Check these extreme vehicles out, especially this one, but better don't ask for the price tag!
Extreme RV/Expedition/Survival Vehicles
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Originally Posted By: BRZED
Check these extreme vehicles out, especially this one, but better don't ask for the price tag!
Wow. Those are some extreme rv's.
Check these extreme vehicles out, especially this one, but better don't ask for the price tag!
Wow. Those are some extreme rv's.
Very cool, you could drive one all over Africa.
Originally Posted By: BRZED
I consider turning my Savana into something like this:
I like that. Small enough to get into tight places but big enough to be comfortable.
When I was in bc years ago I found a van,not sure if it was a chev or ford but it was 4x4 and to me it looked like it came stock that way. It had a pto ot the front too for an implement.
I wanted to buy it but the owner refused to sell. It was a conversion Van,which looked like the owner retrofitted it into that Van from another one. Had racks on the roof and was self sufficient with electricity supplied from the engine.
Iirc it had to idle at 1200 rpm to power everything. A throttle lock was used to hold the elevated rpm b
You could go I to the bush for months with this thing. It had a push bar(custom made)with a 15000 pound winch on the front bit had eyelets underneath to run the cable thru if winching in reverse was necessary. It prevented cable fraying.
The guy wanted 12000 for it and it was a late 70s early 80s model. Iirc it has a big block too.
It might have been completely home built but the 4x4 looked factory to me,but I'm not sure if chev or Ford ever built a 4x4 full size Van with a big block.
I consider turning my Savana into something like this:
I like that. Small enough to get into tight places but big enough to be comfortable.
When I was in bc years ago I found a van,not sure if it was a chev or ford but it was 4x4 and to me it looked like it came stock that way. It had a pto ot the front too for an implement.
I wanted to buy it but the owner refused to sell. It was a conversion Van,which looked like the owner retrofitted it into that Van from another one. Had racks on the roof and was self sufficient with electricity supplied from the engine.
Iirc it had to idle at 1200 rpm to power everything. A throttle lock was used to hold the elevated rpm b
You could go I to the bush for months with this thing. It had a push bar(custom made)with a 15000 pound winch on the front bit had eyelets underneath to run the cable thru if winching in reverse was necessary. It prevented cable fraying.
The guy wanted 12000 for it and it was a late 70s early 80s model. Iirc it has a big block too.
It might have been completely home built but the 4x4 looked factory to me,but I'm not sure if chev or Ford ever built a 4x4 full size Van with a big block.
http://jalopnik.com/5697358/the-first-people-to-drive-across-the-congo-in-20-years
It seems like if I were to go to the ends of the earth and had to rely on trail repairs and the lack of local assistance I'd use an old land cruiser or something.
Somehow I imagine the "Global Expedition Vehicles" are for wanker yuppies with more money than ability.
My TV station used to have a live truck that was a one-ton van upfitted with 4 wheel drive. Being jacked up was bad enough but it also had a microwave "stinger" on the roof and was very top heavy.
It seems like if I were to go to the ends of the earth and had to rely on trail repairs and the lack of local assistance I'd use an old land cruiser or something.
Somehow I imagine the "Global Expedition Vehicles" are for wanker yuppies with more money than ability.
My TV station used to have a live truck that was a one-ton van upfitted with 4 wheel drive. Being jacked up was bad enough but it also had a microwave "stinger" on the roof and was very top heavy.
I can see a large vehicle like that as being useful. As for trail repairs, surely the owner can afford to have the parts helicoptered in. Were famed explorers Admiral Byrd and Thomas Poulter, who designed and built the Antarctic Snow Cruiser , yuppie wankers with more money than ability? I mean, the Snow Cruiser was huge, expensive and it spun its wheels on the ice and couldn't move well enough to be useful as a mobile platform. At least Poulter must have been an incompetent engineer, right?
I always wondered why the fuso/canter platform has not been adopted into a motorhome chassis. 4x4 is also available.
Originally Posted By: simple_gifts
I always wondered why the fuso/canter platform has not been adopted into a motorhome chassis. 4x4 is also available.
It is, its quite popular.
I always wondered why the fuso/canter platform has not been adopted into a motorhome chassis. 4x4 is also available.
It is, its quite popular.
I have like the earthromers, especially this one http://earthroamer.com/employees-facilities/previous-designs/xv-jp/
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If I had the money and care to buy one, Id go for something like the Pangea extended roof (the one you said especially this one in the OP)... Reason being that it would be good to bring to the beach or remote mountain locations where typical RVs couldnt.
During the 1990s and early 2000s, Revcon made such an RV, and it was based on a Ford truck:
http://revcon4x4.com/listings/trailblazer/
http://revcon4x4.com/listings/trailblazer/
When I retire, I'd like to get a truck and a slide in camper, and drive to Alaska for a summer. I want to be comfortable driving and sleeping, and I want something small enough that can easily go to a hotel, restaurant, or drive down poorly maintained dirt roads. I like a lot of the ideas here. The only issue I see is soft sides are not a good idea in grizzly country.
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