Trying to replace the TCer

Camp woof wrote:
Hi Mike,

I forgot what are you looking at? You didn't like Earthroamer and such type price (who would??).

Have you been looking more at class B, B+, trailer?

Off-road tear-drop trailer, now that would be tiny!

Convert a Ram Promaster over to 4wd?

Anyway, would be interesting to hear your thought process!

dave

I have some wants and some needs, some days they get mixed up :-)

Needs:
- Four season or at least a good solid build that I will convert
- Able to move from drivers seat to back so I don't need to move my gear
- Good ground clearance
- Small (19' would be perfect, 21 or 22' I could live with)
- Seating for 3 up front (3 bucket seats or 2 buckets and a table)

Wants:
- Bed that can stay made up (many of the B's or B+ the bed is also a coach). I am willing to live without the bed staying made up but sure would like it.
- Generator (changes daily as most generators hang too low and kill the ground clearance)
- Low price (I have thought about paying 80,000 or 100,000 and just cannot justify it), would like to be around $30,000 as ideal for a good unit
- Speedometer in kilometers not miles (a personal reason more that anything)
- Low Kilometers (this will be used partly for a daily driver and don't want to get one with high kilometers already)
- Thermal Windows
- Single rear wheels (will go with dual if going a little larger)
- Would like a 4x4 but think I will pass on this to get the extra MPG

My dream unit was a Sprinter conversion by either Roadtrek or Pleasureway but so many horror stories about repair costs and the unreliable engines that I dropped that dream.

I have looked at the other dream units (Turtle, Xplorer, Tiger, Earthroamer & Sportsmobile) but the cost is way more than I want to put out.

I have also looked into building myself (Sprinter, Promaster, Transit - so far the Transit would be the one) but not sure I could do the build myself and to get someone to do it would put the costs out of this world!