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06-10-2023, 08:45 AM #11776Registered User
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It's not a 'rig' it's a cargo van who identifies as a VW Westy! (Inside has similar layout to a Westy - couch that fold down to sleep on with a big pull-knob, v-shaped pop up roof, etc.)
Some shots of camp sites with big views - all different locations
Look close for the van in above photo
Sounds real fun!
I would think Nov-December would be great. And if rains, just wait until the morning when the mud is rock hard. The upper loop is is about 7000' so on a good snow year feb might be tricky.
Once I started to leave my bike at home for desert trips my mind has been blown on all the great places in S. UT. Bikes have been taking me to the same places every year.
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06-10-2023, 11:19 AM #11777
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06-10-2023, 04:26 PM #11778Registered User
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Ah, I meant me leaving my MTN bike at home meant i started exploring somewhere else besides Moab, Hurricane, etc. A moto seems wayyyyy better than any truck or van for covering southern utah, but like you these days I need to bring the family along.
I vaguely remember you posting a trip about riding motos on dirt starting from SLC to the desert....many years ago.
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06-10-2023, 06:04 PM #11779
2000 miles from Utah to PHX and back, mostly dirt. Miss those days. Took months of scouring Google Earth for feint desert tracks..........
https://www.advrider.com/f/threads/f...-miles.669995/
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06-12-2023, 06:38 AM #11780
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06-12-2023, 08:30 AM #11781
Hey Muted, Who makes the pop up on your van? That looks like a sweet rig that a "normal" person could afford.
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06-12-2023, 10:35 AM #11782Registered User
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Agreed! not the one I remembered though, I think TH started in SLC/Provo and went south via singletrack. or it was someone else.
I call mine the poor mans Sportsmobile. It's made by GTRV, they don't convert fords anymore. They focus on MB Metris now, which is odd IMO.
If you want a cheap Ford option, I'd look at Wasatch Overland. They can find an old Ford van with low miles for you, and do the conversion. They are flexible in that they could just insulate and wire it, and you do the build, or they do everything custom for you. They don't do pop-ups though, instead they do install hi-tops though - aka party hats - for ford vans. owner has been nice when I briefly met him a couple times, down to earth etc.
If you want a 4x4 conversion too, they work with advanced 4x4 also in SLC. You can save $$$ by just adding a rear locker though and getting a lift, there is so much weight evenly distributed in mine that will take you to plenty places Sprinters can't go. But it won't take you to a ski area on shitty winter roads of course.
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06-12-2023, 11:52 AM #11783
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06-13-2023, 07:37 AM #11784Registered User
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06-13-2023, 01:03 PM #11785
Popped up on IG.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CqEL5mkut6a/
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06-13-2023, 06:31 PM #11786
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06-13-2023, 08:37 PM #11787
Must be a dream in the hills.
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06-13-2023, 09:26 PM #11788
Boy that single roof bar attachment looks extra sturdy
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06-14-2023, 10:40 AM #11789
I am enjoying all the info in the thread drift but the title is Ski Rvs. If you are in the mountains in the winter there are almost no off road spots to park a van. Wife and I did 8 days in SLC last winter with our Mt. Collective Passes. There is a Walmart 10 minutes from the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon and another one 10 min from the mouth of Little Cottonwood. Closest RV park was in Draper miles away. We could get up on a powder day, drive to the lineup on Wasatch Blvd. at 7:00 to wait for the Canyon to open and then make breakfast, change into our ski clothes, and chill in comfort waiting to get first dibbs on the free parking and new pow. On the way up to the Tetons we used the Walmart in Ogden to hit two days at Snow Basin.
I always thought camping at Walmart has to be the lamest thing in the world, but I'm definitely a fan when you can do it in the winter. You've got the window shades up for heat insulation so the view doesn't matter. Nothing like having a grocery store, great pizza joint, and an In and Out Burger at the other end of the parking lot if you don't feel like cooking after a day on the boards.Gravity Junkie
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06-14-2023, 10:43 AM #11790
So...like a motel?
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06-14-2023, 11:01 AM #11791
Just be glad your Walmart of choice still allows you to camp for free. More and more of them do not.
In 2010, about 78% of Walmart stores allowed overnight RV parking. Now, it’s close to 58%.
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06-14-2023, 11:39 AM #11792
Not sure if this is common knowledge but pretty much every Cabela's store has a free RV lot in the back, and many even have dump stations and water. Not as common as Walmart but I have linked them up on cross country trips.
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06-14-2023, 12:56 PM #11793Registered User
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06-14-2023, 01:15 PM #11794
I realize there is a time and a place for walmart/cabelas camping. Winter where pretty much all public land is under feet of snow. Sure that makes sense.
In May/June when the weather is perfect and I saw actual campsites or free dispersed sites with views etc 20 minutes from the walmart.....that I don't get.
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06-14-2023, 02:46 PM #11795Registered User
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Because people don't know it's there, or they don't know it's 20 minutes away, or they don't want to risk not finding a spot, and possibly they just don't care and are fine at Walmart? They could be in the middle of a long road trip and don't want additional 20 minutes out and 20 minutes back from the interstate. They just want to wake up and go.
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06-14-2023, 05:30 PM #11796
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06-14-2023, 05:58 PM #11797
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06-14-2023, 08:17 PM #11798
I don't know squat about truck campers but this may appeal to someone in interest of a project. It's located in North Central WA.
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06-14-2023, 09:01 PM #11799
That wouldn’t be a hard fix. Some good epoxy and fiberglass and it’s good for another 20 years
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06-15-2023, 08:22 AM #11800
Put your campers on apple bins or pallets for winter storage folks! Those jack plates aren’t built stout enough for snow load….
Mine’s an ‘88, wish it was newer- the fiberglass is getting pretty fragile. Girlfriend took it to utah this spring and got a handful of new cracks going.
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