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DIY Expedition vehicle build! Kitchen and Interior for the Troop Carrier. EP6
My plan is it to take a stock Land Cruiser Troopcarrier (Troopy) and build it into an expedition vehicle (Overlander) that can take me around the world. I am doing pretty much all the work by myself as a DIY project with relatively simple tools. In this Episode we are finishing the kitchen build. We are also installing a Cruiser company Gullwing window and install the complete 12v system.
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DO THIS to your Overlander before your rooftop conversion. Mulgo V2. DIY Overland vehicle build. EP5
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In this Episode we're converting the Land Cruiser troopcarrier (troopy) with a Mulgo V2 Rooftop conversion. But before we can do that it is crucial to prepare the vehicle and take necessary steps for rust prevention. We are using cavity wax to protect inside hollow sections of the troopie from future rust as well as to redo the rain gutter sealent. We also mount a 30 second 270 degree free stan...
DIY Expedition vehicle (Troopy) build. Water filtration system and Underbody water tank solution.
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In this build series we are converting a stock Toyota land cruiser troop carrier (Troopy) into a global overland vehicle. In this episode we are are talking about how much fuel and water is required for remote overland travel. We visit Long Range Automotive to have a look at their manufacturing facilities and pick up our own 95 later LRA underbody water tank for the troop carrier. A water filtr...
DIY Expedition Vehicle build. Make your overland better offroad! Lockers, tires, Maxtrax! EP3
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In this build series we are converting a stock Toyota land cruiser troopcarrier (Troopy) into a global overland truck.In this episode we're focusing on modifications that will make the troopy better offroad to tackle any terrain. We'll be installing a TJM Pro Locker, BFG All terrain tires, a new 3 inch stainless Redback exhaust system as well as a Quickpitch Maxtrax table. To test it all out we...
DIY Expedition vehicle (Troopy) build. Build your own lightweight furniture! EP2
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In this build series we are converting a stock Toyota land cruiser troop carrier (Troopy) int a global overland truck. In this episode we are using aluminium box section and plastic corner connectors (Qubelok system) to build sturdy and lightweight furniture frames for the troopy overland truck.
Concept design for a DIY overland vehicle. Troopy build EP.1
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My plan is it to take a stock Land Cruiser Troopcarrier (Troopy) and build it into an expedition vehicle (Overlander) that can take me around the world. I am doing pretty much all the work by myself as a DIY project with relatively simple tools. In this episode I will show you the concept CAD design I came up with as well as a mockup build of the interior.
Troopcarrier (1HD-FTE) with Redback exhaust climbs up high country Mud
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#shorts #Redbackexhaust #Troopcarrier 1HD-FTE powered Land Cruiser Troop carrier climbs up hill in the victorian high country Mud. Equipped with a Redback exhaust (hotdog muffler option).
Really fantastic job done. Wouldn’t it be worth to drill a hole for the water fill up.
I want to do the lightest build possible so don't have to do a GVM upgrade and get in and out of 2.2m car parks. Using various thicknesses of wood for floor and walls plus the use of aluminium + qublok seems to be the best way to do this. Or maybe not. Would you be interested in building cabinets and draws for me? Or are you too busy travelling and having a good time? thanks for the video
Haha sorry mate but I'm actually not in Australia anymore:) thanks for the offer though
In Africa I would be running two tanks. One to wash and shower the other for drinking water. The drinking water I would keep within the vehicle, and I would fill it from purchased plastic bottles. I would still keep that line filter on the drinking water system. Finally I would keep a backup 5 litre bottle of drinking water in a corner somewhere.
hi, sounds epic. hotdog muffler. is that the resonator option?
This is really impressive. Love your attention and detail and focus on keeping it as lightweight as possible. Enjoy your trip! 👍
I love how well you edit your videos. Nice work.
Those roof conversions are brilliant. It's just a shame they cost so much money! I have used a 30 Second awning for years and it has been one of the best investments I ever made for roadside stops, Surfside stops, and just for quick camp set ups.
What product did you use you use for seam sealing?
Great build. I am glad I found your channel as I am working on a camper conversion for my 80 series. Could you share what latches are you using for your drawers?
Love the video. But I personally wouldn’t cut the roof. RTT will be my choice. Someone said modern camping is spending a lot of money to experience poverty.
Lol that is my "testing ground" in Bangholme too :D
Great Video. I would like to create a similar set-up. Would you mind sharing your sketch-up graphic data? That would be very kind.
Hey thanks mate, it's actually a CAD file and unfortunately I can't access it atm as we're on the road
Hey there just got mine need some help with some products
What do you need?
@@goneoverlanding4372 do you have a instagram page I will send you inbox
@@goneoverlanding4372 need a normal roof rack water proof boxes the shower thing. Looking for off road store
Lmao!!! "Im not quite happy with the height of the bench top" said the man hunched over unable to even sit upright.
Haha:) well the troopy will get a roof top conversion so I'll even be able to stand inside later ;)
Did you go to China? I heard that Foreigners have to hire a guide and spend a lot of money for the service, simply, you can't roam around freely by yourself over there. Is it true?
Yes this is true. And yes we have driven through china. It is a bit pricey but we think it was still worth it. The price is heavily depended on how many Overlander you can group together as you can share the cost of the guide. And you can arrange petty much any route you like with the guide. You can see our picture from china on our instagram gone.overlanding
@@goneoverlanding4372 great! Thinking of doing this thing! Could you elaborate a bit about the cost, your schedule, and the contact / agency over there? I’m in the states.
Was the guide in your car or their own? How many days? How many cars in the group?@@goneoverlanding4372
@@XPRoller maybe write me a massage on instagram: Gone.Overlanding with your questions. That's a bit easier for me to answer
Nice car but wrong tires
Why do you think so?
@@goneoverlanding4372 narrow tires are much better offroad and looks much better for a Classic Troopy
How would this work in a cold climate?
to be honest with an underbody tank you can only camp in temperatures slightly below 0 degrees. But if I do go snow camping I'll just leave the tank empty and keep some water in bottles inside.
I calculate with 10 Liter per day and per Person, if traveling in hot dry regions.because sometimes you only need 6-8 Liter drinking.
Whaouh, I am very impressed. I am in the process of starting my own fit out on a 2002 Troopy, which is very rare here in France ! Would you share with us some dimensions of your buildup ? For example what is the height of the kitchen and some others ? Want thanks. Philippe.
Thanks mate. Yeah I'm happy to share if you need anything. But keep in mind a lot of the dimensions only work for a troopy with rooftop conversion.
Thanks, sure, I am going for the Alu-Cab Hercules roof conversion @@goneoverlanding4372
Great work mate, loving this series and you are inspiring me for my build (happening very slowly). Where did you get your aluminum framing from?😊
Thanks mate. I got the aluminium. From a supplier in south Melbourne. You can get them from bunnings but I highly recommend finding a aluminium supplier bunnings is like twice the price
@@goneoverlanding4372 That’s cool - I’m in Elwood so South Melbourne is super handy.
11:00 My favourite part seeing a diagram explaining how it all connects together. I always worry about how to maintain safe drinking water in a permanently housed tank. I don't know if it is safe to leave water in it for weeks/months on end between camping trips and I don't know how easy it is to clean one of these tanks regularly.
Yeah I have the same worries. One easy way of cleaning it is to fill it with a mixture of 25% vinegar. Then drive around to make it slosh a lot drain it and flush once or twice. This way you don't have to use chemicals.
Excellent build to drive over anything you want. Remember our motto: leave a big trace.
Leave no trace and treat the trails and public areas responsibly
Haha;)
Looking great!
Looks excellent. I love your use of the rivnuts to fasten everything together. I also notice that you have removed the 1.5 passenger seat - what have you replaced this with? (We are looking to do this also as it is not very comfortable.)
Thanks:) Actually I can't tell. I bought the troopy with a different passenger seat and custom consoles. Have no clue what they are from. Driver seat I still have the stock one but it made a huge difference for comfort to use some sheep wool covers.
Straight in with an aftermarket exhaust? That's an overlanding NO-NO!! Stock items, that you have a good chance of getting replacement parts all over the world. Yep you can go trick if you buy one that will enable stock parts to be replaced within it. Locking diff is also a general No-No, as you are overlanding, not off roading, the criteria of the build is not needing such things unless you are excessivly taking risks. Remember the vehicle IS your home, so taking unnecessary risks puts your life in danger! You do not do that unless your life is already in danger! Tyees: YES! THE first modification that you should do, and probably the ONLY necessary driveline mod. If you have to mod the body (Add flairs) you picked the wrong rims. Again Stock standard as you don't need to alter anything else and to be honest, flairs are weight, weight is bad. Weight is your enemy. Do everything you can for an overlander to reduce weight.
I appreciate your Input but I respectfully disagree:) In my opinion it's the better choice to have a new rugged stainless steel exhaust mounted then a 20 year old clapped out stock one that's likely going to break at one point. Also exhaust repairs are super easy regardless if it s stock or not and the new 3" exhaust lets the engine breathe much better. Lockers. One of the best mods in my opinion and a great insurance. I do want to get to places that are hard to get to and just because it's an overlander does not mean I will shy away from hard off-road trails. I am super happy for the locker in many situations like deep water crossings, off camber terrain in the mountains or hard tracks.
Nice video mate. I have a new troopy on order. Currently tossing between alucab vs mulgo. May be when the times come I may need your valuable thoughts. I am in Chadstone if you happy to talk then Thanks
Hey mate, Unfortunately we're already on the road. But when it comes to mulgo vs alucab I would definately recommend mulgo. Great quality, it's lighter, looked better, latches inside and the upgrades bed slats are awesome. However if you are taller then 1.85m you should test it first as the mattress is not as long as other conversions.
@@goneoverlanding4372 Thanks mate Happy holidays
Have you looked at head space roof conversions aswell? They look really good
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
I used something similar to marine carpet. I got that at clark rubber.
@@goneoverlanding4372 Thanks mate
Great videos. I love the little things you are doing to make it really functional and last.
Now that youve been on the road for sometime now. How much do you find you guys hangout inside?
Actually I have to say we hang out inside quite a bit. After a few months on the road it's like your little personal space. Also good to get away from insects and flys.
nice ..wish we could get troopy's in the U.S.,don't have any good vans,wagon /s.u.v to build a car camper /overland adventure rig, add pop top, in the states every wagon /s.u.v.'s has to have 3 rows of leather ,have 2nd row ent screens has,2 sunroofs and power fold tilt this and that luxury car bits, toyota , lexus wagons are the only ones with solid rear axels rest , must have" independent rear axel for a smooth ride and leg room for the 3rd row "
@10:00 @12:20 is how I want my car camper to be like
good ideal for a car camper /overlander wish we could get 70 SERIES IN THE u.s I cant think any thing to buy 4 runner is our best trail rig no payload ideal is GM suburban more mall crawler mommy mobile . with all the luxury bling a diesel is opt but mostly on the top top luxury trim
nice ..wish we could get troopy's in the U.S. most of our wagons / s.u.v.'s all have to have 3 rows of leather, 2 sunroofs and of course 2nd row ent screens and power / this and that stuff to add wt and lower payload and the. thing every manufacture independent rear axle " for a smooth ride and leg room for the 3rd row " toyota / Lexus wagons have soild rear axles the 4 runner is our best trail rig just no room like a troopy
That is true, but you also get some cool trucks that many other countries don't get like the Tacoma and the 4runner:) both I'd like to own haha
You have some good ideas with this build can tell a lot of thought has gone into it, great explaining too. Looking forward to more episodes
Thanks mate, I appreciate it
So if you really wanting to drink water from anywhere I would recommend a ro system. Most ROs require 45 PSI. You possibly could have the discharge line feedback into the clean tank long as he always have a bit of water in it it should always be diluted(rejected water). Most simple stage ROs come with a sediment prefilter and a carbon prefilter, meaning that you can disinfect/chlorinate the tank with the tablet or lightly disinfect at least before any water is used. This disinfectant stage would help oxidize any heavy metals in the water. They're always is a lot of pre-filtration recommended for RO systems but based off of experience I've seen that most RO systems can last quite a bit very neglected. Most simple inexpensive units take two and a half by 10 in filters and are easy to come by in most communities. I'd only be recommending to run this clean water to the separate drinking fountain. Upping the pressure with another booster pump to about 100 psi would help The efficiency of the RO. Ultraviolet lights are not bad but add to the complications one triggered by flow can be installed after the RO. All ultraviolet lights typically need is a 5 micron filter before so that way there is no chance that bacteria can be writing on the back side of a particle. The rejected water is usually viewed as a huge negative with RO's that usually keeps from having to change a filter a million times. Long as you can do something creative with the concentrate. Side note never put a back pressure on a concentrate line if anything a diverting ball valve that never creates back pressure. That's the one thing that will pop your membrane.
Wow thanks for all the info. I never really researched RO systems in detail before but it sound very good. Can you quantify how much water usually get separated or"wasted".
11:07 Filter water going into the tank? . One of my hobbies is walking wrecking-yards aka 'dismantlers'. For a factory RecreateVehicle, after the aluminum siding is foraged, the innerds are exposed. . Every time, the translucent fresh-water tank has a load of muck at the bottom. Often, that muck is several inches deep. . We always filter water going into our kegs. With our modular system, if one keg gets stanky, we continue using the others... ... and the others can be used to clean the problem child.
Yeah in the beginning I was also contemplating having smaller multiple redundant tanks, but unfortunately the space is so limited on this "small" rig that We only really can run one tank. We are filtering the water with a sediment filter when filling the tank and we are usually empty it completely and flush it every few months.
In our ExpeditionVehicle, instead of one big tank, we carry water in five-gallon stainless-steel retired Pepsi kegs. Our usual load is seven kegs, a total of thirty-five gallons... ... however, our system is modular. We can add a dozen kegs in the rig, plus a couple-three dozen kegs in the toy-hauler. In theory, our duration is around four months without re-supply.
good ideal. in the states so we can get water ,I go maybe 3-4 days off grid and travel In the winter in the desert . auz ./ taz NZ are on my list of somedays ,only outback we have , the baja coast of Mexico ,still have more to explore in my own back yard what is your expedition rig? I have a tacoma 4x4 access cab shell/ topper mattress basic kit and a 25' airstream /ram 4x4 for longer hollidays 2-3 weeks, like to get a tahoe /suburban size wagon and do a car camper troppy build with a pop up top
2003, we built our ExpeditionVehicle on a 1996 Ford CF8000 commercial truck. GVWR -- 29,000#. Weight across the scale -- 14,000#. Cargo capacity -- about seven ton. . We immediately added a 140-gallon 'saddle-tank' to supplement the original 50-gallon tank. On the toy-hauler I fabricated on a similar commercial chassis, I mounted a 120-gallon diesel tank. In theory, our range without re-fuelling is Anchorage-to-Acapulco. . Although we could get fuel at any stop, we prefer areas with low taxes.
Haha wow, yeah that's a whole different level we're talking about;) But sounds incredible!
Dude. Thank you. This is like a master class from an engineer. Please keep this up
Thanks, that's very kind of you!
Wow the first days! You have done a great job Max!
Haha thanks Arda!
Loving the channel my dude, just bought a troopy and will be doing a similar kit out. Many usefull ideas, cheers :)
Thanks mate, appreciate it!
Hopefully if the pump breaks or the power system fails you still have access to your water via gravity feed bypass. When your thirsty troubleshooting doesn't taste as good. Pretty good system overall though. Sometimes wish I got that tank instead of thorburns 40 liter but it's been sufficient minus showers.
Yeah if the pump gives up, we would need to siphon out the inlet or use the drain plug to get some water. But fingers crossed that won't happen:) Thanks for the feedback.
Hey mate, where did you get your cad file from?
Hey mate, well I just made it myself. I measured the basic geometry of the rear inside of the troopy by hand and modelled it in CAD. It's not 100% accurate but was good enough to get the basic design done.
@@goneoverlanding4372 ahhhh nice work
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?
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.
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!
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:)
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!
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:)
Love it mate. Did you think of getting wider tyres and not cutting your flares down?
Yeah 305's probably would have been the right width. But I think the 285 is perfekt for overlanding with the troopy. A wider tire just adds more rotational mass which makes the car accelerate and brake worse. And lets be honest a troopy is already very slow:)
So satisfying watching this 🤙
Haha I'm glad you're enjoying it!
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.
Thanks mate, appreciate it!
Great idea starting with a mock-up! So many times I have an idea in my head, or a drawing on paper that I think is a perfect solution, but it isn’t until you live and interact with objects in a space that you can truly achieve the most functional designs. I’m so excited for the future episodes!
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!
Thanks mate, really appreciate it!
I'm from mongol well come to mongolia
Thank you very much:)