Another green laner build

Continuing on, the fridge now has restraints so it won't hit me in the back of my head in the event of a crash. The strap is a repurposed seat belt. I removed the reel and made it a fixed length strap that goes from the top seat belt mount to the false floor. The wooden false floor assembly is bolted to the car with 6 bolts so it shouldn't move.

 

My sleeping bag sits nicely in the space between the fridge and driver's seat.

 

While I had the sleeping bag out I thought I'd test out the sleeping position. The old 6" inflatable mattress I have had for years is a no-go. Without the mattress it's fairly easy to get in and out of the sleeping space, with the mattress it's really cramped. Just as a reference point I tried the sleeping bag without any mattress and it wasn't nearly as uncomfortable as I expected. I think I can be pretty comfortable with a 1" or 2" sleeping mat.

There is no where to fit a hilift jack in this setup and hilifts are rather heavy. While browsing YouTube I found this trailer jack conversion . The jack I bought weighs roughly half as much as a hilift and is rated for 2 tonnes. I need to make an adjustable toe for it but I think it should work quite well. The basic design is quite similar to the Fiat Panda 4x4 jack I use on my trials car, which works very well. The main down side I have found so far with the jack is that winding the handle is painfully slow. I'm tempted to cut the handle off and weld on a nut. That way I can wind it up and down with a battery drill or rattle gun.

 

 

More progress - carpet makes it look a lot better. I couldn't find any car carpet in the correct grey so I went for black instead. Domestic carpet is too thick for this application.

 

 

 

Starting to fill up the seat compartments. The footwell is where the heavy stuff goes - winch, jack, jacking brackets etc.
The middle compartment contains the auxiliary 100Ah lithium battery and electrics. The battery is way overkill but it was such a good price I couldn't help myself. Some tools will go in here as well.
The rear compartment contains a 20L water tank, 10L diesel tank for the heater and most importantly some decent speakers. I'm not really keen on having diesel in the cabin but I cannot think of anywhere else for it to go.

 

The false floor in the back is designed to fit lengthened supermarket totes. I'm a bit out of practice with plastic welding but the welds are strong even if they aren't that pretty.

 

They fit firmly in place under the floor.

 

How long will the 10ltrs of diesel last running your heater?

Ahh this build is Looking great.
I got a diesel heater indstalled in my SJ trailer now and have only ran it testing for 3-4 hours. Cannot see the the diesel level gone down so must be less than half a litre.
Does not have to be on more than lowest setting on a small room like this.

I got the same fridge as you or one size smaller. Annoying that there is no hooks on it for straps. Will boldly screw on some hooks one day when I get more fed up or collect the courage for it.