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Happy New Year all! With a few days at home, it's surprising what can be acheved! We now have all but one of the ceiling sheets glued in place. I still have speaker wires and the TV antenna wire to run before the last sheet goes in. However, we were able to make a start on the sleping area...

I have used Wurth Bond and Seal (in Grey) for all the exterior panels and cappings, and also for the interior 3mm panels to the timber battens. It's sandable and overpaintable. For sticking the 50mm Kingspan insulation to the inside of the Alli skin, I used Tensorgrip FS-600 (a neighbor owns a...

You'd have to be happy with that! It'll be interesting to see how the figures change with the new gearbox and different rpm's. Great pic too!! When's your next trip and where too? :)

An update on the antics here... With the bulk of the insulation in place, it was time to contemplate lining the Hab Box. Thermal bridging has been on my mind since the start. Much as I'd like to think there will be none, in reality a hab box that has any form of steel or aluminium in it as...

Dare I say it, but I think a lot of it is to do with the look of the vehicle too... A company built 'Overland' truck has to look like something that has it's origins from the Dakar rally or military, where everything is twice as big or twice as rugged as it needs to be. I'm not shooting down...

When I was last in Africa, we ran trucks on 10:00 R20" tyres and 11R 22.5" tyres. In the normal width every day tyre, both were readily available. Super Singles were rare, and we never saw any on any trucks. The trucks we were using were all being changed over to the 11R 22.5" wheel/tyre combo...

Armed with the trade plate we decided it was time to see what the truck drove like on the road. It needed fuel anyway! I'm pleased to say that it drove very well. I was surprised how well it went. Very different to when it had the crane and tray on. Much lighter which was a huge relief! There'll...

Mid April... It's no longer an option now, it's a 'must happen'! We have both accepted a job in Broome last week, and will be needing the truck to get there and live in when not working! Nothing like more pressure to send me nuts!

The last few days have been busy. The temp is warming which always makes the amount of energy and motivation seem to dwindle. It's also not condusive to painting, but we have managed to get on and shot blast the roof rack and its associated parts, etch prime and paint it and manage to get it...

We have both sides full of windows... but, theyre bonded in and about 8mm thick, so double up as rigidity for the hab box. Some are covered internally and have become walls. Because of all the fixed glass I have added a large opening rear full width door at the rear of the bed room, two roof...

Building your Hab Box like that makes it all come together really quickly! Before too long you'll have the hab Box on the back of the truck! Great work!

Hi fella. Yeah, I had a thread running on an Australian Land Rover forum that I used to frequent a lot before getting back into the world of trucks. I'd post a link to it, but I think takling about one platform on another is frowned upon... PM me if you want any more details. As for transforming...

Small update here. I'm waiting on the roof rack and cab steps to be shot blasted so they have a good surface for painting on, so while I'm waiting, Wifetec and I have got on with insulating the roof. I have also started on the sleeping area. Before the sleeping platform could go down, I had to...

The bigger older engines are. It's a 10.4 lt V6 long throw engine so in theory huge torque and low rev range. Being a Merc though you wouldn't know it!! A Cummins Signature has it's peak torque at around 1000 rpm, and max RPM at 1900 rpm.

I'd say that's perfect revs to speed. Ours will do 100kph, but the red band starts around 1900rpm from memory! It's on the list of things to address! :)

It's always worth having the conversation early though. If overseas travel is planned it's something that'll need to be factored in. If not, then happy days.

I too am a fan of transplanting both engine and trans if needed. I haven't done it with our truck but did with our last Land Rover... I removed a 3.5 V8 and 4 speed, and replaced it ith a 5.9 Cummins and a ZF 5 speed. It transformed the vehicle. However, as Ian rightly says, there can be a lot...

I second mocking up your layout in the corner of a room and seeing what it feels like... We have had several parts of the house mocked up as rooms in our truck so we can see if it'll work. I've also mocked up the seating in our hab box using milk crates, ply board and fold out tables so Wifetec...

Looking good. How much overhang do you have? Looks like quite a lot...

Our problem is the cab... I have made self supporting steps for entering the hab box which has a floor level approx 1.2m above ground level. Having 1 step well inside the hab box has helped no end. It was something we had to work out early in our build as my wife is short in the legs... I can't...