There, actually was Henriette 2.0 not planned at all – After all the optimizations, we were actually quite satisfied with our Henriette – as said “actually” ??
And so we came to our new vehicle: in Albania on the pitch at Albin, a vehicle came into the yard in the evening, that looked similar to ours: that was Julia and Walter's MAN (Stone Age Journey). We thought it was very funny and we had to take photos right away.
Of course you start talking, talks shop about traveling and vehicles. You always look at the others with curiosity “Apartments” an – and I was immediately fascinated by the inner workings of the other MAN: it looked awfully big, bright and super friendly – I fell in love with this expansion. We talked about the history of the vehicle and Julia said, that they wanted to exchange the car for the successor model in a year. Clear, that I immediately secured the right of first refusal for it. Because the chemistry between us was right and we all really liked each other, we kept in touch over the next few weeks.
Back in Germany, Walter called us in January and said, that the successor model would be in the final stages and if we were interested, we should just look at it. Said, did, A flight to Budapest was immediately booked and an appointment with Dickenherr Trucks & Trailers GmbH identified. The nice manager Klaus and his equally nice son Henri showed us the object of our desire. We slept on it one night, then Henriette was bought with a handshake 2.0 sealed (we are always very quick in our decisions:))
Here are a few pictures of the expansion phase:
And that's the data: the truck is a MAN TGM 13.280 4×4, first registration 2008, 149.000 miles driven. Our girl is 2,53 m wide, 3,95 m high and 7,50 long distance – so it's quite a bummer !
Compact vehicle with great proportions. A transverse bed in the rear with a round seating group in front and adjoining kitchen and wet room with separate toilet. There is ample space and storage for 2 people and 2 große Rhodesian Ridgebacks. The rear garage offers additional storage space for 10 E1 The coffin, which are arranged and secured on shelves.
One installed at the rear 270 Degree awning provides protection from rain and especially sun. The built-in technology ensures self-sufficient travel and pleasant living comfort.
The base vehicle is a MAN 13 280.
Preparation of the vehicle frame with wax sealing at critical points.
The vehicle has all-weather tires 385/65 R22.5 equipped
Painting of the add-on parts with loading surface sealing.
Additional insulation of the entire driver's cabin.
growing one 300 Liter Dieseltanks
The driver's cab is included 2 Equipped with Grammer comfort air suspension seats.
The roof rack and branch deflector is made of aluminum round tube.
installation of 4 Additional headlights with high beam function and ECE approval.
The spring-loaded subframe is rigidly bolted to the rear of the vehicle. The subframe was hot-dip galvanized using the immersion method.
Stainless steel spring elements ensure sufficient mobility of the vehicle frame off-road.
The bottom plate is 60 mm strong with 2 GRP laminate base plates.
The side walls and the roof are each 60mm thick with each 2 mm GRP top layer. Aluminum L-profiles provide additional protection for the cabin.
The window (safety glass), Flaps and doors are from Outbound. The door is equipped with a triple lock.
The storage boxes are mounted on the intermediate frame, have a solid latch and are 35 mm insulated. In addition, all outside storage boxes have one 230 V outlet and light.
The passage between the cab and the cabin is with 2 Security doors lockable. The cabin and the driver's cab are connected with a bellows.
The spare wheel holder is also hot-dip galvanized and the spare wheel can be easily operated using a pulley.
expansion:
the furniture is of high quality , the body made of multi-glued wood coated with matt white decor.
The fronts have a real wood look. The floor is also in wood look.
The work surface of the kitchen, and the table and bathroom shelf is made of Corean in deep anthracite. The work surface can be expanded by simply opening a panel on the kitchen cabinet..
There is LED lighting in the living room, in the kitchen, in the toilet and in the bathroom.
There is also ambient lighting and reading lamps by the bed.
The seating group is covered with a robust fabric and can also be used as an additional bed by lowering the table and quickly converting the backrest.
The kitchen is equipped with ball-bearing Soft Close drawers. The microwave oven is in stainless steel look.
The induction hob with 2 Cooking zones is from Siemens.
In the kitchen there is a spacious sink with a high-quality water tap.
There is a radio with surround sound and a Bluetooth hands-free system.
A 24 inch Smart TV, which has its own WLAN network 4 G antenna features, which is installed on the roof, is also available.
The wet cell with a size of 80 x 85 cm is equipped with a stainless steel tub and a Corian shower insert above it. The drain is in the middle and therefore the water runs off even with slight bumps.
The separation toilet is sucked off via a fan over the floor.
Also, in the bathroom there are both 2 skylight window and a fan.
There is additional storage space in the intermediate floor.
Electricity:
It is a lithium iron phosphate battery pack with an integrated heater 10240 Wh capacity at 24 V voltage present.
inverter 24 V constant output power of 2400 W, Top performance 6000 W
charger 70 A at 24 corresponds to V 1680 W
The solar system with a total output of 1320 Wp, divided on 2 Solar controller with each 30 A charging power. Both systems are electrically separated to achieve maximum redundancy.
The charge booster system performance is 820 W
charger for the starter batteries 400 watts of power, switchable via inverter or external power.
5 inch display in the interior, with graphic representation of the energy flow in the vehicle.
Remote maintenance of the electrics via integrated WLAN
External lighting mounted below the cabin, Switchable with radio remote control and various buttons from the interior or the driver's cabin.
air conditioning:
2 x 4KW diesel parking heater from Eberspächer, with a separate heating circuit
Dometic Freshwell 3000 air conditioning with 3000 W heating – and 2700 W cooling capacity
water system:
The entire water system is installed in the intermediate floor and is therefore frost-proof in winter.
2 x 10.9l/min Shurfolw Pumpen. The pumps can be switched separately and each has a tank 150 assigned to liters.
There are 2 Boiler.
Boiler 1 takes 10 liters with 500 W
Boiler 2 takes 15 liters and has a heating capacity of 2KW
Fresh water tanks are each 150 Liter of 8mm MPDE . The filler necks are installed in the rear garage and can therefore not be manipulated from the outside.
The gray water tank has a capacity of 75 litres.
The fill levels are measured via tank sensors (2 mm) thus displayed accurately.
Here is the link to the company Dickenherr Trucks & Trails: www.dickenherr.de
So and here are a few more photos of the finished Henriette:
Because in the end time was running out and we had already booked the shipment to Canada, we had to Henriette 2.0 quickly in 4 days and unfortunately could no longer do a test drive in Germany. But in Canada time will tell, how we get along with the new Henriette – I think, we will get along well. It's nice too, that we ride together with our friends Julia, Walter, Wilma and the tourist start – Henriette is not alone there either.
