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Some nice opinions :) I'd never thought of spare fuel mounted on the back that only gets mounted for trips, and leave the spare where it is. Putting an extra tank under there is a lot of cost for occasional use.

Hi You don't say how long a Sprinter you might consider, but if you slightly box out the rear side windows (someone makes the panels) you "can" sleep across the vehicle. That all by itself frees up a lot of interior space, and you can stand up. The only old 4x4 Sprinter I looked at buying had...

That's very shiny :) Did you sample some of the cake shops in Bentham? There seem to be more than the size of town should be able to support! Pennine Outdoor on the High Street made us some nice spare tyre covers too. Thetfords seem ok using clothes washing liquid with enzymes in, so "Bio" in...

Hi, Good luck with your truck! :) Where are you based? 1) I think the quoted lifespan of lithium is still a little unproven. But, we hope to still have that to run a washing machine or maybe a/c when the sun is shining with a roof full of solar. You can do that with a lot of lead acid but...

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snipped Hiya There's a good comparison between fibreglass and aluminium for camper outer skin in Ulrich Dolde's "How To" book. Link below, no connection other than I think it's a good resource. He asked two German companies who each specialise in one of those two materials for their reasons...

That is lovely :) Good luck!

snipped Hi I think the diamond shape flexing mount design like a Unimog has won't. And it doesn't really suffer much with poor side slope performance when the load has been mounted as Merc suggests. The front and rear fixed points between bed and chassis rails only allow left to right...

Hi We had a nice chat with Alaskan campers whose flat bottomed design would fit in with what our plans were apart from maybe fitting a shower. But was still something we were keen on, and we could put quite a lot of storage continuously separately underneath the camper. Or...

Hi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_low_emission_zone No issues with emissions or lhd/rhd in our limited travel or for anyone I've ever heard about while on a trip. If you aimed to permanently export to a specific country at trip end then you may have to choose something suitable to...

Hi A Mog we had in the UK had 8 bolt rims which we couldn't find a used one for as a spare until one turned up after being re-centred and then broke. I would think asking a Merc dealer in Europe that deals with older trucks may be able to point you to either some used ones or new from Merc...

Hiya Just regarding tyres, our Mog started with 20" Continental MPT 80 which have a directional lug and were quite noisy and the shoulders wore a little unevenly and may have needed rotating more than they were. No complaints on how they performed on tarmac on an old 150Hp truck. Next up were...

Hi In Europe any older vehicle is allowed almost anywhere. Some cities have begun stopping older (diesel only?) vehicles entering at all, or with such a high daily charge to effectively make it a ban such as the L.E.Z. in the UK. I would think that at the moment everywhere still has a...

Hiya Good luck with your journey's! Even though it is perhaps a little more for people on two wheels who don't appreciate big things, you could also research on the HUBB forum? Entry requirements for your vehicle will probably be determined by relationships already (hopefully) established...

Hi Lovely set up :) I think a vent like that is more efficient one way than the other in cu. ft shifted. But you have to heat the inside up to get the condensation back into vapour then let it out. So some heating plus some ventilation. Or stop breathing/sweating :) We have Froli too but...

Bliss Mobil have made one though :)

Nice trucks :) I think the 8x8 has a longer than normal gap between second and third axle than a Kat maybe?

We did have 70l external unheated plastic black and grey tanks. We also tried to add hot water to both when it was cold out to try to maintain a higher average in the fluid. But although the tank contents never froze the 2" of fluid above the gate valve but below the main body did. We then...

Hi You could try the front right chassis rail outside face, maybe while on full left lock, chassis number stamped in with digits/letters about 10mm high, so something perhaps 100mm long, torch, scrapy tool, wire brush while head in the wheel arch? It may have an original chassis number from...

I seem to remember Boris Johnson insisting all London firetrucks be changed for new because of the older fleet's emissions. Maybe not all Brigades thought splashing that much cash was a good idea and a retro fit DPF was more sensible? I know one UK crane hire firm had retrofit filters that just...