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We may be experiencing a philosophical difference George. Generating hot water while underway is a no-brainer to me. I am not building this camper to waste money but I am also not building this camper to save money, and I understand amenities cost money. Down the road, I don't think I'll...

Starting to poke around the internet for water heater stuff and found this: https://www.heatso.com/surecal-30-litre-7-92-gal-vertical-twin-coil-calorifier/ This fits the bill for the two coil water tank, one loop with the engine coolant being circulated and the other fed by an Espar or other...

Not really... I've honestly got nothing concrete on paper yet, but no better time to start talking about it. My experience with this comes from working on our boats where we've had hot water heaters with engine coolant loops built in to heat the water in the tank while the engine is running...

Thanks 19, we are really lucky with both of them so far but life is definitely different for the whole family. I really like the idea of a split tank and will happily incorporate that as needed. A transfer pump should be easy enough to include.

Nope. You're right. I'm not sure it will all go there and still haven't actually calculated what volume I have after accounting for clearances and insulation. I have no magic trick though, so may end up with more elsewhere (second tank) as already suggested.

That's the process I've gone through already, albeit by myself. May just need a second set of hands to be more effective.

Will be watching this intently. Mine have too much pressure down low and not enough up top. I monkeyed around with hinges and got it more dialed, but could still use a little tweak. Look forward to seeing more official remedies.

Happy New Year's Eve everybody! Beyond that, sorry but no updates Doug. My parents both had a run in with cancer and I am helping them get set back up in their condo as they had been living at my sister's for the past ~8 months. They both appear to have dodged a bullet health-wise, so despite...

These guys did, but then they didn't: https://twoifoverland.com/ They were my initial exposure to this madness. They had their rig for a while, but not too long in my opinion, and then moved into something smaller, and then bought land/house or something. I didn't so much follow them- you...

They are normally available grade 8 hardware from the local Wilco (Ace Hardware), but if I remember correctly, they're 5/8's. The plates are 1/2" thick. I will be adding 2 more bolts in the empty holes in the lower rail but three is all the upper rail will be getting. The last two empty holes...

Hi Allen, Thanks for the bit of a reality check. We will be camping in colder climes, hopefully not extremely frigid ones but definitely into the teens but possibly lower. We've done it before in our Bigfoot campers (a truck camper and a bumper pull) and it seemed to work well enough with the...

Have I thought about putting tanks under the bed, yes. Probably won't though, for a couple of reasons. I don't want things cantilevered out at the far end of the camper. It will be a lot of weight when loaded up (batts, water, gear, etc...) and while I think I have adequately spec'd its...

That's the plan. Hope to get them in the sub-floor space over the axles. Would like to locate the batteries in the same neighborhood as well but will see where we end up for space.

Another single pic update... Doesn't look too different but everything is now rigidly fixed in position: The open span at the front is for driveline access, at the rear for sub-floor storage. I started working on the stairwell and ran out of weld wire after tacking the first component...

Are you looking for "a" switch or "the" switch? I went through a similar quest to find some sort of switches to put in there as well. This post shows what I ended up with: https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/m1088-camper-conversion.193622/page-4#post-2308321 This google search should get...

A one picture update - It was a good day, three of the floor joists are welded to the upper rail, several more to follow...

That is exactly what it is. I was trying to find something appropriate to put there and Quade at overlandadventuretruck.com had them surplus. The inverted configuration seemed to work out best in my application.

With the exception of lateral control at the rear, I think the subframe is... done!??!!? Fully installed: Lead edge of the subframe assembled (driver side; all holes in the upper rail have crush tubes installed): Pass side: Aft spring perch: Looking forward: The plate I had cut for...

Looking at what I wrote earlier, it may be misleading. I plan on doing exactly that. The "remove the box" option was for something truly catastrophic.

Progress over the last 36h.... 72 holes of 1" dia drilled into beam: LOTS of fun! 36 crush tubes cut and beveled: Crush tubes welded in: Beams put back into position, more holes drilled- this time for lower rail spring perches: After lots of frustration and a beat up thumb, rented a...