Coachmen Clipper Express 9.0TD V-PKG

[Lockdown]

What size are these speaker? I’m a bit confused on how to mesure the stock ones. What did you use to extend them out to accommodate the extra depth ?

I believe they come with shallow 5.25" speakers. I also changed out the stock ones for these https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07 ... UTF8&psc=1 from Amazon. Unfortunately, I never even considered putting in spacers so we could get deeper sounding speakers.... I'll have to revisit this idea....

 

[Lockdown]

So today's project was to complete the RV side of our outdoors kitchen. Seeing that the trailer has hot & cold water onboard, it only made sense (to me) to bring the water out of the RV to use for a sink outside (still working on a design for that portion of the project). Anyway, here's some photos of the before and after. Gotta say, never worked with Pex plumbing before, but LOVE IT now!!

Before:

After:

And now the outside connections:

Think the next mod project will be removing the small 110v fridge that came with the RV and convert that area to storage. Someone here did that and changed the outside vent to a storage door; interested in where that door was sourced from....

 

[PCO6]

Looks good Lockdown.

I used PEX for part of my water system. it was a first for me too and I liked working with it. My Brother recommended it. He's a Plumber (retired) and said that if he used it throughout his career he could have lasted another 10 years, not that he wanted to. He said that lugging much heavier copper around for years took a toll on him.

I removed the fridge and AC from my Clipper. The total weight savings was 72 lbs. I converted the fridge vent into an access door. I used the original vent panel (which is removable) and the frame for it. It was bit tricky but I managed to add 2 small hinges so that the door swings up. I skinned the vent with sheet metal, which, believe it or not was from a cookie sheet (new) that I cut up. I basically cut it to shape and screwed it to the vent. I like the finish and grey colour of cookie sheets. I used one for the AC vent cover too but I didn't build it as an access door. I don't have any close ups of it; hopefully you can get the idea from these pics.

One thing that surprised me was that the fridge and AC vents helped with decompressing the trailer when you close the lid. It wasn't bad when I filled them in but it was a bit harder to close the lid. I added 3 half moon vents to the trailer which help a bit with closing the lid but I like to have a bit of ventilation especially when the trailer is put away for the winter. One vent is on the back wall and there's one over each window.

 

[Lockdown]

PC06, Nice adaptation. Thanks for the 'how to', and the heads up about the pressure... Hadn't thought about that. We're going to keep the A/C, but give away the fridge. The A/C extends the camping season for us here in SW Florida.

 

[davidl743]

Has anyone managed to add a rear bike hitch to a 9.0 Clipper? Thanks!

 

[Lockdown]

Has anyone managed to add a rear bike hitch to a 9.0 Clipper? Thanks!

Yes, I believe someone above posted photos of them adding a rear receiver where one could add a bicycle mount... Pretty sure they sacrificed the pull out step.

 

[PCO6]

Has anyone managed to add a rear bike hitch to a 9.0 Clipper? Thanks!

Yes, I believe someone above posted photos of them adding a rear receiver where one could add a bicycle mount... Pretty sure they sacrificed the pull out step.

I posted pics of a 2" rear receiver tube tube I added to mine. Unfortunately all of my pics in this thread have been deleted as the site that hosted them changed its format. I will try to replace them in this thread but I don't find this forum to be the easiest to work with when it comes to posting pics.

EDIT - And, yes, I removed the rear steps. It was necessary to fit the receiver and it cut the weight by 16.5 lbs. We use a plastic step instead.

 

[PCO6]

Has anyone managed to add a rear bike hitch to a 9.0 Clipper? Thanks!

I added a hitch receiver to my Clipper. As mentioned above I had to remove the rear steps. I use the receiver mainly for a t-bar for my kayak rack. I also built it to reinforce the frame.

 

[Mirky87-TNT]

Hello,

Have a 2021 Clipper and so far so great as this is all new to me. I would like to upgrade the stock battery. We would like to do more camping on nonelectric sites. recommendations? We did try Nature's Generator (Solar generator) and it was pretty much useless. We are in search of another solar generator brand.

Thank you

 

[Firebike]

Hello,

Have a 2021 Clipper and so far so great as this is all new to me. I would like to upgrade the stock battery. We would like to do more camping on nonelectric sites. recommendations? We did try Nature's Generator (Solar generator) and it was pretty much useless. We are in search of another solar generator brand.

Thank you

You may have already found a solution but I have had great luck using portable solar panels and solar controller. I never plug my Clipper in and the solar maintains the battery well even when camping. I built a rack to hold then on the tongue and they kinda conform around the front.

 

[Mtn-FRF]

Hello all..
New member here in need of some help.
I have a 2020 Clipper 9.0TD that I am fixing up and have one pressing issue currently. I had to redo the roof and I do not know exactly where the brackets that hold the one end of the lift strut go on the roof.
Would you be able to get a measurement from the rear of the roof to the rear edge of the bracket please?

 

[flixxx]

Hi, I started experiencing wood rot on my 2020 viking around the edges from the inside.
At first i thought i may have had a leak with the pipes or water tank. As i started to rip up the subfloor in the corner, i noticed this was extending all around the camper, thankfully it was raining and i was able to pinpoint where the water was coming from. It turns out, on the outside metal frame, it was never sealed and water is just seeping inside. Anyone else experience this?

 

[Roamaha]

I'm not sure if this thread is still active, but I thought it'd be worth asking. I bought a 2020 Clipper 9.0TD last week. I'm super excited to use it. I'm sorting out a couple issues. The over bed lights, counter light, and stereo do not have 12v power. Does anyone know if these are on the same circuit? or wire routing? I have power at the 12v fuse panel to all fuses. The furnace works. I emailed Coachmen asking for a wiring diagram, but I'm not expecting a response.
Thanks

 

[flixxx]

I'm not sure if this thread is still active, but I thought it'd be worth asking. I bought a 2020 Clipper 9.0TD last week. I'm super excited to use it. I'm sorting out a couple issues. The over bed lights, counter light, and stereo do not have 12v power. Does anyone know if these are on the same circuit? or wire routing? I have power at the 12v fuse panel to all fuses. The furnace works. I emailed Coachmen asking for a wiring diagram, but I'm not expecting a response.
Thanks

There is a button that gets engaged and disengaged when you open/close the camper. it's made to shutoff the circuit when you have the camper closed up. Mine is located on the left side, i noticed that sometimes it doesn't disengage and i have to manually depress it to get power. See if that works for you.