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Again, there haven't been many updates in the last few days, we've been busy with two projects: 1. Rear Door Mosquito Screen Since the mounting of the original mozzie screen didn't work with our furniture, my wife made our own version of it. The velcro will get attached in slightly different...

Again, be aware of weight limitations. The Gladiator has a payload around 450 to 500kg (unless you have the Sport version with the MaxTow package, that one has more). Four passengers, that's already between 250 and 300kg gone, depending on the passengers. Put the Alu-Cab (210kg for the basic...

Be careful with the Gladiator. The main problem is payload and I heard that Australia is much more strict about this than other jurisdictions. It's one of the reasons we go to some length to keep things reasonably light. Still, I'd appreciate maybe 200 or 300kg more payload. In Australia...

So, from this: To this: And there's only one stupid mistake – one of the top flange mounting holes doesn't work out, the horizontal c-channel in the camper is just 5mm too short. Actually, I had to switch from slots to holes and didn't think to make sure there is c-channel all the way to...

Soooooo, a long awaited item arrived this morning, the "diesel heater component panel": It'll get installed like this: Basically the same way as the Alu-Cab molle panels. The lid will be mounted with M6 cage nuts and some M6 bolts (like 99%...

Small improvements, this time, seat cushions for inside the camper: With anti-slip on the bottom, so they stay in place when driving:

And this is generally how I approach the designs: Do some Cardboard Aided Design first, get exact measurements for everything, then transfer this into a Fusion 360 (free version) sheet metal component with the correct sheet metal rules for the material I want to use. I pick the material based...

Got a peak of 108W today, just before noon. The roof was not angled towards the sun, sun isn't super high up yet, given it's mid April. so very happy with this result from a 140W panel. Batteries are full, so no more charging today.

The panel is fixed now. Here is what the seller says: They have an anecdote about testing it on a soft shell tent for a customer. It flew off, landed sticky side down on the hot California highway and how it was a chore to remove from there ... the lane was closed for a bit and they went at it...

Task of the day: Solar panel. It's taped on, wired, front edge protected and it works. So far so good.

It's been going slowly again these last few days. Not much to show, just stuff I'm working on and/or have on order. A box for the outside components of our heater, this is on order and will replace the passenger side molle panel: This will come in raw aluminum, we'll get it powder coated...

Death Valley in Spring can be quite green: It's still a desert ...

It's from Trona Pinnacles.

This is causing us other difficulties now – we have to design our own panels for the other interior panel segments. One to carry a Last US Bag Half Caddy and one for a Redvision display and a paper towel holder. Available solutions are unlikely to work due to the flipped door, which means more...