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There are calculators online that will help you out. What you're looking for is a "beam/load" calculation on your material. Here's one to start: http://www.atc-mechanical.com/calculators/tube-size-using-structural-properties/ Enter the weight of your load (water+tank+ any extras) and the...

If they're anything like the door pins on the rear of Astro/Safari vans, they're splined and expand into the hole as they're driven home. And that make's 'em a ********** to get out. Here's a photo of a similar pin (same diameter as the Astro OEM, but longer overall, with a slightly shorter...

This is where your locker choice makes a big impact. A lunchbox locker that replaces the spider gears can often be done in your driveway without a "setup", so the cost is pretty minimal (close to parts-only). I'm in the midst of having a Powertrax No-Slip installed in the rear of my van. I'm...

Like most mounting solutions, it'll depend on how you back up the L-track. The primary Airline use of L-track is specifically to mount seats, so I think you're fine there, but its the mount to the body that'll make or break you. I'd say use all the mounting holes, and back up every bolt with a...

What's the story on the Fred-Flintstone holes in the rear floor?

Yep. This is a good candidate for "Cardboard Aided Design". We could give you a number, but it's really hard to visualize the difference of +/- a few inches, whereas feeling yourself walking past a stack of boxes makes it very real.

My biggest fear of really big vehicles is "What happens when you need to get pulled out?" Unless there's a bulldozer handy, there's an upper limit on "recovery" operations that can be mounted on a larger vehicle in some conditions.

That's a nice rig. I wish Tiger had a floorplan that supported a regular 3rd passenger a little better. The rear dinettes often have a lap belt, but not sure that's sufficient for my kiddo.

You could always just not light the 2nd burner. I can't imagine the tiny weight savings of removing the 2nd burner assembly would be worth the hassle.

Obviously, but the swivel plates have a similar style of construction, it's just the hole spacing that's different. My point is that something has to give. You can't sandwich 2" of stacked steel between the seat and the pedestal and expect that everything will be in the same position at the...

Tried to use the "Product Finder" on your website. Got nothing but a spinning icon for several minutes.

It really requires a custom pedestal. I, too have a Discount V/T swivel in my van, but I had to make new pedestal/riser brackets to drop the mating surface down a couple of inches to compensate for the thickness of the swivel plate. Offset side-to-side is unchanged. I voluntarily moved my...

I wouldn't. Anything more than 1.5 strokes on the suspension from a single input (like braking) means the suspension is under-damped. Just because new parts got bolted on, doesn't mean they're working. Either faulty valving or an improper spec would cause what you're seeing. From that photo...

This is rad.

This is definitely an "all of the above" thing for me. I have dual-fuel white gas stoves, with propane adapters (tri-fuel!), and butane stoves with propane adapters, and straight propane stoves. I also have an elevated firepot that works great for running the dutch oven on charcoal or burning...

He still posts to his website. Last post was June 11, 2018: http://theoasisofmysoul.com/

How far off are you? I fit ~30.5" tire (fully inflated) under my Astro van, and I could probably go even a little bigger. Note that I have to manually shove the tire away from the rail while I'm winching it up, but once it's in place, it fits great. The other trick, if you're close to...

Leaving any food behind isn't "tread lightly". Of course "tread lightly" is a goal, or a method, not an absolute concept. But since you asked: coffee grounds, while good in a compost pile, presents a problem in a lot of areas because it is (a) aromatic and can attract animal activity, (b)...

This is where having to rinse a filter becomes a problem for me. Unless you rinse the grounds out onto the dirt, your option is to rinse the filter into a trash bag. Now you've got a bag with liquid in it - which is probably fine unless you get even the smallest leak. I'm not put off by...

That's how I did mine when I had a Valterra tank: I even measured filling from empty and added gallon-specific markers.