Truck Update 11/25/18

Inspected shim bond
Measured bed headboard area
Researched
- Calorifiers
- Expansion tanks
- Footwear for travel
Finalized design for passenger side upper cabinet
Cut lumber for bed headboard and passenger side upper cabinet
Chamfered edges on all cut lumber
Cleaned up final painted pantry doors
Started bonding lumber for passenger side upper cabinet
Bonded upper trim for headboard
Ordered
- SureCal 22 litre calorifier
- GPS to check/calibrate speedometer
- Shower head, hose, and valve assembly
- Black label brake bleeder
Prepped, bonded, and screwed face on kitchen pantry
Prepped and bonded trim on side of kitchen pantry
Assembled components for face of passenger side upper cabinet
Installed locks on upper 3 pantry doors
Installed latches on lower 3 pantry doors
Installed polycarbonate plates on lockable pantry doors
Used tape to position pantry door faces while bonding with Korapop 225
Cut plywood base for passenger side upper cabinet
Assembled passenger side upper cabinet face
Assembled base and aft mount of passenger side upper cabinet
Final assembled overall passenger side upper cabinet
Looked at storage details inside pantry
Cut material for shelves and dividers for inside pantry
Fabricated and installed divider for passenger side upper cabinet
Cut plywood for bed headboard
Started bonding headboard assembly
Filled fastener holes in passenger side upper cabinet
Researched flooring options
Assembled upper pantry divider

We have the kitchen pantry just about ready to install in the habitat. We built the pantry around the face of a school locker that we salvaged. The face of the school locker was actually pretty nice with door jams, doors, hinges, locks, etc. The locker came with combination locks on the doors and although we didn’t want all of the doors lockable, we thought it might be nice to use some of the locks and have a few cabinets that we could secure if desired. One nice side benefits is that the locking mechanism is super secure, so we have higher confidence that the doors won’t rattle open when we are off-road. Now that we have the pantry finished and we get to step back and look at it, the combination locks look a little silly and we definitely didn’t need 3 lockable cabinets. They are a bit overkill, but hopefully we find them useful in the long run. If nothing else, it lets us show the interior of the habitat to strangers in the future while some of our personal items are secured away.