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I thought I'd share my view right now.

Still out on the trip but can drop a note... Check out the elevation profile of I-84 from Portland to SLC, then I-15 to Spanish Fork, then Rt 6 over to Price. Winds were pretty calm, for the most part. We had a bit of a storm into SLC but nothing outrageous. That leg was a best of 8.8, worst...

Things are going extremely well. Very briefly in Kanab this afternoon to stock up, then off to the great outback for more adventures.

Moved camp into the Swell today. Perched on top of Cedar Mountain tonight. Lunch stop on edge of an outcropping Pulled into camp Scenery, 50' from camp Camp We'll be heading down off the rim in the next day or two, likely to be out of service at that point. Will keep in touch when I...

Mileage update: ~25k pounds, 6x6, 3.09's, Goodyear MVT's, big box on back (12' 4" high, 8' wide), kept speed at or below (most of the time) 65 mph Portland, OR to Henderson Utah; 887 miles, 108.9 gal gives 8.13 mpg. No issues with drivability.

This is the originally planned trip which was supposed to be our big maiden voyage, and we're well underway at this point. Truck ran flawlessly, and running between 60 and 65 mph is netting low 8's for mpg. Drive train is running smoothly and I am loving what the Eco hubs do for all the running...

I see we both use the same accountant!

My windshield was in decent shape, but there were a few scratches on it which were annoying. Conveniently, they were on the wife's side, but Rick stumbled across a sweet deal and scored one for me. Yesterday, it went in. Removal During After They started on Rick's first, and there was a...

Initial install, should be pretty obvious why the universal lines weren't a good match here: For the record, the forward one rubbed against the cab mud flap and pushed it out. The aft one had ~1/8" clearance between the coolant hard lines and the cab body seam, maybe 3/8" after I hammered on...

Following up on this work: Motor is back together and running wonderfully. Desired and actual are running within ~10psi across all ranges. IFS filter is installed between HEUI pump and cylinder head. This went well with the filter being mounted where the driver side kneeling cylinder was...

As the originator of the pic in post #1, I can confirm no adverse effects felt or observed in the first ~3k+ miles with those sintered filters at the end of the chain. Install was laborious but simple. I will do it to any additional wheels/tires I build up as I think it's worth the effort...

Excellent news- up and running smoothly!! Got all the pieces back into the proper places, poured in some coolant and fresh synthetic, and fired up the motor on Sat afternoon. Quite happily, nothing went crash, crunch, or bang, and nothing started knocking. I tried to get it primed by pulling...

Yes. It's the last thing in line on the way into the tire/first thing to run into when air is venting. https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/m1088-camper-conversion.193622/page-23#post-2510022

Got it. I ran my flow through it to make sure air purges, so mine heats up. I have heater and ~4 total feet of hose running outside of the hab. Everything else is quite purposefully indoors.

I put sintered filters in my wheels at the end of the plumbing delivering air and have noticed no adverse effects. The filter dia is significantly larger than the line dia, but the filter media will reduce the effective area. My experience has shown it to work fine but YMMV. Edit- found a...

Is the alu tank your header tank? You will likely want to move that indoors somewhere. Otherwise, your 150° glycol will be chilling rapidly while waiting for its trip through the heater. Even just moving it inside the passthrough would likely make a world of difference.

Everyone's restraint and planning is different, but I would be very cautious about putting panels on the side of the rig. These rigs are wide enough and I've already collected more pinstripes than I imagined I would ever get on my paneling. I cringe at thinking about what damage might have...

Yes.

I did pick up my own kit of stuff and a laptop to run it. They both ride in the cab, easily accessible. While I have only used the DPG interface and one cable from the whole box (there's a TON of stuff in the kit), it has way more than paid for itself (I think it was $500 for the kit and $300...

Progress has been glacially slow, but at this point I have replaced the oil pump with the updated one and closed up the bottom of the motor. Oil cooler (freshly decked, had 0.020" of topography to it!) and turbo have been reinstalled. Rebuilt compressor head is back on as well. New oil...