@Adrifters - F550 Surf Camper Build - Adrift Motorhome
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Herbie
Rendezvous Conspirator
Wow, that's a tall beasty. Pretty sure my lifted van with a fiberglass pop-top and a big-ole' roof rack is a foot shorter than your rig closed!
So you are using 4 units?
how about alignment, are you using any sort of guides?
Thanks
Yes, four units. Alignment isn't much fun. The units are dead on accurate, but aren't designed to be in a fixed position, they use clevis mounts. So I'm using four defender 2 rail and carriage linear motion guides from LM76 to keep things aligned. It was pretty difficult to get everything lined up right but they are working well now.
Def tall compared to a van, but substantially shorter that an earthroamer or other fixed roof expedition truck.
Healeyjet
Explorer
Scott, you are very correct. I think ours is about 12' all the time and feels like it! I am always aware when driving how tall it is.
Will the flat deck Mark is building be wider than the camper? I am just wondering looking at the photos it appears that the door comes out on top of the tire.
Could be all wrong and my eyes could be playing tricks on me too!
Ward
Will the flat deck Mark is building be wider than the camper? I am just wondering looking at the photos it appears that the door comes out on top of the tire.
Could be all wrong and my eyes could be playing tricks on me too!
Ward
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Thanks guys my first inclination is usually to think whatever I've done is crap and start over to make it better. So I definitely had some builders remorse when it first went on the truck this morning. Seemed really tall and awkward, but hoping most of that will get fixed with final fitment of lockers and flat bed. Right now it looks like a normal camper floating 22" up for no apparent reason
We got stuck on height some as well as to have a full hard sided pop up with a third articulating wall up front, there are some minimum heights for each wall, which we are at exactly. We also had to accommodate surfboards not mounted on top of solar panels and 1300 watts of solar.
Still playing with widths. I've been drawing the design up in sketchup to have most of the design work done prior to arrival as the CAD guys can increase your bill quickly. Because the camper was originally built for our MOG, it is narrower than the track width of our truck by 6.5". Probably going with fender flares and a flat bed to match as I'd prefer to be narrower and if the final weight matches up well with a 350/3500, we might switch chassis (insert Heather reaching for her gun here). The length is fine, but the 9'8" track width really leaves you feeling big in some circumstances.
my first inclination is usually to think whatever I've done is crap and start over to make it better. So I definitely had some builders remorse when it first went on the truck this morning. Seemed really tall and awkward, but hoping most of that will get fixed with final fitment of lockers and flat bed. Right now it looks like a normal camper floating 22" up for no apparent reason We got stuck on height some as well as to have a full hard sided pop up with a third articulating wall up front, there are some minimum heights for each wall, which we are at exactly. We also had to accommodate surfboards not mounted on top of solar panels and 1300 watts of solar.
Still playing with widths. I've been drawing the design up in sketchup to have most of the design work done prior to arrival as the CAD guys can increase your bill quickly. Because the camper was originally built for our MOG, it is narrower than the track width of our truck by 6.5". Probably going with fender flares and a flat bed to match as I'd prefer to be narrower and if the final weight matches up well with a 350/3500, we might switch chassis (insert Heather reaching for her gun here). The length is fine, but the 9'8" track width really leaves you feeling big in some circumstances.
We have 2x 200ah of Victron lithiums installed currently, but left room for a third. They are pretty beastly units size wise, but a lot lighter than a comparable amount of agm. Victron system is worth checking out. All systems talk to each other and send detailed info to your phone or the touch screen ccgx.
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