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Regarding vehicle security in remote areas, game cameras can be used to keep an eye on the camp while your gone. They won't stop someone, but you might be able to ID someone and get your stuff back. Security film can be applied to windows to make smash and grab harder.

Not all torque wrenches are bidirectional. One side is left hand thread, the other is right. Can't remember which.

Let your dealer know how these recalls are affecting your travel plans. If the truck has been reliable up to this point, load it up and hit the road. Grab some dealer email addresses incase something does happen. The trip will be good for your bowels, considering the rough ride.

^ Regarding building up a camper. If you can source vehicle insurance for the truck and build during and after the build completion, anything is possible.

Size the bed height close to what you have at home. Its nice to sit on the edge of the bed to pull on your socks and tie up your shoe laces.

Terrorist acts, mass shootings in schools, at businesses, in the workplace and the recent shootings of Police Officers have people on edge. Legal or illegal, right or wrong, open carry can easily create a 'False Positive' effect for the person who decides to do so. You may be open carrying to...

Selling off the Fuso, you are?

Are you lifting your foot off the brake pedal and going immediately to the accelerator? At a stop, slightly release pressure on the brake pedal until you feel the creep function engage. The transmission will downshift, if it needs to. You should see the gear change in the display cluster. Once...

^ Sounds like a plan, but keep things simple. Having been a caregiver for my father, I discovered that a bag of Assurance Extra Large Pre-Moistened Disposable Washcloths from Walmart go a long way in keeping one clean and feeling fresh as a daisy.

^ Looks good! Will the pan drain into the gray tank directly or will you use a marine bilge pump?

Same goes for the Sprinter platform. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/fatal-flaw-mercedes-benz-sprinters-tom-robertson https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/fatal-flaw-mercedes-benz-sprinters-part-2-tom-robertson

Who did you use as an importer?

Great ventilation, but your going to have problems heating it up though. If the plan is to sleep inside, size and install your mattress and spend a couple of nights camped out in the garage. You can lay there considering placement of anything you need to add within your reach. Lights, switches...

At one time I was looking into tanks for a build I'm working on, but due to a upcoming trip, I couldn't work the effort in. So I went with a couple of 5 gallon water bottles from Walmart and a Dolphin Water Bottle Pump. Thinking it would be temporary, it worked out better than I could have...

Depends on how you handle vehicle insurance in Canada, what's covered, what's not, when the camper is mounted to the truck and when it isn't. http://www.truckcampermagazine.com/question-of-the-week/truck-camper-insurance/...

Staying Clean While Conserving Water http://www.cheaprvliving.com/blog/staying-clean-conserving-water/

Looks great! If your budget can swing it, Festool makes some great power tools.

Consider doing away with the departure angle on the body. You'll be dragging the rear bumper before the body. If you intend to install a rear receiver hitch, the body departure angle will force you to have to extend the receiver out to attach any type of rear mounted bike rack. Have you...

What about marine grade plywood ripped into 1x3 and 1x4 strips. Attached together using Kreg pocket hole screws?

Technomadia did a review on flexable panels. The panels tended to cup as they heated up. The cupping allowed water to pool, when the water evaporated dust or dirt was left behind reducing the panels output...