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You might consider whether you gain any useful flexibility by using two connected 30 gallon tanks which would be easier to place and help any weight distribution issues. It's a long countertop, and if it needs run all the way into the permanent part of the bed. my plan isn't too good. Consider...

As always . . . FWIW. The mattress in Sprinter II does double duty as the sofa cushion and we're very happy with it. It was selected first as a mattress (5" of foam mattress from Ikea cut to shape) but it is working fine as the sofa cushion. This is in contrast to the sofa/bunk cushion in...

I hear you about the dog, but there is a big advantage (IMHO) if you hinge an outward-opening door on the aft side of the wet room "cabinet" and size it so it meets up with the aisle side of the refrigerator cabinet and then latches perpendicular to the aisle. This creates a private "dressing...

Nice of you two to share the planning; thanks. One question: Uplifted from what was the sofa, right? I assume it didn't work easily to have the bed extension slide out from under bed, but based on my experience wrangling the somewhat smaller and lighter duty bed board in the Jensen Sprinter...

I had this setup in our first Sprinter with the toilet pulling out in front of the curbside slider, and as with most van conversion there were always the two doors in front accessible. And my current Sprinter, though without permanent shower, also slides the potti into the slider entry. And John...

Regular home toilets are as low as 15", but these days they sell lots of "comfort height" toilets with seats 17 to 19 inches off the ground. This has also been the mandatory ADA specification, but the wider use is probably driven by baby boomers with bad knees. But short people or children won't...

WELL DONE! Congratulations and good luck. Pretty cool accomplishment for ExPo inmates. I seem to recall a lot of carnage in the TTCs. Try to have a truck left over when you're done. :sombrero:

Just another vote for consideration of these. Not a "rocket science" kind of solution, but not expensive and they work pretty well for me.

There's a substantial change in the timing of this year's Northwest SprinterFest, the annual low key West Coast get-together of Sprinter trucks, owners and interested onlookers. This NW Sprinterfest, the tenth, will be held on Saturday, May 30th in Tualatin, OR, a few miles south of Portland...

Don't be TOO surprised. Earthroamer does serial production of off-pavement motorhomes, rather than building customized projects. And they are indeed all booked up with successful quarter-million-dollar-plus sales of the F-550-based XV-LT, of which they have built over 100 examples using...

Don't be too harsh on the ArkPak. I have both it and Honda EU1000 and EU2000 generators and almost never prefer to use the generators. The generators require fuel and make noise, and an ArkPak won't. I suppose it comes down to how much flexibility you want and how much you value your time. With...

Many good ideas here. Having built out living quarters in a number of different vehicles, I guarantee that the advantages of your truck's long, straight, vertical walls will pay off for you in easier construction. And you'll also appreciate the increased volume you get over something like a...

The March issue of Cycle World that arrived today has an overwhelmingly positive review of the Scrambler Ducati. Favorable comments were made about the handling, suspension, clutch, brakes, seat (yippee), tires, fuel injection and styling. The only weakly-negative comment involved the need to...

Congratulations, Tom, on purchasing the truck and showing us the work you've done to get it back in shape. I was, interestingly, one of the first people to see your rig, as I happened to be at Safari Vehicle Manufacturing in Richmond, BC talking about a Mog cabin at the same time as they were...

Don't be too sure. I'm easily titillated. :sombrero: Seriously, it looks great. Just about the perfect lift, IMHO.

:confused: I'm not sure that most people would consider (as probably the most popular example) that the Midland 75-882 is huge. 6.2 ounces and smaller than your hand. Easily fits in every glovebox i have. Works pretty well, and easily adaptable to an external magnetic mount antenna to help...

It looks just great. Congratulations; I'm sure you'll enjoy having it. And having owned a couple of Hundys along with the JK, I can say that they're different enough that having both is a nice approach if you can manage it. Good strategy for the moment.

Look as if the biggest problem was that it was done by someone who didn't know they'd invented cable ties and wire sleeving. Easier to trace, though. ;) Good luck getting everything to come together as you want it. Should be a nice upgrade.

It is considerably more trouble. It's also a pretty sophisticated system that's been around forever and has much more valuable uses than our trail interactions. Hams would not like you accidentally triggering their repeaters, and most think that if it's too much trouble for someone to get the...

It's the Twinkle polishing of Paul's copper countertop that eats up the hours. :sombrero: