SoCalDesertRider wrote:
Chevy/GMC Tahoe/Yukon with 6.0/4.10, or Expedition with 5.4/4.10 are the only smaller SUV's I would consider.
The standard length E250/350 vans fit in most garages fine for the length.
You can always do it the old fashioned way... a 3/4-ton pickup with a fiberglass camper shell, window boot and carpet kit...
Length OK, but the vans are just enough taller than SUVs to be a problem for garage door height. E250/E350 sits at about 84-85 inches unloaded and a lot of residential garage door openings are just under 7 feet when finished. It is even trickier because the vans sit a bit nose low, so you check that it is going in OK, then end up scraping the roof at the back of the van. My E-350 van has the marks to prove this. Not my doing, it is ex-rental.
The other gotcha is backing a loaded van in to unload it, it just fits, but take the load out and it rises 2-3 inches on the springs and you are stuck under the door.
