I saw these really cool RVs today in the Lowes parking lot. They were very tall and obviously off road with massive military style wheels. Looks like something you might find on the Outback. Lots of people were stopping to look. Their website (http://looking4adventure.de/)needs a login, but it looks like they're based in Germany and travel the world.
That big storage box on the back of the larger one has a winch type crane to raise and lower it.
That big storage box on the back of the larger one has a winch type crane to raise and lower it.
rockhillmanor wrote:
You can find these in Alaska, too. The vehicle is basically a group of tiny sleeping berths. Pretty much a bed in a cubby with some cabinets. Up front are typical bus seats. No bathrooms or cooking facilities. They set up huge awnings and cook/eat/gather under them. Bathrooms are provided at whatever campground they are at. Where we have seen them in AK, they are in non-hookup spots in commercial campgrounds. Pretty much parked in the largest grassiest area they can find....
We've also seen those all-terrain type RV's in Alaska. Most carrying tags from foreign countries. They also either do not have holding tanks for grey and black water, or they purposely leave them open. We were camped next to one in Tok, and EVERYTHING just came out the bottom onto the ground below the RV. And I mean everything.
Those full-on expedition vehicles are fine if, and only if:
1) You are wealthy enough to buy one in the first place,
2) you are wealthy enough to have one maintained/repaired year after year regardless of where it might be located at it's maintenance points or breakdown points,
3) you are lucky enough for repair parts to be available (anymore) for one even if you are wealthy enough to afford the replacement parts should they exist, and ...
4) you are wealthy enough to have one shipped to the places in the world where they're actually needed for out-in-the-middle-of-nowhere travel.
As for myself regardless of how much $$$$ I might have - and considering I have no desire to travel in third world countries due to the deteriorating conditions in many of them for the personal safety of Americans - I'll take one of these go-anywhere-in-North-America-including-low-overhead-clearance vehicles based on a one-ton class 4X4 pickup, instead, with some custom tweaks such as oversize wheels/tires and all diesel engine/heating/cooking power plus huge batteries plus large PSW inverter plus solar panels plus fuel cell plus air conditioning via an ultra-quiet built-in diesel generator:
1) You are wealthy enough to buy one in the first place,
2) you are wealthy enough to have one maintained/repaired year after year regardless of where it might be located at it's maintenance points or breakdown points,
3) you are lucky enough for repair parts to be available (anymore) for one even if you are wealthy enough to afford the replacement parts should they exist, and ...
4) you are wealthy enough to have one shipped to the places in the world where they're actually needed for out-in-the-middle-of-nowhere travel.
As for myself regardless of how much $$$$ I might have - and considering I have no desire to travel in third world countries due to the deteriorating conditions in many of them for the personal safety of Americans - I'll take one of these go-anywhere-in-North-America-including-low-overhead-clearance vehicles based on a one-ton class 4X4 pickup, instead, with some custom tweaks such as oversize wheels/tires and all diesel engine/heating/cooking power plus huge batteries plus large PSW inverter plus solar panels plus fuel cell plus air conditioning via an ultra-quiet built-in diesel generator:
opnspaces wrote:
I did a quick Google search. Did you see something like this
Leveling blocks!!??? :? :h
A rig like that should have hydraulics under the house (not the truck) to level it - regardless of ground conditions. ...just sayin'
