Recent content by beanmachine314

Frankly, that's probably what I'd get if it was a button down (non-negotiable for me). I did find Poncho Outdoors which seems like it's going to be good enough, still have to give them a good test. Don't care much for the magnetic pocket flaps or the big branding tag on the pocket, but...

Yes, I had already planned on waiting until we found one with working gears, as I knew we would need the fastest axles you can get and I've heard the OD is ~$10k if you find it. 100kph is perfectly fine, like I said we plan on skipping the 70mph interstate when we can, and taking the highways...

In my research I'd already decided to do something to increase the portal oil capacity as that seems to be the Achille's heel for on highway travel. I've done all my own maintenance on every vehicle I've owned including setting up a ring and pinion and my Landcruiser's front birf rebuild so the...

This is what I am afraid of with a truck. We have already moved from a Landcruiser sized vehicle to a Mog sized vehicle and I'm a bit anxious about going bigger and losing even more maneuverability. I've seen "Unimog Adventures" new video and we were pretty much thinking about doing almost...

Hi all, My wife and I have decided to sell everything and live on the road permanently and we are at the point of deciding on a vehicle. We are pretty much set on a Mercedes Truck or Unimog as we plan on being outside the US for the majority of the time (we are planning 2-3 years to visit the...

And for $65k, you get 1500lbs more payload in a Sprinter, not to mention standing room inside. One more tick against the Grenadier.

I've been following the Grenadier for a couple years now and I'll be interested in seeing it when (if?) it gets here. It's release has already been delayed in Europe and from what I've been hearing there's somewhere close to a $75k USD price tag potentially. Interesting, and definitely exciting...

I looked into the chassis-cab first and it's about $2k less than the van body. Plus, I like just having to do the interior rather than build the camper box as well. Insulation isn't terribly high on our list right now as we plan on chasing the decent weather where we can and want to have a pop...

This is really good to hear. Everything I've been hearing is that anything larger than a LC has a hard time getting through major cities. I've only been to a few places in Mexico (the touristy places) and they all seemed like a bigger truck wouldn't have many problems. This is why I started...

Yea, and our priorities have defined that we probably won't be fitting our lives into 1,500 lbs lol. I have to imagine they are as well. Did you ever feel like you missed out on any of the cities because of the size of your truck? It would be nice having the amenities a larger truck would...

It is actually this article that led me towards trying to find something smaller as we had pretty much settled on something like a Mercedes truck but, like you guys, really want to get into the cities and experience that. We're currently discussing if we want to make that trade off for a few...

Likely no Jeep for us as the payload just isn't there. Just in water and fuel we'll be halfway to max weight and we're looking for something that we can have a bit more interior space as we'll both need to work as needed. Currently torn between trying to fit in something van sized or just deal...

Makes sense, as we're looking for enough interior space to spend the day if we do run into foul weather, but I assumed the 1-ton vans were similar in size to a 1-ton truck. I can get a brand new truck and build a camper on the back for the same price as something like a Sportsmobile, especially...

GVWR My wife and I are finally at a point of making the decision to eschew our normal life and full-time it in some sort of mobile tenement. We've "talked" about it for years, though never seriously, but over the past year a few things have happened to make us realize this isn't just want we...

So its been almost 6 months since I started this thread and I haven't done anything but drive my Jeep lol. Unfortunately I haven't even been driving it anywhere fun, just mostly back and forth to work. There is a good reason though. I've been picking up all kinds of overtime and on call shifts...