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I'm building a small box (12') so I won't have space for a washer. Can anyone share advice for how to hand wash and hang your clothes? Where do you put the clothes lines? Do you use a rack? Any tips?

I noticed that a lot of folks carry a ladder of some form in their rig to get to the roof. On the LMTV it's common to add a ladder to get to the roof of the cab. I was thinking it would be clever to mount a telescoping ladder in place of the fixed ladder. Then telescope the first couple of steps...

I watched an amazing restoration . In the video they mentioned they have a rooftop hatch to access the roof and there is no other way up there. They did this for security reasons. Is anyone else designing their vehicle to make it difficult to get on the roof?

There was a recent post to facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/270961826434138/permalink/848588668671448/?comment_id=848684468661868 1. How would you self recover this vehicle? 2. What tools/upgrades would you take to avoid or help with recovery?

My wife and I are building a global capable expedition vehicle on the chassis of a Stewart & Stevenson M1078. Goal Starting Point

My truck is going to be max legal heigh. I would like to put a rack on the cab and store recovery gear and possibly other stuff up there. Are there an tricks for safely moving stuff up/down? Has anyone used a small hoist or crane to do this?

I would like to put in a couple of Safes/lockboxes in my Camper. Can anyone discuss the legality of storing things in a safe? I think I read somewhere that once the vehicle is registered as an RV that it's technically a home and a warrant is required to search the cabin. If that's true then...

I need some advice from people who have cooked on one or more of these solutions. Diesel: For my build I will have diesel on hand and I know that diesel cooktops exist. Can anyone who as actually cooked on one share their experience with them? I am concerned that the start/stop times might be...

In my research I found out that SunPower has some 435 watt panels with the next closest being A panasonic panel at 350 watts. https://us.sunpower.com/solar-panels-technology/e-series-solar-panels/ https://www.solarpanelstore.com/solar-power/large-solarpanels/panasonic-solar/panasonic-330w.html...

I would like to get a diesel hydronic furnace and use it to pre-heat my engine as well as heat my domestic hot water and cabin. People have suggested that all boxes and enclosed space should have some heating in them so you can dry them out and avoid molds. When putting in a hydronic floor...

We are building an expedition camper on the back of a Stewart & Stevenson M1078. It will be a relatively small box of 12' x 8' x 8'. The current plan is to build the box out of aluminum beams and sheet. Can anyone share where to find windows and doors? Also if anyone has built windows or...

I just had a very nice chat with a rep from a major AC vendor. He is also into offroading and was nice enough to answer all my questions. Here is some food for thought. AC/DC Problem: All inverter based modern split AC systems take 120/220 V AC and turn it into 48 V DC or other voltage...

We are in our early design for a LMTV M1078 conversion. For those of you who have a mini split unit. Where did you locate the outside portion on your build? Can you offer any guidance on why you chose that location?

Hi I'm new here. I've seen some discussions of materials for campers and I didn't want to resurrect threads from 2012. For those of you who have built/upgraded expedition campers. What target R values are you going for for: Roof, Walls, Floor? I have found some good recommendations for houses...