DIY Expedition vehicle (Troopy) build. Build your own lightweight furniture! EP2

[@___wild.goose.chase___]

Agreed with @chowly, a great video. I picked up lots of little ideas. Loved the angle sitting on the wheel arch, I might copy that idea ;) and the nifty extrusion cutting gig.

[@goneoverlanding4372]

Thanks mate, appreciate it!

[@chowly]

Great video production, build design, and construction techniques - your circular saw jig is super clever! It definitely is a bit more involved working with aluminum, but that massive savings in weight seems well worth it! Subscribed!

[@goneoverlanding4372]

Thanks mate, really appreciate it!

[@troopyinafrica]

So satisfying watching this 🤙

[@goneoverlanding4372]

Haha I'm glad you're enjoying it!

[@tobyhartley2829]

Great construction - I made a similar shelf system to @fritzntroopy. Be sure that the frame is secured to the structure of the car otherwise the plastic joints will crack due to load and sway. Found this out on K'Gari and had to make temporary joints out of sticks!

[@goneoverlanding4372]

Thats a good point. Yeah my furniture is bolted in to the metal floor of the car as well as the side walls in many places to make it as rigid as possible:)

[@RoamingRooma]

Nice interior build. Love the idea of forward facing seating space. Can I ask a question What type of carpet did you used and where did you bought from Thanks mate

[@goneoverlanding4372]

I used something similar to marine carpet. I got that at clark rubber.

[@RoamingRooma]

@@goneoverlanding4372 Thanks mate

[@skyvoyager9291]

Love your puppy. Nice design and construction ideas. Well done! Questions if I may, with thanks in advance: What thickness plywood did you use for the floor plate, side panels, drawers and bench top? What weight savings do you estimate your entire cabinetry build achieves over an alternate 12mm plywood build? Is one of your project objectives to stay within the factory GVM?

[@goneoverlanding4372]

Hey mate, yeah I really try to keep the weight down as it just makes such a big difference in every situation on road and off-road. Floor I used 9mm ply, side panels 6mm marine ply, most drawers 9mm and bench top 9mm as well. ( I used 6mm marine ply for for cupboard opening panels but is wouldn't recommend this. Any wood panel that's on a hinge and opens should be probably 9mm as 6mm warps after a while). It's hard to put a number on it but all in all I think I saved quite a bit of weight with my furniture and other weight saving techniques. My troopy now weighs fully loaded with water (100l) and fuel(180l) (and rooftop conversion)and camping gear 3.3t-3.4t. This is as far as I know quite light weight for a fully kitten troopy with rooftop conversion. Most people I met have their troopy sitting at 3.6-4 tonnes.

[@skyvoyager9291]

Thank you very much for responding. Appreciate the advice about the plywood warping. With regards your fully loaded 3.3-3.4T, is this not pushing the Troopy GVM of 3.3T? Is “fully loaded” defined to include driver, passenger plus cool puppy (of course) and everything else (inc. all consumables recovery gear, spare parts, some tools) you will load for “ready-to-drive-off overland expedition mode”? I hope so. Please, confirm this is so. If so well done! I see you already have included important recovery gear ie 33” BFG KO2, diff lockers and recovery boards (do you have a winch?) after your weight analysis of “must-haves”. Yes, I’m looking forward to the final walk around video of your overland-ready Troopy! Cheers!

[@goneoverlanding4372]

Hey mate, so it's 3.3t-3.4t full of fuel, water, food and all the gear but without people and dog. I'm not really concerned about the GVM as I've seen sooooo many troopies out bush who drive with sometimes more than 4 tonnes and the car just takes it for years. Also it's rare that I'm filling up all the 180l of diesel so most of the time we're actually under the GVM. And yes we have winch. While I rarely ever used it I am very happy to haver it, especially when going remote in a solo vehicle. It's just the best insurance. If you can't wait to see more you can check out our instagram Gone.Overlanding as we're on the road already for quite a while:)