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Rear galley door was delivered to @David H so house yesterday. Received the fan with integrated light today. Now I just need to grab a dimmer and make sure that I can use it to control the light.

I've not been out there this early in the year, but I've been there in early october, and it was DUMPING snow up on the mountain. We're talking whiteout conditions. According to the Gaia Snow depth layer, you're looking at between 60 and 100 inches of snow pack at the top of steens mountain...

Just ordered the vent fan this morning. The model I initially wanted went out of stock, but I found a similar fan for a bit less money, and it still keeps the rain sensor and integrated LED light, while also being a little bit cheaper. Just a couple more weeks to wait until I can get started...

It's possible to mount rack crossbars to the trim. Check out the following link. This is how I plan to mount my crossbars as well.

I had a similar issue happen with the relay box for my lighting in the Xterra. I had one switch that wasn't working no matter what I did. It wasn't until I actually pulled the box out to rewire the whole thing, that I noticed the problem. One of the terminald from the switch to the relay had...

I LOVE tracking down electrical issues.... /S

Hey, that's why we're all here!

Well, I'm now 850 bucks poorer.... But.... The rear galley door has been ordered! The last exterior component I need is the roof fan. I've found one I like, that also has an integrated led light, so I'm going to go that route. I just need to wait a few weeks until I can get started building.

This is the way. It's how we did it. We started with a ground tent, air mattress, cheap Walmart sleeping bags. 55qt cooler, and everything packed into the back of my 03 Xterra. It took a full day to get everything in there and we were barely fit what we needed for a 5 day trip. We did that...

Well, I can tell you that everything is a trade off. I'm about to start building my own off road square drop trailer, but took my DIY RTT trailer on many trips, including a 1200 mile run on the ID BDR. The difference in towing is mostly due to the aerodynamics of the trailer. Teardrops are...

Lots of reasons. First of all, I already have all the tools to build it. As well as all the components but the fuse block and lights. Second, even if I had to buy a 100Ah battery, if you have the knowledge to build it, it's actually cheaper to build from scratch. A 100Ah battery is...

Got around to testing out the battery monitor this weekend. I also got it hooked up to the app. It currently has a temp sensor on it, and that's it. I'm still working on figuring out how to set up the voltage monitor for the battery, but hopefully I can figure that out this week. Looking...

Thanks! I actually did the diagram at work while waiting for videos to render. I'm ordering the last big part of the build next week (the rear door). Then I'll have all the major components required to start the build.

Got my battery monitor delivered the other day. I went with a Simarine Pico system, so I can utilize the tank monitors and phone connectivity. Along with temp sensors and built in relay triggers. I plan on using one of the built in relays to use the outside temperature to trigger my water tank...

80/20 is a wonderful material to build things out of for sure. The cost goes up exponentially when you start buying the connectors and all the other bits needed to put it together. I wanted to use it when I was building the drawers for my Xterra, but decided against it for the cost reason...

I'm not sure what you mean about making the surface uniform. There will be an outer layer of plywood that will be pin nailed or stapled to the 3/4 plywood structure, along with an adhesive. A touch of wood filler will smooth out the fasteners, and the pmf process will happen on top of that...

Well, the build has slowed down a tad. I did order my simarine pico battery monitoring system tonight. The kitchen box is essentially done. I have the stove mounted, and plummed with a propane line, with a 3/8 flare bulkhead fitting running through the box. The kitchen box has been finished...

Yeah, unfortunately, that's the going rate for doors these days. I got lucky and scored mine off flea-bay for about half off. If you keep your eyes open, you might be able to score a deal.

I've purchased doors for the square drop build I'm currently working on. To mean, the benefits are worth the cost, and the fact that I know they'll seal.

Are you planning on triangulating the tounge? It looks like there's going to be some weight to your build, so having that extra rigidity should help mitigate the rotational forces. You certainly don't want the draw bar to have a twist in it.