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drk posted:Another question from a non-AI poster: CSB touched on this in that wonderful effortpost about frames, but the way the flatbed is mounted to the frame directly causes stress points when the vehicle is flexing over terrain off-road. Likewise, those forces are also being applied to the camper. I have a fascination with overland vehicles and most of the really hardcore ones have their flatbed or box mounted on a separate subframe that is attached to the vehicle chassis with a zero torsion mount configuration. These use only two points directly above the framerails that allow forward/backward tilting with one or more additional supports in line along the centerline of the vehicle allowing side to side pivoting so the load can move around over twisting framerails without that torsion being transferred through. Here's a video of one of those fancy German overland rigs getting assembled that shows off the pivot points. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa3MeqZQCHA This is a really weird one for having five total points due to its size, most overland truck builds use a three or four point configuration and you'll note the guy even calls it a three point, but the principle is pretty similar.
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slothrop posted:Does this have any benefit for longevity? I know your camper needed a *tiny* amount of remediation work
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, would a carbon fibre build avoid this? otherwise, what are the benefits? Lighter or stronger than traditional builds?
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Reading this thread while playing BeamNG and ended up doing this: No truck campers in Beam, so it's just a bare flatbed, but I was able to get surprisingly close on that part without having to go find any more mods.
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cursedshitbox posted:I've been learning blender lately. Should make a model of this fucker for BeamNG. Maybe an alternate parts set for the Gavrils. Haven't played that game in ages. The parts to make the D-Series look like a Ford are from a mod called "DFA Pack" that the modder took off the repository and made patreon-only, the old free version still works though if you can get ahold of it.
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This pic reminded me of this recent Everlanders video where it looks like he uses a few of the same power converters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAZGX379dmc Obviously you are already familiar with this sort of stuff but figured a lot of people who follow this thread would find it interesting.
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That truck's been a bit internet famous recently. A few weeks ago journalist David Tracy came across it broken down and wrote an article: https://www.theautopian.com/i-found-a-1-million-rv-abandoned-off-road-heres-how-it-failed/ Then Matt from Matt's Off Road Recovery apparently ended up hacking together a driveshaft on site to get it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lha1PmfRAvw
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That is 100% the best skoolie I've ever seen and the only flatbed build I've seen as more than just a cheap toy hauler. I envy those who are short enough to not need to choose between raising the roof and standing straight.
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