Recent content by 86scotty

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.

I've never had a passenger in any Ford van complain about space. It is very different than any other vehicle but it's more than the doghouse. Vans have a completely flat floor and 'chair' like seats so you sit totally different in them. Any back issues, which my wife has as well, have always...

I was under the assumption the OP wanted something fairly new and safe for a big family with walk around space. Rereading his original post again I guess I assumed that. I elaborated a little in post 9 after he cleared things up in post 8. I'm an E-series diehard and have had and loved a...

In that case I would highly recommend a Chevy Quigley LWB passenger van with the 6.0 or Duramax (but really hard to find). Fords are great too but you're going to be hard pressed to find a deal on one with anything bigger than the 5.4l which is a little underpowered for these heavy vans...

You are correct that the van section here is mostly for home built camper vans but that's where the folks who know vans generally are. Offroading and camping types (read overlanders) are mostly what you'll find on this site. I have an E350 Quigley but my priorities are offroading and camping...

Umm, howbout the van forum? If you want something roomy, fairly economical, safe and not over 10 years old then your options are Transit and Sprinter. Doesn't sound like you need or would benefit at all from one of the older domestic vans in any way.

But there's that tent roof problem....... I live in the humid south but mostly travel out west. Tent roofs just become a disaster to use and dry out in any humidity or bad weather at all. For whatever reason a hard roof with tent sides like these Jeeps and any pop top van/truck don't have...

Also, a hard roof over any style pop up camper is a whole different world than a tent. Much more durable, secure, easier to stay comfortable in, etc. I love the idea of a Flippac but there's no going back to sleeping in a tent for me.

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My old eyes saw 'field herpes'. My immediate thought was, no, I shook that one years ago.