YoungSage

How about this kit? http://www.solarblvd.com/Solar-Panels-&-Systems-12-Volt-Solar-Kits/c1_272/p2752/12-Volt-280-Watt-Solar-Panel-Kit-with-FREE-SHIPPING/product_info.html

Yes. I have the same question. What rigid panels are currently seen as "the best"?

I intend to put a roof rack on my 88 Sunrader. I will be installing some Thule raingutter brackets http://www.etrailer.com/Accessories-and-Parts/Thule/TH542.html which necessitate drilling holes in my fiberglass coach. The brackets come with these rubber seals which I intend to use but are there additional precautions anyone would suggest to make sure these holes don't leak in the future? Gracias por Ayuda!

Sounds good team. Thanks for all the info. I will proceed with my rack project as planned. Love this forum and all the great info and enthused individuals here. A great resource. Mucho Namastes and Hoka Heys!

I have an 88 sunrader classic 21 foot, "King Sunny". I am looking into bike racks that will attach to the rear hitch receiver. Has anyone heard of driving problems resulting from putting more weight hanging off the back of a toyota motorhome? Extra weight back there levering up the front wheels and making for squirmy driving? I am planning on loading the rack with two bikes, one a 27 lb mountain bike and the other, an electrified Xtracycle that weighs in around 50 lbs with the weighty motor attached. .. So that's about 80 extra pounds plus the 20 lb bike rack. .. Making it an even 100. Thoughts for me and "The King"?

The Yakima Wide Body Bracket does not come with a doubler plate but with four bolts and four washers with nuts. I may look for a doubler or fabricate one of my own to make sure it is beefy enough, though there are no complaints in reviews about cracking of toppers from using their washer system. . . . https://www.etrailer.com/Accessories-and-Parts/Yakima/Y08001.html Another question.... having not drilled through the Fiberglass "beams" in my cupboards I am not completely sure of what material they are comprised. I assume they are solid fiberglass. Does anyone know? Has anyone drilled or cut through those "beams". Thanks. . . Oh, and thanks for everything you have offered thus far. I must say, this forum is quite cool . . . I can sense the excitement and stoke that everyone shares for their rigs and projects and it makes me smile to read and learn on these pages. Gratefully, YoungSage

Whoops! I think I got it this time. The beams run the length of the camper and are against the ceiling, inside the line of cabinets on either side of the camper. Upon further inspection I see that they are "beams" of fiberglass material and not steel that run fore and aft through the cabinets. I pulled back some of the shag carpeting to see this: I suppose I could get a long drill bit and just drill two holes straight through this fiberglass beam and attach the brackets thusly. I may have just answered my own question. . . . Sorry to have newbified this forum. Best,

Here is a photo of the beams (ensconced in plush deep shag carpeting).

I have a 1988 21 foot Sunrader that I would like to put Yakima Racks on. I figured the best way would be to place these "wide body" brackets http://www.backcountryracks.com/yakima-wide-body-bracket-8001.html at the roofline and then attach a Yakima 1A tower system (these are the old-school gutter mounted original racks Yakima first started with). The Sunrader has these Steel Beams that run along the edge of the roof that I would have to drill into in order to secure the brackets. Are there self tapping bolts that I could drill into these steel beams that would secure the brackets?