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    Quote Originally Posted by GerhardHG View Post
    If you want to place your fridge and water tank on the same side of the vehicle you have to keep balance in consideration.

    Why not have a tank that takes up the whole width of the back seat but has less height (also lowering your C of G) and place the fridge on top or place them next to each other with your ammo crates on top. Unless of course you're planning to have the ammo cases full of something that will have a combined weight equal to that of the water and fridge together.

    Each liter of water weighs 1kg so if you have a 250lt tank that's a quarter of a ton you're placing on one side of the vehicle. Don't know how much water you plan to cart around...

    Nice build so far though, I'm planning to build my own canopy some time in the (hopefully) not too distant future.
    I think I'll look for a slimline tank that can be installed vertically against the rear of the cab, not more than 150 ltr, that'll leave enough room in front of the tank for the battery and possibly also the fridge, haven't bought the fridge yet so I can do some planning around that.

    I used Connect-it's to build the bin box and will use it again to build my cab box/tray, it works really well. Was fortunate enough to get the electronic 3D files of the connectors from the supplier so now I can model my projects and have very accurate material take-offs lists.
    Leon 'Leroy' Botha

    Pavement parker - 2012 Fortuner 2.5

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    The tent installed. Will get a cover made to go over the tent when flat packed, this will further water and dust proof the load bin, this cover will hook onto the existing tonneau cover studs and use the same slide rail against the cab. will post photos when done.
    Last edited by Nakiboy; 2015/05/12 at 12:46 PM.
    Leon 'Leroy' Botha

    Pavement parker - 2012 Fortuner 2.5

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    Default Some trip photos...

    Herewith some photos of our 6500km Namibia trip.

    All went well, tent setup works great, really happy with the simplicity of this setup. The only change I'll make is to turn the tent so it opens to the side allowing better access to the load bin when open.

    We've had many different camp setups, from very basic one day setups to full out setups. In every aspect my setup was quicker and more user friendly than the trailer fitted tent of our tour mates. It took them almost an hour at every camp site to get set up (on good days). At Luderitz they had to pack up their tent due to extreme winds, I simply removed the fly sheet from my tent and we 'survived' the night.

    This is in my opinion a great setup and saved me a lot of money, no canopy or roof rack required, I have more than enough storage below the tent and inside the ute, if space becomes a problem I will remove the back seat.

    Any comments welcome!

    PS: Not a single puncture on ±2500km unpaved roads, tire pressure and driving style most definitively plays a big part! This is phenomenal, especially if you know the road to Uis!
    Last edited by Nakiboy; 2015/05/12 at 12:46 PM.
    Leon 'Leroy' Botha

    Pavement parker - 2012 Fortuner 2.5

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