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For those who are not aware of this vehicle's general history, after building his campers on Unimogs and Fuso FGs, Wyoming expedition vehicle builder Darrin Fink engineered and built two larger units on Fuso FM chassis. With a 26,000 pound GVWR (right below the weight requiring a CDL), the FM...

Now that's a good point. It'd take a good deal more planning and a little construction, but the wheeled Thetford cassette is pretty much the high point of portable waste disposal. You get you choice of "built-in" (the 402 style) or not (the CS200 style): You can even read through a write...

This is sad, but I forgot to point out to Paul that you could get through the side doors. Maybe that's the way to go, but even if using the back center entrance, we'd probably still stage from the top of one of the pods, and having the rear "patio" area to kneel on might make it even easier to...

Thanks for bringing this up . . . I was working on just that idea yesterday and we could do it. I'm pretty familiar with the Ursa Minor setups and thought about doing ours the same way. And it may be that we go that direction. At the moment, however, I'm leaning toward the way Paul has it set...

I hate to seem creepy waxing poetic about a potti, but that Thetford Curve you're thinking about is an exceptionally fine unit. It is, perhaps, most importantly, very close to the height of a residential toilet, and it holds a substantial amount of both fresh and black water, so you aren't...

Also, and I'm sure someone could do the math if they cared enough, my sense is that the ratio of food storage to external dimensions is better for the bigger fridges. It seems to me that the wall thickness and space for the mechanicals doesn't go up in direct proportion to the food compartment...

I have a 27 liter Engel and it is, in my opinion, fine if you will either be using it for a rather limited portion of what you eat, or you are only buying a couple days of food at a time. Otherwise, it seems small to me. One major problem is that the food may not always be in...

Thanks, as always, for sharing the details of your trips. I really appreciate the route information . . . sort of like having my own reconnaissance force.

My bad, in that I should have said something about the tire size requiring significant trimming. I've certainly known for ten years that the 215/85R16s are the biggest that will fit without any trimming on a T1N. On the other hand, when you get things trimmed, the 235s will look better and...

Last I heard was orders this year, delivery in Spring. You might check the Sprinter Source forum periodically to get the latest. Sure seems like it's a go this time.

Not a real list, but . . . -- Most people would agree that it's critical to keep up on the maintenance and, in a perfect world, have it done by someone who knows what the heck they are doing. The small number of dealers, combined with the brand changes, have made the experienced techs rarer...

Thanks for the thoughts. Well, I guess we'll have to see. I'm not expecting everything will go as planned. Making the trailer longer would make life simpler, for sure, but would make it less appealing off-pavement. I'm pretty sure not, as the quality of the Stahl body is really high, and any...

Sorry for the delay getting back to you; been trying to optimize the XV-JP for a trip to Utah tomorrow. Well, I am a solid Duratrac fanboy, as they've done extremely well on the Jeep and have--and I think this is the best thing about them given the tread--been really good on pavement, dry, wet...

On to Plan B, load them into Photobucket and link them here: Of course, by now, some of you probably have four copies of the same three pictures.

When I hit the Post Quick Reply button, I got the same error. I've been doing this for, let's see, 2,397 times, so I've no idea what's different now. Warning: preg_match() [function.preg-match]: Compilation failed: invalid range in character class at offset 23 in...

Not sure what to do about the pictures. They're nothing special and they're just went in with the image button. I suspect it's related to the line: Warning: preg_match() [function.preg-match]: Compilation failed: invalid range in character class at offset 23 in...

Ummm . . . after posting the saga above about what didn't get built, I see I've neglected to say what we were actually gonna build. :confused: Here's a list of the project's design requirements as we envision them now. They are (no kidding) subject to change as Paul and I jointly work out...

Well, the days are getting shorter, Paul's vacation trip is over, and it's been six months since we finished the last project, so there's only one thing left to do: Rummage around to try to find something else ExPo-worthy to build. The best candidate we had was my...

Scott sounds crotchety, too. Must be something going around. :)

Thanks for the link. Now for the brief, and rhetorical, thread hijack. So . . . many of you probably had your Scrambler video preceded by a Harley ad that has cool guys on the rumbly tourers showing how their integrated GPS system and their love of the open road combine to send them off on the...