As a former ambulance, my truck came equipped with a number of devices that I initially thought would be useless. One of those was the suction pump for what’s called the inhalation station. This is the small counter next to the attendant’s seat where a patient could be administered oxygen or have their airway cleared…
Category: Conversion
Max Power
The Rig will get power from several sources: A rooftop solar array, shore power or via the alternator when the truck is running. I will also have the option to add a separate generator at a later time, though I don’t anticipate doing that given the size of my solar array. These power sources will…
About This Idiocy
I originally wrote this as background for an “About” page, but I just found it in drafts and realized it probably adds some much needed context, thus I’m adding it as a post as well. I’d been researching living “on the road” as far back as 2009. Initially, I was taken in by the classic…
Dolt on the Roof
While I wait for my solar panels I’ve been cleaning up the module roof from the damage done by the old A/C housing guard. Most of it was scratches and a yellowing of the paint where debris accumulated. There were also a couple of inexplicable deep gouges toward the rear that I wanted to at…
The Workshop
One of the earliest issues I had to address when considering this project was where I was going to do the initial conversion work on my truck. Keep in mind that this was originally planned back in May/June of 2021, when I thought I would have a truck in my possession by the end of…
De-Stickering
Removing all the various interior and exterior decals, warning labels and placards required way more effort than I would have originally thought. Many of the decals were composed of different materials, including plastic, paper and foil and different adhesives making it a multi-step process. I used a combination of heat gun, razor blade, plastic scraper…
Removing Rooftop A/C Unit
I discovered rather late that my truck’s height specification of 9’6″ had been substantially increased to 11′ with the addition of a Coleman-Mach rooftop A/C unit and diamond plate guard. Upon measuring the overhead door height of the garage where I was going to be doing several months of conversion work I determined that I…