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Yes, thin aluminum dents and dings easily and is difficult to transport and work with during assembly. Using 0.060" or 0.120" does add weight, but that is, after all, the design brief, a bulletproof panel. Of course I could make a lighter panel... I could buy Nomex honeycomb and vacuum infuse...

About ten years ago, I built a 12' x 7' x 7' box with a friend of mine and sold it to a customer. That box is currently DIRECTLY mounted on an LMTV and has been from Baja to the Arctic Circle. It is presently being used as a chase/support truck for an outfitter located on the West coast of the...

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Mastercraft Safety, Triple X (Phoenix) or another high-quality suspension seat, as used in desert racing applications. (Baja 1000 type stuff) There, the driver takes a beating for hours over very rough terrain. Custom seats with 'poured' foam are also an option, but are quite expensive. Years...

This is a cool truck. I would have gotten a smaller dog and kept it, lol. It is certainly more reliable and simpler than the newer, Daimler-built Fusos with the awful DCT and no transfer case. GLWS

This is one of the coolest vans I have seen. What is the length of the box? Did it just replace the OEM van body?

You should find the Load & Inflation Tables for that particular tire, but here are some general guidelines, from my notes: A 10 ply MPT in 275/80R20 can carry #3300 per tire @ 35 psi on grassland, at speeds up to 30 MPH. It can carry #3300 per tire @ 22 psi in mud/sand, at speeds up to 12 MPH...

Install a 12V ground switch under the dash or in an empty switch blank and mis-label it, e.g. air compressor or black water dump. Without this switch being in the correct position, the truck won't start because the starter or ignition switch will not get power.

If you want an Isuzu tank, phone up a wrecking yard like Busbee's or even a local truck yard if you just want something that isn't off a passenger car. If you can weld or know someone who can, a tank almost any size and shape can be made from aluminum or stainless. Plastic welding is also an...

"Wheel cut" or the angle of the inside wheel, is usually the factour limiting a great turning circle/radius. It is common for pick up trucks, cabover trucks and SUVs to have a wheel cut in the 30* - 35* range. The exception to this, in my notes, is Ford's F450 trucks with Dana's Super 60 axle...

^^ wow. "Attachment and desire are the root of all suffering.", -Buddha

Another free bump. I really do like these trucks and have considered buying one, as they offer a robust chassis and power train that few other trucks can match. My only point was don't buy the truck and saddle with with 10,000 pounds of crap just because the door sticker says you can do it...

Dana 60 axles are commonly used here for three-quarter ton trucks (Ram 2500, Ford 250, etc), and for making a USDM NPR into an NPS. That axle is rated by Dana from 4500 - 7500 pounds depending on hubs, brakes, wheels, tires, gear ratio, width, etc. 3100 kg = <6900 pounds. So, you would need a...

"Simplify and add lightness", Colin Chapman The truck may have the payload capacity, but that doesn't mean you have to use it. A lighter truck, stops, turns and handles better on and off road, places less stress on parts, passengers and gear and does less damage to the trail.

Why would you build a truck like this, pour all of the time, money, resources and thought/planning into and sell it before you ever used it? The ad was up for ten days and you knocked another 10k off the price... :unsure::unsure::unsure::unsure:

These are pretty cool and somewhat rare trucks. Build a simple, light weight, pop-up camper box on the back and roll. No 600k ER/GXV behemoth required. GLWS.

Dangit, I was just in Boise on business and did not even think about sending you a PM. It would have been nice to see all of this hard work in person.

^^ That is 'big 10 lug', quite common in the US. 'Baby 10 lug' would be something like a Ford F550 sized truck, where 8-lug isn't mean enough to carry the load, per the OEM. Of note, 2.5 ton Rockwell military axles, and some Unimog axles are 6 lug. So, there is that. Obviously, you need wheels...

I attempted to watch this, but cannot bring myself to spend 1-second of my day watching any thing where the writer/author/presenter has purple hair.