Good questions Dave. I have used a unit set up similar to this a friend built for a season, it worked really well in our experience. We stored it on the back bed, small unit so no issue with weight. Fins are definitely a problem and you need to be careful. I am looking at a cap for using while traveling. I had thought about the weight on the gutters but it isn't that much quite honestly, most of the weight is on the door there and the groove at the bottom takes the bulk of the weight and transfers it to the door. For the cooling, it definitely doesn't blow right on you but with the size of the van we found it cools the entire thing down pretty well so we didn't have issue with it staying cold and needing it to blow right on us. This was camping in Ohio in the upper 80s to 90...van felt awesome! Here is a pix of Artie parked in next to the big ol' RVs at Cedar Point Ohio. We got more attention than anyone in that camp, was so funny. Either way you can see the AC unit on the side. This mount used aluminum angle iron across the window so you could actually open the door. Then a flat piece of board to cover in around it. Really worked out well. https://goo.gl/photos/EGjokydQSBjgyMNN8 Looking forward to getting this worked out, thanks for all the suggestions and discussion Ryan Asheville, NC |
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