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Hope all is well with you. So . . . the simple answer is that when there's no shorepower, we use the microwave to heat enough water to wash dishes, clean up a bit, make instant coffee, etc. It's not exciting, but it's workable. The amount of draw on the battery bank when using the microwave a...

Sprinters handle quite well, and the size is small enough to be useful but large enough to be comfortable. By far the largest proportion of people who took long tours of my two Sprinters have been Eurovan owners, who are universally impressed by the space. The 4WD Sprinter is eagerly awaited by...

Thanks for providing the dimensions. Valuable to have.

Before Paul Jensen built out the rear of my LX470, I did fairly elaborate scale drawings showing the measurements. But when it came time to actually build it, Paul took out the rear carpet and used it as a template when he needed to match up with the factory plastic. Then he ad-libbed the rest...

Congratulations. Well considered and well bought. Enjoy your travels. :clapsmile

I guess that I'll be the one to point out that listings of vehicles in the Portal's For Sale section must include an asking price. Valid for sale posts by forum members: 1. Must be expedition related, or equipment used in support of an expedition or adventure. For example, the advertising on...

I have a 37 liter Dometic in the XV-JP and it's been excellent; no problems whatsoever. It got picked for being exactly the right dimensions, but it's worked just as well as the multiple Engel's I've had. That said, the model you're talking about clearly isn't the same series as mine, so I've...

Yeah. So what kept you? ;)

I had occasion to open the Foxwing in the driveway today to lube the zipper, so I was able to get a photo of what it looks like with no poles or guy lines. (As ever, click on it to make it big enough to see what's going on.) This isn't an approved technique, but in a dead calm, it's useful...

Doh! That makes a lot more sense than me thinking that Ma Benz donated $5 to Philippe Cousteau for every UGN sold. :sombrero:

Now we're making progress. This is only the roughest calculation (as I didn't have a jar to measure), but if John builds a cabin, say, 12 x 7 x 6.5 feet, it looks like it could hold about 30,000 jars. That'd make for a lot of Happy Little Vegemites. Of course, that might be more jars of...

I was doing pretty well with the list--thank you--but I'd never seen this one before: m03--168hp engine option. I suspect I should understand this, but I don't. Does this mean the truck engine has just 168 horsepower, instead of the more common 260 or 280? And if so, what would be the...

A few things to add: Getting manual-folding third row seats out of a Hundy is a doodle; getting power-operated third row out of a Two Hundy is significantly harder. For whatever that's worth. You might want to go--if you haven't already--to the fairly-famous Slee Hundy Newbie site...

Nah, that'd be a waste. There's lots more examples of kangaroos and koalas around North America than of the aforementioned "cool Australian stuff that we don't get in the states." You know, that point about the empty cabin needing filled is the basis for a fantastic entrepreneurial setup. It'd...

Well, John, it's pretty sad, but I just last year threw away the silly-big collection of expedition camper fodder I'd collected over the years, and my Terracross cabin stuff got pitched. I'm reluctant to test my memory (hey, I'm old), because it's likely Charlie or Haven or Victorian or one of...

I know it's not the OP's actual question, but I gained about 1.5 miles per gallon taking the roof rack and its contents off the roof of my first Sprinter: I mention this only in case anyone doubts that you can save fuel if you keep the roof clean. When you can't--and I couldn't during that...

I hope you do, and that you share the results. I look back and realize that between the XV-JP and my two Safari Vehicle Manufacturing shells: , I've had three very nice, and very strong, molded fiberglass cabins . . . and each of the three was so expensive to build that it was apparently...

I appreciate the information in this thread. Somehow, the idea that I can buy extremely sophisticated computers and cars and electronics, while there's no obvious place to buy a high-quality camper cabin seems odd, so all of the information you care to share is welcome.

I really enjoyed having the Heki skylight in my first Sprinter conversion. It is admittedly a pretty flimsy unit, but the extent of the ventilation and, in our placement, the ability to lie on the bed looking up at the trees/sky/stars/whatever, made it worthwhile. We did have some leaks, but...

Also, unless/until converted to an RV, I'm thinking you'd need a Commercial Driver's License from your state; the requirement is triggered at 26,001 pounds Gross Vehicle Weight Rating, I believe. Some U500s are 26,000 pounds GVWR. I've no idea if derating a 33K unit to 26K is practical or...