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Counter top i'll probably go with the thinnest Corian or equivalent domestic kitchen counter I can get. Lots of finishes, easy to work with so you can make matched covers for sink, cooker etc, completely water and mould resistant. not sure what the density is but I know it can be thin so lightweight

Clearance for opening doors is one key consideration, the other is that i've had hinged doors pop their latches and drop items out before now on rough roads, so you end up having to double secure them and its more of a pain to live with. Coroplast is pretty resilient to bumps from things falling...

I'm planning sliding doors rather than hinged where feasible, running in aluminium channels. I might make them out of fibreglass covered foam core material, or I might go the easy way and just use a couple of layers of 4mm coroplast stuck together. If I black anodise the frames and buy primary...

At that altitude an oxygen bottle or compressor would have been nice, but probably beyond even the latest iPhone..... I like things simple so like the app just the way it is, but the other thing I use in another app is local sunrise and sunset times to know how much daylight we have left. And...

also saw some on ebay.co.uk, but I suspect they may be a bit heavy and slow RPM rate on the gearing for what I need.....

unfortunately GPS and the 17th century frenchmen who did the geodetic survey at the time don't quite agree on where the equator is and when, so to get the app to read 0'0'0 would have meant a bit of a hike across a closed off car park from the monument. I did get the altitude up to 4900+m at...

I just put terraincontact ATs on my Suzuki Grand Vitara about 2 months/6000miles ago - so far very impressed on both wet and dry tarmac and dirt roads in the Andes. Very quiet for the type of tyre - you can hear a bit of drumming when on overbanding or damaged surface, but not intrusive...

UK based build - we don't get harbour freight :-( or many ATVs.....

I was thinking of exactly this for my wet room, but all the time wondering if it would be OK to clean - not sure if our previous RV shower enclosures were fibreglass or acrylic. Good to know I'm on the right track....

you can always decorate the inside. I'm planning on easy wipe down vinyl mosaic tile effect for the kitchen area, maybe some sort of vinyl wrap if I need to for other large areas inside, although by the time you have cupboards, switches, panels etc how much wall space will still be visible is...

ditto the Duxford post. Primarily its an air museum but it does also house the imperial war museums military ground vehicle collection.....

Based on something sassthathoopie mentioned in another post, some countries (Europe, South Africa for example) limit a vehicle rear overhang to 60% of its wheelbase. UK legislation, probably europe-compliant, allows loads on vehicles to extend upto 1m behind the vehicle with no special...

i was aware of the 60% rule and axle loading - that is one of the reasons for wanting to base on the shorter cab/longer load bed of a king/super cab so it can move the camper COG forward, and rear overhand will be kept to an absolute minimum, less for legislation, more just to reduce the overall...

i didn't say i was considering buying one of those brands, but they are more the layouts that are inspiring me for a self or custom build. i agree 100% about height, COG, weight and insulation. I'm only interested in a 3 season build - i prefer to rent an apartment for my ski winters and be able...

i would be interested in seeing more layout details, but i'm thinking more along the lines of the Lance 865 or northstar 700scx as a traditional hardside camper - I think I would loose to much storage space going or any kind of pop-up. And as I lead a nomadic lifestyle I need to carry everything...

Very interesting. it sounds like we have very similar requirements - i too want a cab-over bed that can mount on a smaller truck such as a european-spec ford ranger super cab or nissan navara king cab, and I would prefer to go frameless if possible. I'm definitely not smart enough to do finite...

Thin stuff if its going in the tank, normal if you are putting in a separate bin - which can always empty onto the camp fire. if you do put paper in the tank, as others have said fill and flush it regularly. We also periodically filled the black tank with ice cubes just before a long drive -...

i made a ski boot drier out of some 2 inch plastic pipe, a cardboard wine box and a small computer fan - no heater element, but I would stand it in front of a heat source and just let it circulate the air into the liners and back out. problem with a 12v heat source is ca be quite a battery...

looks so very much like what I want to build - especially the north-south queen bed - and completely agree on the no wood rule. I'll be following the detail of your mods to see what mistakes I can avoid.....

i would second Zolo's comments - i've not made it as far as Chile/Argentina yet, but I would not fancy trying to get a combo around the roads and towns in central america and Colombia/Ecuador and parking is, as he says, a nightmare. I don't think i have seen a single travel trailer since...