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He said he's had the camper off of the chassis a number of times, just unbolts it from the bed and uses his forklift to remove it. the truck is in awesome shape.

I had the pleasure of meeting the creator and seeing this truck. The UPS delivery guy connected us due to us both building out Stewart and Stevenson based expedition trucks within only a couple of miles apart. http://truckrvlist.com/ads/2001-freightliner-fl70-with-camper/

Powder coating round 1 After months of anticipation and prioritizing order of operations, finally have a roof rack and light bar powder coated and installed . Wiring circuit to complete. These things are bright as hell! Today I begin welding sub frame brackets after weeks of prep work.

Composite panel order Greetings fellow Overlanders, Adventurers and Dreamers. My name is Quade and I'm currently building out an expedition truck on an M1088 platform. I'm at a stage in my build where I am nearly ready to construct my camper body. I've already ordered my panels through Total...

Finished making and fitting the lower light bar today. This thing is gonna light up the sky!

Driving from tucson to portland in our 1088 from the DRMO lot, i held speed at roughly 50-53mph and got 7.6mpg. what engine do you have?

Much appreciated! I'll try to keep up on photos, but the more time i spend on the computer means less time in the shop working.

its going to be mounted in the space between the front and first rear wheel on the passenger side. replacing the stock tank. Heres the build thread, http://forum.expeditionportal.com/threads/169722-Trucky-McTruckface-Overland-Adventure-Truck Quade

hey there! Just received a 150 gallon custom sized tank from Propower manufacturing in ontario, Canada. they were super easy to work with and a quick turn around time. now I have a 1100+ mile range! http://www.metaltanks.com Quade

I used Rust-o-leum Professional enamel and a Pneumatic sprayer. This is awesome paint!

Fuel tank This new custom fuel tank will give the truck a 1000+ mile range! 150 gallon capacity with interior baffles. Thanks to Propower Mfg. in Ontario for working with me on this one.

In my opinion, placing oneself into a position where they become stuck is generally due to lapse of judgement and forethought. This thing has handled itself quite well in a very muddy trial run down and up a very steep and winding skid road. There is always a way to negotiate an obstacle...

the wonderbus Hi there, here are a few pictures of the van. Quade

Fiberglass Composite Panels For our camper box I began with the thought of creating our camper box out of all aluminum, after pricing out the differences and determining advantages and disadvantages, we decided to go with composite panels. After finding a few suppliers, we decided on Total...

more? its quite insane looking through and deciding which photos to post. i certainly haven't made time to take a break.

more progress! heres a few more pictures showing what I've been upto.

A few photos of the start

Hello, Welcome to the build of Trucky McTruckface. Trucky is a 1999/2010 BAE Systems- M1088A1 Expedition Vehicle Build. For 6 years I served in the USCG, the last three, I was a Lifeboat Driver at a remote surf station on Washington's rugged Olympic peninsula. As the adventures were plentiful...