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Travel with our family

Join us as we explore the world in our carbon-neutral, 4x4 expedition vehicle called The EcoRoamer. We are happy to share our travel adventures, family memories and homeschooling experiences as we journey down the road less traveled.

Yippeeeeeeeee!!

Just had to share this with all of you… After 3 years, I finally actually have a floor! It’s so beautiful to see it not on a CAD file… There’s obviously a ton of work still to be done, but it is amazingly exciting to see it actually starting to take shape! Here’s another view: […]

Body Mount

Thanks as always for your feedback, this time on the body mount. A couple of comments: We have built it using 6061 Aluminum. In my pictures you might be able to make out that under the frame rail tabs there are much thicker / softer rubber pucks with thick washers below, to do the equivalent […]

Embarassing Mistake

Hi Again, In my past few posts, I’ve included lots of updates on all the elements that are going really well. I thought I might as well share a recent but very embarrassing mistake in the hope that it will help some others down the road… “ALWAYS CHECK THE OBVIOUS” One of the design specifications […]

(Not-so) Dynamic Body Mount

Hi Again, One of the more hotly contested topics on this thread (and ExPo in general it seems) is how to mount the camper body to the chassis. You want to ensure structural integrity (i.e. – it should come flying off with the wind resistance on the highway), but at the same time have enough […]

The Fun Stuff

Just because you’re environmentally friendly, doesn’t mean you have to be boring… One of the other things we did over the past couple of months was to design and configure the audio/video system for the vehicle. We’re going to be spending a LOT of time in this truck, so we wanted to make sure that […]

The Pass-through

Hi Again, Ever since we started this project there has been a lot of discussion / debate around the pass-through from the cab to the camper. We knew we wanted to have a way to go between them, but the question was always “how big?” We could go the Class-C style of a huge opening, […]

March Update

Hi Gang, I know it has been ages since we updated the progress of the project, sorry! Things are going well though and have been steadily moving along. We’ve pretty much been working on three main areas: Procurement Floorplan finalization Cab customisation 1) Procurement: I originally had a guy helping me on procuring all the […]

Power Bed Lift

Originally Posted by 2aroundtheworld Octamog! great to see you back… No idea how such a bed lift system can cost? It could be useful for another project I have in mind… Mark / Christian, We are using that exact system in our camper. We are ‘lifting’ a bed to the roof above the dinette. This […]

Pass Through Ideas

Hi Guys, Thanks for all the great suggestions and pics. Great input as always… A few comments in response to some of your points: We are planning on the cab being a part of the ‘living area’ of the camper, so would much prefer a ‘walk-through’ than a ‘wiggle-through’ type hole. The challenge comes in […]

Pass-through Advice?

Hi Giuys, Looking for some advice from others who have designed / lived-with a passthrough from the cab to the camper. We’re currently deciding on how big the ‘hole’ should be, and I’m starting to worry about thermal / noise leakage. There will be about a 5″ gap between the cab and the camper, with […]