Daily driver to overlander

Hi there.

I think it's time to start a build thread.

I'm doing it very slowly, preparing for long rides. I have a lot of plans across Americas. But for now it's just a daily driver for me.

 

First one was RTT and reinforcement for camper shell

 

After installing RTT, AAL and full set of aluminum skid plates it's time to travel. I did Death Valley Mengel pass, Hell's revenge and White rim trail in Moab and a lot of small trips to Shasta, Joshua tree, Mammoth lake and something like this.

 

On the cabin I have custom made roof rack with aluminum panels and awaiting a lot of stuff here.

 

Last updates are lights and snorkel

 

To make light bars possible I built electric board inside camper shell and run welding cables 4AWG from under the hood to the camper shell. All other cables to light bars are 10/12AWG from fuse box by Blue Sea. I'm using Nilight two small bars for rear, two for sides and 41in ledbar for the front.

 

As for camping I have kind of a kitchen made from plywood.

 

Almost forgot about this thread but now it's time to bump it because I have big plans.

Latest update: solar shower on the cabin roof made from ABS 4" pipes glued together to shape Cyrillic letter Ш. It's pressurized by small air compressor on the roof(in the container). Just connect regular garden hose and shower is ready.

 

Few camping shots

 

Rerouted exhaust

 

Looks awesome and very inspiring! Thank you!

 

Okay. Let me introduce a small intro as a part of the climbing video. This is about my new project to replace standard shell and RTT by DIY truck camper. I will post more info later with detailed step by step videos about how to make it.

 

@otis24 FYI

By the way, thanks for inspiring me. We met exactly at the right time when I decided to go with a camper build.

 

Hey! Looks camper looks great!
Shasta looked pretty good too!

 

My new adventure across locations from my bucket list

 

Finished the main part of electric and plumbing. Now the only thing I need to finish is DC-DC battery charger installation. I want it to charge AUX battery only when it needs to be charged, so, trying to use Victron BP-100, it has smart output.

 

Some details about the basement. I used aluminum sq tubes 1x4 and plywood. Just glued/screwed together and install. For protection, I used Flex Seal rubber for the outside and polyurethane for the inside.

 

The walls are my own composite: beBond, XPS, FRP. The frame is 1x1 aluminum tubes. Wooden inserts for the interior mount point.