It’s finally the day of the big reveal!! You will see that there are things I didn’t quite go over, or that I don’t have pictures of currently. But I will share my experience with how things are still holding up after 3 years! This post contains some affiliate links and we may receive a …
Camper Mondays: How we replaced a swivel tongue jack
In today’s post I’m going to try to describe in the best detail I can of what we did. I can more easily share with you where I got some of my materials! This post contains some affiliate links. We may receive a small commission if you click on the link and make a purchase. …
Camper Mondays: How we installed a new countertop
So now that Dolly has newly painted cabinets and a fresh new canvas it was time to move onto the countertops and the table. I knew I wanted a new countertop because I wasn’t going to keep the gas stove. I thought a bit more counter space in such a small camper would be better! …
Camper Mondays: How we Painted the Cabinets and Installed a New Canvas
I apologize in advance for not taking a lot of pictures of this process but for the most part it was pretty straight forward! I know a lot of people would take their cabinets out and sand and use a primer then paint and it seems the trend is to use a light paint (which …
Camper Mondays: How to fix a leaky roof
So while we’ve had Dolly, anytime we weren’t working on her we would cover her back up with a tarp to prevent further water damage. We were hoping that the water was getting in because the vinyl covering the roof seam was cracked and missing in parts. This page contains some affiliate links to products. …
Camper Mondays: How to fix the lift system part two
So to finish fixing the lift system we had to remove the front panel. To do this we had to remove the old cracked vinyl trim and then drill out the rivets. This page contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links. Now we can remove the …
Camper Mondays: How to fix the lift system
I will do my best to recall what we did to fix the lift system in the camper and break it up into two blog posts because it did take us several days (or sessions) to get it all done. So when we purchased Dolly back in December 2016, we had a very mild winter …
Camper Mondays: What 31 years did to Dolly
Happy Monday everyone! So once I got Dolly to my parent’s house I was itching to open her back up again so I could start taking inventory of what I needed to purchase and what repairs we were going to need to do. My dad and my father in law (who I like to refer …
New Monday Series: My Pop Up Camper Dolly
Every Monday I’ll be sharing my journey to find and restore a 1985 Coleman Columbia pop-up! I’ll share different crafts I did along the way too. In this first post I’ll share how I changed tow vehicles, learned about tow capacity and weight ratings of campers and sources I used to find all that information. …