/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>848965

>>848965
We already had this thread

>>848973
When?

>>848965
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=M109A3+RV

>>848981
>still waiting for you to show me the thread

I remember this thread!

>>848988
I hate you all...

>>848976
Check the Archive

>>848993
They're just trolling. No thread actually exists

>>848998
There was a remarkably similar one though. That said, you can't expect people to have read all topics that was ever here and the vehicle in question does look tempting for such a project.

Onto OPs question, can we get pictures of the inside, a bit more to go on? How's your climate, where are you going to drive it, budget, etc? Once you have an idea of how much you'll have to insulate it you can measure out a plan for how to use the space.

>>849006
stop encouraging him

>>849006
I believe I have about 6 inches for wall insulation. Based on the drawing I've provided. So I don't think I'll be taking anything away from the inside living space which is 12' long, 7.5' wide, and 6'4" high.

I'm really interested in what other people would think they would need in something like this as well as what cool bells and whistles.

>>849010

>>849014

>>849006
Also to answer your other questions.

It will mostly be driver off road. Top speed on the highway is only 50mph. Id like it to be comfortable in any climate except for extreme negatives and highs. I don't be taking it to any tundra or desert. Budget 10k

>>849007
Nah, a friend had a similar army vehicle (sold it, to expensive to drive with today's fuel prices) so I'm kinda partial to the subject.

>>849016
Depending on how fancy you want it you'll probably want to change the flooring, make sure to shield it from splashing from underneath.

Plan it through, how are you going to use it? A bed should be fairly straight forward, use the space under it for storage. A kitchenette could probably be sourced from some old crappy camping van for next to nothing plus removal of said camping van.

Remember that what you don't have in budget you'll have to add to the project in time.

>>848965
seems excessive and impractical
I like

>>849010
>>849014
>>849016
this is the same fuckin thread, all the images are dated for fuck sake, is this an elaborate ruse or do you have legit alzheimers?

>>849030
I will be taking out the boards that are there now and replace them with a frame, insulation, and then cover it all up with some osb. Right now I just have osb over it all and the spots where its just metal and no wood, you can feel the cold air coming up from those spots. Someone suggested some spray insulation underneath but that has to be checked and maintained if im off roading all the time, i assume.

>>849043
>pics or it didnt happen

Decide first and foremost what you are going to NEED to live out of a truck for two weeks. Lay out a plan that fits everything you will need as compactly as possible without losing functionality. If you have any space left, only then start adding creature comforts like a refrigerator, TV/computer, or furniture other than a bed.

I would have a folding futon along the frontmost side with storage underneath. On one side stretching towards the door I'd put a table/countertop with a minifrige and maybe cabinets underneath, or just a small pantry space. The open space left might house a dog cage, because who wants to travel alone?

How feasible is it to mount solar panels to the roof? I can't imagine you'd use much electricity. The only problem aside from startup costs would be finding a good place for a battery bank.

>>848973
>>848984
It wasn't its own thread, but rather someone hi-jacked it with that.
The wood was chemically treated with bad shit, and a lot of it was rotting.
The vehicle had essentially no insulation.

Had all the same problems as a storage container.

>>849061
I need shelter from heat and cold. That's pretty much it. I've done this before for about 3-4 months so everything else is pretty much a comfort rather than a need.

As far as a bed, I found some roll out beds at ikea. Only twin size but that fits me. Plus I was thinking of mounting them to the wall so they can fold away like a murphy bed.

When it comes to stuff like electricity, I've already figured all that out. Solar panels wont be good because for now the truck is and will be in South Dakota. One bad hail storm and there goes all my panels. I've also done some calculations and just to recharge the batteries the truck runs off of using the sun would take like 36 hours of ideal lighting conditions.

The inside lights will run off the truck battery. 24v fridge bulbs. Don't do shit when its day and you have sunlight coming through the windows but are great at night. And even having 6 of them on would take weeks before it drains the battery past the point where it can't start the vehicle.

I've already wired the vehicle so it can run the lights on battery and when i flip a switch I can plug into a standard home outlet or rv outlet. That's pretty much when I'll be using electricity, when I'm in civilization somewhere. And I've got a spot for the battery bank, right where I took the spare tire from

>>849067
Well thats what this basically is, its just a metal box.

I >>849006 was going suggest you take it out for a couple of shorter trips with basically just a bed to get a feel for what you'll need in it but it seems you might have that more or less planned out already.

I still stand with the idea of a (preferably gas-driven) stove/refrigerator combo. being able to keep food cold is going to make dinnertime much more enjoyable than limiting yourself to dry and canned goods.

>>849069
>>849072
You seem to have everything figured out then.

How much did you pay for the truck? What do you think you'll be spending to drive and maintain her? I'm very interested in something like this, especially if my future plans for harvesting bio-diesel works out.

>>849048
Mind you that I have never tried this or anything but what about the kind of asphalt mats used for roofs. My main concern would be how they would hold up "upside down" but atleast they should be watertight...

>>849075
Yes, I saw a stove/oven combo at cabellas. Was interested in that but I'll have to learn how to run the plumbing for it and the best place to store the propane tank.

>>849076
I've got most of it figured out. But I really want to see what cool shit others suggest i do to it/put in it. I just don't know what I'm going to do about the floor where its just metal. I paid 17k for it which was probably way too much. But its in great condition compared to a lot of other ones I'd seen. Drove it from IN to IL to SD and it ate up just under $800 in gas. I think once I insulate it, finish the wiring, and add a heater I'll have no problem selling the thing and getting back what i put into it

>>849078
Are those mats usually fastened by nails or staples?

>>849069
Is'n't it incredibly windy there? Can't you weld together a collapsible windmill? For power.

>>849085
I stayed in the Black Hills part of SD. Not much wind there unless a storm was coming. I briefly thought of purchasing one of this DIY windmill kits off of harbor freight but had to leave and never really did any calcualtions

>>849084
Thinking about it the ones I thinking of are more like welded on. Maybe some rubber mat would be better.

>>849090
I'm all ears for anything that will insulate that space.

>>849091

Ceramic Insulation works best
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8F18IY9PmY

be careful with those i know a lot of them get sold because mold in the box makes them unsuitable to be used as a cp, also a small inverter for a car from crappy tire or the like can run quite a bit of electronics and costs fuck all (picked mine up on sale for 40$) use mine to charge laptop cellphone and a fan in the summer months

>>849122
just make sure to wire the inverter to one battery not both of them

You should get some ammo crates to use as furnishings/storage. Embrace that aesthetic.

>>849122
I think the inverter I got in there now cost about that much. Only used it to charge my laptop so i could watch movies.

>>849133
I'm actually been looking for some military style gun mounts.

>>849137
>>849122

>I need an inverter that goes from 12VDC to 110VAC so that I can plug in adapters for 12VDC devices

>>849149
Nobody said anything like that

>>849151
Inverter to charge laptop?
Inverter to charge cell phone?

>>849155
You don't even know the electrical system of the vehicle. If you did, you'd realize how fail your trolling is right now...

>>848965
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/expedition-vehicles/955676-mah-deuce.html

>>849158
>You don't even know the electrical system of the vehicle.
http://www.jatonkam35s.com/DeuceTechnicalManuals/TM9-2320-361-20.pdf

>>849161
Thats a lot to read but ill bookmark it.

>>849163
You still dont know the electrical system or you wouldn't be carrying on.

>>849165
for around $4 on ebay (plus shipping)
you can buy a 3way cigarette lighter adapter
complete with a couple 5V USB charger connectors that will wire into 24V trucks.

you probably knew that already, but you wanted to go another route, because you don't smoke, and certainly didn't need 3 cigarette lighter sockets. I'm sure there are other options.

>>849184
Yup, got one in the cab so I could use the GPS for the 900 mile trip from IL to SD

>>849189
duz ya haz one of these?

>>849191
You're seriously retarded if you're suggesting I just purchase some kind of 24v converter for each of my devices rather than just having an inverter.

>>849197
I recognize the radio but what else am I looking at?

>>849199
>suggesting I purchase some kind of 24v converter for each of my devices.
perish the thought. this is DIY get them out of an old TV or something

>>848965

I think for bedding I'd look at a military cot. Some of them are rated for 600lb and cost $100. Foldable, lightweight, LOTS of clearance underneath. It wouldn't be hard to put bracketks on it and tack it to the wall so you could just flip it up out of the way when you felt like. Pretty comfy too after awhile...

Going from 24vdc or 12vdc straight to 3vdc or 4.2vdc is way more effecient for charging laptops, cellphones, vibrators and such than going from 24vdc to 110vac to 4vdc or whatever. Most of that shit is pretty standardized so as long as it fits the 12vdc lighter socket...

Also, if you're poor and water getting into the cab isn't a problem: 3" of correlated cardboard, with tinfoil on one side, and for example, a trashbag around it makes pretty fantastic insulation.

>mfw having to make windows with 3" of collapsed amazon.com boxes, tinfoil and ductape in -20 weather.

I also found pizza boxes stuffed with plastic grocery bags work pretty well, but not AS well as what I mentioned. You could line the inside walls with it and it'd help a ton on heating and cooling, probably even the floor too if you wanted to polyurethane it thickly or something.

>>849211
The cab isnt/doesnt need any insulation

>>849213

I meant the box part, sorry.

>>849223
How did you get into that situation?

>>849225

I broke the windows out of my old house, and had to seal it off. So I broke down Amazon boxes, gorilla taped them together in layers, wrapped it in tinfoil and put each section into a trash bag. You could punch it full-force and it wouldn't give or break. I put a thermometer on one and it actually stayed warmer on the inside than the 6" thick walls did.

Worked for the glass in a storm door I had to replace from a overzealous, UPS hating dog, too. (Fucker knocked the windows out trying to get to the UPS guy.)

>>849149
Not all electronic devices can run off a battery, remember a lead acid batteries voltage can vary anywhere between 11-15 volts, 16 volts for forktruck style cells. HOWEVER, if op was not a faggatron he could use a 24 volt battery bank and a DC buck to regulate it to whatever voltage he needs. You could run any device you want from a standard 12 volt cigarette plug, wire a volt meter and leave the adjustment screw where you can get to it and adjust the voltage for whatever device you need. You could run a tv, xbox 360, laptop etc this way as long as its dc into the device and not internally rectified. He could stick with a 12 volt system but i dont know of any buck boosts than can regulate under a volt. Most tvs now are 19 volts and laptops as well.

This >>849161 link is very interesting. It seems like it's wired for 12, 24 & 110 V making the discussion about how to power stuff fairly irrelevant.
Not Op btw.

>>848965
Connect cab to box.

>>849436
Yeah, that's ideally what you want. The back is already wired so you can flip a switch and run off the batteries, or an external power supply for larger items. Only makes sense to have an inverter for your 110 when you're not near an external source.

>>849444
wat?

>>849865
Cut a hole between the cab and the box. Put a door in. You know, like regular RVs.

>>848965
Are those even street legal in Canada? I heard they only had one brake line and were only legal for military use because they didn't meet real road standards.

>0 mpg
>fuckhuge
>impossible to park anywhere

The money you waste on that you can buy a campervan or cargo van and convert it.

>>849885
Or vans.

>>849885
>>849942
You'd have to see inside the cab to know this, but it just wouldn't work out well or look too nice.

>>849921
Are you mad that I spent more money on a truck instead of a shitty campervan? I don't get...

>>849887
Legal here in US(obviously). Didnt get stopped once from IN to SD. No plates on it either.

>>849949
campervans are shitty because they are light.
military trucks are designed so that they can drive over IEDs. it is literally 10 tons too heavy for your purposes.

some guy posted on here asking about buying a soviet era all terrain vehicle last year
>30 tons
>too heavy for all roads and bridges, he'd need to buy freight road maps
>needed to be towed because it didnt start, was just a paddock ornament for 40 years
>5mpg

it would have been awesome as a camper van. but cheaper to fly to campsites and rent a campervan that pay for fuel to drive there.

Where do you plan on parking that thing?

>>848965
It's a military vehicle, so obviously you need a tie-die hippie paint-job.

>>849978
I got my hiding spots here and there

>>849978

>>849978
Fits just fine in a standard parking spot

Be careful where you leave that vehicle, OP. It's a great target to be stolen and ripped apart by lowlifes.

>>850044
I lock it up and have it insured for way more than its worth.

>>850051
Sounds like my jeeps. Ayyyyy.

>>849949
I know it wouldn't work too well, but your entire project won't work too well and that doesn't seem to have stopped you. If you're going to spend 40k to nigger rig a solution instead of buying a 20k nice used RV or stealthvan, you should at least attempt to do it right.

Guy over on Pirate 4x4 did a fantastic build with one.

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/expedition-vehicles/955676-mah-deuce.html

How does it handle off road?
Whats the max weight limit?
Other than that i see no issue with converting it. Don't forget the insulation. Hell older campers where nothing but 2x2s and sheet metal.

>>848965

change the fuking colour

>>850225

hey i did some research and i hate you for that but check this out

red truck and you can add some outside/inside woodwork to make the truck more interesting visually

>>848965
might be cool as a 'prepper' type thing, but for actual use.... enjoy your shit tier living.... or buy a fucking RV.

>>850257
>nobody could possibly enjoy living without AC or Wi-Fi
>so OP should spend twice the money on some consumer product that needs constant maintenance and gets probably worse gas mileage

Just because you can't survive for more than an hour outside your parents' basement doesn't even everybody else can't.

>>850170
The entire project wont work to well? Have you done any DIY in your life? There's nothing difficult about converting any of this.

>>850184
Saw it. Looks ok. Just your basic here's my bed and cabinet stuff. I've actually read a lot of little blogs on these conversions. What I really learned from them though is that if I'm going to make a blog I need better/more descriptions.

>>850204
On the highway it sucks ass. There was about a 200 mile strip on the highway my head was shaking like a bobble head. On the curvy dirt or gravel mountain roads, it smooth driving. Can't remember the max weight limit but there's a plaque in the cab with all that info. Don't think I can put anything in it that will come close to the fully loaded shop that it normally toted around.

>>850228
I will repaint it but I'm not sure what color. I'll also be tinting the windows.

>>850329
Don't underestimate that topic on pirate4x4, while it starts with him showing his closets and need he goes on to fix just about everything with it. Seriously, that guy does miracles on his one. And even better he seems to give good advise while writing about it.

>>850329
>OP confirmed for not being able to read.
Never said it wouldn't work. You said connecting the 2 parts wouldn't work well, I re-iterated that your entire project won't work well and that you spending twice the amount of money necessary to create an inferior product.
Thinking you will sell it and even recoup half of what you will put into it is retarded too.
>BUT DIY
You should of just bought an old F550+ flatbed and built a cab on the back (or same truck with a box for same price.). Your entire cost could have been kept under $10k.

>>850403
>Never said it wouldn't work
>Said it wouldn't work "too well"

Oh, my mistake.

Videorelated is GAZ 66 retrofitted by some /out/fag in order to offroad in Russia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmtf7vN3h8E

People here routinely mod surplus GAZ 66 and ZIL 133 to be russian winter worthy and somewhat comfortable to escape their annoying babushkas and kamp with their old komrades while shooting bears and drowning in vodka.

Spray painted stencils on the side.

>>851319
Looks pretty cool on the outside. Idk about that color scheme on the inside. I'll be insulating it this summer so we'll see how it holds up for winter. I can get pretty cold in them mountains.

>>851491
I'll probably put my old unit numbers on the bumper.