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I am vain and I think that the long overhang would look weird on a single cab. The cab over doesn’t care, however. The side panels of our box have reinforcements along the rooflines to add additional cantilever support in additional to external supports. TC does a great job of engineering your...

Yeah, sorry if my reply seemed dismissive of your needs in terms of options - I agree with trying to get what you want. FWIW, if you decide to go the custom TC box route, I highly recommend considering a north-south bed configuration. In that scenario, the length of the cabover then becomes the...

The 550 is available in Lariat trim and the 5500 is available in Limited - IDK exactly what "comfort and safety" options you're looking for, but it isn't as though these are only available with vinyl floors and milk crates for seats. There is also no reason why you necessarily need to go to...

I just finished building a custom Total Composites box in a outfitted similar to what you describe. To answer your question: Give up on the 350/3500 chassis (even a dually or cab-chassis). No one builds a hard walled camper like what you describe to just take weekend trips. The weight of...

For left-hand hinged doors, you could try the Australian market.

Not sure if the OP is still looking but I have been using this minisplit for the past 6 months or so and it has worked pretty well: https://www.fleetwelcome.com/product/solar-air-conditioner/. We have not used the heating function but I can confirm it works. I bought it on Amazon but they...

I have the same truck but with 2" a leveling kit in the front and otherwise stock springs. As @IdaSHO mentioned, weighing the truck and adjusting the tire pressure accordingly makes a big difference. I have Fox 2.0s with reservoirs. These definitely helped smooth out the ride but are...

I have ridden in 550/5500 series trucks with Liquid Spring or air ride suspension. They both are similar in ride quality and not as smooth as you'd imagine (esp for the cost and complexity). As others have mentioned, the adjustable nature is helpful for things like loading ambulances or variable...

Bags like that have straps like a backpack - instead of looping it over a spare, you could build a frame that attaches to the rear wall/door and affix the trashroo to that. Regarding the size, anything bigger seems hard to manage once full and especially hard to dispose of if you're not headed...

Because of the in ability for the lines to make a tight radius. It is super annoying. I don't have any upper cabinets to hide the lines in. A chase will eventually be made to hide the lines in but it still isn't as clean as I would like. Hard lines would probably be able to be bent tighter, but...

You definitely can put the outdoor unit on the roof. Take into account that the hoses are pretty stiff and have trouble bending into tight radii. This could impact where you put the interior air handler relative to the exterior unit. There isn't a ton online for this unit, but the vendor is...

Like any other mini-split, there is an outdoor compressor unit and an indoor air handler. It comes with enough hose to put them pretty far from one another, but realistically, you'd just put them opposite one another. The hoses that come with it are pretty crappy so I'd get some made locally to...

I have the same unit as the AT Overland. It is marketed by a company called VeloSolar and sold on Amazon as an ACDC brand 12 volt mini-split. I can't link stuff on Amazon but their site is here: https://www.fleetwelcome.com/product/solar-air-conditioner/ I didn't recommend it to the OP because...

https://www.cruisencomfortusa.com/ These guys have small, easy to mount units in various sizes. More expensive than those made overseas, however.

It sounds like you got a different unit but finally got this one installed and running. Hopefully this update helps someone else. It hasn't been super hot yet so the info is limited. At around 93* ambient, setting it to 63* (the lowest it would go) drew about 590W at 12 volts; this wasn't...

That varies depending on the type of flatbed, how it is attached, 4x4 vs 4x2, etc. I think what might be more helpful is to try and find the height of the framerails since cab-chassis trucks don't come with any sort of standardized bed to make an apples to apples comparison.

IDK, I thought that they were easy to install (apart from aforementioned washer issue - but this was more a poor documentation issue rather than a difficulty in install issue).

Apart from the cost, not much. Both sides have adjusters and the outboard ones tend to get caught up easily on seatbelts - it would be nice if it were possible to remove ones that were redundant. They are firm which might not be to your liking, but it is hard to convey how that feels. The...

LOL why would you think the Aeon is an EV? It is a normal Transit camper with a Total Composites body. When Aeon says "all-electric," they just mean that all of the camper functions are electric. Definitely over-hyped by them but nothing revolutionary. TBH, it is an example of an excellent...

In my install the heater is super close to the fridge - I insulated the fridge with some radiant foil heat shield and wrapped the hot air exhaust with sleeving. TBH, it doesn't get that hot even on high.