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Very nice, wow . Got to be carefully with mogs.. I started with 1 and without n 2 years there were 4 more. It is a disease. Johan

Would be kind of cool to make a driven trailer , could become an articulated 6x6, not pto but hydraulic? Ah well, I like dreaming. Johan

Did you get the trailer with it? Maybe two mogs? What kind of swivel subframe is under the bed? Any PTO? Looking very nice. I am sure the experience you gained with the actros is going to pay of with the second build, and no reason to stop there, maybe keep the actros and do that later. Johan

We want to prepare to drive this project from our barn to our home downtown. Winter is coming and it will be easier to do interior projects where we have electricity available. Time to start working on the dragging brakes. Since brakes are universal I felt that our oldest daughter should have...

Diplostrat, is that 840 ah at 12 or 24 volt? Johan

Two years, time flies in overlander projects. I am curious about how your habitat is going to be attached to the frame or subframe, how many bolts, what size washer or international reinforcements, any rubber shock absorbers? Johan

Yes, that is what meant, waxoil.. dinitrol.. I am sure there are more brands available.. it delays existing rust that starts from the inside.. a lot of rust begins between the metal at the seams that are spot welded together.. Johan

Great job on the van and keeping up with the maintenance and of course the pics. I am impressed with your rust repairs. Are you spraying hollow wax inside to prevent condensation. And rust from the inside. Good luck, johan

After my restless night an early start. Got the forklift set up to take the image of the dragging tire. That axle still would be able to go up so indeed the 3" cab lift is required. Removed the stainless cab corners and undoing whatever held the cab to the bus body. Raised cab. Cab got stuck on...

A bit unhappy about the front tire rub. Some discussion at benzworld gave me more food for thought. A bit of a restless night, thinking about how to go about it raising the cab another 1-3/4" to get to the 3". Forgetful me did not take a picture of the offending front wheel and see if I was on...

Congrats, Where are the pictures? Johan

Over at benzworld someone motivated me to do an wheel clearance test again. I loaded 5 Mercedes rims and tires, all what I easily had laying around as weight. Waited till late afternoon with the highest temp to give my forklift a fighting chance of starting. Lifted the rear driver side. At 27"...

Took the mock up apart, to mock up a bit more accurate.. here is the wheel well and frame a bit more visible. There is 10-1/2 " above the tire. Hope it is enough with the swivel frame. Should have tested it ,but I did not. Next step will be welding it all more or less properly and fix the...

The curves of this bus body are a bit of a challenge. First cardboard. then old roof decking to make a template..we used a 4 drawer steel cabinet. This one is 15" wide and 18" deep. On top it is bolted to a reinforcement purlin in the bus body. We like steel cabinets, light , strong, mouse proof...

Already 3 weeks ago, the weather is changing. Cold early in the morning and daylight savings don't help. Cut more of the floor for the wheel well out. Made some more solar panel clamps. Tanya had to "readjust" them using hoe/sledge. Cut another section out of my stai less scrap cabinets to...

We use a danfoss 35bd compressor fridge. The nice thing with these fridges is that the condenser is a small radiator in the back.. With that ...it is easy to add a small fan to keep more air flowing and increase the cooling efficiency because of lower delta T. Second because of the separate...

Nice truck, what was its original use? Not sure what kind of power you are thinking. If you go DC then you could potentially modulate the rpm a bit to get more alternator output.. for that matter you could just upgrade your current alternator to a 24 volt 150 amp version. Or add a second...

Be carefully with removing rear springs, an e350 is rear wheel drive and you do not want to twist the axle and loose your drive shaft. Fea is really nice on paper but as with most modelling programs, garbage in gets garbage out.

I want to make some bulkhead on the inside but now first I have to address the rear wheel well.. dreaded this a bit because there are a lot of variables that are hard to understand without experimenting. So first I cut some inside floor away and then the old bus wheel well had to come out. I...

Ok, I see, that is when the frame flex comes into till it lifts a tire. To bad the video did not explain why the swivel is in the front, I made mine in the back of the unimog. Meaning the habitat is fixed to the center section of the frame. Any road unevenness or frame twist is half in the...