Pics of your VAN! Post up!
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nelstomlinson
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My '94 vanbulance, right after I bought it last winter.
peterholcombe
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Here, we are at the bottom of North America in Panama. We're going south on the Pan-Am for another year. We're currently in Ecuador. Vans are the #1 vehicle we see of Pan-Am travelers.
Spencer for Hire
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Very cool. What products do you use to keep your van and possessions safe? Door padlocks, interior safe?
Farfrumwork
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^^ And how are you (peterholcombe) dealing with ULSD in Central America?
Farfrumwork
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Ran the Rim Rocker trail last week (East to West). Wife, 14yr old son + one of his friends, and our Boston on board.
Arrived in Montrose CO late Wed night, camped near the trail head and then toured the trail for the next 2 days. We cut into the La Sals instead of completing the last section of the Rim Rocker as it was hot in the desert and we wanted to stay up high (cool) and in the forest. Still ~150mi of dirt/trail before dropping into Moab.
The first 40+mi are gravel roads, then it gets much more trail-like after Nucla. No problems for the van, but some puckering moments as the trail has some exposed shelf switch-backs (notably on the decent to Hwy 141, which you take for 1-2 miles before hitting more trails).
We also had even more puckering moments on a shelf road at the north end of Paradox Valley. This would have been a very easy section, but it had rained a bit and the silt turned ice-like and the van wanted to skate sideways on off-camber sections. We had a front tire dangerously close to a 20+' drop, but ended up getting out of that with sand ladders and littering the road with 2-4" rocks (to provide traction).
Awesome scenery, and we saw no one for much of the trail. All on our own!
Gotta find shade for lunch
Arrived in Montrose CO late Wed night, camped near the trail head and then toured the trail for the next 2 days. We cut into the La Sals instead of completing the last section of the Rim Rocker as it was hot in the desert and we wanted to stay up high (cool) and in the forest. Still ~150mi of dirt/trail before dropping into Moab.
The first 40+mi are gravel roads, then it gets much more trail-like after Nucla. No problems for the van, but some puckering moments as the trail has some exposed shelf switch-backs (notably on the decent to Hwy 141, which you take for 1-2 miles before hitting more trails).
We also had even more puckering moments on a shelf road at the north end of Paradox Valley. This would have been a very easy section, but it had rained a bit and the silt turned ice-like and the van wanted to skate sideways on off-camber sections. We had a front tire dangerously close to a 20+' drop, but ended up getting out of that with sand ladders and littering the road with 2-4" rocks (to provide traction).
Awesome scenery, and we saw no one for much of the trail. All on our own!
Gotta find shade for lunch
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Farfrumwork
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Lots of views and a sweet camp looking west into Utah and the La Sals. 
French Toast (Roughing it!) 
French Toast (Roughing it!) 
Just wanted to introduce myself, picked up this 98 Chevy 3500 with a Horton ambulance box on it. Picked it up from a gentleman who intended to do the same thing with it but didn’t have the time, he got it from the fire district at auction. Right now I’m sorting out some mechanical issues that come along with a 26 year old truck, but excited to get it going for ski season. Right now I’m just planning to add some form of diesel heater for ski season and turn the bench into a bed. I want to hold off on the more involved stuff until I get a few trips and have a solid plan on what I want.
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H2Ohammer
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I have the same moto and an aluminess rear bumper on my van and can't find a rack to work properly......what rack did you find to clear a tire carrier?!?!? and do you like the rack? solid enough?! thanks!No, this is a 148" medium roof.
Added a rear tire carrier recently.
Had to swap the loading direction for my bike.
Cabrito
I come in Peace
I'm using the Black Widow SMC-600 and been using it for a few years. It's super solid. If you have a Tire, and Boxes mounted on both doors you might not be able to mount a bike on the back. When I got my lift kit installed the outfitter said lots of guys put racks on the back and then can't mount their motorcycles. I had to swap the wheel chalk to the other side because the handlebars didn't clear the rear tire. Turns out that I can lean my bike against the tire while getting the straps setup to cinch it down.
Bikersmurf
Expedition Leader
Cool looking rig. Being a Type 1 "Truck" has some real advantages (ie. 4WD). Is it already 4WD? It looks like leaf springs in the front.
The trade off is parking in the city, and maneuverability... the down side of being 25' long rather than a scant 21' for Type 3 Ambulances.
Getting out and using it is a smart place to start. I've grown to love our Type 3. At first it was quite rough. But now, after replacing springs and shocks on all corners, it's great to drive on the highway and around town. Now I can take my hands off the wheel at 130 km/hour.
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Translations
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Finally got around to putting the Journeys front and rear bumpers on it and some K02's.
Hyperdrive
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Our Van in Baja. Unfortunately, I listed it today.
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