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I have a 3.5KW pure sinewave inverter/charger system from Outback that basically acts a giant UPS. It can be connected to shore power while I'm at home or charge off of a generator if we bring one. Otherwise, it can charge off of the truck's 60A alternator. The inverter puts out enough power to...

Life has been a little hectic over the past few months. New house, new job, etc. Things are looking up though :) Also, I got the website working again (I think). I had recently moved my server from my old house to my new house and had some glitches. Here's a picture of my truck with my new...

Sorry for the long gap since the last update. After several months of on and off work our truck is really starting to shape up. The counter tops have all been mounted, the new 3.5KW inverter/charger is installed and operational, all of the old breaker boxes have been replaced, the network jacks...

Wow! You've done a lot of great work with your truck (I just read your thread). I also had a couple of large leaks in the box. I used some roof sealant/tar for the top of the box and a silicon clear sealant for the walls. It's cut out all of the leaking. Eventually I'll get around to sanding the...

I used to use a UPS to charge the batteries and act as an inverter, but it burned out about a month ago. We plan on getting a brand new Inverter/Charger combo unit rated at 3.5KW pure sine wave to handle our power needs, but that's probably a month or so away from being shipped to us and...

Welcome, from Alexandria!

John and I did some more work this weekend. We took the stock counter tops apart, made the boards fit back together as smoothly as possible, and then reassembled them. They had become somewhat warped. The end boards fell off because the holes were drilled too deeply by whoever put it together in...

My friends and I have put some more time into the truck. It's come a long way and is finally starting to look like what it will become. We've replaced the rotten floor boards with new ones, put down some extra 5/8" boards to make it even more durable, laid a carpet, and even put in a small...

Yeah, basically. It be kind of a pain to install/uninstall on a regular basis, but I imagine it's nice just to know that you can.

The pictures bellow are of a civilian camper box, but it shows the concept. You can slide/lift them onto the bed of a truck when you need them and take them off when you don't. Source for the Pictures

The box holds together well while traveling. I use bungee cords to secure things that are on the shelves. Things that stay on the desks are secured with Velcro straps. At some point I might get some braces for the server rack, but it seems to be secure enough for the time being. I don't...

A handful of my friends had the same spring break that I did so we decided to spend a good chunk of the break working on my truck. We've pulled out and replaced the floor boards that were rotten out, sealed all of the leaks that we could find, cleaned and started painting the walls inside the...

I connected the batteries through some plastic tubing directly to the battery bank stored in the box. I've made a writeup and added some pictures to my Blog if you want to read more about my truck. The whole truck functions as a UPS, so when it's parked at home I have my servers and some lights...

I plan to use the truck primarily as a mobile computer networking center with the additional use of functioning as emergency relief. The idea for the networking setup is to be able to drive just about anywhere and instantly have a computer network setup to play video games with a bunch of...

A Deuce motor tied to a generator is probably overkill for most people. 130 HP is enough for around 65KW of electricity (give or take) but if you have a need for that much electricity I think it could work well. I think it might be more cost effective to get a used standard diesel generator, but...

I couldn't find where I had written it down or which manual I found it in, but as far as I recall the Deuce burns around 3/4 to 1 gallon of diesel per hour while idling. When you're driving it should use around 5.4GPH (48mph/8.5MPG). Though these are just ball park estimates and my memory...

I'm glad you all enjoyed watching the video. :) The truck has some extra uses as well that are useful during winter storms. If the power goes out I can use the alternator tied to a bank of 6 deep cycle batteries and a 900 Watt inverter. It's not powerful enough to run a refrigerator or stove...

The DC area has been getting a lot of snow recently and the snow plows have had trouble keeping up. There has been so much snow relative to how much we usually get and the roads in my neighborhood have not all been plowed, which as left some people stranded. Although I didn't have a snow plow I...

Yep, it's a APC 1250. It has an output of 900W and runs on 24 volts. The built in charger isn't really powerful enough to charge the batteries after use, so when I need to charge them I connect all the batteries in parallel and use a 40A 12v charger. I have the bank wired so that that only...

My reasoning behind not cleaning everything up before we started adding gear was that we were going to be making a mess anyway, so this way we only had to clean everything up once. I'll be painting the truck once the raceway arrive and are installed, so that everything has one uniform color...