So you bought an ambulance and converted it to a 4x4 RV of sorts hopefully with some unimproved if not off-road capability. Did it work? Did it serve the purpose you had hoped? Where did you go? Where did you try to go and couldn't? What did you break? How is the frame doing? How is that seal between the box and cab? Did it stay upright? What limits did you push it to? Did it sink in everything or did you have some success airing down the tires? Was that winch big enough? Did you need a 3rd high lift jack? Please share. Where did you go that no regular RV would/could have gone?
I am in the middle of just such a build and people invariably think I have some misconception that I will be able to take this thing down 4x4 only trails and perhaps do some rock crawling. There are thousands of miles of road between 4x4 only to the start of where you wouldn't take an RV. I am well past the too late to turn back now stage, but would really like to have some idea of what I am in for. I think I have a pretty realistic idea of where I can and can't go...I hope. My motto is: If I can get 'there', I want to camp 'there'. I realize that I will see my share of RV parks and campgrounds, but I don't want to be restricted to those places.
As it now sits, 98 Chevy 3500K ambulance, 6.5L diesel (less than ideal motor but it only had 12K on a new crate mortor that cost more than I paid for the truck). Just added: dana 60 sfa, dana 70 srw w/ detroit locker, 4.56 gears, sway bar back on front only and 37" military tires on beadlocks (need to replace the tires soon, but wil do for the moment), just enough lift to clear the tires. I pick it up from the builder in a couple of weeks and will head out on some test runs to get a better idea of what to do with the interior. If it doesn't work, I'll pull the box and have a decent 1-ton flat bed if I don't shred it first finding out the limits. I would like to know what limits anyone else pushed and some pics of non-RV locals you went.
Cheers and thanks. I'll have to figure out pics soon.
I am in the middle of just such a build and people invariably think I have some misconception that I will be able to take this thing down 4x4 only trails and perhaps do some rock crawling. There are thousands of miles of road between 4x4 only to the start of where you wouldn't take an RV. I am well past the too late to turn back now stage, but would really like to have some idea of what I am in for. I think I have a pretty realistic idea of where I can and can't go...I hope. My motto is: If I can get 'there', I want to camp 'there'. I realize that I will see my share of RV parks and campgrounds, but I don't want to be restricted to those places.
As it now sits, 98 Chevy 3500K ambulance, 6.5L diesel (less than ideal motor but it only had 12K on a new crate mortor that cost more than I paid for the truck). Just added: dana 60 sfa, dana 70 srw w/ detroit locker, 4.56 gears, sway bar back on front only and 37" military tires on beadlocks (need to replace the tires soon, but wil do for the moment), just enough lift to clear the tires. I pick it up from the builder in a couple of weeks and will head out on some test runs to get a better idea of what to do with the interior. If it doesn't work, I'll pull the box and have a decent 1-ton flat bed if I don't shred it first finding out the limits. I would like to know what limits anyone else pushed and some pics of non-RV locals you went.
Cheers and thanks. I'll have to figure out pics soon.
