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09-03-2012, 09:36 AM #901
I've been using a Big Buddy heater in my van without any problems too, I crack a vent window and a rear window and get plenty of ventilation and no condensation issues.
I have this
It's been great having all the room inside, but It gets lousy gas milage, Is only 2wd, and it's over 7'9" tall ( I have to take a ferry to get off the island and anything over that height gets charged double. $90.00). luckily? the transmission went so I'm looking for a F350 to pull the tranny, transfer case, and front axle from to finaly make it 4wd. It wont help with the gas milage or being over height, but it will be more useful.
I also have this, An '81 4wd with a Buick engine
that I've been thinking of combining with a chinook camper
it would still be big enough for two people, be under height, get decent milage, be 4wd, and still be under 30' long (another charge) when I haul my raft trailer (with a little work to the trailer). My father had a couple of them in the '70s and '80s, they were great campers but were slow as shit, I always thought with 4wd they would be a nice truck.
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09-03-2012, 10:03 AM #902
This would probably work for you, though the price is high:
http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/pm...173050517.html
Also, there is this for sale, which would probably fit on your ride:
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/...s/message/1044
Unless you are a member of that Yahoo! Group you cannot access the message, which is:
"I am considering removing the camper from the blazer to sell. I thought I would put it out there and see what kind of interest there is. The camper is complete except for the fridge. I would say that the camper is in fair condition. Rear door needs rebuild, cabinets are rough. Seats and cots are in excellent condition. Canvas on pop-up needs to be replaced. If I can find a buyer for the camper I would then part out the rest of the blazer. I will not start selling items off the Blazer before I sell the camper.Further details are listed in the "For Sale Doc." #27. If you are interested send me a pm. $500.00 for camper."
This K5 Blazer with camper is a rare beast:
http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/rvs/3174518026.html
Another one here, also far from you though:
http://dothan.craigslist.org/cto/3133173791.html
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09-03-2012, 10:15 AM #903
Pay attention to the listings that boltonoutlaw posts.
He comes across some of the best deals on Winter capable rigs I've seen to date.
I'll give him credit (or blame him ) for directing me to the rig I ended up with.
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09-03-2012, 10:21 AM #904
Thanks for the links. That one in BC is very nice but over priced, lots of work put into it though. I've looked at the Blazers but they are too small and they wouldn't get any better milage than the van. I passed up a nice one a few years ago for $2500, I don't remember why, maybe my lack of storage space. I see lots of decent toyota models around, If I can find one with good canvas and box it will make a nice project.
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09-04-2012, 02:06 PM #905
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09-04-2012, 02:16 PM #906
Not especially overpriced as it is 4x4. '88 Sunraders with the 4by are selling for $18000-20000. Take a look at this - $50,000 for a 1985:
http://www.expeditionportal.com/foru...Yes-I-am-crazy
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09-04-2012, 05:08 PM #907
Your right, It's really not a bad price, I'm looking for a project. I'd like to find a nice 2wd one and use the parts from my truck to make it 4wd, I think with the V6 it will be much better on the freeway while towing my raft than with the original 4.
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09-04-2012, 05:24 PM #908Registered User
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Here is our RV. Such a fun ski and surf mobile.
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09-06-2012, 08:58 AM #909
Buddy heaters are not catalytic. They burn a traditional "flame" and thus take much more oxygen, put off carbon monoxide and require low oxygen shut off sensors for use indoors because of all of the above. Catalytic heaters require none of the above thus are much safer for parking lot use! Plus for me, because of the low oxygen cut off sensor, my buddy heater would constantly shut off when I got much above 65 to 6800 feet. Total PITA.
Sorry, got my carbons mixed up and you are right, buddy heaters can be used inside with adequate ventilation. If I remember correctly, I believe my buddy manual said at least 18 square inches of ventilation. With that said, the reason catalytics are much more popuar in the RV world because of the catalyst burn, the risk of carbon monoxide poising is alot lower!
I am not telling you what to use, just trying to help out my fellow parking lot brothers stay warm and safe.
Hope to see you in a parking lot soon!"Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will..."
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09-06-2012, 09:32 AM #910
I don't run the heater all night long, just long enough to warm up the van, then I'll light it again before getting out of bed to warm it up again, It only takes a minute to get it over 70* in there. I bought my girlfriend a 12 volt electric blanket a few years ago and it works great, she keeps it in her sleeping bag and turns it on if she gets cold during the night, It also has a timer on it (about 20 minutes?)so it can't kill the battery.
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09-07-2012, 06:39 AM #911
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09-07-2012, 07:33 PM #912
I'd consider going with two twins, that way you can stack them and get top access to the storage, or put one mattress on the side and have a pseudo couch. Plus you'll have a place to put stuff that is snowy/wet and not wet out your mattress.
Make sure those rollers are heavy duty too.
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09-08-2012, 12:50 AM #913"Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will..."
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09-08-2012, 10:19 AM #914Registered User
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09-08-2012, 10:36 AM #915
mmmm, stacked twins...
wait, what are we talking about?"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
"She was tossing her bean salad with the vigor of a Drunken Pop princess so I walked out of the corner and said.... "need a hand?"" - Odin
"everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy
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09-08-2012, 04:32 PM #916
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09-08-2012, 06:21 PM #917
Free mattress in a van. Sounds like your going to get laid a lot.
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09-08-2012, 09:16 PM #918
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09-09-2012, 07:38 AM #919
Selling my 2000 Chinook Concourse 21' Class B+ Motorhome.
Ford E-350 Super-Duty chassis. 6.8 liter Triton V-10 engine. Automatic transmission. 30190 miles. 70 hours on generator:
http://eugene.craigslist.org/rvs/3256850661.html
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09-09-2012, 12:50 PM #920
What's the maggot price in that bad boy?
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09-09-2012, 01:13 PM #921
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09-09-2012, 01:56 PM #922
I take it you sprung for that Bigfoot? Damn, I'd love a Chinook. Want but can't have. Hope it goes to a good home.
Life is simple. Go Explore.
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09-09-2012, 02:08 PM #923
Nope. Have my eye on other game...(more this week).
I was toying with buying that Bigfoot and driving north to Williston, ND to flip it in an oil boom town with a shortage of housing but I couldn't get it together and it sold. Hopefully someone here quietly snatched it up. It was too big for me. Would have been perfect for a winter film crew or as an AK parker.
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09-09-2012, 02:15 PM #924
winter digs for 3 months last season revelstoke, RP, baker, and this shot at Kwood 2011-12, Esbar heat, 410ah 12v, 3000w inverter charger, over 20 mpg with out a head wind. in 2010-11 did 13000mi averaged 22.3 mpg. you can see build here http://www.sprinter-source.com/forum...ad.php?t=12482
befor the sprinter it was an astro awd but no real heat and you cant stand up
whywodintyaLast edited by samhop; 09-10-2012 at 07:43 AM.
can't spell don't care.
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09-09-2012, 09:33 PM #925Funhog
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There are a couple Bigfoots currently on the Spokane craigslist:
http://spokane.craigslist.org/rvs/3253775958.html
and
http://spokane.craigslist.org/rvs/3251640567.html
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