their campers to maximize the rig for their use.

[@climbingcue]

Awesome, Washington and Alaska are great states to visit. February of 2024 Alaska was my 50th state visited. Then in June of 2024 we climbed Mt Rainier. 2024 was an absolute amazing year.

[@largemarge1603]

19:15 I think the downfall of Western Civilization can be directly traced to the over-use of decor pillows...

[@thecumminscamper]

Everytime a female checks out our camper they compliment the pillows. If that female has a husband with her she says “see babe, they have a bunch of decorative pillows too”. Women love them, men see no use for them