I like it very much! I'll keep watching as well and help if I can.
One thing that I'm curious about is what sort of basement (if any) you are building? I would love to someday do a build along these lines but who knows if I'll ever get the chance. But if it were me I would build as much of the "utilities" into the basement as possible. Lower center of gravity, keep all that stuff close together and in a shared/heated environment, and more sound isolation for noisy furnace, water pump etc. If I were keeping the roof clear, I'd seriously look into the "single room" AC's that are out there so you could install the main unit in the basement, and duct the cool air to various places in the camper and the hot air out. I'd want to locate the furnace down there, the water pump, the HWH. I'd probably also build a larger single propane tank underneath or perhaps in your garage area. Maybe even in the chassis itself rather than in the TC. We do a lot of winter camping and it would be really nice to have a single bigger tank with en emergancy backup of a 20#/30# tank hookup. It would add a lot of interior storage/closet etc. I would also be considering where to put a generator and if it would make any sense to have any additional diesel "accessories" (generator? heater system for engine + ?) mounted in with the chassis rather than the camper. How big is the diesel tank for the chassis?
I'm getting to the point where I am looking at my chassis as more of a "support" vehicle for the camper.....the battery bank will be under the bed (though I have gone back to having the inverter being located in the TC) and any other things that I can move there....maybe a big propane tank and certainly an extra diesel tank. If I wanted extra fresh water, it would be in the bed probably. I would love to redesign my Lance and skirt in the overhang to be a true flatbed and then take advantage of that space moving the appliances that I can down lower. It would allow the front jacks to be mounted the full height just like the rears as I assume you will be doing. Are you going to make cutouts in the bed itself somehow to be able to swing the front jacks "into" the flatbed or in front of the front edge of the flatbed? YOu could instead make them easily removable and slip them into a storage cubby in the bed. My jacks rub on the edge of my headache rack. My headache rack is half-height (to just below the rear widnow of the Kodiak. Would like to make stake pocket type holes in the top so I could slip in an upper half when the TC will be off for an extended period of time. Headache racks are really useful especially for shorter beds. You have a really long bed though! I could park my skidsteer behind the TC perhaps!
Loaded and ready for some work on my buddies property last weekend:
Smooth bucket, tooth bucket, auger with three bits:
Love having the big truck as I am sure you do too!
I like the use of the space under the interior end of the cabover. Slick idea there.
