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  1. JA

    Ski Bum Truck V2.0, F450 Rough Road RV

    "Grouted" the counter last night. Used black RTV silicone so it have a bit of movement. Tape off all the edges. Work it into the crack, then wipe as clean as possible down the tape line. Carefully pull the tape. Then I crawled under to finish mounting the poop tank. Added large fender...
  2. JA

    Ski Bum Truck V2.0, F450 Rough Road RV

    Anyone recognize this extrusion? I'm guessing its not proprietary to TriVan. I need a couple pieces. You can see my dirt finger line plan :sombrero: Bob the rear end a bit. Should really help with the departure angle. I will have to re-do the hitch, but this thing is built like a bomb shelter. I...
  3. JA

    Ski Bum Truck V2.0, F450 Rough Road RV

    Weather cleared up for Sunday, good. Tile time. That was a pain in the ***... But my lovely wife polished all the edges of the tiles for me! First row in. Glued down with polyurethane adhesive caulk. That was interesting to trowel. Done! Well need to grout still.... These came to try...
  4. JA

    Ski Bum Truck V2.0, F450 Rough Road RV

    It was a little wet Saturday.... Makes working on the truck miserable. I strung a tarp up between the garage and truck, that helped a little.... Thats a gravel driveway under there.... And a half block from my house. Didn't get much done. Started layout for the counter top. A lot of weird...
  5. JA

    Fuel MPG

    Yeah thats what I was getting at, surprised your bigger trucks are doing so much better than mine.... I dont have a helpful rear end gear though. 4,88's are likely not helping. Im turning 2k rpms at 62
  6. JA

    Ski Bum Truck V2.0, F450 Rough Road RV

    It wasn't actually stuck in the mud there.... That's my parking spot in front of my garage..... We got a poop load of rain, and it just sunk when I went do a little jog to get into the spot. Made a mess, my little summer car is parked on the other side of that.... I dont think its going to make...
  7. JA

    Ski Bum Truck V2.0, F450 Rough Road RV

    Even got some work done while we were gone, added a hand rail Ugh too much rain!!
  8. JA

    Ski Bum Truck V2.0, F450 Rough Road RV

    You simply cannot loose it in a parking lot.... But hitting the store means we are going out of town! Munchkin seat, installed. Got an idea to quiet down the fuel pump, quick fist to the rescue. Definitely helped.
  9. JA

    Fuel MPG

    Man you guys are making me feel bad! My little F450 got 8.9 on my last trip.... Lots of passes and running 60-65 but still. I figured I would do better than you big trucks.
  10. JA

    Ski Bum Truck V2.0, F450 Rough Road RV

    So I was worried we had too little heat... Not the case at all. My God. Thermostat tells the heater to turn off, and it then goes into cool down which drives the temp even higher.
  11. JA

    Ski Bum Truck V2.0, F450 Rough Road RV

    Child safety device in place. Now back to the heater. I couldn't get it to pull gas from the boat tank. After pulling the tank apart I think the pickup tube was just too big for the little pulse pump. It was 3/8" ish tube. So heat gun and a piece of 3/16 and wa la, new in tank pickup. Since...
  12. JA

    Ski Bum Truck V2.0, F450 Rough Road RV

    No real visible progress last night. Put a coat of finish on all the raw ply edges. Also picked up the counter top material
  13. JA

    45' moving van conversion

    The CDL laws vary so much state to state it seems. I have Zero clue. But I will say that floor in your trailer is gorgeous!!
  14. JA

    Ski Bum Truck V2.0, F450 Rough Road RV

    I'm rarely ever on hook ups. When I dump I generally run a ton of fresh water though the system to flush it well Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk
  15. JA

    Ski Bum Truck V2.0, F450 Rough Road RV

    Nope, just going to use a 5 gallon jug under the sink.
  16. JA

    Ski Bum Truck V2.0, F450 Rough Road RV

    Fridge is in! And its pretty :drool: Black tank fittings are the biggest pain in the ass you can imagine. That was it for last night.
  17. JA

    Bad stretch job

    Im not an expert sadly, but my armchair engineer brain went eek seeing that. I can take a look at mine, but its not a heady duty truck frame (f450). IIRC its ~1.5-2' past the weld on each side and has a 4-6 bolts each end.
  18. JA

    Bad stretch job

    Hard to say exactly from the pics, but it doesn't look like there is much overlap on the joints either. On the bright side, the welds look decent! I would at least have them double the rear section.
  19. JA

    Ski Bum Truck V2.0, F450 Rough Road RV

    Yeah its looking really good.... May get out again this weekend. We will see. A little more progress last night. Gas strut installed on the bed. Only ended up needing one. Seems to work just fine. Pretty decent storage access. I may put a divider in to keep things from migrating towards the...
  20. JA

    Ski Bum Truck V2.0, F450 Rough Road RV

    Temp cooking Stairs work well What its all about!!!
  21. JA

    Ski Bum Truck V2.0, F450 Rough Road RV

    Prototype ski storage Temp counter in Bed done, after the first night, im really happy with the Amazon memory foam mattress. so cushy
  22. JA

    Ski Bum Truck V2.0, F450 Rough Road RV

    Black walnut scraps for sink infill cutting board update since I was in a giant rush yesterday. pooper in
  23. JA

    Ski Bum Truck V2.0, F450 Rough Road RV

    Got home before dark. outside shot! Will need some air in the bags... Switches actually running the lights! 12v meter and two usb ports there as well rats nest..... Pooper placement confirmed
  24. JA

    Ski Bum Truck V2.0, F450 Rough Road RV

    Late night last night... Didn't take many pics. Finished up the floor Kitchen cabinet in (well mostly in...) About 30 hours till departure....ouy
  25. JA

    Ski Bum Truck V2.0, F450 Rough Road RV

    I getting tired! Underlayment going down. Green and red is the same stuff, I just had a piece of the green left and it fit just right there. Here is where I quit last night. Found some flooring we liked finally. Its a vinyl plank with a "foam" core. Claims to be water proof. Question on...

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