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Thanks for the comments 180out (y)! I would agree with everything you are saying. The plan is to avoid those areas and roads I'm just asking for trouble being on. I'm also not looking to beat the hell out of my rig; there is a very expensive tiny home on the back of it after all 😆! The reality...

Thanks for adding some info/alternative options to the thread Aaron. I finally found two Warn 16.5TI-S winches available on Amazon of all places 😄. Yah, they seem to be tougher and tougher to find these days, but I haven't been tracking that since mine have been sitting in my shop for over a...

Sorry for the belated reply rruff. I completely unplugged for Burning Man. To complete the whole project :oops:o_O:unsure:, I'm guessing, hoping 🤞, 2 years 6 months will do it (max 2 years 8 months). This is actual working time at 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. Somebody can do the math at 52...

Camper Fairing/Bodywork - Bottom Exterior - Continued Now that I am in a single room shop, I have to do something to keep the sanding dust contained. The last thing I want is epoxy based fairing material dust all over everything in the shop, especially where I eat lunch and dinner. This stuff...

Pass Through Flanges - Final Paint These needed to get done before the truck/camper go off to paint/coating, but I think I'm honestly just procrastinating from getting back to the bodywork on the camper (the first major sand). There is a touch of texture on the visible inside portions of the...

Carbon Fiber Enclosure Panels - Grey Water Tank - Demolding & Dry Fit Demolding Rigging camper in order to dry fit panels. Dry fitting panels/Back panel. (Sorry for the wonky pictures. There isn't much room to take decent pictures with the stand in the way/acting as a safety net.) Bottom...

Carbon Fiber Enclosure Panels - Grey Water Tank - Layups Staged and prepped for three layups First layup on a pump Second layup Third layup finally on a pump Everything on a pump for the night That was a long day

Carbon Fiber Enclosure Panels - Grey Water Tank - Layout & Mold Making The fairing material needed a few days to cure before sanding, so I jumped onto the enclosure panels (x three) for the grey water tank. I though about not doing these (to save some time on the build), or doing them after...

Camper Fairing/Bodywork - Bottom Exterior After getting everything bonded and tabbed on the lower portion of the camper, I set up my fairing/bodywork station in preparation for laying down some pooky. As soon as I looked at my work station and really took in what was about to happen, I froze...

Favor, Por Favor! Hi all. I probably should have asked this months ago, but it has kept slipping my mind. Can you send me (PM me, or just post them to the build thread) any active/current and comprehensive build threads on the Portal? Comprehensive meaning (Camperthing, Stench RV, mine) and...

Thanks andy_b(y)(y)! I'm afraid I set the bar high early on and there is no turning back now. It's costing me though 😄. I input the info at the end of the shower base post for all to see. Probably more than you need to know, but having too much info on projects like these never hurts. Happy...

Carbon Fiber Fairings - Tabbing More templating and stacks of CF cloth/consumables Layups complete. It's finally starting to look like somewhat of a cohesive habitat box/camper. It was nice to see how smooth these transitions came out prior to any fairing material/body work Ready for...

Carbon Fiber Rear Fenders - Complete Drivers side Passenger side

Passenger Side Rear Fender - Layup Running a marathon over here. Final layer down on the passenger side Making sure it is all wrapped and applied nice and tight-No Stinking air pockets please. Pumping her down. Layups like these are always pressed for time, especially when you hammer out...

Drivers Side Rear Fender - Templating & Layup Although I didn't need to, because the rear fenders are not structural, I decided to match the CF cloth layup schedule on the exterior skin of the walls. I figure plenty of bushes and tree branches are going to jamb right into/on the ridges of the...

Carbon Fiber Wheel Well Skirts/Fairings Back to our regularly scheduled program! These are the skirts/fairings for the inside/back side of the wheel wells. I think it looks aesthetically cleaner when you can't see the gap between the camper and chassis, through and across from one wheel well...

Water Tanks These babies definitely involved a lot of head scratching to get dialed in. The grey water tank wasn't so bad, but the fresh water tank required me to finalize a lot of items that were undecided. I needed to find a place to store my removable composite pass through door (34.5"H x...

Shower Base/Pan Alright, let's start with a few items that are not composite or body work related. Finally and Thank You! After looking at my last round of posts, and the time in between them and the previous sets of posts, it seemed like I was missing a week of work. I remembered that I had...

Hey DzlToy, Bummer; it would have been nice to show you the build. If/when you are out again, and I'm still putzing around here in Boise, definitely get in touch. I would be happy to shoot the build :poop: with you. 😁 On another note. If you would have remember, and timed it right, you could...

Bonding Fairings & Rear Fenders to the Camper So, my sweet heart was in town visiting me for a few days and she called me one evening while I was at the shop working away. She asked if I needed any help. I said sure (as I had been prepping all day in order to bond the fairings) and I asked her...