My FGB71 build

Wazak

Wazak

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We're right there with you Brad regarding the bolt hole. We've been looking for a good while now for such a place. Bolt hole or not come early next year We're hitting the road.
You've done an absolutely cracking job with the truck. It's unfortunate that you got so many gremlins in a short space of time.
If you're coming down through South Yorkshire sometime give us a shout We've got plenty of room to park.

Barry
 
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DzlToy

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Not to be rude, but 'truck woes' don't just magically disappear because the owner experiences problems. There isn't a 'pool-of-problems' to be depleted over time.

These trucks are notoriously problematic, have been since the beginning and that is direct result of Daimler injecting it's Euro-Trash DNA into a previously, quite reliable Japanese truck.

Show me a new Lexus or a 70-Series LandCruiser with an injector failure at 11,000 miles. There is a reason that gadget-laden, Dual Clutch Transmission, (without a real transfer case/low range) rigs are NOT chosen as true live-aboard, expedition grade rigs. What do people truly drive around the world in? Old 70-Series LandCruisers, old Defenders, motorcycles, HiLux pick up trucks, old Jeeps and the like. There is a reason for this.

Sell the truck if you can and get something that you can enjoy traveling in. A Benz-built Fuso will never be that truck, IMHO.
 
samurai driver

samurai driver

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Those are great photography, with experienced composition, Brad! I view them on a 27" iMac 5k screen for their glorious resolutions. Thanks for sharing. What equipment were these photos taken with?

If you ever come to the Pacific Northwest of USA, we should meet up where I have a large country property.

These gives me a kick in the ass to get mine built, only if there are not so many difficult fabrications. Also too many other projects competing for my time and finance.
 
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BigSkyBrad

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samurai driver said:
Those are great photography, with experienced composition, Brad! I view them on a 27" iMac 5k screen for their glorious resolutions. Thanks for sharing. What equipment were these photos taken with?

If you ever come to the Pacific Northwest of USA, we should meet up where I have a large country property.

These gives me a kick in the ass to get mine built, only if there are not so many difficult fabrications. Also too many other projects competing for my time and finance.
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Just my Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro (2020) phone, which can be pushed to 64MP. I gave up using cameras years ago, I find a good phone is all I need nowadays, and with the big screens that phones now have, I can edit and delete on the fly.

The new Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G is 200MP, and way cheaper than a Samsung (just paying for the name and the hype).
 
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BigSkyBrad

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Yeah. If it sells for what I'm asking, it sells - if it doesn't, it doesn't. We are looking to do another house build, so it won't get used much while that's going on.
 
Wazak

Wazak

Member
Good luck with the sale Brad. We're currently in the Cairngorms till after the new year and can't decide where to go next back up through Inverness or over to Spean bridge and up through Fort Augustus.
 
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BigSkyBrad

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Over to Spean Bridge - we did it in the snow. Then up the right hand side of Loch Ness to Inverness, avoids all the tourist coaches.
 
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gator70

Active member
Thanks for the update

One question?

With your composite habitat, is heating easier? Is there any comments you can tell others about the real life heating in cold weather in a composite habitat?
 
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BigSkyBrad

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Our panels are 60mm thick, so have good R value. Even without heating on, the interior GRP surface never feels as cold as outside and we've not had condensation on any walls or ceiling. Once the box heats up inside, it's easy and efficient to maintain that heat, regardless of your chosen heating method. We have the Maxxair ceiling vent running 24/7, even in winter at 10% so there is a movement of air to help expel moisture.

If we come into a cold box after being out all day, 15 mins with a ceramic fan heater helps until the hydronic heater fills the radiators. We have a low watt panel heater that can run through the night to at least take the chill off. Alot of our interior walls are trimmed in van carpet (specifically Veltrim), providing more insulation. Our entire bedroom space is covered top to bottom in Veltrim - if a limb touches a wall while sleeping, there isn't that cold recoil.
 
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