2005 Northern Lite 10-2 Archives

February 15, 2020September 2, 2020

SOLD – 2005 Northern Lite Ten-2000 Truck Camper

This camper has been sold. We’ll keep the photos and write-up here for informational purposes only.

Perfect for off-roading, hunting or fishing, our 2005 Northern Lite Ten-2000 Truck Camper is now up for sale, it is in great shape, recently renovated and if it were necessary, you could take it camping tomorrow. On multiple occasions when we’ve had it out camping people have told us that it looks like new. We are located just north of Atlanta, Georgia if you’re in the Southeast and looking for a good deal on a great truck camper.

This camper will require an 8 ft truck bed to haul it and it weighs approximately 2,800 lbs. This is one of the larger truck camper models. It has tons of storage inside and out. The bed is a 60″ x 80″ queen size bed. In the kitchen it has a nice white acrylic double bowl kitchen sink with sink cover, a three burner cook top, an rv oven big enough to do most cooking and a new microwave. It has a nice large 6 cubic foot three way refrigerator/ freezer which will hold enough food for a week while you’re out camping. The gas furnace works really well to keep it toasty on cold nights and a roof-top air conditioner to keep you cool in the hot summer as well as a Fantastic Fan for when it’s comfortable out. The dinette converts into bed that is big enough to sleep one adult comfortably. All of the cabinet hardware has been updated to oil-rubbed bronze. We’ve added an Oxygenics shower head in the shower and installed all new faucets inside and out. The Happijacs have swing out dually brackets and recently we had the motors factory refurbished and added a new wireless controller. It currently has one battery but the compartment is big enough to hold two if you would like to add one. There are two propane tanks. We recently had the fiberglass exterior professionally polished as you’ll see in one of our videos. Lots of basement storage. The tank sizes are 36 Gal Fresh, 40 Gal Gray and 18 Gal Black Tank. You can see videos of most of the renovations we’ve done using the link at the bottom of this page.

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February 7, 2020February 10, 2020

Moisture Under Your RV or Boat Mattress? – You Could Use a Froli

The Problem

In July 2019 we purchased a 2005 Northern Lite 10-2 Truck Camper. If you know anything about Northern Lites, you know they are the cream of the crop. There was a problem, this camper was riddled with moisture and water damage.

The moisture came from a period of time (months, maybe years) that the camper had repeatedly had water flow into it without proper maintenance to keep it out. There were two vent pipe covers on the top of the camper that were broken off leaving two openings that collected rain down in the basement of the camper over time. Before we loaded it up to bring it home, the previous owner removed the mattress because it was covered in mildew.

Since the day we brought this truck camper home, all of issues have been repaired. After several months of blood, sweat and tears, we have repaired all of the damage caused by a camper’s biggest nemesis, water. This is why proper maintenance on ANY camper is so very important. Please maintain the seals on your camper!!

The Froli System is super easy to install and it’s definitely worth it to us to keep the moisture out from under our mattress. It leaves at least an inch under the mattress for it to air out, even when you’re sleeping on it.

The Solution

After dealing with the damages done by water, and after researching our options to control moisture collection under the mattress, we decided on the FROLI . It isn’t super cheap but guess what, if you accounted for the damage done because of moisture, the cost of the FROLI is minimal.

Several months ago we released a video on our YouTube channel about the ease of installation and the use of the FROLI (You can view it by clicking on the video the bottom of this article) and we’re proud to say, we have been more than thrilled with our decision to install it in our Northern Lite. Very soon, we’ll be putting our 2005 Northern Lite 10-2 up for sale and at that point we’re going to move the FROLI to our newer 2019 Northern Lite 10-2. Stay tuned for that video. We’ll talk about what we expected when we installed it, how it met our expectations and how difficult it is to move. We’ll also discuss how well it’s worked for us since we put it in our older camper.

If you’re interested in purchasing a FROLI, we are now affiliates. Our partnership allows us to offer you a 15% discount code on your purchase, you can click this link https://nickleatlantic.com/discount/Roses15 and not only will you get 15% off your purchase, we’ll get the credit. This helps to support our channel on YouTube as well as allowing us to offer informative content like you see on our website here. Thank you in advance for your support and safe travels out there!

January 26, 2020February 10, 2020

Buying our 2005 Northern Lite 10-2

This camper……ohhhhh this camper. Before we went to pick it up in August 2019, after seeing the photos, Todd and I prayed (I mean we seriously prayed several times about it before picking it up). We prayed that it would not be in as bad of shape as it looked. We kept saying to each other, maybe we’ll be pleasantly surprised when we see it in person. Guess what! It was worse than we expected….I saw the disappointment in Todd’s face when we were actually standing there in front of it and he opened the doors to the basement. I was so so sad because I wanted it to be the perfect truck camper for us.

At $7k the price was better than most used older ones that we’d seen for sale even in rough shape like it was, and now after seeing it in person, we knew why. When Todd spoke to the owner on the phone, originally that is what we agreed to pay but when we saw it in person, there was no way on God’s green earth that Todd would have paid $7k for this camper.