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That is a very lightweight bed, mine weighs over 100kg - with a latex mattress and slatted base. It was more comfortable than the mattress we had in the house, so we replaced that one with on like we had in the truck. Our pillows, sheets, duvet and blankets weigh more than 10kg.

Wow, that is good $100 including the touch panel - that is excellent. Where did you get it from, not sure what I would use it form but seems like a nice thing to have :)

One of the big design decisions was when I decided to lower the floor at the door to minimise the height the steps, and the two automatic steps fold out. Whilst it does take up floor space, we use the drop section as a shower, and out "wet room" for muddy and sandy feet. The steps are are...

Trish just uploaded our new video.

I did hear of one of the GXVs or Unicats with some extra storage boxes and a spare tyre at the backof the truck being refused entry here in Australia becasue of the 60% rule. They took the boxes off, returned to the rego office and got registration. Then put the suff back on. There are...

I took this from the local Dtp of transport - was on the wall. Basically anything that stick out the back can't be more the 60% of the wheelbase.

Mine is an organised ( mostly) mess, with three main power distribution boards with the big fuses, 9 x 6 spade fuse boxes with the little fuses, four 100A+ circuit breakers and two circuit breaker panels for the camper circuits. Its not very pretty, but you can't see much of it anyway. My...

It sure does look very elegant :)

Wow, that is a big bit of kit. Big fuse box and a shunt? Curious why there are fuses on the input - they should be on the battery side of the wire to do any good

It is a Mechman - https://www.mechman.com/alternators/e-series-billet-250a-alt-fits-6-12-cs144-machined-finish/ but asked for black not silver

My thoughts exactly Neil, I have a 2.4:1 ratio on mine, and found that at idle, the alternator didn't put out much current at all, despite the what the video says, the alternator didn't even get warm really. It only got hotter when I upped the RPM to 1800rpm and the alternators were at max...

I used a IR gun and checked the 250A alternator a couple of times when on a long run, sits at around 85-95C, so not a problem. It probably gets a fair amount of air flow even though I have blocked off the grill directly in front to of it as it is a fair way off to the side of the engine...

I agree, that's why I fitted a 14.5V regulator, the maximum charge voltage is 15V, so that should be a fair safety margin. Under voltage is something I get an alarm on Victron battery monitor, so when I get close, it will beep like mad. I run a dual belt pulley on my Alternator /Aircon...

I've seen the video about Lithium destroying alternators and all I can say that testing on my real truck with my 90A, 120A or 250A alternator that has not been the case at all. There were a few fundamental flaws in the way they did it, and i repeated their tests on my own system on an actual...

I have been running my Lithium system directly off my two alternators for more than a year now. I did a whole series of tests when I swapped over to lithium https://expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/unimog-camper-under-construction.37349/page-49 I later swapped the 120A alternator for a 250A...

Just curious why you need a DC to DC charger, is that because you have a 24V truck?

The worked well in the begining, but we bent one of the blades on one of them, and now it vibrates a bit. I'll have to get a new one

We used the Ikea slatted system. It has worked great for us with the latex mattress, no mold problems in 6 years. This system is very comfortable, better than the bed we have at home. I normally leave one side up a bit when we are not using the truck, The grey thing in the bottom right corner...

I'm hoping to do an East Coast to West coast trip next year, maybe around April, but depends on a lot of things.

Our fuel consumption figures for the past 17,000 km and here are the old ones from our trip around Australia I think that is not bad for an 8 ton camper that 3.5m high and has the aerodynamics of a brick.