Anyone here van life for /out/ exploring? Throw on some good AT tires and it seems like this would be ideal.
The sort of exploring I do the roads tend to often be narrow and winding and you want the smallest vehicle that can navigate them. Van would suck. I mean, if you keep to more major roads and such, fine, but a lot of times the road just turns to dirt and there's huge ruts and rocks and even the paved ones rarely have much room for one car to go past another.
>>2798460I mean you could get one of those little Honda trail mopeds and get a hitch mounted carrier to put it on.
one of my buddies has a 2006 Toyota hiace, we have pimped it to hell and back.roof rackdouble side doorsskid platehell even refitted the old acwhole shebang
>>2798461not legal in my state
It's my public duty to harass van lyfer homeless trust funders.
>>2798482Based
I live in my truck with camper shell.Make sure you are in an area with good wilderness and access. Also make sure you have 4wd. Also a creek or fresh water is absolute necessity. Other then that it can be pretty good but i still believe humans have adapted to a home and a piece of land you can call your own. Boomers have ruined that though so people are left with no choice.
>>2798482Have fun getting shot
>>2798509>bro I'm totally gonna shoot you for telling me to get off your land!
>>2798512>im gonna add this extra qualifier to my statement to make your statement look stupid
>>2798471>the land of the free
>>2798459bought myself one of these in awd for work last spring and i was curious if it could double as camper/fishing van as well.holy horsecock it absolutely rocked!Really interesting 4x4 system thats not so good on road but its better than many other awd's offroad and just enoug room for bed, fridge and gear without being obscenely large.Then i totalled it into a snowplow in a blizzard during christmas and now im looking for another one.
>>2798460I have a chevy express AWD with a lift kit. It will go right down the beach in soft sand if I air down the tires. It also handles logging roads with deep ruts and rocks. It does get pretty scratched up but it never lets me down.I camp in spots where I have had hikers ask me how the hell I got my van to where it wasYou have to learn tire placement and go as slow as possible when things get hairy Its so nice to have beer in the fridge and all my gear ready to go at a moments notice. Sometimes I will decide to leave right from work and head to the mountains to fly fish , then spend the night and go straight to work the next day
>>2798550>I have a chevy express AWD with a lift kit:( ive been looking for one for so long but all that are for sale are either rusted to hell or have 300k+kms. there was a really nice one with lower mileage posted recently but when i replied to the guy he said he decided to keep it after all (i guess theyre really that great damn)
>>2798562>or have 300k+kmsThats only 186kmilesThese all have the 5.3 liter v8. This thing will go easily 300k miles. Mine has almost that now.The transmissions do need to be rebuilt at 200k but its not that expensive
>>2798509Van life homos don't own guns nor do they have a right to privacy when they park in residential areas to do their fake wfh jobs.
>>2798571lol i believe you but in my 40 years of living i have never seen a vehicle with 500,000 kms on the odometre that isnt beat to shit in one way or another. maybe theres some magic unicorn that will pop up that is meticulously maintained but usually people are selling shit that is broken or trash
>>2798509Be real. Vanlifers don't believe in guns or self defense. And even if they did, they're not going to transport them across state lines because that's a good way to end up in prison.
>>2798587>And even if they did, they're not going to transport them across state lines because that's a good way to end up in prison.1. No it's not. Don't be ridiculous. 18USC-926A2. I kept a gun in my van all the way from Canada to Argentina and back to the states.
>>2798633KEK no you don't you friggin larper. I swear the shit this board tried to lie about.
>>2798651What's unbelievable about it? If the van's never searched and the gun's never used why would it ever be found?
I live out of a hammock right now. Getting a van is my goal for this year. I do odd jobs but they pay like shit so I can't spend any money on fun, all my money goes towards food and gym memberships (to use the utilities). I can't go back to normie life where you just sit in one place forever seeing the same things around the same place within 4 walls. But upgrading to a vehicle to live out of would be nice. I have to hitchhike if I want to get around. I guess my plan for affording a van is renting a shitbox apartment for a few months (I have $10k saved) while I work at McDonalds. It's hard to get any "real" jobs when you don't have an address. McDonalds pays much better than these odd jobs I do right now, I get like $6 an hour doing those. Also I could get a proper cooking setup in a van. Currently I have to cook on a shitty backpacking stove which is small as fuck so I can't make much of anything.
>>2798691Sounds like you're pretty much off grid bro why not just pull down some FAFSA loans and maxx them out next spring at some community college and then cash your $5,000 check and buy a car? What are they going to do? Garnish your wagie check?
>>2798586>beat to shit in one way or anotheranon this is what you want.You do not want a pristine camper van, you want a beater that you dont mind putting a dent into. This is a feature not a bugI want a van that I can take into mexico that doesnt break my heart if it gets fucked up. I want to camp on the beach and not worry that rust is getting a toehold Yes, toward the end of its usable lifespan , your van should be beat to shit
I'm doing this with either a Renault traffic or a Hyundai iload this year. The iload has the option of a differential lock so I can always install one, doesn't make it a 4x4 but will get me out of trouble. I'm not doing the shower and toilet inside and my bed will only be a bit wider than my shoulders. Inside kitchen with double burner and fridge. Solar on top. Shower option outside. It will look somewhat like this but I'm going to keep it stealth so from the outside it just looks like a tradie van I'll hide the solar with pipes and a ladder.https://youtu.be/hOtURXRvdkE?si=2jCGUjqyfGYor2Gf I own an apartment, little one with a little mortgage so I won't be living full time in the van its more for exploring the country and /out/. I wish I had done this when I was in my early 20s instead of renting. If I could do it over I would have went for a van as soon as I started working.
>>2798719i dont mean cosmetically beat, i mean so-beat-it-wont-even-turn-over-to-shit. but i get your point
