Recent content by 86scotty

Didn't happen 20 years ago and it certainly isn't going to happen now. I'm assuming these are Quigley conversions? My only hope for this rig is that it isn't built in Indiana where the rest of the white boxes are but I don't have high hopes. The realistically sized sink is a plus but I...

Location might help

Agreed, I did my own conversion from a passenger van and have about 60k total in the van I think. Started with a bone stock 2011 Quigley with 100k miles, paid $20k. Biggest expense for me by far was the pop top.

Great pics, I have still not done Rimrocker in my van. I can't let another year pass without checking that box. I was able to get up as far as any vehicle can go on Sneffels a couple years ago, way up above the last lake, and we hiked from there and and got in a wicked hailstorm. It was...

She had a very bad day I bet. Not a quick and simple roadside fix.

Nice find! Which engine?

Very true. My 10k lb van rides great but has had the Agile RIP treatment. I had one that was almost 12k. Rode pretty good too if you didn't overinflate the tires. I have not owned a leaf sprung SMB, just coil spring Quigleys, but I have ridden in a couple and it is universally known among...

Stuff rattling. This is true but there are fixes for that and no RV is any different. My favorite fix is "hey honey, go back there and figure out what's making noise". Because the noise stops when the vehicle stops, of course. It's not the seating position that sucks in the E-series IMO...

- Vans are MUCH more comfortable than F series trucks because you sit in an actual chair with feet below you rather than closer to the floor with feet out in front. This is how commercial trucks are made and one of the reasons they are so much more comfortable to drive over the road than other...

The problem with that plan is that it would have to be a small tree. You need a very capable battery saw (read $$$$) to deal with a decent sized tree.

I don't get 10 minutes out of my Dewalt blower but it uses 20v batteries which I have tons of. These don't replace a gas blower, just another tool in the toolbox in my opinion. Same for my battery chainsaw. I have 5 saws. The battery saw is absolutely the one I will grab for a quick chore...

Man, your phone must smell fantastic! I'm always wearing airpod pros if talking on the phone, just like everyone else in the world that I seem to hate for doing so, but if I had to hold a phone to my head I like this idea just for the aroma.

The rest of it is pretty shiny too.

Not sure if that was aimed at me but I'll take it. Here's one of the listing pics when I sold it. Unfortunately not painted, everything else was comepletely rehabbed though except for that elusive Subie swap. Westy and Sylvan by 86scotty, on Flickr Westy and Sylvan by 86scotty, on Flickr...

I loved my Westy Vanagon. Then I found out that if I continued to love it then she wouldn't love me, so I had an affair with it while keeping her in limbo for a bit, then sold it.