We prefer rather lower, sporty vehicle designs and so from the beginning decided clearly against an alcove model. The downside is less space in the cabin but since it’s only us two traveling, we still have enough space. Especially as the Dopfer model offers a rather large storage garage and plenty of additional storage space above the driver cabin.
In terms of layout, we have a fixed bed in the back (it was important to not have to build the bed each day), we have a bathroom and a separate shower. You might ask, why waste valuable space for a shower. Good question. Yes, the shower is not used too often. Still, when you do use it, it gives you a real shower experience and your bathroom is not flooded with water. So far, no regrets, and the shower is also used as intermediate storage.
We ordered our Dopfer Iveco on October-28, 2021 with a planned delivery of March-2023 and picked up our Giraffe on June-5, 2023.
List of key configuration features (which might help you to design your own overlanding vehicle):
Chassis: Iveco Daily 70 S18 4x4, automatic transmission
Overall dimensions: length: 6700 mm, width: 2300 mm, height: 3350mm (the air condition added 150mm), wheelbase 3780mm
Weight: 5.500kg (driver, tanks full, one spare tire); total allowed weight 7.000kg
Living cabin:
Inner dimensions: length 4200 mm, width 2100 mm, height 2050 mm
Wall thickness: 50mm
Three Seitz S6 windows and two roof hatches (one with a ventilator)
Bed 140x200, shower, bathroom
Kitchen with gas stove, 120l compressor refrigerator (no freezing compartment)
ALDE Compact (natural gas or 220V) heating and warm water system
Permanent toilet (Zerhackertoilette) with separate 150-liter black water tank
Capacities: 200-liter diesel, 50-liter natural gas, 300-liter fresh water, 165-liter grey waste water
Electricity: 6x120W solar panels, 4x100AH LiFe batteries, 3500W voltage transformer, 45A charging booster
Security: HEO-Safe looks for driver cabin doors, ABUS looks for garage and cabin doors
Add-ons during building process
- Air-line lashing rails driver side to attach two sandboards
- Air-line lashing rail at rear wall to attach two diesel jerries and smaller recovery boards
- 2nd spare tire back wall
- Seagull water filtering system
- Truma Aventa Comfort air-condition
- Lumicoin outside LED lights
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