Well I Made It This Far

[JuanKnucklehead]

I have moved out of my apartment & to a friends property. I am still inside for another month or 2 when I get my tent.  Ill prolly move outside 1st of May or June fulltime
I have installed a floor in my van, a bed with slide out table. I did add a extra wood piece so I could slide out the table without having to move bedding not pictured. I did that when I realized when my table was pulled my bed would fall thru, lol 
Yesterday I ordered a Bluetti 150 solar battery with 2-120w folding panels. It will be here in 7-14d ($1400. thats when i knew play time was over)
Because I'll be stationary (using this address) for 2 years waiting on my daughter to be 16, Most of the time I will be living in a 4 season tent here on the back 40 of the property & out of my van.
And of course travelling Okla & N.M & Co. Honing road life down. I am disabled so leaving for 2-3 weeks at a time is very much in the cards.
Plan is this Spring & Summer Black Kettle Federal Lands Oklahoma 2 weeks at a time & hopefully me and my daughter make it to Black Mesa by Fall.
Then 2 years Me n MY Daughter full time 
Sorry if I doubled a couple pictures

 

[bullfrog]

Looking Good!

 

[PlethoraOfGuns]

Nice pullout table contraption!

 

[highdesertranger]

Looks great. Highdesertranger

 

[JuanKnucklehead]

Thank y'all for commenting. Next step is a sink behind the drivers seat & use the front sto-n-go for gray water tank. That way the compartment is being used but all I have to do is pull the plug from the hose underneath. I can lay my floor with no special cuts to access. I never need into it.

 

[Cammalu]

Juan. Is that pull out your bed?


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[JuanKnucklehead]

Yes its my bed

 

[Cammalu]

So pull out for sleeping outside then?

 

[user 37446]

Can you still sit on the bed (when there is a pad/bedding) and your head not touch the headliner? How much clearance under the plywood do you have (knowing that the bottom 2x4" does require a bin to be tilted...).

 

[HappyLife1977]

Pretty genious, that table bed thing!

 

[Scott3569]

Love the idea with the slide out table.. If I was not planning to put my kitchen in the rear, that would certainly be a nice feature... I also have not started the build yet So who knows might decide to switch it up.

 

[JuanKnucklehead]

So pull out for sleeping outside then?

No, edit to say "but who knows, could be a idea?? It will hold someone up)
It is so when the weather is nice I can have a table outside. When everything is closed up, the table is slid in and I sleep on top of it.Not pictured, When the table is out, another piece of wood stays in place holding up my bedding.

 

[JuanKnucklehead]

Can you still sit on the bed (when there is a pad/bedding) and your head not touch the headliner?  How much clearance under the plywood do you have (knowing that the bottom 2x4" does require a bin to be tilted...).

I can almost sit up straight, my head does touch the roof. But I am not worried about that because I left the 3rd row seat intact for just that reason. I have a bed for sleeping and a chair for sitting.
Under the bed I have just enough room to store 7 milkcrates and remove/put back without any problems & store my Bluetti solar generator between the pass seat and end of bed & the panels store perfect between the bed and pass slide door (my pass slide door doesnt work)

 

[JuanKnucklehead]

Love the idea with the slide out table.. If I was not planning to put my kitchen in the rear, that would certainly be a nice feature... I also have not started the build yet So who knows might decide to switch it up.

I am going to put my kitchen in the back eventually, But I figure I'll leave enough room for the table to slide out

 

[desert_sailing]

Great to see the progress. I was hoping to get some kind of side out table as well. I think they are one of the best things in van builds... It's like having a transformer robot!

northern travels planned for summer?

 

[JuanKnucklehead]

This is it right b4 paint