- Location
- The Land Northward (Bountiful), Utah
My wife got excited about this idea so I'm going to run with it until I get see a reason not to.
We are contemplating replacing our 2000 F250 longbed supercab (5.4L gas) and Flatbed Car Hauler with a cargo/ box truck or van.
Building it into a Motovan/ Crawler hauler camper/ delivery vehicle.
Thinking somewhere along the lines of a Isuzu NPR, Mitsubishi Fuso, Chevy or Ford truck van front like a former Uhaul.
And I'd like some direction and education.
Reasoning: we don't drive the truck much, but it's indispensable when we do a big job and haul big boxes for work. I occasionally have to pickup a single pallet shipment from a freight depot as well. I love being able to load 3 bikes into my truck with the 8" bed.
We don't use the trailer that often either but when we need it we need it. So two big things taking up space.
I would love some kind of enclosed camping space for motorcycle races/ Delta OSRC (about 14-16 weekends a year), but my wife strongly dislikes the idea of a trailer/ RV/ popup trailer as irrationally as some people hate snakes, and she dislikes the idea of another "THING" taking up space in the yard.
If we were to consolidate those two objects and my enclosed sleeping space desire into one, we could save space and have some storage space for inventory when it sits.
We could also use it as a quasi-RV for motorcycle races.
Ideally here are my needs:
1.) Big enough to fit my Jeep into (83" wms to wms) and 165" or so long. (and a low enough loading height to make loading a Jeep or a car easy). But not so big as to be cumbersome to maneuver or uncomfortable to drive long distance.
2.) Bench seat. (I don't know if there are any that can seat 4 across or have a larger cab that can seat 4 but I think that will be necessary as our family grows).
3.) Somehow outfit it to have some amenities for camping like a sink, sitting and cooking area (perhaps fulfill some requirements to register it as an RV and some on insurance).
4.) Some power. I've driven some old sucky uhauls with underpower motors and I can't imagine any worse punishment than maxing out at 10 or 20 under the speed limit.
What should I look for?
Who done it?
I'm kind of excited to build something really different.
We are contemplating replacing our 2000 F250 longbed supercab (5.4L gas) and Flatbed Car Hauler with a cargo/ box truck or van.
Building it into a Motovan/ Crawler hauler camper/ delivery vehicle.
Thinking somewhere along the lines of a Isuzu NPR, Mitsubishi Fuso, Chevy or Ford truck van front like a former Uhaul.
And I'd like some direction and education.
Reasoning: we don't drive the truck much, but it's indispensable when we do a big job and haul big boxes for work. I occasionally have to pickup a single pallet shipment from a freight depot as well. I love being able to load 3 bikes into my truck with the 8" bed.
We don't use the trailer that often either but when we need it we need it. So two big things taking up space.
I would love some kind of enclosed camping space for motorcycle races/ Delta OSRC (about 14-16 weekends a year), but my wife strongly dislikes the idea of a trailer/ RV/ popup trailer as irrationally as some people hate snakes, and she dislikes the idea of another "THING" taking up space in the yard.
If we were to consolidate those two objects and my enclosed sleeping space desire into one, we could save space and have some storage space for inventory when it sits.
We could also use it as a quasi-RV for motorcycle races.
Ideally here are my needs:
1.) Big enough to fit my Jeep into (83" wms to wms) and 165" or so long. (and a low enough loading height to make loading a Jeep or a car easy). But not so big as to be cumbersome to maneuver or uncomfortable to drive long distance.
2.) Bench seat. (I don't know if there are any that can seat 4 across or have a larger cab that can seat 4 but I think that will be necessary as our family grows).
3.) Somehow outfit it to have some amenities for camping like a sink, sitting and cooking area (perhaps fulfill some requirements to register it as an RV and some on insurance).
4.) Some power. I've driven some old sucky uhauls with underpower motors and I can't imagine any worse punishment than maxing out at 10 or 20 under the speed limit.
What should I look for?
Who done it?
I'm kind of excited to build something really different.
