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Ok, that makes perfect sense. Coming from a sailing background now I see why they stop the coring and move to solid glass for the corners. This seems like it could work here (well depending on the Total Composites panel makeup from what Victorian posted, but definitely possible with a...

Thanks for the info, I won't bother Andreas just yet, have a few more months to work out the details (and will probably take the easy proven route of the prefab corners). I am curious about the panels though. I have molded composite parts for our boat and RV using epoxy/divinycell (though much...

Hi, I am in the process of thinking through a camper build and at this point I think a cab over chassis truck (like a MB 917 or Fuso FG) would be a good base. I am then thinking a Total Composites shell. I really like what they are doing and seems like a great product. I also know that the...

Hi Mog, WhiteFeather in the US can do the 6x6 conversion, it starts at $40,000 + the van. Looks pretty interesting but I am hoping to come in around $100,000 total. May not be possible but sort of what I am shooting for (and I expect to be doing most of the work myself). After trolling the web...

Thanks for the F450 MPG. Pretty much what I have been seeing online. Not sure if it would be the right chassis for us. The big draw for me with the Ford would be the option for a new (or newish) chassis to start with and the ability to do a DPF delete. The traveling outside the USA though is a...

My wife and I have been checking out your blog, really nice photos. We are nearing the end of a 6+ year sailing circumnavigation and plan on when we return to the USA (next summer after crossing the Atlantic this winter) to, most likely sell the boat and move to an expedition rv to head out...

Really interested in how all this works out. We are from the USA but will be getting back next summer after taking over 6 years to sail around the world. Our next goal is an overland rv (to head back out again) and after months of research still not finding the "perfect" chassis to start a build...

Funny you mention building an RV at a marina. Before we left on this trip we lived aboard in Boston, year round. Because of hurricanes you don't head south until October. We wanted to take the summer off and travel the National Parks before we started sailing. All we had for a vehicle was a 4...

I have not ruled out the used RV's. Once we get back to the US in the spring we have plans to put the boat in a marina and get serious about the RV. If there are any that look good in North America (and I might actually start thinking about Europe if it is based on a truck that could be imported...

Hi again, thanks for the suggestions. I will look into the 917, wish we were still in mainland Spain but we are in the Canaries now so more difficult to see one in person. One of my concerns was the age of these vehicles and the reliability because of that. Will have to think more about it. What...

Hi all, this coming summer I will begin the search for an expedition rv chassis. I plan to get a Total Composites box to put on it. I have been trying to research the various options we have in the USA. My goal with this RV will potentially be a round the world trip including shipping (this...

Although I do not use Gaia (yet, as I am still finishing off a sailing trip, overlanding in on the horizon) I am a developer and run a site for sailors. I ran it for 4 years for "free", which just meant I paid the bills. I put in a subscription model to help pay the monthly costs, occasionally I...

Although not an offroad rv (though the next adventure will be in one), I am sailing a fiberglass sailboat around the world. I can say that with proper engineering a fiberglass rv shell can be made to be bulletproof. The tradeoff with composite construction is always strength vs weight vs cost...

Thanks again, i see what you mean "figure out a way to travel the world with one". In some of the areas we have sailed to the only available fuel looked like weak coffee. Not sure I would want to run that through a truck with that kind of emission equipment. Guess when we return we will either...

Thanks Owen, in my looking around for a suitable truck i noticed here in the USA a DPF delete kit is available "for offroad use" for the Ford and Dodge full sized pickups (utes). Not my first choice but makes sense since they are vastly more popular here than the Fuso. This really seems to be a...

Reading through this thread with interest, so does this mean that a dpf delete is possible with a new fg (in the USA)? Still in the planning stages but this would be good news.

Well, I have to admit that I am hoping a bit more towards the time it took Yves for his build, probably just don't get all the steps yet. Time will tell and since I am a year away from getting home, plus I still have time to make sure I want to commit. The more my wife and I talk about it though...

Thanks guys, thanks for all the info. And thanks Owen for the Yves build thread. Although not exactly what I am thinking what he has done is pretty close and I have to admit his choice of the way to build really seemed to speed up his build with a great result (which is really what I am looking...

Sort of knew this was a bit hard to answer, sorry about that. I have had the same questions from new sailors and always struggle to answer. Good to get a ballpark guess for both cost and time though before I head down this road, thanks for yours. The Fuso really is the big question mark to me...

Hi all, got a question for you but first a bit of background. If all goes as planned by this time next summer my wife and I will be complete a trip sailing around the world. It has been great but we also love the mountains and want to give an expedition RV a shot. Before the sailing trip we...