The Dirt Sherpa Build

[SLO_F-250]

WOW! Im pretty darn jealous of that suspension! Been debating on new shocks for a while now but I am CHEAP! haha Im thinking I might try F.O.A. More a budget shock but similar to Sway A Way, King, and Fox. Looking forward to the updates!

[GCecchetto]

Well, this weekend marks the restart of the Dirt Sherpa build. I've been spending some time working out the lighting, ordering and testing fixtures (I post some photos and part numbers in a later post) but Saturday was the start of fabrication again. Got the wiring in the roof, and the fiberglass sheet laid up on it. I must say it feels good to see the roof coming together.

A look at some of the wiring.
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Wiring for the reading lights at the cabover. Installing two lights each side because I don't like to spend a lot of time leveling when we pull in to camp. Just get close and put the heads uphill! I'm using the LED lights used to lights stair treads on boats.
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Another shot of the wiring.
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Need to burn $100 in a hurry? here's a good way to do it. Mega VHB.
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Here's a few shots after the lay up of the roof, sorry, rusty with the camera and forgot my snow photo skills. Questioning my decision to only put one exhaust fan back over the stove now. Originally I planned to install two with one more central and closer to the cabover, but decided to simplify. The maxxair fan I'm using should still have plenty of CFM to vent the small interior space. My roof will have much better insulation and will be more resistant to thermal gain so I'm hoping it will workout okay.
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[riveroceanandmountain]

Good to see you are back at it! I can relate to your comment about VHB tape.... I will use 8 rolls in total in my build.

Your build is part of what inspired me to start..... and now I know why you took a long break.... it is a ton of work when one is trying to do everything extra special.

Keep up the good work.

[pods8]

Looks like your roof members are too narrow to pop another fan between if you wanted to at this point? Otherwise I was going to say bracket/rivet in another piece to box an opening for on at a later date.

[GCecchetto]

Looks like your roof members are too narrow to pop another fan between if you wanted to at this point? Otherwise I was going to say bracket/rivet in another piece to box an opening for on at a later date.

Yep, it would be waaay too much work to do another fan at this point. I don't really think I'll need it though, I have considerable square footage of window to open, especially when factoring in the door. Didn't want the extra weight on the roof either either.

[pods8]

Right on. I didn't have a second fan in my FWC hawk and it didn't really bother me much. I added on in my build since it wasn't a big deal to do so and I think the ones I ordered can run w/ the lid closed so just moving some air around the bed sounds nice at times but if I didn't have do it I wouldn't have lost sleep of it (pun intended).

[GCecchetto]

This last weekend didn't see much progress due to my son graduating out of the 8th grade and his party being on Saturday. I'm super proud of him, but being a teenager, he doesn't believe that. Anyway, I did make it out to buy insulation on Sunday, after spending half the day tracking down a squeak in the suspension on my truck, and started installing it. I'm hoping to take the camper out to FWC within a couple of weeks to get it measured for the new softwall. I've still got a chance of using it this summer. Here a couple of photos from my phone.

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[SLO_F-250]

GC! Looking good. Very Impressive! Keep it up.