This is the first post about our road trip to Croatia. It covers the interesting facts and fun details of this journey. Trucks Route Nature Weather Food TWO EXPEDITION TRUCKS Team Dave Drivers: Moni & Holger Truck: DAF Leyland (°1991, UK) with FM2 Zeppelin-Shelter Performance improvement: 6th gear (standard only 5) Weight: ± 7.4 ton Height: ± 3m50 Team Terratrotter Drivers: […]
Willys Treffen 2015, in Bad Kreuznach – Germany, was a huge success! It was our first time visiting this event and we personally loved it. We met so many great people and admired a huge amount of unique overland vehicles. (Don’t forget to watch the video in HD!)
Our first bush camp with our new expedition truck took place last weekend. Even though we were short on time we were excited to spend at least one night away from the hustle and bustle. We had just installed our floating platform, one of the watertanks, and the fridge (incl. freezer). Time to test it out! Just a 30 minute […]
One of the biggest 4×4 and off-road expo’s in the world takes place in Bad Kissingen, Germany. An event every overland traveler should go to at least once. It takes place for 5 days in June and has 2 major highlights, the expo itself and the camp area. In this article you can find an answer on what you […]
Wondering about how to build a bed in your expedition vehicle (or other tiny house)? We will tell you everything about why we build our bed on rails and give you all the details to build one yourself. That we wanted a fixed bed in our truck, that we could just jump into when tired, was not up for discussion. […]
April was a slow month regarding the build of our expedition truck. Aside from work keeping us busy, everybody around us seem to be struggling with the flu or cold. So we could only wait until we got the green light to drop of the chassis to be sandblasted and the shelter for a new […]
LINING THE WALLS OF THE SHELTER A major milestone has been reached in the “Old army shelter becomes our tiny house”-project. We lined the walls and ceiling with a white textured carbon fiber film, specially made to wrap vehicles. Expensive yes, but it makes a huge difference! White instead of mint green walls, makes the […]
BYE BYE BACK DOOR With the new side door installed, we were able to remove the back door of the FM2 Zeppelin-shelter. This door is too big and heavy, not insulated and badly located; thus needed to go. After getting rid of the boxes around the door, we closed off the entire back with […]
It took us a while to decide where to buy our windows and new side door. KCT windows did not fit our budget, but the affordable plastic Seitz windows on the other hand had several drawbacks that concerned us. Plastic scratches easily and thus not the best choice for 0ff-road adventures. We also heard from multiple travelers […]
REMOVAL OF ALUMINUM RAILS – With the weather improving somewhat we took the chance to get some more work done in the shelter. We took out the aluminum rails by removing hundreds of rivets. A few metal drill bits (5mm) were sacrificed for this. In addition, most of the old, dirty, glued-on heater insulation has […]
THE CREATIVE WORK – While we are waiting for some warmer weather, we continue planning the interior of the truck. We noticed we have been altering the layout multiple times (using SketchUp). Since we only have 8m2 to work with and it has to withstand the jolts during off-roading, everything needs to be carefully planned. […]
In the month of February we upgraded the truck a little more: We installed a new fuel cap. During the Christmas holidays someone tried to get access to the fuel. Luckily for us they failed but the fuel cap endured too much damage and needed to be replaced. This of course raises the question “Should you […]