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Grippa
Trad climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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I own a 97 Toyota T100 extended cab 6cyl 5spd with a 6x5ft bed, and love it. Get's about 22-24mpg on the highway, and does very well off road in 4hi or 4lo. Feels like I'm driving a tank when heading up Little Cottonwood in the winter to go skiing as well. Highly recommended truck!
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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The ultimate car camper boat combo.
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seekthereason
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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My buddy has one of the sweetest minivan conversions I've seen. Dodge Caravan AWD, bought for 1K, tricked out with sleeping platform and storage area (see photos). He can probably sell it for 2.5K now.
Van has storage on the driver's side, and there are four removable plywood panels (for easy gear access) making up the sleeping platform.
And if you're in the Bay . . . http://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/cto/3176607670.html
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climbingcoastie
Ice climber
Sacramento, CA
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I’ve been looking at getting a vehicle to do the same thing and looks like the Sprinter is getting some competition soon. Ford is suppose to be bringing the Transit van (not Transit Connect) to the states for 2013. Not sure if that is for this fall or sometime actually in 2013. It has a diesel engine and could possibly have an AWD option.
Dodge/Chrysler is talking about importing the IVECO Daily, also a diesel. No word on an AWD option.
At the least it might bring down the price of the Sprinter as they wouldn’t have the market cornered. So keep the fingers crossed that these aren't just rumors.
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Some Random Guy
Trad climber
San Francisco
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Pllus , only lesbians drive Suburu's right ? i'm a lesbian??? that explains why i love to munch so much carpet
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John M
climber
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Hey Bruce, what is your thinking on those roof top tents if you don't mind my asking. They seem like a pain in the butt when camping longterm in one place. If you need the vehicle to go some place then you have to pack up the whole tent. Why not just have a separate tent which you can leave in the campsite? I do like what dingus did with his van though. That seems easy to close up. His looks like the Mt Baker..
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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When I was 19 I got this old 1950 Chevy flatbed truck with cattle racks. I used plywood inside the racks and corrugated tin for the roof and built a shack on the back. Got the truck for $200 and spent less than $100 on the home made camper. Lived on the road for 6 months on about $300 cash and working at odd jobs for less than minimum wage.
It was a pretty darn comfortable life style.
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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easy to get privacy shades for the Subaru cargo space, so one can catch some Z's without being hassled?
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Some Random Guy
Trad climber
San Francisco
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whatever u end up getting, ur gonna need a gun rack and a hula dancer for it
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MisterE
Social climber
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When you need fuel efficiency AND the ability to get to the rad back-country limestone:
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GhoulweJ
Trad climber
El Dorado Hills, CA
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Van for living.
But his has worked for long travel for me:
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briham89
Big Wall climber
los gatos. ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 8, 2012 - 03:03am PT
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Those roof top tents are cool, but aren't the greatest for hiding from rangers ;)
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briham89
Big Wall climber
los gatos. ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 8, 2012 - 03:08am PT
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I won't be doing it all the time obviously, but it's nice to be able to if need be.
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FRUMY
Trad climber
SHERMAN OAKS,CA
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Believe it or not a 4x4 tacoma with a six cylinder gets the same milage as my tank, but with only half the interior space.
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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Another option though maybe out of the budget is a Diesel pickup. If you want room and real 4x4. From about 1995 to 2002 the Ford F250 had the bulletproof 7.3L diesel that lasts forever. You see them on Craigslist with 300,000 miles. They get about 19mpg highway. You could put a shell or preferably a small camper. A big camper will take the mpg down to about 15mpg.
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briham89
Big Wall climber
los gatos. ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 9, 2012 - 01:40pm PT
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Believe it or not a 4x4 tacoma with a six cylinder gets the same milage as my tank, but with only half the interior space.
Hmm that's good to know, considering you do have way more room.
Getting 20+mpg would definitely allow me to stay on the road longer though
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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No, the Transit...a larger version, is not yet available stateside but supposed to be in the next few years. The Transit Connect is the little one you're seeing.
The Connect is just too small and gets worse mileage than the Euro versions of the larger transit with the turbo diesel I-4s. That's what I'm waiting for...the larger one with a turbo diesel. They get ~35mpg hwy, where the gasoline connect only gets about 25.
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jmes
climber
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It looks like the regular euro transit (a staple in much of Europe, and particularly the uk) is coming in 2013. It looks to be a different van, though, with rumours it willbe built on the f150.
Although I wouldn't write the connect off entirely. Sme euro climbers have done conversions on these and on the similarly sized VW caddy.
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briham89
Big Wall climber
los gatos. ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 9, 2012 - 05:34pm PT
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A slightly larger connect with a turbo diesel would be sawwweeettt!!!! I quiver in fear of the cost though :(
A "honnold style" van would be pretty cool
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