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[thumbzup] why do you use a water heater instead of a tankless? Do you plan to use shore power or the heat from the engine?

nice work! I would change the lock. Nobody should be able to lock it from outside, while someone is in....

looks good!

anchor points welded and mounted

pics from today...lifting in the yard without problems.

there are hooks on the ladder to secure it upright, on the shelter is a simple angle out of 4mm Stainless steel and a pin for a latch. thats more or less the original way to mount it. the ladder is from a Bundeswehr shelter, the original was a piece of heavy, rusty junk. for use it's secured...

yes, all parts are hot-dip? galvanised / zinc coated. thats the only way to protect the tubes inside...

thanks @ all! tell Matt he should update his thread, it's allways nice to see other people ideas!

it's a belgian shelter. It's for this deuce. Weight is about 1,5 ton , the whole truck ~16600 lbs. Weight distribution is also ok. For my use it's ok. Most time i use it as a normal truck.

Thank you very much!

painting is done. Today it was warm enough to apply the clearcoat. I have to do 1000 small things now , but the finish is in sight.

1 person, 10 minutes. easily.

didn't know that, in his thread he had used 4 hydraulic cylinders. I had thougt about that , but i've decided for the manual winch. works everythere, everytime at every temperature.

You're right, i've an dropside. But it is possible to modify it, so you can use it with a standard bed.

You can see the holes in the long tube and the winchbase, they have different distances, so i have a 2" raster to equalize uneven ground. What you can not see was the frustrating part of the story. My first idea was to use a Hilift in the middle of the narrow side of the shelter. That doesn't...

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One problem with a shelter is: How to get it on the truck? If you haven't forklift or crane, you've a problem. My idea was to put it off while i'm off-roading....so i need something portable. Initial idea was the thread from Matt1970M35A ...

good idea and well build! thanks for sharing!

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good answer to the problem! these things are dxxn expensive... hmmwv generator | eBay but for shure the best solution!