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I let the systems run through the night to see what my draw was like and more importantly whether 200W of solar on the roof would recharge the battery. Good news, it took less than 2 hours in full sun. Here’s the state of charge at 8:38am: That is the detail screen from the Victron Smart Shunt...

It's been a bit since my last update. I got the interior back together and went to install the house battery and the battery failed. I can't determine if it was something I did or not but the battery started showing a high voltage error on one of its cells on one day, then the next day it just...

Don't let what anyone says about Fins and Things discourage you from running the trail. It is super fun. Is it as difficult as Hells Revenge? No, but i would not consider Fins and Things 'just a touristy thing'. It gives you an amazing introduction to the (Sand Flats) area.

Going back together. Hope to be test driving later this week.

This is just cool! https://www.facebook.com/share/2iqMf3jYdECo9iQ6/?mibextid=79PoIi

I've spent a lot of time working on the installation of the Espar heater. Nothing exciting about the wiring so no photos. It's just about done, once I re-install the electrical box I'll finish the connections to the negative bus and the fuse block. Hopefully in the next couple days. I...

You could probably get it for about a grand. go for it!

Mostly working on installation of the Espar today. Wiring is complete except for the actual connections to the fuse block and negative bus. Started working under the van to route the intake, exhaust and fuel pump / lines. Hopefully finish that up tomorrow. The van is so high I needed a grab...

Another slightly stressful task (half) completed. I ordered a set of Flarespace Flares for my van, knowing that with the slider door the driver side may not fit. Expensive but I’m not tossing the passenger side away, just delaying trying to install until next winter. More on that later. I...

Lots of bedliner paint! The Bar-B van looks so much better with the grey top!

Wow! Another big day today. I started out the day sanding the bumpers, the flare and the roof. I’m not a paint pro so I used my orbital sander with 80 grit and a spare piece of 80 grit for touch up where the sander didn’t quite do the job. Then I had to mask the van. What a job! Up and down...

Thanks. Great suggestion! I’ll keep that in mind for future work or if I have to redo these things.

The only photo from today is the painted and mounted equipment carrier. You can’t even see the paint. 🤣 Other things I worked on: Sanding the sharp corners of the new wood on the electrical box. Coated with stain once I was satisfied with the sanding. Shot a little paint in there as well...

Today was an easy day. Didn’t get to work on the van until after lunch as I had to run some errands. Started with painting the equipment carrier. Two coats of primer then two coats of satin black. It looks pretty good. I’ll install it tomorrow. In between coats of paint I added some backing...

With the traction boards in place I started to look at how to mount up the Joolca propane system. I purchased a mounting plate and a cover so I was able to use the mounting plate to start looking at how I was going to attach. Because the cover has a zipper, I needed to make sure I had access...

Working on the traction board mounting frame today. Those little cutouts were tough to weld - partially because the tube burned through really easy. I had to go to the lowest setting on the welder. The welds look horrible, but I think they'll hold. The other side of the mounting frame...

With the roof resealed I’m able to move on to another project. Today I installed a ladder and an equipment carrier. Instead of the nuts and bolts suppled with the items, I installed rivnuts for all bolt locations. Makes it much easier to install or remove. Technically, this “equipment...

When I traveled Hwy 50 in June of ‘21 I stopped to take a photo at the Utah border where the sign said Loneliest highway. I think 50 cars drove by. I opted instead to get on the dirt roads and took over 2 weeks to cross the state. That said, I agree that Highway 50 is a beautiful drive and...

After over 2 days of scraping old sealant from and painting some areas of the high top to van body joint, I finally ran a bead of sealant. My back feels the pain of all of that scraping. You can also see in the above image one of the holes where the awning was bolted. I filled those holes...

how much does that deck system weigh? just curious. Since I started driving a campervan weight is something I'm always thinking about.