I tried searching a couple different ways, & found some very interesting stuff, but nothing pertaining to what I am looking for, so here goes. I'm looking at the feasibility of mounting a single cab body on a crew/ double cab-length frame, in order to get more wheelbase under whatever camper box I come up with. What we're looking for is a low-budget camping vehicle that The Little Woman & I can retire in. It looks like we'll need in the neighborhood of 15-18' of camper box to live comfortably, according to our admittedly theoretical plan. I'm looking at box trucks ($$), RV's (durability?), bus conversions (cheap, but large, heavy, headroom issues), etc, as well as building or buying a box to put on a "pickup" chassis/ cab.
Anyway, it seems like it must have been done before, or at least attempted - gaining frame length by replacing the long crew cab with a standard single cab. Logic would lead one to believe that the body mounts would be the same (to a point, obviously), so, is there something I'm missing? Is there a more practical (read - "cheaper") way to get my rearend further back under my house? We're not planning any rough play, but we want a vehicle that will handle well both on the highway & in mild boondocking scenarios. A "pickup" type vehicle would seem the easiest, cheapest way to gain 4WD, which would be very nice to have, but not essential to our plans, as well. We have a couple/ few years to get something put together, but these snowbelt winters are really starting to get to us....
Thanks in advance for any & all help & advice....
Randy & Lois
Anyway, it seems like it must have been done before, or at least attempted - gaining frame length by replacing the long crew cab with a standard single cab. Logic would lead one to believe that the body mounts would be the same (to a point, obviously), so, is there something I'm missing? Is there a more practical (read - "cheaper") way to get my rearend further back under my house? We're not planning any rough play, but we want a vehicle that will handle well both on the highway & in mild boondocking scenarios. A "pickup" type vehicle would seem the easiest, cheapest way to gain 4WD, which would be very nice to have, but not essential to our plans, as well. We have a couple/ few years to get something put together, but these snowbelt winters are really starting to get to us....
Thanks in advance for any & all help & advice....
Randy & Lois