Recent content by Mowen632

I suppose if things have been purged that could be missleading, but given there are none showing in the last 2 years, the chances seem low of one coming up for sale in the next 6mo to a year. May have to make due with what is on the market. That would probably lead me back to using a wrecker...

Gunny, I appreciate the detail and the inspiration! that truck looks BA. Obviously, I am hungry for more details so please point me to a thread if you've posted more information on it and I'd love to take a look. if not, feel free to share it here! also, I don't want to compete with you for...

Sounds like you really just used it as a shell but tore it down to "studs" if you will, and went from there. I assume it came with the slides and structure to support them? I think that would be handy as the design and install of custom slideouts sounds a little daunting to me, but i may well...

Thanks Gunny, I took a look at your build thread for the exodus camper. Looks really really well done. Fantastic job. I've kicked around the idea of using a pre-built camper on the back as a shortcut to get going while I build a custom box on the side. Still toying with that idea a bit but I'm...

I'll take a look at your videos. as for material between the rails, I was considering using "Cotton Duck Pad" or something similar. Some equipment I work on uses these anti-vibration pads at the mounting locations. There are lots of various types of rubbers and you can go pretty into the weeds...

Totally get it, I am a mechanical engineer and have done a good amount of reading on torsion free subframes. I think the FMTV is quite a bit less flexy than say an NPR or Unimog but everything has some level of flex. Considering I want a longer frame, total displacement would increase over a...

Thank you for all the input already! I don't anticipate doing anything too crazy in regards to off-roading. We lived in a sprinter van for ~1yr and there were definitely campgrounds, forest service roads, and other places we would have liked to take it, but it was not capable. I expect to...

Mods, I'm new here so please move this if there is a more suitable location for this thread. I've come to the conclusion that I'd like to use an FMTV to build an expedition camper. I've read through quite a few of the threads here and on expedition portal that have helped me solidify my choice...