Which rv/5th wheel solution for full time?

[sixstringsteve]

reaching out to our YouTube friends.

[video=youtube;spwAm9dT9J8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spwAm9dT9J8&index=11&list=PLWysv3wFKyy51uoVI85jdvMAEPOcmA6hr[/video]

 

[sixstringsteve]

I flew to Denver yesterday and picked up a van. Pics coming soon. It's silly how huge it is.

 

[sixstringsteve]

it's a great van. '98 7.3L, 125k miles, 15 passenger. A little surface rust on the frame (it's from NJ). It's got a lift from Tulsa Truck Manufacturing D60s front and rear, mile marker hubs, and brand new 33s.. I'm not crazy about the lift (leaf spring with shackles in the front), but it does the job. I'll probably end up slapping a bunch of Ujoint parts on it. It's got some bump steer and it wanders a little at 65 mph +. Overall it's a very very solid platform. It's HUGE.

 

[jeeper]

That looks AWESOME! Love the roof rack also!

 

[BlueWolfFab]

Have an alignment shop throw a little more caster into it, and check all the tierod ends and steering box for play.

Are you planning on pulling a trailer for more room inside the van?

 

[TRD270]

Glad you were finally able to find a rig that will work for you, and more importantly a seller that worked for you.

 

[I Lean]

That might be the biggest roof rack I've ever seen.

 

[I Lean]

Have an alignment shop throw a little more caster into it, and check all the tierod ends and steering box for play.

Are you planning on pulling a trailer for more room inside the van?

Yep, I'd try fixing what you have rather than throwing a lot of parts at it--which may or may not improve anything.

 

[sixstringsteve]

Are you planning on pulling a trailer for more room inside the van?

Yup, that's the plan. Then, for longer trips, we may ditch the trailer and just take the van for a month or two.

 

[BlueWolfFab]

Excited to see what you do with this, and mainly the interior.

 

[jentzschman]

Looks sweet! Congratulations guys! Excited to see the mods you do to truly make it your own.

 

[Hickey]

Adding heavier swaybars will help driveability too. Does it have a front track bar? It should.

 

[kmboren]

Congrats. Thats cool.

 

[sixstringsteve]

Adding heavier swaybars will help driveability too. Does it have a front track bar? It should.

Yeah, it's got front and rear track bars. There's a lot of crap attached to the axles. I think I'll try a ujoint suspension at least, then go from there. It's probably all in my head, but I don't like the front shackle setup.

 

[sixstringsteve]

I'll be selling the roof rack soon; I don't think i need it. And even if I did need it, I wouldn't be able to climb up there to get anything on or off.

Even with the roof rack, I averaged 16.5 mpg on the trip back from denver. Not bad, considering I was going over 70 mph a lot of the time.

 

[Spork]

I'll be selling the roof rack soon; I don't think i need it. And even if I did need it, I wouldn't be able to climb up there to get anything on or off.

Even with the roof rack, I averaged 16.5 mpg on the trip back from denver. Not bad, considering I was going over 70 mph a lot of the time.

I'd keep the roof rack and put some chairs up there when you stop. :greg:

 

[jeeper]

The rack would be great for fire wood, and other dirty junk you won't want in the van or trailer.




And it looks sweet

 

[Hickey]

I'd ditch the rack as well. It may store a lot of stuff, but it's only gonna exacerbate the already high COG. Plus, I hate climbing on the roof to pull down useful items.

 

[sixstringsteve]

It's too tall for me to even reach the bottom of it. It'd be quite the fiasco trying to get stuff out of there. I'll be throwing it up on KSL soon.

 

[thefirstzukman]

That roof rack is the ultimate sleeping platform, id be sleeping up there nearly every night. I used to sit on the mountain at night and just lay on top of my big trailer and just watch the stars, that is just flat out cool.