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How long is your camper's cabover section? According to the internet, the M1078 bed is 12' 9" long. You could potentially get away with mounting the camper a bit astern of the end of the bed to gain the clearance at the cab.
14'6" is huge!! I'm just over 12' right now with an unloaded/unfinished habitat, might sag an inch or two once finished and with supplies on board, but will also add another 1.5" with PV's on the roof. AC will likely be courtesy of mini-split, haven't really committed to it yet though...
Also, stumbled across this today from a FB group:
https://www.vanlifeuksurvivorsguide.co.uk/post/a-step-by-step-guide-to-an-awesome-powerful-fully-off-grid-12v-set-up
Have not been through it yet but curious if anyone has and would care to validate its recommendations.
Except I don't think I ever explicitly said what I used.
Hey Nate,
Mine might not match up too well for the weight of your rig, but these are what I used:
Front - 974 #/in
Middle - 653 #/in
Aft - 584 #/in
Tried to stagger them as well as possible given what was available. Would have...
Life has been keeping me occupied lately, but some progress has been made with framing things in. The windows and door are now mostly framed in. I've been framing things in triangularly as much as possible instead of the classic right angles to get the structural integrity from the tubing and...
Sometimes I feel compelled to have models of my vehicles. In searching for the M1088, I only found a M1083 and it was in 1/35 scale and $85. A little too small and a little too rich for me. What to do...
Poking around the internet, I saw a cheap RC 6x6 which seemed to have the correct...
Not very concerned, truth be told. I think the mic was a little sensitive as there wasn't any background noise, and in any case, I'm over it already. The step does exactly as it needs to and the wife is happy(!) with it. Task has been crossed off the list and have moved on to other items.
I...
And now it's powered!
It's a little slower than I would have chosen but it will probably only be used once we've set up camp and not every time the door is opened. It's also a bit loud, but I do suspect it will be a little quieter once it's painted, paneled, and insulated.
Was away for ~10 days exploring the southern UT desert with our little rig but have made some decent progress since returning. I am especially happy with this:
Presently it is just gravity powered but I have other supplies arriving shortly which will remedy that. The wifey is particularly...
Thanks Ronmar. I was trying to correlate the tire psi to the transducer psi and wasn't sure how to match them up. This is on my list of things to do....
Video has link to sources but doesn't specify which pressure rating. Is there a 75 psi one or which specific transducer do we need? Got an actual part number/supplier?
110v? 12v? Hydronic? Will the tank be insulated?
I am nearing the same step in my build and am not above blatantly stealing your ideas, if you don't mind.