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I don’t quite understand your approach to this project.
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Overland 5-ton camper with a 20' container (now 40' !)
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Don’t
The buying of this truck was not to build a camper at first. We decided to do it 2 years after. Then, with everything needs to be done in order to have a comfortable drive, we decided to sell.
JC
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But now you want a 10 wheel drive?
I get it. You get an idea, then it sticks, then it takes on a life of its own.
I got into green iron because a buddy said “Have you ever seen an adventure trailer?”
Why, no. I haven’t. Let me dive head first down this rabbit hole and see what I find.
Adventure trailer > military trailer > a 5 ton? What’s that? > I need a 923A2 in my life > IronPlanet lets you sign up for free? > I’ll just look > I have to have these trucks!!!
Adventure Trailers are gateway drugs to green iron.
I get it. You get an idea, then it sticks, then it takes on a life of its own.
I got into green iron because a buddy said “Have you ever seen an adventure trailer?”
Why, no. I haven’t. Let me dive head first down this rabbit hole and see what I find.
Adventure trailer > military trailer > a 5 ton? What’s that? > I need a 923A2 in my life > IronPlanet lets you sign up for free? > I’ll just look > I have to have these trucks!!!
Adventure Trailers are gateway drugs to green iron.
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I got sucked into .mil vehicles because I wanted a diesel vehicle, and kept seeing these olive drab K5 blazers go for stupid low money because some idiot converted it to 24V and put a big brush guard on it... oh.. wait.. what? 24V ? Who would do that?!. Wha... why does that look like a factory modifi.. why is there a military data plate on that K5? .. ... That's how I learned CUCVs existed.... from there, learned how inexpensive deuces and 5 tons were....
Well well well, I was shopping around for my next project. It's not a Military vehicle, but I think it's interesting for a lot a people. So, here's the project:
- Base truck is a 2022 WesternStar 4700 6x6 on single tire
- Camper is a modified 40' container reduced to 32'
- Fully autonomous on solar system
- Garage at the rear end of the container for a Smart
- Special design subframe for torsion free to the container
- Base truck is a 2022 WesternStar 4700 6x6 on single tire
- Camper is a modified 40' container reduced to 32'
- Fully autonomous on solar system
- Garage at the rear end of the container for a Smart
- Special design subframe for torsion free to the container
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Very nice truck JC! Would love to see it sometime. Just down the highway a bit from you.
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The green Western Stars look old compared to your truck. Very nice selection.
It may not be an MV.........but it was, I found a few pics of the MV Star.
It may not be an MV.........but it was, I found a few pics of the MV Star.
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WOW, nice one. Didn't know they have green ones
84km on the speedometer when delivered
Now let's try to do a camper with it
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Je t'ai trouvé ! tout ce que vous avez à faire est de peindre votre camion en vert et vous pouvez être de retour sur ce site !
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Lots of info here.