All About Truck House Life:
Tim grew up in the Great Smoky Mountains area and then moved to Alaska at 20. He loved it so much, he’s stayed there since! Tim created the log cabin camper on the back of his truck, a 1996 Ford F350 pickup. He built the cabin by hand, as he learned to build cabins from his carpenter father.
“I planned the cabin on the back of the truck because I couldn’t find a manufactured camper for extremely cold Alaskan weather that’s strong enough to handle off-roading and overlanding,” he said.
The top power draw in Tim’s system is his Dometic brand CC40 fridge and freezer. However, Tim notes that it runs infinitely on his Battle Born system.
“It’s been running five months straight off of 100 watts of solar and driving around using the engine to charge my batteries when charging,” Tim said. “I’ve been so stoked on having Battle Born Batteries in my system!”
Tim’s system has been so reliable in the cold weather, his 1996 Ford F350 pickup truck is still running flawlessly too.
Tim has the following components in his system:
- 3 BB10012 Battle Born Heated Batteries
- 1 Victron Multiplus 12V 3000W inverter/charger
- 1 BMV-712
- 1 MicroAir Easy Start
- 1 400 ANL Fuse Kit
- 1 VE Bus Smart Dongle
- 1 Orion TR Smart Isolated 12/12/30 DC/DC charger
- 1 100/30 SmartSolar MPPT Charge Controller
“The install wasn’t too bad since I was doing just a 12-volt system,” said Tim. “The original battery I had was a 40-amp hour deep-cycle car battery that didn’t last long at all. This is literally four to five times as much battery capacity as I had, so it’s a massive game changer!”
