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Posted By: joe123 on 06/26/13 07:44am

Do you camp in cold weather? If yes what are you going to do about cold transfer through all of the metal, years ago a friend had a western wilderness camper that was metal framed when hunting in cold weather you could see every piece of metal by the sweat marks on the walls.

Posted By: Jfet on 06/26/13 08:09am

joe123 wrote:

All of the metal studs are separated from the interior walls by at least 1 inch of R6.5 polyisocyanurate foam with a vapor barrier. In general the walls, floor and roof have 2 inches of R13 polyisocyanurate insulation.

Posted By: kereams on 06/26/13 09:59am

You will not have any issues in cold weather. What you have done is very similar to what Chalet does insulation wise (although they vacuum bond). I do a LOT of cold weather camping and I never have a condensation or sweat problem. Last winter I did about 30 nights while skiing, sometimes down to single digit temperatures. The winter before that, same thing. Never an issue.

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*2012 Chalet Ascent S95R Camper

Posted By: jroddick on 06/26/13 08:04pm

Jfet wrote:

We thought about getting a 4x4 Fuso, but they just started making them for the US market.......Then of course there was that $50,000 vs $14,000...

What! No, they've been importing them since at least 1991. Mine cost me $2500........

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Posted By: Jfet on 06/26/13 08:10pm

heh heh jr...our camper would look awesome on that 4x4...it would have the space of a class C and the turning radius of a smart car.

Posted By: jroddick on 06/26/13 11:17pm

Jfet wrote:

heh heh jr...our camper would look awesome on that 4x4...it would have the space of a class C and the turning radius of a smart car.

You might have a little trouble keeping the front wheels on the ground with that camper.

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Posted By: Rbertalotto on 06/27/13 05:33am

I always wanted one of those Fusos, but then we bought one as a 2WD box truck for a company I owned. Extreme reliability and a great truck. But WAY under powered. Floored it would go 50 mph up hill and 70 down with a big load.

Engine

Model 4P10(T5)

Type DOHC, 4-cylinder, 4-stroke cycle, water-cooled, turbocharged, intercooled diesel with 4 valves per cylinder

Displacement 183 cu. in (3.0 L)

Max. output (SAE, gross) 161 hp @ 3,400 rpm

Max. torque (SAE, gross) 295 lb.-ft. @ 1,300 rpm

Put a Cummins 5.9 in it and then we'd have a TRUCK!

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Posted By: thorsmitersaw on 06/28/13 10:14am

jroddick wrote:

Jfet wrote:

We thought about getting a 4x4 Fuso, but they just started making them for the US market.......Then of course there was that $50,000 vs $14,000...

What! No, they've been importing them since at least 1991. Mine cost me $2500........

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where do you look for them? I cant find any on craigslist that are in 4 wheel drive. Are there any with crew cabs?

Posted By: btggraphix on 06/28/13 10:29am

thorsmitersaw wrote:

where do you look for them? I cant find any on craigslist that are in 4 wheel drive. Are there any with crew cabs?

The expo in Flagstaff would have been a great place to look for them in person (there were a bunch of them there and all sorts of things were for sale.) I'd also start following the expeditionportal forum in their for-sale sections. People there are pretty hawk-eyed for chassis like these. They found the posting I put up for Don's old Dodge/Outfitter combo within 8 hours of my putting it up on CL and before I got a chance to post it on the portal myself.

Posted By: mountainkowboy on 06/28/13 11:40am

I would love to find a 4x4 like that little flatbed. would like one a bit longer though, so I could run a bed style fuel tank and a "cab sleeper" like thing for the dogs.

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