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That's close to what I came up with too, but I figure I'll lose a bit in radiused corners and internal baffle material volume. From our boating experience, we've gone 10 days on 150 gallons. I think 100g is a good place to start but would like the extra to make extended boondocking a reality...

Not yet. It's tough to open the doors in the single bay carport. I can barely get them wide enough to get the tire rack up and down. Next time I exercise it I will take some pic or maybe a video, but I am more focused on getting all the metal work done so it can go in for powder coat. Once...

I wasn't happy with the way the winch line rode over the carrier for the spare tires and had a desire to incorporate some pulleys to relieve the friction- and specifically the wear and tear the line might endure. I wasn't sure how to do it though, but the pulleys showed up Friday evening. My...

Finally something worthy(-ish) of posting- I made tail light pod. I didn't want brake lights so high *that* people wouldn't be paying attention to them, but I also didn't want them down too low- which meant they needed to go somewhere on the door. I took some measurements, did some trig for...

You also may want to chat with a local heavy truck driveshaft place who can just make you one. I used one to get mine balanced/rebuilt.

Before attacking lug nuts, make sure that you know the left side studs are left handed. Ask me how I know.....

He's asking about what the clearance is as the cab is raised. I am guessing that he doesn't have the truck yet but that he does have the camper. Here's something for you: the pivot point is ~4' 4" off the ground and ~7" behind the front bumper. As the cab pivots, the most distant portion of...

Nate, This is the front view of mine with the top of the hab being 12' 1" off the ground: It's fairly large, I can't imagine another 2' of height.

That may explain things. They are there on the light duty sockets, seemed logical that they'd be on the commercial ones as well. I never looked that closely but just assumed they were there.

Looking at diagrams, it appears there is no reverse light provision in the standard socket connector. Is that accurate? I have a M1088 and can't imagine there isn't a provision for reverse lights, or am I just being naive?

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...

Seems like one more possible point of failure. I am leaning toward the composting option specifically because of simplicity.

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...

Or I've heard you can unbolt the catch from the cab as well. Might not help with building pressure in the lift cylinder though.

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...

Exactly! I think you're picking up what I'm puttin' down.

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...