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[Umnak]

2006 Sportsmobile SPrinter

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We bought this 2006 Sprinter through Sportsmobile Texas in August, then had them add solar, a heater and a platform bed. I picked it up in Mid December and drove it from Austin to Olympia WA, first with two friends to Palm Springs, then with my wife to Olympia. The second part of the trip was mostly along US 1 and 101. The Sprinter drove great and handled some tough roads and conditions. It will stay in WA for the winter, then I'll drive it to Skagway and ferry into Juneau in the spring. Next summer we begin a year long adventure around north America.

 

[Petrolburner]

Petrolburner, is that a wheelchair lift you're using as a moto ramp somehow? Just guessing and would love to know more and see pics. Also, I think most would love to see your 'or' setup (Z51 towing an A-liner).

The wheelchair lift is too slow and finicky to use for the bike. I plan to remove it and sell it if I can or just get crap metal value and try to sell the hydraulic power pack. There doesn't appear to be a market for the lifts once they're out of the van. I wanted a high roof, tall rear doors, power windows and locks, and cruise control. This had it all along with the 5.4l Triton V8 which fit my needs the best. I also need to remove the lift to put a hitch on. The weight loss should help too.

The Corvette is an excellent towing machine. 400 pounds of torque, manual 6 speed, excellent suspension with adjustable shocks, 13.4" brakes up front and 13" in the rear made it a much better tow rig than my lifted Toyota Tundra. The hitch is rated for 2000 pounts and the camper weighs about 1200 pounds loaded and I get 18-22 mpg towing across the Cascades. I haven't done a flat trip with it yet but I'd guess 22 mpg while towing is about as good as it will get.
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/127752-1998-Aliner-Off-Road-edition

 

[Randall Dee]

My Uncle lives in Redmond and has a 2000 corvette painted the same color as yours. You can't miss it, it has a big eagle painted on it.

 

[tgreening]

That camper is just screaming for a re-paint, in yellow.

 

[PSDCamperVan]

Greetings to All! ...seemed like a good spot for Intro

97 E350 7.3L PSD RB w/ Sportsmobile Penthouse Poptop & Fianna F45 side awning :smiley_drive:

...& rear AC :sombrero: ...

...a look inside...

...4x4 parts collection accumulated so far...

...pulled diffs, springs, shocks, frame mounts, steering linkage, brakes, & wheels out of a wrecked 04 6.0L PSD Excursion...

...tooled up w/ a few ebay items for future reference :snorkel:

 

[T.Low]

The wheelchair lift is too slow and finicky to use for the bike. I plan to remove it and sell it if I can or just get crap metal value and try to sell the hydraulic power pack. There doesn't appear to be a market for the lifts once they're out of the van. ]

Hmmm, I'm going to need a wheelchair lift sometime soon...sending pm.

 

[Petrolburner]

Delete some messages T.low, your inbox is too full to accept anymore.

 

[ben2go]

The wheelchair lift is too slow and finicky to use for the bike. I plan to remove it and sell it if I can or just get crap metal value and try to sell the hydraulic power pack. There doesn't appear to be a market for the lifts once they're out of the van. I wanted a high roof, tall rear doors, power windows and locks, and cruise control. This had it all along with the 5.4l Triton V8 which fit my needs the best. I also need to remove the lift to put a hitch on. The weight loss should help too.

The Corvette is an excellent towing machine. 400 pounds of torque, manual 6 speed, excellent suspension with adjustable shocks, 13.4" brakes up front and 13" in the rear made it a much better tow rig than my lifted Toyota Tundra. The hitch is rated for 2000 pounts and the camper weighs about 1200 pounds loaded and I get 18-22 mpg towing across the Cascades. I haven't done a flat trip with it yet but I'd guess 22 mpg while towing is about as good as it will get.
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/127752-1998-Aliner-Off-Road-edition

You sir need more room for a locking trunk.:sombrero:

 

[Lucky j]

Ok. I do not want to see any flex or of road pictures of the vet and trailer. But since you are towing a trailer with a corvette, and every set-up should be built for a purpuse, how fast have you drive this set-up?😳

The wheelchair lift is too slow and finicky to use for the bike. I plan to remove it and sell it if I can or just get crap metal value and try to sell the hydraulic power pack. There doesn't appear to be a market for the lifts once they're out of the van. I wanted a high roof, tall rear doors, power windows and locks, and cruise control. This had it all along with the 5.4l Triton V8 which fit my needs the best. I also need to remove the lift to put a hitch on. The weight loss should help too.

The Corvette is an excellent towing machine. 400 pounds of torque, manual 6 speed, excellent suspension with adjustable shocks, 13.4" brakes up front and 13" in the rear made it a much better tow rig than my lifted Toyota Tundra. The hitch is rated for 2000 pounts and the camper weighs about 1200 pounds loaded and I get 18-22 mpg towing across the Cascades. I haven't done a flat trip with it yet but I'd guess 22 mpg while towing is about as good as it will get.
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/127752-1998-Aliner-Off-Road-edition

 

[volcomsurfer]

Picked up this 2003 7.3L a couple weeks ago but haven't gotten around to posting it. What a fking ordeal it was. It kept bogging out from crap gas. I had to drive it from the west coast of FL to the east coast of FL. After 3 hours and countless breakdowns I made it to lakeland before I pulled into napa for a fuel filter change. Ran like a champ for 10 minutes before it conked out again. Ended up ditching it on the side of the road and came back the next day to get it towed. An extra $500 for the tow to cocoa beach. There goes what I haggled off it. lol Getting shipped up to chris here soon for a rehaul.

 

[mastersryan]

Nice pickup hope things turn around for you and the van and you get it running good soon. I will be in the market for almost that exact same van here within the year.

 

[86scotty]

Picked up this 2003 7.3L a couple weeks ago but haven't gotten around to posting it. What a fking ordeal it was. It kept bogging out from crap gas. I had to drive it from the west coast of FL to the east coast of FL. After 3 hours and countless breakdowns I made it to lakeland before I pulled into napa for a fuel filter change. Ran like a champ for 10 minutes before it conked out again. Ended up ditching it on the side of the road and came back the next day to get it towed. An extra $500 for the tow to cocoa beach. There goes what I haggled off it. lol Getting shipped up to chris here soon for a rehaul.

Tank delaminating inside?

 

[volcomsurfer]

Tank delaminating inside?

Chris as ujoint has it now so I'll find out once he drops the tank. Getting overhauled anyway. It would have been nice to save the money on that tow and filter/shop time though.

 

[DEFENDERBEAM]

southern california surf camping trip

2014 chevy express 1500 AWD. 100% stock.

 

[boardrider247]

2014 chevy express 1500 AWD. 100% stock.

I really like those wheels