DYI Custom Build estimate
I am trying to get an idea of how much I should plan to spend for a conversion (ballpark figure). I plan to buy a used high top long bed empty cargo van. I have a place I can do the work and the tools...
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Horizon170 wrote:
To sum it up in two words, "FORGET IT". If you have to depend on a friend, he/she will lose patience very quickly and since you obviously don't have the skill sets to act alone your best option is to purchase a used RV.
I guess a lot depends on a person's finances. A good used B checked out by both a garage and an RV place, in good to excellent shape and purchased at market value can always be resold if needed without loosing much. It isnt like all that brand new shiny exercise equipment that people buy and dont use after the first burst, then sell cheap cause they are moving or need the space.
But there is also the motivation for tackling something like this, of creating something from almost nothing. Of dreaming about it, making plans and working on something. In my RVan I have not tried to recreate a RoadTrek inside which would have been a really expensive big mistake. But what Tux wants can be achieved with imagination and "work arounds". No, he probably wont be able to have built in cabinets, built in shower and flush toilet, built in generator, water and sewage tanks with his and friends skills. But he could have much much less expensive workarounds for nearly everything plus the pleasure of having done it himself with a little help from his friends. No one is too old to learn these skills and learning is itself challenging, empowering and life affirming if not a welcome change from earning a living.
I say he goes for it.
