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Re: OverLanding Camper Build
« Reply #1700 on: October 01, 2020, 09:11:47 AM »
i see that you have cats!....how do the cats and dogs get along?!

what is that huge lime green tube that you have sitting in the back of the garage?!
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« Reply #1701 on: October 01, 2020, 10:01:02 AM »
Looks good Chief. If’n it’d been me I’d have probably treated it like a working rifle. Throw it on the ground and hit it with some rattle can camo paint in a few different colors.


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I can still do that
And if we ever got to a place where ancharists are everywhere, I could still rather easily do that
Although
I still say all you need to do is splash mud on a thing and throw a branch or two on it to make it blend in pretty well
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Re: OverLanding Camper Build
« Reply #1702 on: October 01, 2020, 10:02:26 AM »
i see that you have cats!....how do the cats and dogs get along?!

what is that huge lime green tube that you have sitting in the back of the garage?!
No cats
Sled dog ate a few of them,
I shot one or two and the others figured it out and departed the staging area.

Green tube used to bury things
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« Reply #1703 on: October 01, 2020, 01:13:44 PM »
i see that you have cats!....how do the cats and dogs get along?!

what is that huge lime green tube that you have sitting in the back of the garage?!
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« Reply #1704 on: October 02, 2020, 12:52:06 AM »

Green tube used to bury things

Like the cats? :)
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« Reply #1705 on: October 02, 2020, 08:55:38 AM »

Green tube used to bury things

Like the cats? :)
Naw, leave em beside the road...feed the buzzards. They seem to like two day old cats
No, I don't care for catz
Good barn critters though
They keep mice and snakes down
and when you want to practice'
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Kills off the slow ones
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The faster more stealthy catz breed and make for more cat-huntin' and fewer mices
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Re: OverLanding Camper Build
« Reply #1706 on: October 02, 2020, 08:57:11 AM »
Reassembled the camper
and
I put it back together again :rolleyes:
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Re: OverLanding Camper Build
« Reply #1707 on: October 02, 2020, 08:58:05 AM »
Mounted up the air bag lines. Right one still leakin' :facepalm:
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« Reply #1708 on: October 02, 2020, 08:59:09 AM »
In my biased opinion, it looks quite a bit better and better sorted, although less sinister
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Re: OverLanding Camper Build
« Reply #1709 on: October 02, 2020, 09:01:57 AM »
So next up is the mounting of the pioneer gear. Here is a quickie-do mount for the tread things which will probably be more body protection than traction getters
Somple angle iron mounts with studs. On one end "Thumb-screws, aka homemade and on the other studs which accept retainer clips
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« Reply #1710 on: October 02, 2020, 09:02:39 AM »
Fitz like dis:
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« Reply #1711 on: October 02, 2020, 09:03:36 AM »
Hope to get them in paint today, got them into primer by the close of the day
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Re: OverLanding Camper Build
« Reply #1712 on: October 03, 2020, 07:04:54 PM »
Get rid of those push fittings and get some proper compression fittings.

And by the way. I like cats. Miniature versions of the perfect killing machine.


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Re: OverLanding Camper Build
« Reply #1713 on: October 03, 2020, 11:02:49 PM »
All it needs now is rotors. It has everything else !!!
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Re: OverLanding Camper Build
« Reply #1714 on: October 04, 2020, 10:44:10 AM »
Get rid of those push fittings and get some proper compression fittings.

And by the way. I like cats. Miniature versions of the perfect killing machine.


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I agree with that

Still fun to hunt though...
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« Reply #1715 on: October 04, 2020, 10:45:07 AM »
All it needs now is rotors. It has everything else !!!
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Re: OverLanding Camper Build
« Reply #1716 on: January 13, 2021, 05:26:29 PM »
This build is sweet! Great work man!


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« Reply #1717 on: January 13, 2021, 05:28:34 PM »
I got you mike!


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« Reply #1718 on: January 13, 2021, 07:27:06 PM »
This build is sweet! Great work man!


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Re: OverLanding Camper Build
« Reply #1719 on: January 16, 2021, 09:52:31 PM »
Paint scheme is very " A-Team" van looking.
So, Bobby...being the calculating trained warrior NCO that you are.  Take the appropriate action, Execute!
your standard grunt level CQB is just putting rounds and rounds on scary stuff till it stops scaring you!

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« Reply #1720 on: January 18, 2021, 01:36:58 PM »
Paint scheme is very " A-Team" van looking.

That louvered front cover opens and closes for m14 fire, the sides are armored for ricochets that sound more like whistling petes, and after the firefight the paint will be like new.
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Re: OverLanding Camper Build
« Reply #1721 on: May 08, 2021, 11:31:32 PM »
Back to this thing now...Some changes and finishing touches to prepare for the TAT, Wyoming trip in July

I have an awning installed way up high on the camper top. That places the thing uncomfortably high and will allow for a lot of rain to blow in from the side. Therefore, I redesigned that setup. Instead of just a single section, I opted for a good Danchel 270 degree unit that will keep all of the kitchen area beneath eight feet of roof.

I started with fabbing up the mounts which I bent from hardware store sourced angles
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« Reply #1722 on: May 08, 2021, 11:32:11 PM »
And mounted them thusly:
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« Reply #1723 on: May 08, 2021, 11:33:43 PM »
5/16" SAE bolts slid into the slot in the aluminum channel the Danchel awning uses for a backing
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« Reply #1724 on: May 08, 2021, 11:35:20 PM »
To keep water from dripping down the side of the pop-up, I plan to glue on a 18" wide section of the same heavy gage vinyl already used for the top walls
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« Reply #1725 on: May 08, 2021, 11:36:18 PM »
I also wired in a couple of 12 volt sockets, one for the frig, and one for future use
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« Reply #1726 on: May 10, 2021, 10:04:11 PM »
Pulled the wheels/tires off today and carried them down to the powder coaters. They will be made the same color as the Suburban wheels.

Next is to figure out the suspension.

Discussion: So when I welded that assembly in there way back when I positioned it relative to the wheel house. That placed the wheel mounting flange about 4" inside the wheel well opening. If you recall, I added a double spacer onto the brake's, wheel flange. I think that is fine because the bearings are set up for 8,000 lb axles and these may carry 2500 each in extremius.

But there is another issue. With the suspension at the riding designed height, my camper is a low-rider with not too much up travel in there before body contact. The solution would be to position it 4" lower which would give me the ride height, and to kick the assembly outboard so that the tire is even with or even slightly protrudes from the wheel well. I could always wrap a shorty fender up and around and all the while, gain some stability as a bennie.

So tomorrow I'll get into the design mode to see if I can come up with something better and more streamlined than what I currently have...
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« Reply #1727 on: May 10, 2021, 10:13:11 PM »
If I understand.... you want to put a lift on it basically and push the suspension a little wider is all?

Can you or do I not remember correctly, can you put a brace from right and left side to tie the block together?


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« Reply #1728 on: May 11, 2021, 12:14:20 PM »
If I understand.... you want to put a lift on it basically and push the suspension a little wider is all?

Can you or do I not remember correctly, can you put a brace from right and left side to tie the block together?


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I'll have some pics tonight, but its set up as independent suspension.
I think it needs more, possibly longer travel, definitely a set of shocks, and very likely, a sway bar to keep the thing sunny side up
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« Reply #1729 on: May 13, 2021, 10:32:34 AM »
So, this will be the last major work done to the camper prior to launch to Wyoming for the Real-Man meet-up and group hug.

The suspension just sits too low, and I think it needs a total redesign, but I just don't have the time to pull that off and get any tow-time on the unit prior to launch.

So I'm just going to provide a simple lift to get the clearance I need, add some shocks and a sway bar and call it good.

I still have a bunch of little things to sort so time is of the essence!

Here's the suspension blown apart. Look at the beef in that bushing...Insane!!!
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« Reply #1730 on: May 13, 2021, 10:34:49 AM »
So after examination, I discovered the swing arm is built in such a way as to limit the amount of droop going on. It simply bottoms out. I cut the interference area away allowing the thing to droop much further. OK got that part solved easy enough!
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« Reply #1731 on: May 13, 2021, 10:36:54 AM »
Next was to add some height without having to rely on the airbags which could fail and render me no-mo-go.

To do that, I will be adding a custom built spacer to sit on the rubber pillow block the factory designed
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« Reply #1732 on: May 13, 2021, 10:39:57 AM »
This rubber block is sandwiched into the arm and mount assembly and is located with two studs on the bottom and one hole on the top which slips over a stud on the upper mount.

So, the plan is to fab up a simple wedge spacer to force the space the spring occupies, downward. Here is how I answered that requirement from 1/4" plate
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« Reply #1733 on: May 13, 2021, 10:42:07 AM »
Drilling a one inch hole through one end and welding a stud to the other, then painting the thing with acid etching primer, I think I have what I'll need
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« Reply #1734 on: May 13, 2021, 02:16:38 PM »
Did I spy a steel welding table?  :popcorn:
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« Reply #1735 on: May 13, 2021, 02:52:12 PM »
Think he has a HF welding table, but cover it with cardboard for "effect".
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« Reply #1736 on: May 13, 2021, 07:30:54 PM »
Looks like he’s using the piece of 1/4 plate as a table as he cuts away at it.

Heavy looking unit though, huge bushing.
I just don't want to wind up missing a digit or limb.  I can sometimes get in a hurry to get results.
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« Reply #1737 on: May 13, 2021, 10:32:20 PM »
Did I spy a steel welding table?  :popcorn:
I weld on the wooden table. Steel table is for storing things
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« Reply #1738 on: May 13, 2021, 10:34:00 PM »
The spacer I fashioned tucks all the way in when installed, but here's the stack-up
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« Reply #1739 on: May 13, 2021, 10:35:30 PM »
And I have the desired height I was looking for. Nothing radical, but it was so low before I'm guessing I would be scrubbing the wheel well with the tire on every bump
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« Reply #1740 on: May 13, 2021, 10:37:34 PM »
I needed to space out the airbag as well, so I simply cut a spacer out of a scrap piece of SYP. Simple, easy, and it did the trick.

I'm looking at this as a temporary thing, as I will likely chop out all of this and do a long arm suspension after the Wyoming trip
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« Reply #1741 on: May 13, 2021, 10:38:29 PM »
And here it is put together:
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« Reply #1742 on: May 13, 2021, 10:41:30 PM »
The HH-66 adhesive came in so I taped off where the rain deflector panel would affix, then with glue applied to each part, I carefully pushed them together.
Note: This glue is serious stuff. There is no getting the panels apart once they touch!
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« Reply #1743 on: May 13, 2021, 10:42:40 PM »
Next I glued it to the awning case, which makes this all permanent unless I want to cut it all apart.
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« Reply #1744 on: May 13, 2021, 11:03:12 PM »
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« Reply #1745 on: May 13, 2021, 11:22:49 PM »
So what happens when the wood evacuates that space under the air bag?
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« Reply #1746 on: May 14, 2021, 05:22:11 AM »
That’s when it takes flight ;-)



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« Reply #1747 on: May 14, 2021, 09:15:25 AM »
So what happens when the wood evacuates that space under the air bag?
in 20 years? after I have sold it? After I already installed a new suspension? After I'm dead?
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« Reply #1748 on: May 14, 2021, 04:15:14 PM »
think he's just ribbing you Chief. if I recall someone here used some hardwood body supports on a fummins here someplace :rolleyes:
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« Reply #1749 on: May 14, 2021, 05:58:28 PM »
think he's just ribbing you Chief. if I recall someone here used some hardwood body supports on a fummins here someplace :rolleyes:

I did, they still reside on that frame under the steel flat bed. They however aren’t part of my suspension design. Although I have some new alcan springs coming soon, maybe I can make some pine shackles for it too.......
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