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Not sure, my guess is these are normally used for overnight semi truck parking and a battery pack is installed along with the AC. The pack looks to be 2 deep cycle wet cells so I guess they are the limiting factor. I did confirm I could use it running off the alternator underway.

Thanks for that tip. Will inquire with the company in Germany for the elliptical springs. Any chance you could send me a pm with your friends contact info? If I could get their vin I could look up the part number for the springs.

So we finally got the truck on the scales today (after a trip to the local truck shop trying to figure out new leaf springs). As we sit now we are at 18,860 lbs, rear axle at 10,620 lbs. I have to say I am a little surprised but will work with it. Guessing that it can not be too different from...

Oh, and if you leave the inverter on there is a 4amp draw. All of these issues are not in our old freedom 15.

On my phone, so forgive typos. Let me preface this with we have an old freedom 15 inverter/charger on the boat to compare against. One of the nice features of the freedom is all incoming AC goes through the unit. This reduces the amount of wiring needed compared to other inverter/chargers. The...

Well, I have always said I do my best at being a bad influence ;). If you have a spouse that is also interested in this kind of life you are fortunate. Luckily Heather is also hooked on adventure/international travel. We have seen a lot of couples out sailing when just one of them is...

Our 1120 has a vin plate the passenger side door will. It is screwed on.

Hey Tim, glad to have given the tour. This was our first event like this and we both really enjoyed meeting like minded people. Plus the venue was great with great weather.

Thanks Hillbilly Heaven, I'll check Ballenger out. I know I can order the complete plug for about $30 plus shipping from the UK. Was hoping for something a little less costly for a small bit of metal.

Hi all, I bought a Webasto Thermo Top C furnace for the habitat on our truck. This is a truck engine pre-heater and as such the plug did not include the pin for the heat exchanger fans (the pin is on the furnace, and there is a space for it on the plug but it is empty). Anyone know where/how I...

Hey DiploStrat, just had a few minutes to wire in the resistors and they fixed all of my turn signal problems. The fast blink is gone and the dash light now works with both turn signals and flashers. Got mine from Amazon.

Thanks for the compliment on our build, currently trying to build out our website with more details to try and share what we learned along the way in an organized fashion (well at least I hope). We felt the same way about MB vs the LMTV. The truck in the video is very heavily built and an...

Oh, and in between working on the sailboat (have it on the market and someone coming to look at it in the morning) we were able to pop on the ARB awning. Just got to caulk the top edge once our sealant order shows up. Although not a MB, I took this video at the Overland Expo East. It was the...

Well, our process would likely be a bit strange (and risky). We had decided we wanted a MB truck for our build while sitting in Spain on our sailboat. I searched for months while we were in mainland Europe. After having no luck finding the "right" one we needed to leave Europe to sail across the...

We had a great time at Overland Expo East. There was a good bunch in the DIY Showcase area and also got to meetup with several overlanders that were camped out. We ended up heading up a day early as there is a National Forest near by that had a hike we wanted to do and just our luck they allow...

Just a few glamour shots, we have temporarily moved in for the trip to the Expo. Still lots left to do, luckily most of it is on the outside. Never got to doing the interior cushions, wish I could have gotten to those as it would have been way more comfortable. But, I did get the freshwater...

No, I did not and was originally wondering if I would need to. Strange thing is the passenger side blinks normal. The driver's side is fast. The side lights are not LED, just the factory original ones. Just ordered a couple resistors from Amazon, when they get here will give them a try. Thanks...

Thanks for the link. Using the description I was able to find it locally.

Hi all, I am sort of used to a fast turn signal blink being a burned out bulb. Well, I have checked and the front, side and rear blinker and all are working (though the dash light indicating the turn signal is out, but works with the flashers). I did replace the rear tail lights with LED ones...

Yup, that is very similar setup to our boat and what I ordered last evening. It is on the way and the plan is to leave for the Expo right after it arrives, along with all the bits/tools to install it while we are there. Heather ran the power wires this morning. Actually that is an interesting...