Steyr 1491 + Discovery series 20ft Habitat

LOKI BUILDS AN EXPEDITION TRUCK

The decade prior to COVID, LOKI's sole focus was converting shipping containers into mobile marketing booths. The design team toyed with the idea of using a shipping container to create a mobile research center for maritime scientists. The structure could be housed on the back of a truck but also be transported via ship if need be. The whole thing took a very expedition truck look. We dreamed that it would be a cool project to do, but it never went further than the computer renders. Fast forward to 3 years into the existence of our adventure vehicle division, when the opportunity came to build a real expedition truck for a client it wasn't a difficult decision to accept the mandate.

Yes, this is not exactly a shipping container, obviously it makes little sense to strap a 20 ft. hunk of metal on the back of a truck to go off-roading. But the dimensions are similar, and we were back to playing with an oddly familiar rectangle shape. The walls of this habitat are built with high density structural grade PIR insulation with thick FRP (gel-coat) inside and out, and reinforced with AZDEL sub-laminates, the panels are impervious to water, super strong, fire resistant, light weight and are made & manufactured in the USA.

A full refurbishing process was performed on the truck, we will have a full blog post on that endeavor.

This fully furnished 4 season habitat sleeps up to 6, contains a full-sized shower / mudroom, bathroom, full kitchen and is completely autonomous thanks to it's battery bank and renewable energy sources. LOKI designed and fabricated all the accessories that are installed on the truck as part of a turnkey project. See our full spec sheet for this build bellow the image gallery.