Isuzu npr 4wd

[rruff]

Real hardwood cabinets are beautiful - Do I need them on a camper/habitat ?? I guess not

Since I'm on a mere 1/2 ton, I needed to "worry" about weight. My "furniture" is plastic and sparse pine/fir frames.

Planning solar and batteries is hard. And when the weather is raining too much, all that expense is moot.
Yet for me the 12v air conditioner in hot climates drives the technical choices. Arizona, Utah, Baha sur, camping requires air conditioning

Never needed AC... not even a little... and by that I mean that the women who were with me didn't even complain. And I've camped plenty in those places.

The "trick" is moving with the seasons. You have wheels and a motor, so you should be able to figure that out.... 🤪

 

[gator70]

I came up with a design for the electrical and Air Conditioning

1) Use a A/C that can run 22 -60 amp draw
2) The battery bank must support 8-9 hours of after dark A/C draw
3) With the knowledge that the battery bank may draw down completely by 3 am, build a small 2nd system for the 12v refrigerator and few lights

My rig now has

4 x 250 watt panels on the roof charging the 600 amp hr battery bank with a single MPPT charge controller
2 X 110 watt panels on the roof charging the 200 amp hr battery bank with a single MPPT charge controller
A separate fuse box, so two. A change over switch for hot nights to supply 12v to the 12v refrigerator and few lights

 

[gator70]

Large aluminum storage box (steel frame underneath)

Rear awning
Rear tail light
12v outlet
Outside light
Security camera
Solar wall port for portable panels

 

[gator70]

Rear bumper is mounted a few inches beyond storage box with swing away spare tire mount

Now I plan the inner frame building for the storage box to store the items I need to carry. I will use 1x1 aluminum sq tube

Distributing weight over the steel tubing frame underneath the storage box should be my goal.

The generator at 50 lbs should be the first item to place. And a generator floor of two 2x6 douglas fir may work out.

Then with the aluminum frame build shelves above that for smaller items, such as a recovery gear and air line systems

 

[gator70]

I just gotta chance to see the F550 frame rails. They are far inferior to the Isuzu NPR frame rails.

Many f550 rigs have 40 inch tires and liquid springs suspension.

All for about a add on accessory price of $32,000

 

[gator70]

Its important to plan total rig height

 

[Ultimark]

I would suggest it is more important to know the height of your vehicle.

Ours is 3.25m and there was a bridge with a 3.3m high clearance sign, so we should have been able to very slowly pass under.

Unfortunately due to successive layers of bitumen, the clearance was nowhere near 3.3m, so our very slow forward movement and checking, was an invaluable exercise that saved us from certain disaster.

 

[gator70]

I would suggest it is more important to know the height of your vehicle.

Ours is 3.25m and there was a bridge with a 3.3m high clearance sign, so we should have been able to very slowly pass under.

Unfortunately due to successive layers of bitumen, the clearance was nowhere near 3.3m, so our very slow forward movement and checking, was an invaluable exercise that saved us from certain disaster.

Total height of my rig and habitat mounted on subframe with roof brush guards and roof A/C unit is 12 ft

 

[Peter_n_Margaret]

In Oz there is a height limit of 3.3m for going on a standard flat top recovery vehicle, otherwise they exceed the max vehicle height of 4.3m and have to get special permits which they can do, but it is a major extra pain.
We are 3.05m.
Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 motorhome

 

[gator70]

Bathroom

 

[gator70]

Kitchen

 

[gator70]

Storage box

 

[gator70]

Dinette

 

[SkiFreak]

What's with the 2 rods under your dinette table?

 

[gator70]

What's with the 2 rods under your dinette table?

When a dinette table rests even with the bench to create a bed, most engineering requires a 3/4 -1 inch strip of wood, a lip on each bench, for the table plate to rest upon.

These tubes are inserted currently for transportation.

However these tubes being removable with a twist are table supports for the bed.

During seating they are removed with a twist and stored.

In America these are similar to closet rods, for hanging clothes hangers