Austin's Supercharged Mid Travel Build

Hey man, just re-asking this in case you missed it. I really dig this idea. Thanks in advance!

 

Oops guess I did miss this. For water supply, you can use a jerry can, but I typically just use a creek or lake. The coolant lines I tapped into are on the backside of the engine. One line comes from the coolant circulation valve that is controlled by the heater in the cab. You can actually adjust the temp of the water using this valve. After the coolant passes through the heat exchanger, I believe it goes into the a line that goes into the firewall, but I can't remember off the top of my head. I can attach some close up pictures of the whole shower system to my forum if you'd like? As for the front end, I actually do have some plugs for the quick disconnects. I just bought another set of quick disconnects and filled the male end with black epoxy so that the whole is sealed. I never did end up using them though. For some reason dirt never ends up getting in there.

 

Subd

 

Thanks man! I noticed you're from oregon. Whereabouts?

 

Roseburg area almost southern oregon

 

Yeah I would love to see more detailed pictures of that section. I'll see what a more powerful heat exchanger looks like too. Do you use some sort of filtration for pond or creek water? This is only for showers and not potable right?

 

There is no filter. I just usually try to keep the end of the line that's pulling water out of the dirt. Yes, this is only for showers. You could design it to run through a treatment system, but I decided to not go that route.

 

Yesterday's adventure.

 

Awesome, thanks man. Appreciate it and love your build so far.

 

Made a short edit from last weekend's shenanigans. The mid travel setup did awesome on the powerline road in this video. However, it did make me realize that I need to upgrade my bump stops in the back. Bottoming out on stock bumps doesn't feel the best.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuQGaUpOKfM&t=5s

 

Best cheap option are wheelers super bumps.

Otherwise. Get some hydro bumps.

 

I think I'm going to do a U bolt flip and throw some wheelers super bumps on top.

 

I love my Superbumps

 

I want to get a roof rack on my bed cover and a rooftop tent as well. Do you have any more pictures of that setup or the truck bed with camping setup? I honestly want to build mine to look a lot like yours...

 

Sub'd. Love the shower. I been good this year and hoping for xmas i can get a detailed write up on the shower install...lol. Wifey would love this for our camping trips.

 

That's awesome man! I don't really have any good photos showing my camping setup, but I was able to find these if it helps.



I included this photo to show how I ran power to the inside of my canopy for the arb fridge and any other accessorys. It plugs into an inverter that's hooked up to a household power splitter to allow me to plug in up to six things at once.



I built this wooden platform so I could mount my arb fridge without drilling into my bed. It also doubles as a good place to put a table so that all your stuff isn't on it when you go to get it out. It's typically the first thing you want to get out when you are camping, so it's nice to be able to pull it out without moving a bunch of stuff around. Eventually I'm going to build a drawer system to organize everything, but this platform works for now.

 

lol. I can definitely do that! Once I get some free time I'll try to get some more pictures for you and I'll post them in this thread.

 

Taco Tuesday!

 

Picked up some parts for the tacoma today. This is only half the puzzle. Can't wait to receive the rest.

 

How bout that shower write up