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This is an interesting question.
Does anyone have photos of the seals on the doors of the Terra or Traveler (@cyure) ? I’m curious if they’re similar to the Rivian doors, which are double-sealed and allow fording well beyond the bottom of the doors.
Does this work?

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Scout has said 36” fording but the question is how to do that in the harvester without choking out the engine
Right.

If they keep that number for the Harvester, they’ll have to have the intake (and probably exhaust) manifold(s) well above the axle. If the Harvester with 36” fording depth is wearing 37” tires, that puts the axle center line 18.5” above the surface (and for 33”s, that’s only 16.5” above the surface). It’s not clear, from looking at the vehicles, to me where the engine is going to fit with a 36” ford depth.
 
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Right.

If they keep that number for the Harvester, they’ll have to have the intake (and probably exhaust) manifold(s) well above the axle. If the Harvester with 36” fording depth is wearing 37” tires, that puts the axle center line 18.5” above the surface (and for 33”s, that’s only 16.5” above the surface). It’s not clear, from looking at the vehicles, to me where the engine is going to fit with a 36” ford depth.
Theory: a ‘fording mode’ that closes off intake and exhaust. Might be useful if you’re only rarely running the motor anyway, to prevent critters.
 
Theory: a ‘fording mode’ that closes off intake and exhaust. Might be useful if you’re only rarely running the motor anyway, to prevent critters.
That’s an interesting theory. I wonder how much engineering would have to go into guaranteeing that the intake is clear of water before the Harvester will start up again.

Any cast metal should probably be kept out of the water too—you don’t want to have to wait 30 minutes after you’ve used the Harvester to ford the water.
“Mom, can we go swimming yet?”
“No! You’ll get a cramp and drown! You have to wait another 15 minutes!"

(Yes, I know many gas vehicles can ford even with cast parts getting wet… I’m just paranoid about cracking hot metals as I’ve had it happen on a cast iron engine block.)
 
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That’s an interesting theory. I wonder how much engineering would have to go into guaranteeing that the intake is clear of water before the Harvester will start up again.

Any cast metal should probably be kept out of the water too—you don’t want to have to wait 30 minutes after you’ve used the Harvester to ford the water.
“Mom, can we go swimming yet?”
“No! You’ll get a cramp and drown! You have to wait another 15 minutes!"

(Yes, I know many gas vehicles can ford even with cast parts getting wet… I’m just paranoid about cracking hot metals as I’ve had it happen on a cast iron engine block.)
Good point and solid humor
 
Different topic and a bit of whine from me. The Lightning has the largest, most useful frunk I’ve see in an EV available on the North American market.

But it’s about 3-4 inches too short to fit my ICECO VL60 Dual Zone fridge/freezer. Which is really quite a bummer. Sure, there’s space in the bed for it, but we’re hoping to do a long road/camping/travel trip next spring/summer and would like to sleep in the bed of the truck. The fridge would be in the way.

What are some possible solutions?

I can’t make the fridge smaller. The lids are only about 2 inches thick and putting smaller ones on would increase the energy cost.
There aren’t many low profile 50-60 liter fridges that I can find. The ICECO VL60 is 31.2”W x 19.5”D x 18.9”T.

The height of the frunk when closed is probably only about 15 inches.

I might have to get a smaller fridge. What a bummer. I really like this one.
Another option might be to install a swing-out fridge mount in the bed of the truck so it can be swung to be outside of the bed when we camp.
It won’t fit in the rear of the cabin even though there’s plenty of space if we could get it in there. The Lightning’s doors don’t open to 90 degrees and that makes the space just too small for the fridge.

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Different topic and a bit of whine from me. The Lightning has the largest, most useful frunk I’ve see in an EV available on the North American market.

But it’s about 3-4 inches too short to fit my ICECO VL60 Dual Zone fridge/freezer. Which is really quite a bummer. Sure, there’s space in the bed for it, but we’re hoping to do a long road/camping/travel trip next spring/summer and would like to sleep in the bed of the truck. The fridge would be in the way.

What are some possible solutions?

I can’t make the fridge smaller. The lids are only about 2 inches thick and putting smaller ones on would increase the energy cost.
There aren’t many low profile 50-60 liter fridges that I can find. The ICECO VL60 is 31.2”W x 19.5”D x 18.9”T.

The height of the frunk when closed is probably only about 15 inches.

I might have to get a smaller fridge. What a bummer. I really like this one.
Another option might be to install a swing-out fridge mount in the bed of the truck so it can be swung to be outside of the bed when we camp.
It won’t fit in the rear of the cabin even though there’s plenty of space if we could get it in there. The Lightning’s doors don’t open to 90 degrees and that makes the space just too small for the fridge.

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I’ve been thinking a Scout-specific frunk fridge might be one of the best options for unique factory accessories. Can customize for height and depth, and mold to fit into all of the available space, maybe for one half of the frunk to leave the other half available.

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I’ve been thinking a Scout-specific frunk fridge might be one of the best options for unique factory accessories. Can customize for height and depth, and mold to fit into all of the available space, maybe for one half of the frunk to leave the other half available.

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I really think if they could offer a 50L or so dual zone fridge, or get an aftermarket company (ARB, ICECO, etc) to make one that fits perfectly, they’d have a huge head start into the overlander community. Few things are more important than having food and a cold drink at the end of a drive.
 
Different topic and a bit of whine from me. The Lightning has the largest, most useful frunk I’ve see in an EV available on the North American market.

But it’s about 3-4 inches too short to fit my ICECO VL60 Dual Zone fridge/freezer. Which is really quite a bummer. Sure, there’s space in the bed for it, but we’re hoping to do a long road/camping/travel trip next spring/summer and would like to sleep in the bed of the truck. The fridge would be in the way.

What are some possible solutions?

I can’t make the fridge smaller. The lids are only about 2 inches thick and putting smaller ones on would increase the energy cost.
There aren’t many low profile 50-60 liter fridges that I can find. The ICECO VL60 is 31.2”W x 19.5”D x 18.9”T.

The height of the frunk when closed is probably only about 15 inches.

I might have to get a smaller fridge. What a bummer. I really like this one.
Another option might be to install a swing-out fridge mount in the bed of the truck so it can be swung to be outside of the bed when we camp.
It won’t fit in the rear of the cabin even though there’s plenty of space if we could get it in there. The Lightning’s doors don’t open to 90 degrees and that makes the space just too small for the fridge.

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Any chance you could lay in on its side and have doors swing down or up to open? Not sure if that would work with dimensions? You could just load food in sideways? Not sure how the fridge mechanicals are set up but maybe that could work?
 
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Any chance you could lay in on its side and have doors swing down or up to open? Not sure if that would work with dimensions? You could just load food in sideways? Not sure how the fridge mechanicals are set up but maybe that could work?
Probably not. I’ve done that on a “dorm” fridge to turn it into a chest fridge, but that one provided easy access to the compressor and I could just rotate it. The compressor really should be oriented properly or it could fail or leak. Sadly. Even if that would work for the ICECO fridge, the depth is about the same as the height so it still wouldn’t fit.
 
Probably not. I’ve done that on a “dorm” fridge to turn it into a chest fridge, but that one provided easy access to the compressor and I could just rotate it. The compressor really should be oriented properly or it could fail or leak. Sadly. Even if that would work for the ICECO fridge, the depth is about the same as the height so it still wouldn’t fit.
Thought it looked about the same size
 
Different topic and a bit of whine from me. The Lightning has the largest, most useful frunk I’ve see in an EV available on the North American market.

But it’s about 3-4 inches too short to fit my ICECO VL60 Dual Zone fridge/freezer. Which is really quite a bummer. Sure, there’s space in the bed for it, but we’re hoping to do a long road/camping/travel trip next spring/summer and would like to sleep in the bed of the truck. The fridge would be in the way.

What are some possible solutions?

I can’t make the fridge smaller. The lids are only about 2 inches thick and putting smaller ones on would increase the energy cost.
There aren’t many low profile 50-60 liter fridges that I can find. The ICECO VL60 is 31.2”W x 19.5”D x 18.9”T.

The height of the frunk when closed is probably only about 15 inches.

I might have to get a smaller fridge. What a bummer. I really like this one.
Another option might be to install a swing-out fridge mount in the bed of the truck so it can be swung to be outside of the bed when we camp.
It won’t fit in the rear of the cabin even though there’s plenty of space if we could get it in there. The Lightning’s doors don’t open to 90 degrees and that makes the space just too small for the fridge.

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Any chance this company makes one that would work for you?

 
Any chance this company makes one that would work for you?

They have some smaller ones that are about half the volume or less. We’re considering the various smaller ones.
But I’d rather not buy another fridge unless I really have to.
I’m thinking about a swingout mount near the tailgate, but inside the bed. I don’t really want the fridge exposed to the elements on our travels. I’ll probably end up just moving the fridge in and out of the bed for another year or so before I make any big decision.
 
I have 2 DC refrigerators. The larger one is the size of the Iceco. I don't carry it often, and it would be difficult to put it under a sleeping deck (the deck would have to be significantly higher than I would prefer. The second was a cheap Chinese one. It would be much easier to put under a sleeping deck and could easily fit in the frunk. Sadly it lasted 1 year before it stopped being cold.
 
They have some smaller ones that are about half the volume or less. We’re considering the various smaller ones.
But I’d rather not buy another fridge unless I really have to.
I’m thinking about a swingout mount near the tailgate, but inside the bed. I don’t really want the fridge exposed to the elements on our travels. I’ll probably end up just moving the fridge in and out of the bed for another year or so before I make any big decision.
Removing the plastic inner panel on the underside of the frunk lid wouldn't give you enough clearance, would it? How thick is that plastic panel?
 
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Removing the plastic inner panel on the underside of the frunk lid wouldn't give you enough clearance, would it? How thick is that plastic panel?
Currently the inset bin is just there to show conceptually what frunk might be. Can’t rely on that currently to make a guess. Mainly there to make it look clean for demos and show a decent idea of what SM intends