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YAC! A new acronym, short for "yet another cabinet". Also sounds a bit like how we are starting to feel about building them. This one is the medicine cabinet in the bathroom. It still needs the doors, which will be FRP/plywood like the ones in the bed area (having a hard time calling it a...

Would love to see ideas of motorcycle/spare tire lifting racks on the back of trucks. I am thinking of a vertical linear rail system. Some of the professional builders have some really nice ones but I am pretty sure most of them would be out of our budget (not to mention fabrication skills). We...

Thanks for the links, I will look into it.

Did a bit more work in the bath, the sink base is now bonded in place and Heather is busy painting/varnishing. The sink is also bonded into place and work on the upper cabinet/medicine cabinet has started. There will be a small solid surface counter top to the left where you see plywood. We...

Shower base surround is completed. I used a bit of the solid surface from the kitchen counter top as we had some left over. Tomorrow will be the sink base cabinet. Had a visit from a new friend who seems to be a bit saner than I am. He bought a nicely factory refurbished Earth Roamer. Nice...

Quick update then off to bed. The last few days have been all about cabinet doors. This is a shot of the bed area. The bed area, laundry door and bathroom will have this style. There will be a Hella fan at the foot of each side of the bed and a computer monitor on a swing arm to the right which...

Hey Charlieaarons, although I have already put an A/C on the habitat this one I am talking about is for the truck cab. Our truck is old enough (and was a fire truck) that it did not come with A/C. The Dometic above is for commercial trucks and is a simpler install than going with a typical belt...

Thanks ekibike, I just checked it out and think that maybe the Dometic rooftop would package better for us. A couple of days ago I did get a response from an Italian company that is willing to ship the Dometic RTX 2000, total cost should be around $2,900 to our door for the A/C, interior trim...

Hey Joe, we have friends in the UK that after sailing their catamaran from the UK to Thailand decided to build a canal boat in the UK. They are now living aboard and if you want I can put you in touch with them. Just send me an email.

Hey Joe, where did you get the work done? Are you still in South America?

Are you asking about the UK company that can upgrade power and gearing? If so https://www.unimogs.co.uk/our-stock/unimogs.

Hi Kurben, I can say this. We are currently doing the build in N.C. and over the winter we had days just above freezing with some below. We would heat the box with a single ceramic electric heater and it would warm up quickly. The change in temp did cause condensation, but on all surfaces which...

And that would be a good option, though likely more a bit more expensive than the path I have taken (Neil here on the board did that, EAB here got a complete Bliss Mobile habitat and truck prepared in Europe). I did look into that option though, some of the builders are at least a year out to...

Our wheelbase is 144" (or close to that). It was a firetruck from Sweden and I bought it site unseen while sailing across the Atlantic. The company I bought it from was a used firetruck dealer and I was looking for a reasonably priced LN2 (917, 1120, 1124, 1128, 1224, might be others). The...

To add to what Sitec mentioned about the OM366. In factory trim it came with either 170hp (OM366A, turbo), 200, 240 and 280hp(all called an OM366LA, intercooled turbo). Although at this time our power seems ok (the 200hp OM366LA) I did inquire with a company in the UK about a power upgrade...

To circle back we decided to go a slightly different route as we could not find exactly what we wanted. We have a rather large constraint that the sink needs to be compact as I am trying to squeeze in a dry bath into our build. So this is what I ordered and should be here in a few days. I will...

Although a bit more labor intensive you could layer a couple/three layers of fiberglass on the panels then paint. Would take care of the thermal expansion difference. Then the build would become a bit like Everlanders on Youtube (which I think they did a great job on the build, minus the no...

Sailrite sells "Seamstick" tape. It sure helps a novice get the seams lined up better and the tape they sell was way better than some cheaper tape I tried years ago. It actually worked on our heavy Sunbrella. A bit late now bu they are currently offering 10% off machines.

I do know of a small leak and need to source the crush washer to fix, but given that for now the habitat is under construction it is not top priority (not really moving the truck, just in the yard). I was also under the impression from other posts on this forum that it is fairly common. I guess...

With the VIN you can look up the original build specs with the MB electronic service manual. I bought mine via download from an eBay seller.