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anyone know what DC powered AC unit earthroamer is using on the new XV-HD? DC airco? Starting to design our new camper. Our mini split mitsubishi 9k btu unit is working flawlessly. About 400 watts for cooling. I can easily run it all night.

Whats the total length, back of cab to tail light length and ground to top of cab height? Great build!

What’s your chassis? I need a chassis cab either way to fit a composite box on.

Well, not for $%!!!!!! :) In fairness, I was using it not at all as it was intended and substantially outside its rated pull. It was pretty scary. We were resting on the right rear shock mount that I'd been unhappy with because I'd gotten the kings a little longer than I wanted and they extended...

Don’t want to step on anyone’s toes, but I’ve yet to see a van chassis cab with the requisite 6500 lb payload that’s truly capable off-road. And it would need to be a chassis cab style so I could make a box tall enough for me (6’7”). Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I think I've become a little overconfident in what the truck can do and it bit us on the way out. The day before we'd come in on an incredible narrow and steep cart path that would have challenged a tacoma and had my Mrs. covering her eyes. On the way out, through all the really hairy stuff, and...

Really great sunsets and sunrise each day.

Our little man loved it. And our inside sink doubled well as a bathtub :)

Great trip to the Carrizo Plain a few weeks ago. We managed to score it basically empty, didn't see another camper the entire time.

That’s kinda what I was getting at with diminishing returns. In a tall cab forward design, I think you gain something because those rear seats could rotate and serve double duty as a dinette. In a 3500 with a lower cab and the frame elevation behind the cab, the seats basically have to be on the...

I think questions like this give you a good cross-section of the expo community :) I'm leaning toward sticking with a crew cab even though I think a cage a rear cage seat set up would actually be safer and stronger. If you look at the cab, there really isnt that much structures in the B...

Yeah, I've seen those.

Going with a ram 3500, its really only smaller in the width category but that 7" narrower actually makes a huge difference. My preliminary calcs show us coming in about 2500-3000 lbs lighter which will also be a big deal, available front and rear lockers, probably diesel this time, simpler...

There is a huge advantage to having a secondary roof, not to mention all the inherent issues with seams etc. Having an initial solar break, air gap then your roof creates whats known as a safari roof and keeps the interior much cooler. There are many ways to save weight, but trying to make the...

We'll probably end up doing a crew cab, just trying to think outside the box a bit.

The rollcage would be attached to the subframe, which would then be attached to the frame via springs up front (similar to the bushings in the cab) and rigid in the rear. The seatbelts would attach to the cage itself. I've done some preliminary engineering and stress testing on it and it seems...

Hey All, Our family is growing and we are starting to realize some of the limitations of the rig we designed for the two of us and just one dog. We've started to contemplate a new build (hush, hush :) based on a lighter chassis. Goals being a little narrower, a fair bit lighter, and just more...

The fronts were a set of f250 Carlis I shaved 1” off of, that gave a final lift height on the front of 1.5”. Really smooth compared to stock. And the rears were a custom pack from deaver. I had to make a second set out of thicker steel as the first was undersized and ended up being too loose...