That is a bargain, overland trailers fully kitted go up to $30-40,000 n00b.Quote:
Originally Posted by riser3
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That is a bargain, overland trailers fully kitted go up to $30-40,000 n00b.Quote:
Originally Posted by riser3
People with more money than brains.
It's probably what the nitrous is used for?Quote:
Originally Posted by #######
Half in the handicap zone and half on the walking path. Perfect
You must be a broke-ass dental assistant.Quote:
Originally Posted by riser3
I totally see the benefit of getting an 8K trailer and decking it out with solar/tent/kitchen, water etc to be $12-15,000 and using your truck, which these trailer people already own, and going way back where no Sprinter van (and even most Sportsmobiles) could go out West. And be about 100,000-200,000 cheaper than a new van.
or if you don't have time yourself to add solar, water, better suspension, tent, etc to the 8k trailer you spend $15k, $20k, or $30k for something dialed because you are dentist and money is no object.
$30-40K is dumb. I don’t see that very often.
I can see the usefulness of the trailers but that’s a niche of a niche market.
Camping is getting pushed further out everywhere. Being able to get further out than the Sprinters and the reserved campsites is the objective.
Whippet Wagon?Quote:
Originally Posted by PNWbrit
“Roooooaaaaaaaaddddddssss”Quote:
Originally Posted by Core Shot
I have no idea if I've seen cheap or expensive ones because they all look the same. Here's a used $30k version. It's dumb even if I had millions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Name Redacted
https://expeditionportal.com/forum/t...ver-co.225281/
Yeah, that’s dumb, but technically it is a teardrop with sleeping inside so there’s that. It’s worth maybe $15K but only to a very select crowd of dentists who are trying to convince their wife to go camping with them. It’ll get passed down the line for many years getting used twice by each owner until it eventually needs new tires and is left for dead on the side of I70 or even more likely, lost in a divorce settlement.Quote:
Originally Posted by muted reborn
That’s insane. You can get a fully loaded van for less.
Ha, spot on on all this and the wife camping idea.Quote:
Originally Posted by Name Redacted
These people don’t want a used van, I explained the appeal of a trailer in a post above.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tech Tonics
I have clients whose main goal for buying property is that it has a large 3+ car garage so their unemployed 28+ y/o son can build custom vans, which he has zero skills even doing. But it is Boulder so I'm sure he'll find some bro bruhs to buy one from him.
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How many points for having the completely wrong vehicle attached to the accessories?
Safari all the cars! A car thing so stupid its kinda neat, except for a snorkel, because that shit is fucking stupid.
As said before, snorkel makes sense in some places one might not expect.
No, they really don't, certainly not on a Mini.
Sandy environments. Road rally. Rallying a mini is a thing.
There is a Boulder van company that converted a neighbors sprinter. The whole crew went to Mexico for fun in the middle of the build. Neighbor said they don't didn't how to bolt anything correctly to the body or frame, as my neighbor was told by an engineer that corrosion was starting from the day she picked it up due to their technique. It's a long drive from SLC for her to get it all fixed, that's the main issue on getting it redone with the warranty. Buyer beware these days on conversion companies.Quote:
Originally Posted by PowderHorse
Air filters are a thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by riser3
Not a snorkel in sight.
https://www.wrc.com/en/more/about-wrc/rally-cars/
These guys know what they are doing, better than pretty much anyone else out there. Snorkels are all show and no go.
I like how snorkels look, in addition to their utility. I agree it is silly on a car that only goes shopping. However, for a vehicle that actually goes off-road, lighten up Francis.
Lol yeah. I cringe at what I see in van conversions. If your neighbor cares about corrosion, suggest removing the front door panels. I’ve seen brand new Sprinters with corrosion there straight from factory.Quote:
Originally Posted by muted reborn
It won't let me embed the video, which I downloaded, but here you go. This definitely needs to be on every overlander's shopping list.
https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisf...m_source=share
Love the comments where they are like "I just want a knife and have to set up an entire dining room and kitchen to get to it."
All that for a single burner?
"OMG my wife can't roll up a tent and fit it in the outer case. This thing looks like a god damned divorce."
Every been to Burning Man? Try to figure that shit out with a head full of coke/molly/boobs/dust? ¡No bueno!Quote:
Originally Posted by climberevan
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Or a GD show on way too much... stuff... Or that's what a friend told me.Quote:
Originally Posted by scmartin69
More GOTOS - Metolius River at Canyon Creek.
I do like the frame pickup bed "toppers" for ease of attaching stuff as needed.
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I score eight points, including the side boxes. Although if they are camping in the area, I can see scoring only one point - for the traction plates. Yes, it's a mile of dirt road to get there. OTOH, travel trailers and my Outback make it just fine.
Speaking of camping. Saw this gem again at the Metolius hatchery lot yesterday. It's lost half of its roof boxes & jerry cans, as well as the axe, but the spade and flat-blade shovels are still attached.
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The driver was a woman, wearing chest waders, and looked reasonably hot from a distance. Didn't get a chance for an IRL meet. Will try to rectify that...
Ask her if she likes to watch space gladiator movies.
A casual Saturday afternoon in Seward, Ak would assert supreme and godlike dominance of this thread, but I currently lack the weekenders and the lte upload patience.
Everyone with a heavily-embellished vehicle aspires to conquer The Great Land - to eat our animals and drink our beer, and see majestic møøse and caribou scatter before their hood ornaments like the rabbits and small byrds of their homelands.... Isn't it time you considered a vacation in Alaska? The mountains, the muskegs... It's better than a picatinny rail on a tailgate!
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Originally Posted by highangle
You forgot overgrown fairways, bruised jackfruit, and the lack of a really world-class nail salon.
Axe still present - mounted across back.Quote:
Originally Posted by TBS
I’d like to see a picture of the creature you mention. That may be surplus points if she is suitably hot and unaccompanied.
A Møøse once bit my sister... No realli! She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst Nordfink"...
That’s a photo from my first encounter three weeks ago, not what I saw yesterday.Quote:
Originally Posted by mooseknuckle
not GOTOS by any means but there is a brand new lifted sprinter with a sweet sleeping setup parked in the parking lot... of the marriott
Roger - my B. Didn’t catch that.Quote:
Originally Posted by TBS