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05-13-2024, 09:28 AM #12801
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05-13-2024, 10:36 AM #12802Registered User
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I know some kids these days who are buying vans/campers instead of houses or paying crazy rent. It just makes more sense for some in that 20- early 30s range, at least in the summer. Depreciating asset for sure, but a shitload cheaper than rent or a mortgage.
I was doing it for a while every summer when it was a lot easier to do. Pretty nice, I had everything I owned in my truck. It was a lot more efficient. Skateboard, disc golf, rock climbing, hiking etc. Could do it at a drop of a hat without having to run home or really maintain any gear. Rec center pass meant that I went to the gym a few times a week so encouraged me to work out.
Nowadays the toys are bigger, more expensive, more labor intensive, and still fun, but shit man, life sure was simple and easy back then.
I wonder if modern RV parks won't get to be far more common and popular. Be pretty cool if there were tons of affordable and legal places to park rigs for extended periods.
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05-13-2024, 10:56 AM #12803
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05-13-2024, 11:02 AM #12804
I think there’s a 3rd type. The last 40 years have seen a major transfer of wealth (widely reported in other contexts) and one of the results is a lot of 20-somethings with the family money to have whatever they want. And playing outdoors has become attractive to more people than in previous years.
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05-13-2024, 11:35 AM #12805
Wait. Don't forget your Venmo addy soliciting money from anyone for your amazing adventure.
( I did Venmo this one couple I ran into at the hot springs last year, they had a wheelchair bound special needs kid they were taking all over the county to see the sights. The three of them in a pro master looked difficult)
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05-13-2024, 12:18 PM #12806Registered User
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05-14-2024, 08:58 AM #12807
Ya agree. My 130” WB Quadvan is very comparable to an FX4 F150 truck from 10 yrs ago. Ie moderately capable but not a jeep. Can get me where I want to go, and the occasional times I use 4WD Lo are for short sections getting to that sweet campsite near snowline or whatever activity is happening the next day. In the E Sierra the limiting factor is often the washed out rutted sections that are easy in a jeep but hard in a stock outback or whatever due to clearance (driver skill limited).
After 9 yrs of driving it on trips with friends in their rigs, typically on rutted washboard roads, if they have a full size truck with a 4WC or a stockish taco with GFC then we’ll drive the same speed on that 20 miles to the trailhead. If they’re rocking a lifted HD truck with a legit winter slide in, and 10,000 lbs and 10 or 11 ft of height, IME they’re slow & I’ll go first & nap or drink at the trailhead while they putter along.Know of a pair of Fischer Ranger 107Ti 189s (new or used) for sale? PM me.
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05-14-2024, 10:09 AM #12808Registered User
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Ive pulled three vehicles out with my truck w/ camper. A sprinter, probastard, and a class C. Two in mud one in snow.
Just added more leaf springs and new airbags w/ cradles. Ride is plush AF on and off road. I aint doing donuts or drifting corners like i would bit otherwise i pretty much roll it the same as i usually would on washboards and stuff.
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05-14-2024, 11:04 AM #12809
Yeah, put me firmly in the "4-wheeling at a walking pace for hours fucking sucks" camp.
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05-14-2024, 11:14 AM #12810
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05-14-2024, 11:54 AM #12811
Yes to all of the above. Living in a B- ski town, I get a look into both the low grade/smart version of all the trends. Compared to pandemic time, the van life/RV/homeless crowd tends towards pro level working folks. What cracks me up is the "no over night parking...oh wait those are my employees" flip flop in mindset.
Oh and the campground at Smith Crossing in Granby is $2k a month with amenities. The twig pigs love to enforce the 2 week/relocate 30miles thing but do nothing about the true vagrants/drug addicts/felons with warrants living up by the Jim Creek Trail Head. I guess it makes the city folks feel at home.
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05-14-2024, 11:55 AM #12812
Or even stock HD trucks - - they're all brutal on washboard. Truck with a camper in the bed means higher tire pressures, which means washboard gets even suckier. I tightened down every bolt and screw in our old pop-up camper after 100 miles of visiting Jarbidge in northeast Nevada.
A unloaded Tacoma or similar (anything lighter weight and with IFS - - no solid front axle) is about as good as it gets on washboard. Or spend a fortune and buy a Raptor, cruise along at whatever speed you like.
I used to be very into Jeeps, but the ratio of fun trails to slow boring group rides became less enjoyable. And the time and money spent repairing shit wasn't great. I can go anywhere I realistically want / need in a stock 4WD truck - - BLM or forest service roads, basically. Then set up camp, and go hike or bike. I'm the one puttering along slowly until I can get to the camp spot and drop the trailer.
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05-14-2024, 02:30 PM #12813
You can run truck campers with lower PSI, I've done fine with 2,000lb camper at 25psi.
Low psi on sand dunes a long time ago…
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05-16-2024, 07:12 PM #12814
Anyone have this antitheft device? https://cyclopsantitheft.com/home
From what I’ve read it’s pretty legit.Know of a pair of Fischer Ranger 107Ti 189s (new or used) for sale? PM me.
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05-16-2024, 07:45 PM #12815Registered User
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I use a brake pedal lock:https://www.ebay.ca/itm/166055784415...EaAhNaEALw_wcB
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05-16-2024, 07:53 PM #12816
fkin guy doing us vanners no favors.
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05-16-2024, 07:55 PM #12817
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05-17-2024, 05:56 AM #12818Registered User
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I saw that NS van yesterday too. We had burgers at the taco joint. Korean bbq burger is so damn good.
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05-17-2024, 08:02 AM #12819
I think you were looking for the shitty human thread. Has no relevance here
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05-17-2024, 05:03 PM #12820
^ heed the arbiter of all things thread. He hath spoken.
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05-17-2024, 05:47 PM #12821
I’m not sure if you were going for humor or what? It just doesn’t seem relevant to this thread
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05-17-2024, 07:50 PM #12822one of those sickos
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05-17-2024, 09:24 PM #12823
Mondo
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05-20-2024, 08:36 AM #12824
Ski RV's, who's sleeping in parking lots?
If that truck is in good shape, that’s a pretty fair deal for a pre DEF diesel and a solid TC. I hope that one turns into a good ski camper for someone!
I really wanted one of those (or a Northern Lite) for my family, but didn’t want the diesel dually crew cab long bed to haul it, because that truck would have been useless to me for anything but hauling the truck camper. It’s too bad BF stopped making Class Cs a while back. A buddy of mine has one with a bunkhouse layout, but it’s on the Ford 6.0 PSD platform._______________________________________________
"Strapping myself to a sitski built with 30lb of metal and fibreglass then trying to water ski in it sounds like a stupid idea to me.
I'll be there." ... Andy Campbell
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05-20-2024, 10:25 AM #12825Registered User
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It is too bad those high quality class C RVs are no longer manufactured however they are still available on the used market particularly if you are willing to shop in Canada.
The exchange rate doesn't hurt either. Big Foot is the rarest but Triple E is very close
to equivalent and much more common up here. 24 feet is the hardest to find (I have one) but 28's are quite common and they sell for $35 to $40,000 Cdn with no depreciation.
Like that truck and camper, most Class C RVs are useless for anything else and you have to find a place to store them. Also not 4x4 but that has never been a problem for me in the 20 years I have skied ours in BC. Gas mileage with the V10 is abysmal but you can buy a lot of gas for the $125,000 price difference for a new and inferior Class C.
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