wanderer
Well-Known Member
- First Name
- Ralph
- Joined
- Aug 10, 2017
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- Location
- Carlsbad CA
- Vehicle(s)
- 2018 jlu rubicon. Surfboard. Bare feet, moose drawn air sled, Interstellar time warp space transport fighter
- Occupation
- Engineering Geologist
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- #1
well without going into. A lot of details I am going to a semi van life state of existence. A couple of reasons. But the big one I love my Jeep so much I don’t want to rack up 100,000 miles on pavement. So I decided to buy a van and build it out as livable. To work out of. Being a Jeep guy my choice of vans is predicated on being able to convert it to. 4 wheel drive. No I can,t afford and don’t want a Mercedes benz sprinter. Every day I walk my dogs past a brand new rubicon gladiator. And today it hits me like a hammer on an anvil. So jeep if you are listening do this take the rubicon gladiator and build a camper on it. Use the front hood, and front 2 sears build the van top from there back add a acouple battle born deep cycle batteries solar have the front seat have the removable top maybe build it tall enough to stand up in a water tank etc. if you think I am crazy some of those Benz camper vans are 200k. I would buy a Jeep camper in a heart beat unless they charged 200 k for it And guess what a bone stock Benz 4x4 is 69 k if you can find one. Used 40 year old Vanagons are 35-40 k it would sell like crazy . People are paying 13 k for a 4x4 conversion to a ford transit. With no lockers no lift running a 225 70 16 add the lift lockers to the conversion. And you are pushing. 20 k. It’s a crazy world out here
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