Saw these super cool RVs today

Most of the one's you see are retired, refurbished military vehicles. Parts are available everywhere and are common. Mercedes made tens of thousands of these for alot of the worlds armys. If I could afford it, I'd have one in a heartbeat.

I saw those same 2 vehicles on I-95 north in Maine yesterday !

Gary,

I'd rather see a pic of a boat up on top of your 6X6 Class C. ;)

BTW, I just came back from a lake trip towing our small aluminum boat behind our Class C. The water's edge was nearly reaching to my front driver's side door point before we could launch it on a very shallow ramp. I'm sure glad then that our rig has good ground clearance from over-size tires and a swept up rear end design!

(I'm kind of embarrassed though ... when taking the boat out I discovered the trailer's built-in shallow water launch tip-up feature. I didn't have to back out in the water nearly as far.)

pnichols wrote:
FWIW, my 4X4 GMC pickup - with my Honda generator thrown in the back, a fresh water tank thrown in the back, a porta-potta thrown in the back, a LPG stove thrown in the back, an electric heater thrown in the back, a waterproof tent thrown in the back, an electric fan thrown in the back, extra gas cans thrown in the back, etc. thrown in the back - makes a very capable and completely self-contained off road camping setup too ... at a lot less money. :C

Well yeah..but what about bragging rights? Putting up a pic of your loaded to the gunwales pick-up isn't nearly as sexy as a pic of a $$$ war wagon. Wanna see another pic of my winch?



Gary Haupt

FWIW, my 4X4 GMC pickup - with my Honda generator thrown in the back, a fresh water tank thrown in the back, a porta-potta thrown in the back, a LPG stove thrown in the back, an electric heater thrown in the back, a waterproof tent thrown in the back, an electric fan thrown in the back, extra gas cans thrown in the back, etc. thrown in the back - makes a very capable and completely self-contained off road camping setup too ... at a lot less money. :C

Gau8 wrote:
No one is asking you to buy one. Cant you just take it for what it is? A very capable OFF ROAD vehicle that is self contained.

Correct not a pretend Off Road vehicle that has problems getting Off Road.

No one is asking you to buy one. Cant you just take it for what it is? A very capable OFF ROAD vehicle that is self contained.

travelnutz wrote:
I know some people would give their right arm to have an RV like those and happy for them but I wouldn't part with even 50 bucks for one.

They're ugly and don't enthuse me at all. In our 50 years this year of RVing with so many different types of RVs, we have yet to find a place we want to go or be that a good 4 wheel drive truck couldn't get to even while carrying a small light or meduim TC. No, roads are not needed let alone a designated CG. We have boondocked in outback areas a lot over the years so it's not that we don't have any experience in it. All our RV's are and have been self-contained. Just my feelings...

few years back i saw the rolling hotel at monument valley Az CG
everbody had a hand in the setup and clean up, the bus crew did the cooking and kitchen duty

Our Unicat expedition camper has a black water tank (50L) and gray water tank (80L). And I use them of course.

Charlie

Slownsy wrote:
Resmas I hav herd off on or to Americans not doing the right ting also. What has that got to do with the wehicles .

There were no gray/black hookups visible on the driver's side like you see on most RV's. The "stuff" came straight down below where the bathroom was, and where the sink was. Therefore, it led me to the conclusion that they either do not have tanks, or just don't use them. The ones I saw were obviously plumbed different than US RV's.