Ruggedalaskaman
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Melville and Moon seat covers
Vision X Light Cannons (If Santa fills my request....lol)
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Your Best Truck Modification for 2017
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RDavisinVA
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You shall see it come together, muthalikka.
I won a caring transactions auction for a tool cabinet loaded with woodworking and craftsman hand tools that Robert Price picked up for me.
Included were several sheets of birch plywood and 6 small sawhorses.
I am kitting my 110 out like 10 men.
The inverter and induction cooktop will be here this week or early next week.
Machine shop is working on the water tank.
I already have the webastos.
Only thing not drawn out is the front and rear racks.
rovercolorado
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Replaced my heater matrix, blower motor, cables and other misc seals and now have warm air blowing in the truck. I just can't all it heat but it's better than cold air like last winter. Added bonus I replaced my terribly broken Instrument panel and cowl from a NAS truck that I got for free. I also got a killer deal on a snow cowl that has already proven to be a great investment when it rains and snows. All items on my checklist at beginning of year have been completed. Long list for next year already way too long.
I'll say this for you my brother, you are like a dog with a bone when you have a vision. Wait, you are a cat person and wouldn't get that analogy.....
RDavisinVA
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Regardless, UD, my 110 will be kitted out like 10 men.
Cool, when we are camping in Colorado mts next Sept hot showers are on RD.
I'm there!
Please post a build thread or at least share key decisions and the approach you are taking. I plan this as my next project in 2018 (fall/winter). I?m going to sell my 300tdi equipped Series III 109 and am debating the merits of either a 110 or 130 (or even a 101 for pure uniqueness). Like you, I want a Rover appropriate completely self contained solar powered (except propulsion) vehicle. Should be fun!
RDavisinVA
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We'll have inside guests and outside guests.
You stay outside, but the shower is available.
Same as when we had a pool and a pond.
The pond was good for you.
Will do.
MountainD
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Yeah, a pond or a pool... Pond is spring fed.
I'm all for camping in CO mtns. Won't want to cook inside or attached to truck though. Had my camp invaded by biggest black bear I've seen yet last year. Thrashed my new trasharoo- should have hung that in a tree. Soooo happy the dog didn't bark. But count me in if your coming to my hood
I'm all for camping in CO mtns. Won't want to cook inside or attached to truck though. Had my camp invaded by biggest black bear I've seen yet last year. Thrashed my new trasharoo- should have hung that in a tree. Soooo happy the dog didn't bark. But count me in if your coming to my hood
A bunch of us old East coasters have never been to Moab. We have a good friend/transplant Dave Stauffer who's in the Marble/Redstone area. Plan was to spend 4-5 days in that Crested Butte /Aspen area either on the way out or the way back from the Natl Rally. The trip has us all on a schedule to finish long term builds, hence RD's "Ten Men" build. We'd welcome anyone frivolous enough to join us, we are kind of amusing, in a grumpy old men sort of way. @ last count there were about ten guys, from Ron up in Mass, Jonesy from N.Va. RD, Garrenton, and my clan from the other Virginia, a bunch of the Carolina boys, and Raub (currently from S. Florida although he keeps saying he's leaving Florida).
Dave works @ the Avalanche Ranch and has a 12 ga with bean bag rounds he uses to run the bears off so guests don't meet one on the way to the hot springs in their bikini's. Hateful job but someone has to do it.
Garrenton say's it all the time. "I wouldn't own one of these crappy poorly engineered trucks if it weren't for the incredibly diverse and wonderfully eccentric people I meet through ownership."
Pretty sure Dave volunteered for that duty @ Avalanche Ranch. He can be seen up and down that Crystal river valley (Carbondale/Redstone/Marble)with his trout rods and 12 gauge in his soft top 110, always has a cigar going.
Pretty sure Dave volunteered for that duty @ Avalanche Ranch. He can be seen up and down that Crystal river valley (Carbondale/Redstone/Marble)with his trout rods and 12 gauge in his soft top 110, always has a cigar going.
KGH
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Our best mod was installing the Planar 2D12 heater. Used 24/7 in Iceland this past spring, and combined with keeping rear door open into annex and Mr. Buddy propane heater, kept the tent warm enough at 10F.
Have you seen Hesch out of Austria, or Errol?s work at Coastline Campers in UK?
Have you seen Hesch out of Austria, or Errol?s work at Coastline Campers in UK?
Tomaco1
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I?ve got lines I took off my 110, stainless, I replaced them with plastic, they?re about 3 years old. Yours if you want them Doug.
RDavisinVA
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Yes looked at all of them.
The work is good, but not exactly what I am looking for and very dear prices.
To start with, I do not want any propane in the interior cabin, so will be cooking inside via a microwave or induction cook top.
With the addition of the microwave have upgraded the inverter charger from the Renolgy 2000W to an AIMS 3000W with LED control panel.
In addition to the "car battery", plan is to use 2 of the odyssey pc1800-ft batteries to gain a 430 AMP HR auxiliary battery bank that will run the 120V appliances without any influx of current for an hour.
The 140W solar panel will add 12 Amps at 12V for a steady recharge than can replenish the oddsseys in less than an hour.
Also have the option of switching the alternator output directly to the oddssey auxiliary battery bank.
The cabinets will be made of birch plywood and painted with grey expoxy.
Am studying the Kreg method of joining the sections together.
Bought a metal cabinet full of hand and woodworking tools at auction and in the drawers were a number of special cabinet making jigs among them the Kreg and all sorts of jigs braces and clamps.
The counter top will be stainless steel.
Just need to complete a batch of GM engines to clear shop space for the work on the roof and cabinets.
The induction 12V exhaust fans, 2 burner counter-top stove, microwave, and inverter charger are all here.
Will test it all before building the cabinets to make sure we have the right combination of appliances verses auxiliary battery power, solar charging capacity, and so on.
Have not sized out the sinks yet (1 inside and 1 outside).
Both will be fed from the under seat water tank with Webasto thermal heater.
There will also be a Webasto air top for cabin heat incorporated somewhere into the cabinet structure.
We have enough vehicles around the shop to be able to do a complete layout before making a final install.
Then when I retire, the road and trails will be open for exploring.
The work is good, but not exactly what I am looking for and very dear prices.
To start with, I do not want any propane in the interior cabin, so will be cooking inside via a microwave or induction cook top.
With the addition of the microwave have upgraded the inverter charger from the Renolgy 2000W to an AIMS 3000W with LED control panel.
In addition to the "car battery", plan is to use 2 of the odyssey pc1800-ft batteries to gain a 430 AMP HR auxiliary battery bank that will run the 120V appliances without any influx of current for an hour.
The 140W solar panel will add 12 Amps at 12V for a steady recharge than can replenish the oddsseys in less than an hour.
Also have the option of switching the alternator output directly to the oddssey auxiliary battery bank.
The cabinets will be made of birch plywood and painted with grey expoxy.
Am studying the Kreg method of joining the sections together.
Bought a metal cabinet full of hand and woodworking tools at auction and in the drawers were a number of special cabinet making jigs among them the Kreg and all sorts of jigs braces and clamps.
The counter top will be stainless steel.
Just need to complete a batch of GM engines to clear shop space for the work on the roof and cabinets.
The induction 12V exhaust fans, 2 burner counter-top stove, microwave, and inverter charger are all here.
Will test it all before building the cabinets to make sure we have the right combination of appliances verses auxiliary battery power, solar charging capacity, and so on.
Have not sized out the sinks yet (1 inside and 1 outside).
Both will be fed from the under seat water tank with Webasto thermal heater.
There will also be a Webasto air top for cabin heat incorporated somewhere into the cabinet structure.
We have enough vehicles around the shop to be able to do a complete layout before making a final install.
Then when I retire, the road and trails will be open for exploring.
Tomaco1
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Finally figured out my suspension, lowering an inch, leveling and adding looped fox shocks and custom shock mounts, front and rear.
Truck rides a ton better, vibrations from the front drive shaft are almost gone, and I can almost see into the engine bay.
Truck rides a ton better, vibrations from the front drive shaft are almost gone, and I can almost see into the engine bay.
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Will your base be a 109, 110, or 130? My base will be a 101fc. The tension in my build will be providing for the needs of my wife vs. economy and utilization of space. We are both very tall and while I?m still in the planning phase, a pop up roof tent that can provide a queen size sleeping area seems most practical. An inside shower (sit down) and toilet (probably cassette) are required and I?ve been sketching ideas for a sink stove combo that you can use inside, but could be pulled through the large rear door to use outside. Like you, no flammable gasses inside the vehicle! Solar panels and a HD alternator to keep me off the grid are required. I?m still contemplating the merits/downsides of the 24v electrical system.
Of course all of this is basic thinking at this point and will change many times over the next year. Hoping to learn a bunch from you and others along the way.
He has a new 110 dormobile side hinged pop up roof.