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Port-Lite is currently building ours. I think it is number 6. The process so far has been great - their communication is good, they are receptive to discussion and generally treat you like a valued customer. We had a couple of requests that they hadn't dealt with before, and it was an easy...

Price drop - keeping this ad in line with our ebay listing. Winter is coming!

Buy mine! 2001 Ford E350 | eBay Bob

Pics of the chassis.

Trying to keep the price lined up with our ad on Ebay: It’s time that we pass this awesome rig onto a new owner. We have owned it for 9 years and have enjoyed tons of great adventures in it. But the kids are in college, and we just don’t need a vehicle this big anymore. Hate to see it sit. This...

Thanks again for the information. The photos are very helpful. I like your ladder storage. I'm trying to work out some sort of platform that would be 6-8" below the door. Then there would be one less step to deal with. I'm approaching retirement and anticipate that this would be our...

Thanks for the feedback Kenny - and I bet looking at yours stuck in the back of my head somewhere. I'm very inclined to go that route. There are many advantages. I'll look up your thread - did you document construction of the box? It dawned on me this weekend I could get a couple of...

So we are in the planning stages for our next camper. We have settled on a 3500 series truck with a flatbed and one of the 8' flatbed campers. We are thinking a Dodge 3500. I'm also thinking a 3500 crew cab chassis cab. These come in a couple of different lengths, but we would get the 60"...

My wife and I visited the Port-Lite shop a couple of weeks ago. They - Chris and Claudine - were very receptive and we used up a couple of hours of a Saturday afternoon chatting and picking their brains. Their shop is small, but neat and functional to support one-at-a-time production. They...

I have been trading emails with them for a week or so, and will visit their shop sometime this winter to see what they have going on. They seem pretty receptive.

The Route 9_25_Route by ebeiersdorfer, on Flickr My wife's family place is right on Brant Lake - on the "back side" from Rt 8. We spend a lot of time up there. Neat area. Incidentially, it was only about 10 years ago that that bridge over the Hudson was upgraded to 2 lanes.

We painted the roof of our bus with this: http://www.hytechsales.com/prod2150.html We did mix in the ceramic spheres, but someone over on skoolie did an experiment that showed they didn't offer any extra insulation over just the straight-up white paint. This stuff is rubbery and sealed...

Martha's Vineyard:

I made a rack that has sliding trays that come off the back. You strap the boards to the trays, pick up one end and slide them onto the rack. The trays are captured in the front. At the rear, a threaded knob holds everything together. For local trips, I'll just use an old toes strap at the...

So, the last couple of trips in the van we have had 5 SUPs up on our rack. We load them stacked flat, 2 on one side and three on the other, nose forward. It appears to me that we might get *better* mileage with the boards on top. We generally cruise around 62-64 mph ( things are relatively...