Overland Build Idea
Crazy thought...(not really clear where this should fit in in terms of forum). If you look at the custom overland rigs, usually built on something like an issuzu cab over truck...they start in the ...
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silversand wrote:
....just yesterday while doing the winter prep for our Ford Edge, I checked out a "clearance" brand new 2019 Ford Transit-350 base cab/chassis V6 Ti-VCT 24V with 16 foot box....selling for $48,000 CAD ($36,106 US). The box is bulletproof, and has nice shaped wind-cutting accouterments.
Mind you, its no 4x4, but with this truck, you can add any pre-built furniture you want, cut in 4 or 5 large RV windows, and plenty of space under the box's over-frame for 3, 4, 5 large water/grey/black tanks and batteries? Its serviceable at any Ford dealer anywhere from northern Alaska down to Argentina.
You can do a van conversion but now it's a much more complicated build (as opposed to basically bolt a prebuilt trailer onto the frame with a 3 point support and you are done) and you don't get the big ground clearance or durability of an actual truck. Also, payload has to be watched closely as the transit vans aren't real heavy duty.
Basically a van conversion is a different animal. If that was an option, I would either stick to a towable or a class C prebuilt and be done.
