What's up, guys, Ben, Diesel Power Products here.
I'm very excited to have one of our ambassadors
in town, Mr. Basil Lynch.
Let's check it out.
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What's up, everybody.
My name's Basil.
This is my truck named Bruce.
I live in the truck full time and travel the country
as a photographer.
I started in San Diego about two months ago
and drove up the coast.
Now I'm here at Diesel Power Products.
All right.
So we're going to give you an overview of everything that's
going on with this truck.
Best way to start, in the front.
Tell me what's going on in the front of the truck.
So the front of the truck, first big thing
is the Buckstop bumper.
It's their Outback series, full steel.
A little bit heavy, but it's super strong.
You can kind of do whatever you want with it and it won't care.
Inside of the bumper is a Warn 16.5 winch with synthetic line,
on the end of that, Factor 55 ProLink.
Attached to the outside of the bumper
is the Rigid industry's lights.
I've got ambers down low for driving in bad weather,
along with my normal Q series driving lights just
for general driving.
This is my VHF radio antenna.
And then over here is my weBoost cell phone booster.
On top of the hood is 100 watt solar panel
for my camper batteries.
And then up mounted on the camper is the 50 inch
SR Rigid Industry spotlight bar for long distance lighting.
So we got the hood popped on this rig
and you'll probably notice that we're both wearing Diesel Power
Product shirts.
One of my favorite things about this rig,
not only is it an overlander, not only
is Basil a very nice man, but this thing's got a 7.3 in it.
And if you know me, I got to soft spot for 7.3s.
So we got this thing all perked up.
And this is obviously a heavy, heavy vehicle.
So it's got to make some power.
It's got to be reliable.
So we got a nice S&B cold air intake on there.
Got some Gearhead tunes.
Got a Edge CTS2 monitor on there so you
can keep track of all your EGTs and horse
pressures and whatnot.
And also a filtration on 7.3s is key.
We have a DieselSite coolant filtration system,
along with their 203 degree thermostat
and a silicon hose that goes around the serpentine belt.
Other than that, it's a pretty well-stocked truck.
And that's how 7.3s like to live.
Get them a little bit more power,
get them to get on the freeway, get out
of the way of everybody else, and they'll last forever.
So now that we've got the basics hammered out
to get some more performance out of the engine, Basil,
how would I help you out?
So what I kind of want to do with this truck
is just make it really drivable.
Didn't want real crazy power.
I wanted to keep it reliable and just
be able to fly down the road at 65 all day long
and it wouldn't care.
So a lot of those have really helped that.
The biggest, biggest change that I noticed was the tuner.
From stock, as soon as I plugged in that tuner
it was mind blowing what it did to the vehicle.
It completely changed it.
Other than that, the air intake is really good peace of mind
to know it's getting good clean air.
And then two big batteries.
I got the Full Throttle batteries
in there, which is great for cold starts,
along with just having peace of mind of not having a battery
after forgetting a light on or forgetting your phone
plugged, in whatever it is.
So that's what we've done underneath the hood
to wake up this 7.3.
Basil, let's give a tour of the rest of the truck.
Let's go check it out.
So the truck is rolling on a set of Yokohama Geolander 015s.
They are 315/75r16.
Great tire.
I didn't want something super aggressive
because I mean, to be honest most people are
going to be driving on asphalt 90% of the time.
And for that 10% of the time that I'm off road,
they still perform awesome.
They're also severe snow rated.
So I can go and go up and mountain passes and not
have to worry so much.
I do carry chains still, but it's
nice to know your tires have great grip.
In here is a set of Bilstein 5160 shocks
with their heavy valving.
And the truck is on roughly about six inches of lift.
I did-- when I first bought the truck,
the steering was insanely sloppy.
And that was something that's not really fun when you
have a huge camper on the back.
So got a hold of Redhead and we threw one of their steering
gears in here, which helped change the truck phenomenally,
just how it drives down the street.
Other than that, the suspension is not too crazy.
The rear end is on a custom set of leafs with airbags.
And the same heavy duty valving, Bilstein 5160 shocks.
Got adjustable track bar in it and Pitman arm drop.
But other than that, yeah, it's not too crazy.
So on the back of the truck, first thing
is I've got the hot water heater for the inside of the camper.
And then lighting.
I've got the new Rigid Industry's lights
on the back of the truck.
They are dual function.
So I've got running lights, brake lights, turn signals,
the amber second function is actually strobe.
Also on the back of the truck is the stickers.
Everyone likes the stickers.
First little guy is Bruce up there.
The truck's name is Bruce.
Kind of after Finding Nemo, partially because it's
this big aggressive truck, but then on the inside
it's kind of nice.
And then I've also got Slow Truck Fast
House because normally my cruising speed down the highway
at 60, 65, but thanks to Diesel Power Products,
the truck's actually not that slow.
I can cruise at 85 if I want, but my gas mileage
takes a huge hit when I do that.
My average right now is about 13 to 15 MPG.
Cruising at about 60, 65, which is
pretty good for a giant rolling brick on wheels.
Also on the back of the truck is my bike.
It's a 1980 Yamaha DT 100.
It's a little 100 CC two stroke.
Super fun to ride.
It only goes about 45 miles an hour, but it's street legal.
So I can leave the truck at a campsite
and then take the bike back into town
to go get groceries, more beer, whatever it is.
The bike is mounted on a Joe Hauler motorcycle carrier
that we custom built for the truck.
Joe's out of San Diego.
He built it so it could high rise up a little bit more
so off road I wasn't dragging a carrier.
So as soon as I put the bike on the back of the truck,
I knew that my rear lights were blocked.
I kind of ran a couple of months or probably about a couple
of weeks like that with the lights partially blocked.
And I was just waiting for the day for someone to rear end me.
When Rigid Industries released these new lights,
I knew they were perfect.
So I mounted low lights so you could still
have the lower stock lights.
And then threw lights up high so that I can know everyone's
seeing that I'm stopping.
It's a pretty big vehicle.
So it's obvious to see, but it's good to know
that you have good rear lighting on the rear end of your truck.
So everyone knows you're making a left turn here
or a right turn here, whatever it is.
So that's pretty much everything that's
going on with the back end of the truck.
Now we'll go and look at the sides of the truck
and kind of see what's going on over there.
So on the driver's side of the truck,
first thing is the fluids cabinet.
It's got the filler neck, my propane tank armed with all
my oils, and fuel additives--
I run F-bomb, great additives.
That cabinet's kind of very messy.
Everything just gets thrown in and stuff leaks.
So it's not very nice.
On the outside of it I mounted some L track
with some crossbars on it.
And then mount to those crossbars
are my skis and my Maxtrax vehicle recovery boards.
These things are great.
It's a great thing for snow, sand, anything
where you can get kind of bogged down in it.
You can throw these underneath the tires, drive up on them,
and it just lifts the vehicle right out.
Surprisingly, they work really well on my truck.
My truck's 11 and 1/2 thousand pounds fully loaded.
And even then, everyone's kind of like, oh,
just a piece of plastic.
But, no, they've held up great.
I've used them probably six or seven times in this truck
so far.
And haven't had any issues with them.
So for on the passenger side of the truck,
this cabinet is kind of all my tools,
along with the electrical stuff with the camper.
I carry probably too many tools, but it's
nice to know I can fix everything
while I'm out on the road.
When you go to such remote places,
you need to carry a lot of spare parts, and spare tools,
and fluids, and all that kind of stuff
so you can fix stuff on your own while you're out there.
For the camper, I've got two giant Full River batteries
that help run the heater in the camper, all
of my electronics, lights, charge the camera
batteries, all that kind of stuff.
Super good batteries.
I've never had to run them low.
The batteries are charged with a DC to DC
charger that goes to the alternator of the truck,
along with a 300 watt solar panel mounted on the roof.
The100 watt panel on the hood of it
ties into my Goal Zero power pack inside the camper.
That sums up for all the storage on the outside of the truck.
And now let's go and check out the cab.
So this is the inside of the truck.
A lot of stuff going on.
First off is the kind of ram up set up.
I have a iPad mini mounted up here
that I run either weather systems on
or mapping for off-road.
Next to that is my Kenwood TM 710G radio.
It's a ham radio so it's got great range, along with APRS
tracking.
So I can send people a link and they can track where I'm at.
It's great for my mom.
It keeps my mom happy.
So she knows where I'm at.
Down here is my Switch Pros controller.
This works all of the lights on the front of the truck,
along with future accessories of a compressor,
that kind of stuff.
Over here is my Edge Insight CTS 2.
Really one of my favorite things I've done to the truck
because it's just, you can monitor everything on it.
It helps keep an eye on everything
from what your instant fuel mileage is,
to transmission temperatures, to the high pressure oil system.
It's a really good tool to be able to watch it
while driving and make sure nothing's going wrong
while you're on the road.
Up here is my Gearhead six position tuner.
It's got six different tunes on it.
Right now I've just got the basic tunes.
My favorite tune I run is probably
number three, which is the economy and light tow tune.
I run number one, which is the heavy tune,
if I go up a really steep hill.
It helps keep transmission temperatures down
and just kind of helps it go up a hill a little bit easier.
Just modifying the basics on the truck of the tuner, the intake,
exhaust, and the edge have really helped just
make the drivability of the truck that much better.
It's not a speed demon.
I'm not going to go 90 miles an hour down the freeway.
But just being able to have that little bit of improvement
on the technology in the truck that when it was built
was a 2000, just bringing it up to the modern standards
on the truck has made a huge difference
in how the truck drives in fuel mileage too.
Surprisingly, when I put all of these accessories on I
went from about 11 miles to the gallon up to 15,
which is a pretty big difference,
especially with me where I'm driving the vehicle every day
and almost going through a tank of gas-- or, sorry,
a tank of diesel every single day.
That's pretty much everything that's
going on with the inside of the truck.
Now let's go in the back and check out
the inside of the camper.
So this is the camper.
I bought the camper from a guy named
Brandon out to Santa Cruz.
He was a carpenter and decided he
wanted to build himself a camper, so he built it.
All homemade.
Built it in his backyard.
The exterior of the camper is a galvanized steel.
And then this is a stainless steel inside of that.
All of the framing on the outside
is 1 by 2 120 wall steel.
In between the galvanized steel is a foam insulation.
And the interior walls are a quarter inch ply.
Camper is mounted onto the stock truck frame mounts.
He built a subframe.
Almost kind of like a flat bed platform on it
out of 2 by 4 240 wall steel.
And then the camper is built on another subframe
that sets down on top of that and then gets bolted through.
So the camper is removable, but you
do need a forklift to get it off or something like that.
Overall, the camper is insanely strong.
I've taken it places it definitely shouldn't be.
That's why there's pinstripes down it
and somethings are broken on the outside.
But I've never had an issue.
I've been lifting tires in the truck and flexing it way out
and have never had anything crack on the camper.
It's nice knowing the camper's really strong.
And you can kind of do whatever you want with it
and it will be OK.
Other than that, camper outside is pretty basic.
Let's go check out the inside now.
So this is the inside of the camper.
Definitely a little bit different
than the normal campers, more of a house.
Up here's the bed, along with surf board storage.
The bed is roughly a queen size bed,
but it's about 10 inches narrower than a queen.
So plenty of space.
I'm six four and fit in it perfect.
Or, six three and fit in it perfect.
Over here are cabinets.
These cabinets hold all of my camera
gear, random electronics, all that kind of stuff.
Over here is kind of my electronics center.
I've got the interior antenna for the cell phone booster.
Solar charge controller, fan controller for the ceiling fan,
indoor outdoor temperature, along the voltages
for both the camper batteries.
Here's the table.
Built a custom table out of a slab of walnut
I picked up off of Craigslist for $10.
It swivels, pivots, goes up and down.
Pretty awesome.
One of my favorite things I've done to it.
Back here is all my storage.
This one's kind of just odd ball.
Lawn goods, ski boots, backpacks, camp chairs,
that kind of stuff.
This side is all clothes.
Got tons of clothes storage.
A little bit messy, but that's normal.
All these cabinets are about 12 inches deep.
Down here, this is where I keep my stove.
I don't have a hard stove mounted into my countertop
because I wanted to have a ton of countertop space.
So I've just got a stove that I take out and put
on the countertop and run.
Over here is all kinds of shoes, boots, that kind of stuff.
Over here are these two candidates.
This top one is all of my food, pretty much my pantry.
And then this down low one is all of my cooking supplies.
So pots, pans, cups, utensils.
Over here is the fridge.
Pretty good size.
Nothing crazy, but it's got a small freezer up top too.
And then underneath here I've got storage.
This one's kind of toiletries along with some appliances.
Under the sink is kind of cleaning stuff, paper goods,
coffee machine, just random oddball things.
Up here it's kind of books, more random things,
and this is all spices.
The sink has both hot and cold water off the hot water heater.
It's actually good pressure.
Kind of like a household sink.
And then this second tap is for my Acuva water purification
system.
So I've got a water purifier underneath here
that does both particle and LED filtration.
So I can run pretty much any water
I want into my tanks to be able to drink it.
Over here, just simple magnet storage for all of my knives,
forks, spoons, that kind of stuff.
This is my Goal Zero power pack.
It's a lithium power pack that I mainly use
to charge camera batteries, computers, anything
but large draws.
I try not to put a huge draw on the camper batteries
because I rely on it for the water pump and the heater.
So this is a nice battery pack that I can use and completely
drain and not have to worry about camper batteries getting
low.
So that pretty much ends the tour on Bruce.
Thanks, everyone for watching.
And thanks Diesel Power Products for letting me come by.
If you guys want to follow along on the journey,
make sure you find me on Instagram @BasilLynch
or on Facebook, Basil Lynch Photography.
Thanks again.
See you guys.
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