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Thanks mog, that's nice and pretty cheap. I will definitely spend more time on government liquidation when it's gonna be time and when I'll be sure of what I will use. There's so much things I need to study first. I try to avoid any major mistakes we can do when we're rushing out I'm new to...

Thank you for the picture Mogwild! Very nice truck ;) Thank you for the link Grizzly. I immediately save it in my bookmark!!

The more I think about it, the more I believe the 6x6 is what I need. I also thought about the trailer and that's actually something I will consider (but just for short travels in Europe and the US, I wouldn't use it anywhere else... it's just a side project that could actually also happen once...

Yes Victorian, I saw this one. I did watch almost every single model from Unicat & Action Mobil (sometimes just to check how they did their layout, etc...) Actually, that's not a bad idea design, because both the truck and the cabin can fit in a 40' High-cube Container. Phil

Nice indeed ;) Man KAT 8x8 trucks are great, I love them... (just as much as the Tatra T-815)... even if it's surely way too big for what I want. Here's another container with slide that I found (apparently around $50-55K): Too bad the floorplan isn't really well done and there's a lot of...

Thanks Jason, Happy New Year to you too and to your family and close ones. Thank you also for the info. I will definitely look more deeply about the Carnet (because I read last night we needed the Carnet for South Americas too and other countries). I could understand for the 100% current value...

Thanks for your comment Grizzly! There's a lot of info there. Regarding the Carnet, I heard something similar for the bike and car, but I didn't think it was the same for Campers/Trucks. It's just crazy. Imagine you have a $200K Trucks/Campers, you will need $1.6M deposit to cross Egypt? Well...

I quite aware it will be qualified as a truck with cargo. That would actually already be the case in Europe, so why should it be different in the US? And I would really be curious to know for guys that own a 6x6 from Unicat or Action Mobil, even if it's a semi-permanent installation. If the...

No problem Grizzly. I'm sharing my thought process for several reasons. First it might help to explain better some of my choices, but also give a big picture view. Because there's a lot of chances that I might think wrongly sometimes. I'm just a newbie with a dream project for now... So I'm...

Ooops, the complete opposite of what I was wishing for... I wanted to try to have all windows cover by the slides, etc... to have more protections when traveling to avoid any damages from trees, rocks, whatever... And also to have something more standard look-wise to shipping companies if I...

No Verkstad, I'm just talkative anyway, trying to respond to anyone that take time to comment. In any case, in Europe I need to pass my truck license. There's no way you can drive it with a regular car driver license. Most of the A-Class size RV in Europe are in the Buses category. And if I'd...

Hi Lynn, Don't get me wrong, for now it's in my dreams only too. It will take some time until everything piece of the puzzle could come together. What a coincidence you're talking about the storage and locker on the 8x8/6x6... I was just thinking about it *right now* since the previous message...

It's OK, you probably just don't understand where I'm going, but don't worry, I have a very good idea... I'm not saying that "I know" because I'm still learning every day, but I have a really good idea. Let's just take few examples. I spent at least 3,000€ when I moved few boxes from...

Indeed, I think 8x8 might be too heavy & huge, even for a shipping Container. Don't get me wrong, if I would "only" build a Camper, I would probably look for a 4x4 such the MAN TGM 13.290 or 18.340... I love this one and it would probably be perfect for some nice adventure tour, with enough...

@camperman / redneck44: Same reply as the one I did to grizzly. 4x4 is not an option and the question on this thread is not about 4x4. It's about 6x6 vs. 8x8, and I even explained why... I'm using a 20' Shipping Container that will be CSC Compliant to be shippable. Don't be offended, but I'm...

Makes sense, considering I wouldn't have heavy payload (such 20, 30 or even 40 tons) even with a "fully-loaded" home container. So a 6x6 made to carry, climb and break with with a 33 tons weight could easily do it with 15 tons. I was wrongly considering the 8x8 for mobility, but in any case I...

Thank you guys for your responds. @Grizzly: I understand your point of view, and indeed the 4x4 has a lot of favors you listed, but it's not a matter of being under 7.5 tons or not. For my project, I choose to go with a 20' Container with slides, therefor the 4x4 Top Camper isn't an option...

Hi Everyone, It's my first post over here, but I've been reading for quite some time already (mainly due to some search about 6 x 6 Camper that lead me to a post of egn). By the past, I only did some "tourist" travels and vacations. But in 2006, I did my real Expedition, on motorcycle (that...