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no problem - i only post here to share my experiences (good or bad) that others may learn from.... The new uprated plate arrived yesterday, along with a basic certificate with a reference number. I've then had to modify the weight on the vehicle registration document and send that and the...

actually 2640lbs. And i've just paid to have it up-plated to 1500kg/3300lbs with the airbag suspension. I believe from articles i have read it is mostly down to suspension differences between North America and the rest of the world - you guys are alleged to prefer a softer ride and more...

its possible - i was going over some big potholes and dips down by the beach, but the camper box itself seems pretty rigid with no signs of movement on any of the joints, and it should move with the tub

Fibreglass tends to be my goto material as i've now got quite a bit of experience with using it, and i have some better than bog standard tapes and fabrics that can make it a lot stronger then chopped strand matting for certain applications. Plus its glues well with the sikaflex 252 i have - my...

The problem is the height of the camper now it is on the truck, and the strength of the sikaflex 252 glue i stuck the mounts down with. When i had the camper on the floor the roof is over 2m above ground and in my rented accommodation i don't have big ladders, so it was as high and as far over...

I hoped the mid-panel mounts would have damped any tendency to vibration, but i'll definitely give your suggestion a go - won't be until xmas when a friend hopefully visits as the wife won't drive the truck with the camper on, and its not road legal at the moment anyway as i have suspended the...

screws are 4mm in a 4.5mm hole, so slight clearance. I fitted the brackets to the panels with no packing pieces or clearance and then glued the whole assembly to the roof, so there was probably no scope for movement/expansion - the intention was that the screws should just have been in shear...

might be time to motorise - i've found that robotics motors and linear actuators are good sources for gearsets

propane/butane should always be stored outside of the cabin area with an outlet in the floor to allow any leaking gas to exit the vehicle rather than filling it and suffocating you/causing an potentially explosive build up. I've fitted a gas drop to my build where the propane lines terminate and...

Always good to have an alternative heat source if you have a failure with a component on the electrical side, and based on personal experience in the US combined charger/transformer/inverter units are fine until they break, then nothing works. With stand alone propane you can always flame grill...

having built my own camper jacks i can advise that they will be heavy and bulky - the lead screws will need to be long and large diameter to cope with the weight of the full camper, but at the end of the day they are just big linear actuators and anything is possible. Personally i would think...

getting off the original poster's questions, but this is as good a point to volunteer the information as any. You can buy composite gas cylinders in Europe that can be filled at auto gas stations and use brass screw on adapters to the different country-specific systems (which are still...

the screws were little more than finger tight as there should be no tensile load on them, but i was also thinking that maybe a large penny washer or flange head screw would have reduced the point stress from the relatively small screw head on the plastic, especially if it was able to move...

Its 4 months since I mounted my solar panels and almost all the mounts have cracked The questions now are why and what to do about it. The mounts were supplied by a solar panels supply company listed as specifically for motorhomes and caravans and so far their response is "its the screws...

ever seen scrapheap challenge/junkyard wars? There are all sorts of things you can build with hydraulics - and given the nature of your rig some sort of crane/hoist for spare wheels and lifting onto external storage could be useful

you could build the jet wash from hell for when the truck comes home dirty.....

i've seen the aerodynamic shrouds on the back of a lot of trucks and know its supposed to save fuel, but i didnt think about stability. I could claim to be be part way there with the slope at the back of the roof, but in reality that is to protect the awning from sun damage while rolled...

A little more progress in fitting the fridge and cool box sliders and box in The fridge will run as a fridge for short trips, or as a freezer for longer trips This cool box is about 20 years old so I will buy a nice shiny new one when we start camping properly The cool box handle slots...

I have some cigarette lighter fitting supplies with various products and never realised the ends were removable and fit this type of socket - smaller and a much more positive connection. I think this will be my preferred option but i'll buy Hella as cheaper than BMW :)

Is it just my ignorance not searching for the right thing, or is there no form of standardised or common 12v power socket other that a cigarette lighter? That has to be one of the least fit for purpose designs ever, but unless you want to plug in a fork lift truck with an anderson plug i'm not...