I found this vehicle on Expedition Portal. The previous owner lived up in San
Francisco. He built it to take up to Alaska on a trip. When they got back they
decided they wanted to get something smaller. When I bought it it was just a
stock F250 with a camper on the back but so far I've added 35 inch Yokohama
tires, 4 inch lift kit, full rigid lights, got all sorts of front lights. It came
with an exhaust, but I also added a bunch of performance parts from Diesel Power
Products, did a full intake tuner, and an edge insight to monitor all the vitals
of the truck just so you know what is going on with it. With the camper
I've added a heater, propane heater, and then I also added a Maxx Air fan
just to kind of help get the air flowing inside of it.
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Hey, what's up? I'm basil Lynch and this is my truck. It's a 2000
ford F250 with a custom camper built onto the back. Before I had this truck I
had a 2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser. It was pretty heavily modified. I had
that thing for four years and I put over 120,000 miles on it in four years so that's
kind of what got me into the whole off-road overland camping world and then
from that it just kind of progressed further and further building the FJ and
then eventually going and getting this giant camper truck.
First when I went to Boulder it was just to go to college and see if I liked it which I didn't really
enjoy it. I mean I enjoyed it, but it just wasn't for me. A buddy and I pretty much
just packed our trucks and drove up to San Francisco and then we decided we
were gonna drive south until we were happy. We ended up in San Diego. I mean definitely just kind of just
going for it has been really helpful. If you sit and think about things for
too long the opportunity will pass you up.
So this is my truck. It's a 2000 Ford F250 with a 7.3 diesel in it. It's four-wheel
drive. On the front end of the truck it's got full lights by Rigid Industries
along with a goal zero 100 watt panel. There's also a second 300 watt panel on
the roof that charges the house batteries. This one on the hood is connected into
the goal zero lithium power pack inside the camper. The truck is sitting on
some 35 inch Yokahama all-terrain tires and for suspension it's got a custom set
of leaf springs and some BILSTEIN 5160 shocks. Average about 15 miles to
the gallon which is mostly because of the big diesel engine, it helps. The truck
is almost 10,000 pounds. Over here there is an exterior cabinet. It's mostly
electrical. Got all the electrical systems. Two full river battery group 35
batteries along with a 1500 watt inverter. I don't use that a ton because I
have the goal zero but it's nice to have the option to run that also. Had to add a
set of stairs on the truck. The previous owner only had this little step. When I
lifted it and put bigger tires on it was pretty hard to get into so I put a
different set of stairs on it, makes a lot easier to get into the truck. Up here
there's an ARB awning across the top. It's kind of helpful. It's a bit hard to open
just cause the truck is so tall so that's definitely going to get switched out in the
future, but for now it works. So on the back of the vehicle there's a kind of
ladder/storage system on the back to kind of help access the roof and
clean the solar panel when you need to. There's also an outer limit supply first
aid kit. It's got just about everything you need to help someone in need. There's
also a Camplux outdoor hot water heater. It's plumbed into the indoor sink
along with having a hookup for an outdoor shower if you need it.
Maxtrax they're vehicle recovery boards. I put these I guess they're called L
track on the outside of the vehicle. It's nice to be able to mount crossbars
horizontally on the vehicle so you can do externally mounted stuff. So in here
is the fluids cabinet along with the fuel filler and kind of spare parts. Also
holds the propane tank and the shutoff valve for the propane and then up front
cab of the truck. Inside it's got a lot of things done to it. I've got an iPad
for navigation, hand radio to be able to communicate while out on the trail.
There's also a tuner on the engine that helps performance and mileage just
to kind of make it a bit more drivable along with an edge insight that kind of
helps me monitor all the vitals in the engine just so you know you're not gonna
blow it up at anytime.
This is the inside of the truck, come on in.
So one of the great things about this truck is just a ton of storage so on the
back wall got a food pantry and then underneath is my cooking stuff. Got a big fridge, fridge
freezer, nothing in the freezer right now, but plenty of space for everything you need. Nice big
countertop. That's one thing I really like a lot is having space to work.
Propane hookup for my stove. Stove lives in a cabinet. I pull it out what I need
it. Water switch here turns on the water pump. I put that in just so you
know if you get a hole in the water line it doesn't empty your tanks into your
truck. Main faucet is hot and cold water and then the second little faucet is
purified water so I could put any kind of water I want into my two seven gallon
tanks. It's got bacteria and particle filtration to it. Total water is 14
gallons total in two seven gallon tanks that I can take out and carry into a
convenience-store, fill up, or wherever you need to fill up at. Under the
countertop this one's kind of just small. There's some toiletries along with the
coffee machine and my smoothie maker. This cabinet is also kind of cleaning
cooking stuff along with the whole water filtration system. Right now all I have
is a bucket so the sink just drains into a bucket. It's not that bad you just got
to remember to empty it before you drive or you get water everywhere.
Eventually I'm going to tie it into the valve. I can pair it to the bucket or
have it go outside. I didn't want to do a big black water tank underneath just
so when I take it to colder climates, I don't have to worry about it freezing. Right
now all the water systems are inside except for the water heater kind of
helps in cold weather so you're not worried about lines freezing or anything
freezing up. So down here's the controller for the Propex heater along
with the vent where the high air comes out of and then inside of this cabinet
are my two seven gallon tanks along with the ducting for the Propex heater and the
water pump. Up here on the counter is the Goal Zero.
There's a small pass-through into the cab. I haven't tried it yet. It's pretty
small maybe in an emergency I could fit through it but I don't see myself
using it consistently to go through the cab. Nice big bed. It's six foot eight
long and about I believe fifty five inches wide. I'm 6'4" and I fit in it
perfectly fine. Right now my surfboard lives up there. I don't really have a
good spot to keep the surfboard so it kind of just stays up there and I put it
on the floor while I sleep. Nice big windows on each side for ventilation and
then there's one big one across the front that has a cover on it right now.
Just to kind of help prevent rocks from hitting it and it keeps it clean so
every time you slide the cover off you don't have to clean the window. So for
lighting I've got two options. I've got the little mini Goal Zero lights along
with just a normal switch light. I definitely prefer the Gold Zero just
because they have a more natural feel to them. These are kind of an ugly white
light that's not, it's good if you need to see stuff, but it's not good to kind
of hang out with. Over here is kind of the electrical systems. I've got the
controller for the Maxxair fan along with the solar controller and an indoor
and outdoor temperature. Up here is kind of camera gear storage. This cabinet's
kind of books, hard drives, computers, all that good stuff and then, I had to put
latches on them because I kept coming in the truck after driving off-road and
everything would be on the ground so most cabinets have nice big latches
on them. This cabinet'ss all camera gear, nice to have it secure and have one location
to keep everything in. This is where the inverter comes through from that outdoor
storage cabinet. Works pretty well, good to charge computers and that kind of
stuff but any other heavy stuff like the rice maker, coffee machine, gets run off
the Goal Zero. This cabinet down here is kind of all tools, recovery gear, that
kind of stuff. I travel with probably too many tools.
I like to be able to fix anything that breaks on the road so I do all my own
maintenance and work on the truck. Also the nice fire extinguisher along
with the carbon monoxide alarm over there just kind of good to be safe
definitely keeps my mom happy too. Back here, cabinets again with the good twisty
ties to keep stuff closed. This one's kind of just a big grab all - got backpacks, broom
camp chair, wetsuits, camping gear. Over in this cabinet it's
all my clothes storage. Not very full right now but I don't need a lot of clothes so it
works out.
College isn't for everyone. You can make it without going to college. Certain
people it works, certain people it doesn't work for. Right now I work for a
company in Oceanside. We mostly do off-road and race video and photography.
I specifically do photography and more logistics, mechanic work for them
so the goal in the future is to go from a full-time job to more of a freelance
job. Move full-time in the truck and just travel around and see what happens.
Definitely have to live off of ramen noodles and chicken noodle soup for a
little bit but I mean it kind of seems like that's what you have to do to break
into the freelance world.
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