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I built this camper myself from the ground up over several years, with no expense spared and extreme attention to detail. All of the systems are higher end than you would find on an earthroamer and all of the capacities greater (Ah of lithium, solar, fuel etc). It is moulded custom composite...

I'm in the early design stages of a new camper build, basically deep into solidworks renderings, and once again, facing the great debate on which base vehicle. We'd really like to be smaller than our current f550 is, but we also need more room for kids and dogs. Hence, I've been considering a...

Hey All, Our family is growing and we are starting to realize some of the limitations of the rig we designed for the two of us and just one dog. We've started to contemplate a new build (hush, hush :) based on a lighter chassis. Goals being a little narrower, a fair bit lighter, and just more...

We had this unit built for our camper by Overland Explorer. In the interest of full disclosure, it has some problems and will require a little reworking, hence the price. The following is a link to a description of the issues we had with it...

We had this flatbed built for us by Overland Explorer for our camper. In the interest of full disclosure, we had a ton of problems with it, but the problems were related to the mounting system, which in a different application, would be easy to sort out. For those interested, here's the thread...

The events that transpired during our interactions with Overland Explorer and Lite industries have been gnawing at me for more than a year now. After receiving several pms of clients of theirs with similar issues and un-warrantied mechanical failures, I’ve decided to share our story. I’d...

Selling a brand new kelderman air ride kit. Will sell for $1000 off list price (I paid list). Brand new, still in factory packaging. This is the same kit that Earthroamer puts on their trucks and consists of a 2 stage front, 4 link rear, hadley 4 corner electronic control and dual compressors...

I have a custom camper similar to a small Earthroamer and am considering adding the same Kelderman set up to my rig that ER supplies on the XV-LT. I'd really appreciate any insight ER owners or GXV owners who have one could share. How has it performed off road? Any issues with leaks or parts...

Curious what the collected wisdom on this site is regarding capabilities, advantages and disadvantages of the kelderman system would be on a 14-15k, domestic cab chassis based rig. Outside of its use in Earthroamers and GXV based builds, it seems to be an uncommon direction for an offroad rig...

Looking for suggestions on a workable plastic (routable, cuttable etc.) that is also bondable and paintable. I used starboard for my cabinet faces, but have some other areas that will require a paintable surface, and I'd like to skip wood altogether. Its a trim edge that will wrap around the...

I've got an f550 based camper. Crew Cab, 60" CA, weighs 15k wet. Factory Limited slip in the rear. We have a high articulation coil spring rear suspension conversion, and are running big kings with hydraulic bumpstops in all four corners. This is how she looks with the top up. Overall we are...

Set of 4 Linak LA36 linear actuators and the motor controller TR-EM-273. These cost over 5k new for the set. I used them during the prototype phase of my build and probably actuated them about 100 times. They worked great, but I decided I wanted a different control element and so bought another...

Zena 150 amp welding alternator SR150B, welding wand with 30-35 feet of welding cable and all control elements. I bought this for my old unimog camper, never installed it. Decided I didn't really need it on the new truck. These are top notch on board welders, and they allow current control at...

I'm sure its been answered, but I'm doing my shore power install in a spot with spotty wifi. I'm assuming the best place for shore power inlet is the drivers side rear? Just thinking you'd want that away from ingress and egress points, but I haven't camped at many sites with hookups.

Going to do a cable raceway on the interior roof of my build ( http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/141578-F550-Surf-Camper-Build-Adrift-in-the-Green-Room ) for the initial wiring until we have everything really sorted as to what goes where. Felt like we should use it for a bit before I...

Hey all, here is our build thread. http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/141578-F550-Surf-Camper-Build-Adrift-in-the-Green-Room We have an articulating wall in our cabover section. It nests in the down position, but goes up to cover the area that would normally be covered by a tent...

Finally into the good stuff on my camper, but getting the doors to seat properly and getting everything sealed is tough work. Still in the design phases so looking for suggestions on 1) Latch and entry door mechanism manufacturers 2) Hinges 3) Weather stripping For #1, I'm aware of southco...

Been researching the feasibility and utility of off the grid AC use for campers with large lithium banks and large solar arrays (the holy grail!). Our current set up is 400am LiFePO4 Victron Batteries, and around 1k watts of solar. We are considering adding an additional 200ah of battery...

Into wiring and layout on the electrical system of our camper. I know many of the higher end EU builders like Bliss use Victron components in their builds, as do many high end marine set ups including some Navy patrol boats. I havent been able to find many user reviews and was hoping some on the...

Basic set up is a new f550, 180amp alternator, 2X200ah LiFePO4 batteries (either victron or smart battery, still in the info gathering phase). When I run the calcs, to get the full alternator output to the batteries, I am looking at a massive 0000 cable run, connected via a nato plug. Its also...