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Aaron is the man. Awesome, dude. Thanks.

Already standard procedure for us. The van isn't setup for indoor cooking and all the "smellables" are packed in their own plastic bin to make loading the bear box in the evening easy. Up until this point we've had coolers, so we just chuck everything into the box after dinner, but we recently...

I'm getting close to doing the lift on my van, and just before I do, I will be adding some sliders that will double as a step rail to help my shorter wife get into the van, so now is the time to settle the details of that design. I remember seeing some German vehicles (Vanagons and some...

The pic is small, but from what I can tell, that's the EarthRoamer XV-JP. I don't think the website you linked actually manufactures or sells those, or anything else. My understanding of Alibaba is that they try to connect western buyers (large volume buyers) with Chinese ODMs that think they...

Mag lights are legendary in my family. In fact, it's the footnote to one of the greatest stories I can ever tell about my childhood: When I was around 10 or 12 years old, my Dad took us on one of our usual desert camping trips for the 4th of July weekend. This was one of the big ones, we had...

In my experience with bear boxes (2-3 NPs and 2-3 SPs), the boxes are tightly constructed but not strictly airtight, although probably close enough that a thermal loop "runaway" is a realistic concern during the day time. On the plus side, most places where we've camped in bear country its...

So here's an odd question, with explanation to follow: If I have two AGM house batteries of arbitrary capacity, but likely at different states-of-charge, voltage wise, would I need two (parallel) isolating/charging systems? Moreover, shouldn't they be isolated whenever not being charged...

Mr. D, thanks for sharing your encouraging ongoing success. Like many people, I wasn't really aware of everything that goes on during and after a Traumatic Brain Injury, so I was really blown away when I recently read Richard Hammond's book about his Jet-Car crash and recovery from his brain...

That is a SMOKIN' DEAL. $3500 for a Westfalia Eurovan Weekender? Unheard of. Yes, it has issues and will need some work, but even if you budget a couple of G's to get it up to snuff, that's still THOUSANDS less than what it would otherwise cost. If I had the time and the scratch, I would buy...

Mike, as the builder on another "less than common" platform, I can empathize with your fears. Some are worthwhile. The biggest issue for the Express/Savanna builders thus far seems to be this: Nobody that I've seen has conclusively documented an AWD->4x4 transfer case swap. In the end, I...

Linda, nice work. That looks great!!

I have one of these, and it serves its purpose well. As brained mentioned, if you store the spigot "inside", you have to keep an eye on the backside for crud if it is in a dirty environment. Of course, filled with 7 gallons, its heavy, but the difference between 4, 5, and 7 gallons isn't a deal...

This sounds like a price for hand-made stuff. I'm betting this is a cottage business and they aren't tooled up for full production (yet). From the looks of things, anyone with a big CNC panel router could produce these things fast, so I'm guessing this price doesn't reflect any economy of scale.

That was.... comprehensive. As far as gauges go, I've had nothing but good luck from both Scan Gauge and their customer service folks. I had a bit of intermittent issues with the green backlighting on my ScanGaugeII, unfortunately a few months after it went off the 90day warranty. Even after...

Take a look at the recent mini-project I just did revamping the seat swivel design for my van: Here I refer you to this because there's some detail in there about how my supposedly "bolt-in" swivel purchase didn't really work well, so some custom work had to be done. You could probably do the...

You don't list which other options it includes, but the Sportsmobile website has a "build sheet" where you can see the tag price for most of the major options. This might help you decide what it would cost to reproduce such a van...

I'm still going through the stack of back-issue Overland Journals that I recently bought, but I do remember there was an awesome write-up on cold-blast lanterns in one of the first few issues. Hard to beat the light from Naptha/white gas for my money, but if I needed something in between naptha...

I don't have my notebook with me today, but from memory the upper bunk is 77" x 44" The pitch of the roof is significant, though, so it gets tight down at the foot end. If you're 6' 5" and sleep stretched out, its going to be cozy.

I may be going the same route myself. After searching in vain to find a bungee net the correct dimensions to string between the four "coat hooks" in the cargo area of the van, I figured I could just make my own. Debating between a diy bungee net, or just weaving/sewing some 1" nylon webbing...

This was basically how the curtains were fitted in my GTRV Astro donor van: Except for the front curtain, they were all hung on bungee cord just passed through some drilled holes and knotted on the ends. I'm debating whether or not to use the same system in my van. It certainly would be easy...