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We looked forever for a Ford full size in your same price range as well. I wanted to get a ‘practice van’ cheap to see if my family really enjoyed it. We ended up finding a 2000 Dodge Ram van 3500 passenger with tinted windows at a neighboring church with only 25,000 miles on it! It was a great...

Thanks for the response. Another question for anyone familiar with the blue sea acr. If I use the blue sea 120 amp acr and I have solar on the house battery side the batteries will be connected when starting while I am in the sun correct? Would this mean that the 120 amp acr with my existing 6...

Couple of questions that I'm sure have been answered a million times. I have a single battery system with solar already in place. I'm thinking about adding another battery. I have a group 27 agm under my hood, a mounted 100w panel on the roof, and a mppt charge controller in the back of my van...

Thanks for the input! Think a mobile panel is the way to go. Maybe I will build a way for it to remain mounted with the option of moving it if need be.

I have a single battery setup in my van with a 100w renogy solar panel and charge controller. Pretty much the only thing I power is an indel b fridge. I have a national luna single battery monitor that I stare at way too much. The setup has worked great and I have only had trouble with it on one...

If I can find one pulling it would definitely be the way to go. On top of price of materials there is always the unquantifiable cost of a wife that has had to watch the kids for multiple weekends in a row. This seems to be my biggest hurdle in most of my projects!!!

Looking for some diy van high top ideas and how they have held up over time. I've seen some made out of wood, steel, aluminum... my van was purchased very cheap and has been sort of a trial for our family. I would love to be able to stand in this van but don't want to put out the cash for...

I have been wanting to add a dual battery to our Van for some time. I started with a group 34 Sears platinum to replace the original battery and use as a single battery system. I added 100 watt solar panel from renogy, a nice charge controller, and a national Luna battery monitor. I have an...

Thanks for the info. I do like the idea of being able to refill the 1lb cylinders. I will look into that. I also haven't found a locker that works with this Van. Eaton does make a trutrac which I've thought about. We love to ski and snowboard so thought that might help for the snow if we...

Our family wanted to find and build out a Ford Van as an adventure vehicle. A Subaru gets real small with kids and the F250 gets real full of tools when you have to pay for those kids. We ended up finding a 2000 Dodge 3500 Van with only 27,000 miles on it at a church near my in laws. Not the Van...

This is last weekend.

I have a Dodge van but in the extended length, that has been my biggest worry. All my other vehicles have always been 4x4 so I am in a similar place as you learning to drive this thing off-road. It is a 3500 and has pretty good clearance, it has been great so far for what I bought it for. Mainly...

Thanks for the ideas, definitely going to go with some sort of tight to the ceiling method. I think the wife will be more impressed if I can maximize the headroom! Boards always take up so much space but that's what vans are for right?

Looking around for some ideas on storing boards inside the van. I have searched around a bit but haven't found too many posts on board storage. I have racks which work but on daily surfs I usually just throw my boards in the back, on top of my bed platform. It would be nice to hang them or maybe...

That's great, would love to see that thing in action! I have been doing the shaky one foot balancing act in the doorway of the van. I think it's pretty entertaing for people to watch at the beach. The racks I have make a roller for the back crossbar that would help. Was also looking at getting a...