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Try to find something already converted. White Feather Customs, Quigley and a few others such as Advanced 4x4, Boulder vans and Tulsa Truck all do conversions. You are going to be looking at something in the 15k - 30k range depending on the builder and what all is included. Depending on what...

I have a DIY composter in the basement and will post pics if I can find them. The urine bottle is just a gallon milk jug with a funnel feeding it. If you are properly hydrated, your pee is about 90 percent water and should not smell like Golden Grain. Distilled vinegar can be added after each...

This. Do some research into how companies such as Unicat, BiMobil, Bliss, Boxmanufaktur, Action Mobil and others build boxes. They are using an industry standard 40mm or 60mm thick panel, likely built in-house or by a partner. Panels are joined using adhesives so strong that the panel will fail...

Sportsmobile has been purchasing chassis cab E-Series vans for a few years now and currently builds a "van body look-a-like" that is slightly wider than the OEM cargo van. If I recall correctly, this is simply a fiberglass shell and based on what I personally saw at OvEx West, I would not pay...

"Add Lightness" - Colin Chapman I recently did some calculations for another member interested in a very similar project. Using DIY composite SIPs, the weight was under 300 pounds for an empty shell with the following dimensions: (design type is slide in, pop top, like 4WC or Alaskan) 120"...

It's actually quite a brilliant strategy. The "sunken floor" space is wasted when you consider the time you are passing through or standing there. The same goes for folding/retracting steps. If they are under-mounted, ground clearance can drastically be reduced. The step solution is simply a...

A 4x8 sheet of Foamular 150 will take nearly 70,000 pounds of weight. (48x96 = square inches of area x 15 pounds per square inch, which is what Foamular 150 is rated at.) A little 1000 pound camper won't phase that XPS as long as the bottom is relatively flat and the weight is pretty evenly...

The insulation should be fantastic since all of the panels have "vacuum" on the inside of them. Carbon and VIP in one, wow. :D (In the commercial insulation world, VIP = Vacuum Insulated Panel, a fumed silica product, sealed in plastic under 0.1 psi of vacuum.) R-values are 40 to 50 per inch...

Fair point. Most people do not go camping in 0F or even 32F, so you are wise to build for those conditions if you are going to be cold weather camping. Heat loss, or gain, through a wall system, is not difficult to calculate if you are willing to do some math. Since we do not have exact...

Kudos to you for teaching yourself to weld and building your own box. While I am not a fan of adding a camper to an already under-powered truck, the 461 chassis is quite robust and will take you where you want to go, just at a slower pace. I cannot recall the name of it, but there is a Russian...

Sorry, I should have clarified that the graphic you included shows that Polyiso is out-performed by XPS at some temperatures, but not all. Maybe it's not too late for you to take advantage of this. According to the National Roofing Contractor's Association Long-Term Thermal Resistance Report...

You guys were moving at a good clip. I was going to suggest removing the diamond plate floor, as it is a large heat sink and probably quite heavy, but I see that is no longer an option. It is difficult to calculate heat lost through a "wall system" such as this, but you can estimate it if you...

Are you married to propane? I personally do not like the idea of explosive gas in a canister, nor do I like a consumable catalyst or the hassle of filing or swapping propane tanks. I would seriously consider a large battery bank and electric heat or a small diesel tank and a diesel fired...

Verify that your filters are "absolute" and not "nominal". If the latter, you will lose efficacy. You may struggle to push shower water, circa 2 GPM, through a 0.01 micron absolute filter or nano-pore carbon block. Have you considered a two stage system? Get 90% of the junk out, recycle the...

Cool project. Crested Butte is a really cool town, but at 9,000 feet AMSL, will be a bit chilly this time of year. Hypertech has tuning options for the 466, should you require them. I am in metro Atlanta if you need a hand with anything.

For the recirculating shower system, think about what you are putting IN to the filters. You do not need a filter that filters polio virus if you are not putting polio into your shower. The same for pesticides and other chemicals. Basically, you are only filtering whatever you are washing off...

Awesome transfer case; I wonder where they got the idea? Great ground clearance with the case clocked down like that :D

A couple of Ronny Dahl's mates did exactly that ^^ on a 16 day Outback trip in the Kimberley region of Oz. Meals were made up, laid out flat in large bags, vacuum sealed and frozen into "tiles". During load out, they were then slotted into the freezer like papers in a file cabinet. Of course...

I am not a buyer, but I am curious what kind of power and fuel economy you are getting with the turbo installed.

Being a life-long outdoorsman, backpacker, mountain biker, and health-conscious minimalist, I was somewhat disappointed after reading the following article. https://expeditionportal.com/testing-the-best-shelf-stable-camp-meals Can we really not figure out how to preserve healthy, great tasting...