Sönke's hard-side popup camper
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soenke
Adventurer
haven said:
I don´t want to know! :yikes:
Economicially it is totally nonsens. We had to sell our HZJ 71 and the HZJ 78 Camper and where still bleeding.
it took about 2 years more time then figured and around 50% more money.
Though it took so long because 3 friends in different lokations have been involved. So quite some time the rig was just waiting to be continued..
soenke
Adventurer
inside
a few pictures from the inside. We wanted a clear, modern look. Our last build was made out of aluminium inside and has been powdered afterwards, this time we prefered marine plywood, on the top and the bottom plastered with Formica (Resopal)
with the top down sleeping is still possible if necessary
the bed level is only fastend at the sides, so a huge storageroom results (for spare tire or foldable kayak) and the 4 underfloor storagerooms in the front can be reached. Under the bed are racks to accept Rako-Boxes
the second part of the bed is made up of the table
drivers side with an open shelf for camping table and seats, Origo stove for inside use, kitchen boxes to take outside (simple drawersystem with Rako-Boxes and aluminium profile). Engelbox in HD drawer.
to the right is a small sink, a wardrobe wich can be heated to dry cloth, Katadyn waterfilter and outside shower can be plugged in the watersystem.
bottom level with space for a big Rako-Box fpr the outside cooking stuff, shoes etc. Underfloor storageroom with Engelspächer heater.
a few pictures from the inside. We wanted a clear, modern look. Our last build was made out of aluminium inside and has been powdered afterwards, this time we prefered marine plywood, on the top and the bottom plastered with Formica (Resopal)
with the top down sleeping is still possible if necessary
the bed level is only fastend at the sides, so a huge storageroom results (for spare tire or foldable kayak) and the 4 underfloor storagerooms in the front can be reached. Under the bed are racks to accept Rako-Boxes
the second part of the bed is made up of the table
drivers side with an open shelf for camping table and seats, Origo stove for inside use, kitchen boxes to take outside (simple drawersystem with Rako-Boxes and aluminium profile). Engelbox in HD drawer.
to the right is a small sink, a wardrobe wich can be heated to dry cloth, Katadyn waterfilter and outside shower can be plugged in the watersystem.
bottom level with space for a big Rako-Box fpr the outside cooking stuff, shoes etc. Underfloor storageroom with Engelspächer heater.
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sleeoffroad
Adventurer
Sönke,
did you move the motor, or is the motor and the axles still in the same space in reference to the frame?
did you move the motor, or is the motor and the axles still in the same space in reference to the frame?
soenke
Adventurer
Hey Christo,
The engine and axel mounts are stock 80. I wanted to leave the technic as stock as possible due to traveling.
That is the reason for the cab sitting so far up front regarding the fender and front tire position. It is good to see in this picture:
Still radiators and visko-clutch dont gain plenty of space...
The design would have been a lot better with the cab mounted further back, but then we would have needed custom mounts and driveshafts, e-fan and the frame would have had to be stretched to support the cabin. We had been thinking of this, but I liked the idea of stock technic better and it would have eaten up even more time and money...
greetings Sönke
The engine and axel mounts are stock 80. I wanted to leave the technic as stock as possible due to traveling.
That is the reason for the cab sitting so far up front regarding the fender and front tire position. It is good to see in this picture:
Still radiators and visko-clutch dont gain plenty of space...
The design would have been a lot better with the cab mounted further back, but then we would have needed custom mounts and driveshafts, e-fan and the frame would have had to be stretched to support the cabin. We had been thinking of this, but I liked the idea of stock technic better and it would have eaten up even more time and money...
greetings Sönke
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Mickldo
Adventurer
soenke said:Moin,
thanks for invitation ...
and for the compliments on our camper
it is still under construction and often anoying us :yikes: with necessary but unexpected and long lasting problemsolvings....
I hopefully will have some time Friday night to rummage in your forum...seems to be just about the importent aspects of life !:elkgrin:
if there are any questions I try to answer them...
Greetings Sönke
G'day Sönke
Good to see you over here.
Once again I reckon your cruiser and camper are awesome. I will be pinching a few ideas when I build my own.
Top work.
soenke
Adventurer
underground...
some more close ups
the bumper; covering the body lift, winchmount and storageroom...
underground:
frontaxel tube is reinforced but still high pinion diff
middle tank
skidplate and compressed air reservoir
rear tank
battery and tank switches (box still needs tovbe painted and the watertanks underneath the seats covered..)
greetings Sönke
some more close ups
the bumper; covering the body lift, winchmount and storageroom...
underground:
frontaxel tube is reinforced but still high pinion diff
middle tank
skidplate and compressed air reservoir
rear tank
battery and tank switches (box still needs tovbe painted and the watertanks underneath the seats covered..)
greetings Sönke
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Overland Hadley
on a journey
soenke,
Thanks for posting more photos. It would be great to see more if you have them.
A couple of questions.
What is the overall weight of your truck when fully loaded? And do you know what the weight of just the camper box is?
Also, it looks like you carry just one spare tire, is this correct?
Thank you.
Thanks for posting more photos. It would be great to see more if you have them.
A couple of questions.
What is the overall weight of your truck when fully loaded? And do you know what the weight of just the camper box is?
Also, it looks like you carry just one spare tire, is this correct?
Thank you.
soenke
Adventurer
yes, with tire size 255/100 or now 325/80 we just carry one spare. The tire is so strong and long lasting one spare should be sufficient. And on the other hand a second tire would be more difficult to stow... I think going on a long journey in the third world I might take a second spare wheel, if I had not the time to wait for a spare to be send in case of need. (we needed two spares when we traveled with 7.5 R 16 tubed on split rims, since we use tubeless and modern tires we seldom had a flat and no problems to fix that very quicky. Since we are useing big tires we never had a problem any more at all..)
the weight of the cabin is about 400kg including heater, furniture, Engel-Box, etc. Making a tented pop up instead of the hard shell hydraulik top would have saved about 100kg.
The weight overall depends on the destination. Betwenn 2.9t and 3.5t. More then 550kg could be fluids...and depending where we go we carry different amounts of spares and tools and wine and food :steak: :friday: :beer: . If we take the kayak and gear its about 60-70kg additional....
I don´t have any more digital pictures showing somthing different....maybe one or the other could be used to explain some detail..?..but I think they are quite boring to show ..
A few more pics you can find here, showing our "home" in Iceland last summer
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21136
greeting Sönke
the weight of the cabin is about 400kg including heater, furniture, Engel-Box, etc. Making a tented pop up instead of the hard shell hydraulik top would have saved about 100kg.
The weight overall depends on the destination. Betwenn 2.9t and 3.5t. More then 550kg could be fluids...and depending where we go we carry different amounts of spares and tools and wine and food :steak: :friday:
:beer: . If we take the kayak and gear its about 60-70kg additional....I don´t have any more digital pictures showing somthing different....maybe one or the other could be used to explain some detail..?..but I think they are quite boring to show ..
A few more pics you can find here, showing our "home" in Iceland last summer
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21136
greeting Sönke
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