DIY Overland |Tiny House | RAM 5500 Box Truck Expedition Vehicle: Part 7 No turning back now!

[@shaweehillsworkshop4226]

Kirt, you are doing an amazing job. Your attention to detail is amazing!

[@OverlandUncharted]

Thank you Wes! I really appreciate coming from you!😁

[@russconklin6558]

Kirt, U have a great crew, U can get a lot of work done fast and a great job too. U know what to do and how U want it done. I tip my hat to U all. Sorry I was not able to see U all this weekend, just could not make it. God bless and be safe. When U all are done U could come and help me. HA! HA! Russ & Keira

[@OverlandUncharted]

Thank you so much, sorry you missed the event! Appreciate the support though. I am an all or nothing kind of guy :) It’s gonna get done one way or another!

[@walteradamski5169]

Amazing build, you have a million dollars worth of knowledge!

[@OverlandUncharted]

Wow that’s quite a statement but thank you! Appreciate the support :)

[@martykong3592]

:) WELL DONE!! THANKS MUCH for stickers too! AMAZONG to watch both of you make your new home on wheels :) ALL THE BEST, safe travels and Cheers! :)

[@OverlandUncharted]

Thank you sir! So glad you like the stickers!! Yay! We appreciate you! (And are loving this beautiful PNW weather!!!)

[@hopehope938]

I also want to do a DYS Box Truck build, one ruff idea I wanted was a three to four foot in the box work space that is not part of the living space. So, I have been thinking about adding the extra space I want as work space to add on to the size of the box truck.

[@OverlandUncharted]

Totally doable esp if it’s just for one person! Every great feat starts with an idea ;)

[@thenoworriesnomad]

Great video guys...👍👍 and its looking good so far..

[@OverlandUncharted]

Thank you so much!😁

[@overthehillandoverthemount2925]

Hey Kurt I think you should put a washing machine in macho. 😝

[@OverlandUncharted]

Haha 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@vanfrier7209]

Nice looking door. Do you run your truck at night so you can stay warm?

[@OverlandUncharted]

There’s no pass through on this build so no but you’ll see we have a diesel heater and the mini split with a heat pump

[@jcf6597]

Great series as I'm thinking about building a similar vehicle. I have an electrical question, I understand why you went with a 48 volt system to save on wire but was wondering about why have any 110 volts components as you have to constantly switch on/off the inverter to use it and also suffer the built in inefficient energy losses. What's more efficient and/or cost effective having 120 volt system and stepping it down to 12 volt for "a few" 12 volt appliances or having a 12 volt system and using an inverter to step up to "a few" 120 volt appliances?

[@OverlandUncharted]

The growatt has a mppt solar charge controller built in so the unit needs to stay on at least during the day. In our van we had the victron multiplus 3000 setup to turn on and off. So we have had both setups and really like the growatt on all of the time. We have both fridges on 120v so it offset the idle consumption on the growatt. Not a big fan of the 12v plugs for example charging our laptop the power brick is 140watt and made to be plugged into 120 so we can get full use of it. The USB C outlets you can get are maxed out at 60 watts. I like having 120v plugs instead of 12v but we do have a few things that run on 12v. Not really sure if one is more efficient than the other. Hope that helps.

[@km4fsi827]

I was wondering how yall was gonna work out some of this! now i see, good job guys! thats looking good.

[@OverlandUncharted]

Thanks buddy! WAtch to it all come together in the next few episodes, there’s still some headaches to come though…don’t worry!

[@coltondillingham2410]

how come the rest of the videos in this series are hidden?

[@OverlandUncharted]

They have not come out yet. We are releasing one every Sunday. We have not finished editing all of them but I think there will be 14 total. Thanks for watching!

[@coltondillingham2410]

@@OverlandUncharted Ah, makes sense. Looking forward to the rest of the series then.