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My rig is SOLD … to an adventurous couple with plans to drive around the world. I got so much out of designing, building, and driving this rig that it has been very hard for me to move on, but life forces that even when you are reluctant. I offer SINCERE, heartfelt thanks to the many sources of...

Because a number of people have asked: CLEANLINESS- We all know organization is important, esp. to find something vital in the heat of an emergency. And while I am not at all convinced that cleanliness is in fact a path to religious salvation, it too can be a matter of safety as well as...

My rig is SOLD … to an adventurous couple with plans to drive around the world. I got so much out of designing, building, and driving this rig that it has been very hard for me to move on, but life forces that even when you are reluctant. I offer SINCERE, heartfelt thanks to the many sources of...

Just short of 54,000 on the odo

See my reply on this thread https://expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/fuso-fm260-based-expedition-vehicle.219513/

YES on both counts

I confess I cannot follow all the details you have included. But after 150,000 miles with hydronic systems, I'll nevertheless suggest that you have an airlock [air bubble] in your loop. You migh add [as I did] an aux circulating pump with enough flow/pressure to clear any such. YMMV.

Like westyss, I have my hydronic furnace tied into the truck coolant system - incl. to be able to make hot water or house heat while driving. That also allows the truck radiator to be the pressure relief point for the hydronic furnace when the furnace is running. I do not ever run my hydronic...

After a couple hundred thousand overlanding miles in a number of different vehicles, I have to join the chorus of: "an 8x8 is not necessarily what you actually need" [certainly not for load carrying] and "an 8x8 will present significant - if not extreme - limitations on where you can actually...

I have had several inquiries about the [driving] view from the cab. For both driver and co-pilot, it is expansive.

??? I do not understand your comment.

I just listed this a few min ago. https://expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/fuso-fm-260-expedition-rig.225063/

SOLD … … NOW FOR SALE - in Bend, Oregon After a lot of soul searching and definitely some agony, I have decided to sell my expedition rig. Pride of design and build, very fond memories of wonderful trips, and just plain resistance to accept that a big chapter of my life is really past — all...

SOLD … … FUSO FM-260 Expedition Vehicle for Sale in Bend, Oregon The overarching design goals were to: • create the functional equivalent of the fabled European expedition vehicles, • with a US-legal truck, •at a significantly lower cost than the Euro-manufacturers. Mission...

Another "I forgot to mention: "that having a p-t that you can securely close [mine is 8ga stainless panels that lock from the house side] allows much more secure RORO shipping and other storage. Though of course a simple chainsaw can in a moment cut a hole in the side of any modern EV house. My...

I forgot to mentio that in my experience being able to see out of all 4 sides of your house is very valuable and even comforting - as when you see that a weird noise is not a dangerous signal.

All kinds of repies ahead of mine. I've been overlanding off-an-on full time for about 17 years, with (3) rigs big enough to have pass-throughs [p-t] – and one [Jeep, tent on the roof] NOT. I confess that at my first purchase I thought a p-t would be a safety thing. But in well over 100,000...

Sorry to have gone silent, but Covid has limited my contact with the outside world – even electronically. Thanks especially for the nice comments from the several posters in Oct & Nov, after my last visit here. Simon Belgium: chose the tires for their sufficiently chunky tread that would not...

Below, my grandson and I are "reading in the library" in Death Valley. Yes, we really did that – often; we are NOT 'photoshopped' into this picture. He has always been a voracious reader. At other times, I have watched wildlife from up here, and photographed some very curious bears sniffing me...

The color of the cabinetry, width of the center aisle, multiple-LED-lighting options, and truly ample storage for everything we needed, made it easy to live full time for a 9- and a 4 month stretch. The many other trips tended to be for a couple of months or less. The rig carried me...