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I'll admit laziness. I went with the EU

Yes and no. It's generally not legal but often tolerated. Coupl of reasons. Very high level of private land ownership compared to north America. Relatively high level of nomadic populations who might not have the best of reputations so many measures are aimed at them. Population density...

I think the ducato is the best looking of the lot. (but I'd buy a transit too) It's also the king of the european conversion industry because of it's shape. Westfalia do transits too, but not shipping them over I guess. https://www.westfalia-mobil.com/en/modelle/meridian/meridian_en.php

No I meant how different is the US transit Vs EU. I think it's only the diveline options are different. Just like the US ducato (promaster) Vs EU ducato is mostly just a different driveline

How different is the Transit? I thought they came off the same production line in Turkey. Driveline is US specific but so is the promaster. There's no pentastar ducatos running around Italy

My new van, a 2019 Ford Transit Custom. It sits between the full size transit and the connect in the European model range. Is on the full size platform but only available fwd. (Full size Transit is available in front, rear or all wheel drive in the rest of the world) Will post a build...

This. a single overspecced axle with quality tyres is the way to go twin axles are great for weight distribution and load stability in a multipurpose trailer, but if you're building a single purpose tool then you can put the single axle where it needs to be for that purpose. put quality...

After installing the battery box I eventually had to sort out the dual battery system, which highlighted some weaknesses in my 12v setup which were greatly troubleshooted and resolved over here: https://forum.expeditionportal.com/threads/help-troubleshooting-my-12v-system-please.239401/ But the...

I don't like leaving unfinished threads about the place. The problem with the voltage dropping off a cliff any time there was a load was a bad output connection on the controller. The cable felt snug, but it wasnt making good contact, not entirely sure how or why it felt so solid but had such...

Great thread. Great trip. But most of all sounds like you met great people all along the road

As long as you can prove you're less than six months and can prove your vehicle is legal at home then it should be fine. Something to consider is that major cities are implementing low emissions zones for air quality. You will need an emissions sticker for that. If it's a euro car originally...

Just when I thought I was done with this....... everything seems to be charging just fine. but the charge controller is flashing the load led with signifies a current overload whenever I try to use the pump or the cooler. it's a 20A controller and the pump and cooler are both on 5A fuses. I...

Search here, there's a thread where someone did it with an ambulance

That's the thing, we'd be very light users. The only things running for any significant time would be the cooler which mostly runs when it's sunny, or the fan that runs when it's sunny and overnight. When we're camping we'd never go more than 18 hours with the engine off.

Are they not one bank whenever the engine is running and they both being charged by the alternator? I've not flattened the single battery in two years on house duty so I'm not expecting to be discharging this one too deeply either.

Some slightly crossed wires there, I don't have a trailer (well I have two, but neither have batteries or anything else camping related). That was NatersXJ6. Anyway hopefully my story is concluded. I got a smoking deal on a pair of Yuasa starter batteries with 3 year warranty. matched...

What if they're both being charged together? When my engine is running both batteries can be charged by the alternator, which is setup to charge a starter battery. But they will also both be charged by the solar. If I shut off the ignition on a sunny day both batteries will contine to be...

Yup, it's dead. Central locking a few times pulled it down to 11.8. Battery was fecked, just the solar was keeping it on life support.

Starter 12.1, house 12.8 Have disconnected the VSR in case it's drawing more than it should

Thanks for the advice btw. Also discovered at lunchtime that my clamp meter no longer reads DC current, which is real unhelpful right now.