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That looks to be a nice setup, their box might be a bit larger than ours as they are sleeping fore/aft which takes more length (for us it is 80" x 60"). We can not afford to lose 20" (our interior is 16.5'). The other problem I would run into is I am placing our washer on the wall under the bed...

You will be fine with that height, it is what we have on the boat and we do not use a step. Our mattress will end up at around 45", we were trying to maximize the under bed storage. I came up with another idea, a foldout set of steps on the perpendicular bathroom wall. I would make them out of...

Thanks Michael, I really like the interior panels. They are a bit of work shaping, corners and bonding in but they will clean easy and seem to be pretty strong. Our box is still small but we think it will be comfortable. As you well know as you keep adding walls the space seems to shrink. I...

Count me in on the interest in this. On a related note (the power for the different gearing), we have an OM366LA 204hp engine. Anyone know the difference between the 204hp and the 240hp variant? Is there any difference in the internals or is it just a larger turbo and injector settings?

On the way to bed but thought I would post a couple of update pics. The first one shows the bathroom and the entry door. I ended up making a plywood template and using a router with a straight cut router bit to cut the door out. Luckily this went well and I can reuse the cutout for the door...

Yup, switched ours to 385/65R22.5 tires and gained about 6mph top end. Just Google "tire speed calculator" and you will get a list of sites that will calculate the change in MPH for a change in tire size.

Hey guys, been a while since there has been a build update. Took a little time off to spend the holidays with my parents but am back at it. Over the last few days we have installed a few of the interior wall panels (4 of them, 2 to go and will try and get another one up tomorrow). These are the...

Thanks Joe, I need to look into the below truck AC units. I just learned that was an option about a week ago. One thing for sure is that if I do the tilting panels I doubt I would go manual. I learned a while back that I really do not like repetitive tasks so try and avoid them. The SolarVector...

2 things, I ended up ordering bifacial panels. They were on sale for the same price as the regular panels and I thought why not give them a try (supposed to be up to 25% gain, not really expecting it though but with a white fiberglass roof who knows). So tilting would possibly be beneficial for...

Thanks Luthj, anyone have any experience with SolarVector? I have 4 200 watt panels on order, so would need 4 of them, which would exceed the cost of the panels, but if they work they might be worth it.

Anyone know of a durable (or DIY) way of mounting solar panels on a roof that could be tilted? I would not mind turning the truck if needed so a single direction tilt would be ok.

If you can find it locally Sweet Sue makes a "Canned Whole Chicken". Yup, a whole chicken in a can. Also used these on sailing trips and they were pretty good. Quick check on Amazon (they have them) show they are not all that cheap also. Also the canned white chicken meat is not bad. We have...

No, it is from Tern Overland. I just installed one in our habitat that we got from Victorian with our Total Composites kit.

Thanks, we are pretty pleased so far. Lot of work though. Any chance you would have a MB part number for the AC bracket? I contacted a couple of MB dealers in Europe and had no luck. My best info so far has been from Joe917. If I can not get the original, I think the modifications would not be...

Thanks for the info and the laugh. Funny thing is on the manufacturer's website they never call them "poop dryers", though that is more accurate. I wondered if sawdust would work, in our travels in developing nations there always seems to be a furniture/window/door shop in every town.

Great thread! We are considering taking the plunge and getting an Airhead for our build. Our plans are to take this truck outside of the USA into South America. One question we have is the composing media, what are people using when they are traveling away from places where this is readily...

Thanks for the info guys. Andreas, where did you get the fiberglass angle? It looks like it would work very well. The other thing is since the Total Composites kit shipped with all the opening cutouts I have some pieces to experiment with the router on. Might end up with a combination of both...

With just under 2m headroom in our habitat our overall height (the Tern hatches being the highest point) is right around 3.5m, which sure looks tall. Without the rear tire rack we are 7.3m from front bumper to rear wall. The proportions seem to look ok. So far though with the composite habitat I...

Hey guys, I am getting to the point of installing my interior walls in my Total Composites habitat. At the same time I ordered the habitat kit I ordered some 30mm FRP skinned honeycomb cored panels for the major interior walls. I have considered a couple different ways of bonding the walls in...

Years ago we got a "Comfort Hot" from I think Rixens (though they seem to have evolved since then) to add to our Hurricane Hydronic furnace for our sailboat. The comfort hot is pretty simple, it is a rectangular aluminum tank with 2 1500 watt water heater elements in it (much like luthj is...