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Is that a water tank in the Gear tunnel??


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I would be interested in water tanks that mounted on the shuttle!
I'm hoping someone makes an insertable cooler for the gear tunnel. Would be nice, have a removable ice pack that slides in. Trips to the grocery store up north can take like 30+ minutes and in the rare 80-90 degree heat, frozen/refrigerated foods don't last without a cooler.
 
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I would be interested in water tanks that mounted on the shuttle!
I've reached out to a company that makes custom tanks and asked if they'd be interested. I'd envision a 1/2 length tank (15 G?) with an add on option of an electric water heater - think hot showers and water. I have the Isotherm Slim 4 Gallon in my sprinter with a 25 G water tank and it works great.
 

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I've reached out to a company that makes custom tanks and asked if they'd be interested. I'd envision a 1/2 length tank (15 G?) with an add on option of an electric water heater - think hot showers and water. I have the Isotherm Slim 4 Gallon in my sprinter with a 25 G water tank and it works great.
I'm thinking about trying to fit one in the void space behind the battery between the frame rails on my LE. Would rather use the weather safe storage for actual useful stuff.
 

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I'm hoping to see an aftermarket supplier sell a competitor to the shuttle that is cheaper while being better constructed. Some photos I've seen of the slides look cheesy and its seems taller than it needs to be.
 

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So, are you thinking each side of the orange cable at the back of the battery in this photo? How much space do you think is there?

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20-30 gallons easy. That's part of the area the max pack is going to use. Should be possible to build a tank with a 12V heating element to make it a 4 season tank.
Biggest problem will be having to drop the off-road protection plate to even get access to that area.
 

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Of the videos posted in this series, this one was the least interesting to me. The reviewers talked about themselves more than what they were doing.
 

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Of the videos posted in this series, this one was the least interesting to me. The reviewers talked about themselves more than what they were doing.
Honestly, they've been dragging this series out so long I've pretty much lost interest in the whole thing.
 

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I'm hoping someone makes an insertable cooler for the gear tunnel. Would be nice, have a removable ice pack that slides in. Trips to the grocery store up north can take like 30+ minutes and in the rare 80-90 degree heat, frozen/refrigerated foods don't last without a cooler.
Iā€™d rather a cooler in the front trunk. Itā€™s a much more accessible space for it. For instance, you can get to it when parked in a standard parking spot with vehicles or other obstacles on the side.

At the off road expo when they were showing off the initial prototype of the camp kitchen, they mentioned having a custom fridge made for the front trunk. Iā€˜d hold out for that.

I donā€™t know what ā€œup northā€ is for you but for me itā€™s a couple hours to the nearest grocery store that doesnā€™t have Northern prices(like $15+ for a gallon of milk)
 

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Honestly, they've been dragging this series out so long I've pretty much lost interest in the whole thing.
The articles wonā€™t even be in print until the January 2022 issue!
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