Build Update 11/16/22 —Highlights from the past few months and minor truck updates
I’m settled back in California for the holidays after an incredible summer and autumn in Alaska and Canada. I’ll drop a few photos from the adventure below before diving into #truckstuff in the next post.
Installed MESO Custom’s Puddle Lights. These things are super bright and would recommend the modification. PITA to install cleanly though—set aside a full weekend for this one.
We brought our ORU Kayak to Canada/Alaska and wanted a place to stash the paddles that was not the bed of the truck (to maintain that livable space) so dropped in Rago’s Rear Window Panels. These won’t stay here full-time.
I also added the Goose Gear Drawers (Pictured in bottom of last image).
Rigd Supply Ultraswing and backup camera relocation
Routed a secondary backup camera into the GFC to see around the ultraswing. (Gas tank was for Dalton Highway — which ended up being not necessary at end of day and won’t remain on truck 24/7.)
Next up: Mounting a Starlink bracket to the GFC roof and awaiting the arrival of our Kinsmen awning. Then this build thread * should * finally be complete.
Stoked to have figured out a clean solution to mount and integrate our Starlink dish + router into the GFC. Routed the dish cable through the roof of the GFC and mounted the router to my Trail Tacoma x Backwoods Adventure Mods GFC specific accessory panel.
Great question! I happened upon 3/4 PVC risers in the sprinkler parts aisle at home depot and thought it would be the perfect part for the pass through. (the proprietary starlink cable is super bulky—it just barely fits)
I used locking nuts on either end to secure it in place and found a removable hose cap to seal when not in use.
*Note: I ended up swapping out the metal locking nuts with plastic ones before installing—as they were flush and weather resistant—I also replaced the bulky white cap with a thiner red one. Finally, the end cap on interior is purely aesthetic to hide the thread.
Thanks @78westy and @Ronmastas! Starlink has been incredible out in the wilderness / LTE dead zones. Has completely transformed how I think about travel / where I can work.
In areas where cell service is readily available we’ll still prioritize tethering from phones (just easier)
Thanks @benawheeler! I made this graphic by “hand” in Figma utilizing exported Google Maps KML data. This process requires a ton of manual adjustment and retracing as the raw data rarely lines up with the projection and scale of the base map graphic. I try to get it as close as possible but like to think of these as more of diagrams vs. true to scale maps.
British Columbia + Alberta
Starlink bracket to the GFC roof and awaiting the arrival of our 
Kinsmen awning. Then this build thread * should * finally be complete. 
That is such a strange proprietary connector on the Starlink.
