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#2 – Attaching Wood Panels to 80/20 Cabinets When building furniture, in most cases there needs to be some covers for open sides/tops etc. And of course, this being 80/20 there is about a gazillion ways to do this. I'll show a few I've used in my build and go into the advantages and disadvantes...

I have a Maxtrax storage/transport bag from Blueridge Overland Gear for sale. We used it mostly to store the boards in the shed and on two tours on top of our roofrack. Not needed anymore. The bag can be mounted with straps to a tire on the rear of the vehicle (straps not included) or on a...

I'll start a small series of posts, just with tips on how to use 80/20 efficiently – keeping weight and cost to the bare minimum. This will be a few posts as otherwise each post just gets too long. #1 – Use internal connectors There is a desire to just use inside corner brackets for...

As I've mentioned before, we are building the interior of our Canopy Camper with 80/20. It's a great system that has all kinds of goodies and you can build amazing things with it. But, I want to put a damper on this. There are some very nice upsides to using 80/20, like the flexibilty...

We've been on a short road trip these last two days. About 300 miles actually, not the 400 planned, but long enough to get get some impressions: The roof rack seems to help a tiny little bit with noise. Not much, since I haven't really noticed the camper much in terms of noise, but maybe a...

That means I probably need crossbars on top of the camper to mount the panel inbetween with the z-brackets. The loadbars are about 2.5kg per bar, so 5kg for the loadbars, about 12kg for a 200W panel (just looked up the Redarc, they are probably all similar), lets say another 500g for all the...

I can wait a little bit on this and see whether reviews of these change my mind. We’ll see. I had originally planned on a hard panel, but including all the mounting hardware needed, I might end up nearly 20 lbs heavier up top and would prefer not to do this. Definitely a big thank you for...

Was any of this experience with the newer CIGS panels? I’ve heard the same about the old flexible panels, but other than early model delamination issues from BougeRV I’ve heard only good things about the CIGS panels. The reason I’m interested in the CIGS panels is weight. Using hard panels...

Absolutely! And, while I have strong personal opinions about propane or other liquid fuel cooking options, if it works for you, that's all that counts! I just sometimes have stronger opinions than is good for myself ... ;-) I can totally understand this point. This build has cost us A LOT...

It really comes down what effort you want to deal with. We are doing some traveling in fall/winter conditions where we need a heater in the cabin, even just to protect the water and electrical systems. So it would run a lot. There is a Dickinson propane fireplace for the Canopy Camper, which...

Yeah, the Patriot Camper is a brilliant setup if it fits your style of travel. We absolutely LOVED the space in the tent, the "change room" was awesome to have, and the quality of these things is just out of this world. My bet is, that if we had gone with the X1H or the X3, we would still be...

Thank you!

Roof Rack We use Maxtrax recovery boards for their intended purpose, as well as leveling aids when the ground is uneven. I hate driving up on a rock or such and really prefer a more solid platform. The main issue for us has been where to store them during travel. On our previous trips we had...

I know this thread is a bit older, but since I'm in the same position (for a year now) and still undecided, I'd at least like to share my experience so far: iPad with Gaia GPS I have a paid subscription to Gaia and therefore have access to some very nice map layers. The main problem I have...

Hey! Thanks for the kind words. I like the simplicity of your setup! The posts you see here are the results of about half a year of working on the truck on and off. There are a bunch more to write, then it's caught up to the current stage of the build out. The big missing part is the...

Now, onto the actual platform. Rear mounts, we put them to a certain height so we get useful space underneath, accessible from the side: Wood platform on: Optimized side cutout: Testing with a mockup of our fridge: We could have actually gone about an inch or so higher with the...

Rear Seat Delete This was one of the things we knew we needed to get the storage space required for the type of travel we love. We love to be mostly independent, we love to be outside/outdoors, but we also like our creature comforts. It was also the first driver to build our own furniture...

Trying everything in the driveway: Testing it on a trip: And the yummy results:

Here are some impressions of the install: Testing: The GP-Factor system installed in the camper Me building cables: Testing cable lengths, routing, etc, in our "utility furniture module": Installing it in the truck: Installed: And hidden away:

The next big topic we tackled was the electrical and cooking system. These two are very related in our setup and drove a lot of the decisions we made. And since we learned from mistakes before, let's start with the requirements: Induction cooking – we want to be able to not care too much...