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Sprinter Monkeys, how many miles is too many miles on a 2015 Sprinter?
A Winnebago class C came up for sale locally, thing looks super clean, and the price is really good, but it's a 2015 with 113k miles, should I be scared?
A Winnebago class C came up for sale locally, thing looks super clean, and the price is really good, but it's a 2015 with 113k miles, should I be scared?
It also drops about $25k off the price, which makes picking one up a possibility since we're trying to just pay cash for it.
On the one hand, being well used likely means little issues were addressed. I've seen lots of dry rotted seals, stale tires, and minor roof/window leaks in RVs because they just sit. On the other hand, could be a ticking time bomb if Sprinters have gremlins like most Mercedes that start appearing around 125-150k.
Good chance we'll just stick to the travel trailer idea, since it means we're towing with a 4wd truck and have transportation when we get where we're going. However the Tacoma is a little tights with 2 adults, 2 50-60lb dogs and a kid in a car seat, and I can't really figure out what to replace it with, Class C is suboptimal in the mountains, but has loads of room for dogs, kids and their accessories.
You never see videos of high speed Police chases involving Campers on the Expressways of southern California. Why is that?
Clearly we need a RV in high speed pursuit video thread. How am I not a Moderator?
work sprinter, we ran it to 300,000 then the tranny started to slop and we dumped it off. Only real problems we had was the common high pressure fuel line. They take a week to get from NJ so we kept a few on hand and the damn Turbo hose would tear or the Turbo butterfly would stick. Sucker only had 87 HP without the turbo
Cool the Forest is back open so we are going up to the Hope Valley area east of Kirkwood in the camper for some fly fishing and hiking along the West Fork of the Carson River off hwy 88 this weekend
What, exactly, does "started to slop " mean?
We're coming up to nearly 90,000 miles on our 2015 Sprinter 2500 (4 cyl turbo diesel). No serious mechanical issues to report (fingers crossed, knocking on wood, etc.), just the usual maintenance stuff.
Just picked up this bad boy a couple months ago. She's already taken me to some pretty sweet spots. Took the seats out and put a queen size bed in. Pretty fun stuff
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Eric,
I think I've asked you this before, but could you sum up your thoughts/experience with F-350 SRW and DRW for towing and slide in camper use?
Even a Stock dually is a way more relaxing less tiring more stable drive under that load than a heavily modded SRW could ever be.
My F350 was SRW an the diesel was amazing for towing and hauling in general, but not compared to GFF's big ass dually.
today was that oh so fun chore, deploy the stinky slinky, drain and flush the black tank and then drain the greywater tank to flush the slinky with soapy water. It is nice to have the house sewer clean out right next to the driveway
nice....2 or 4wd...
Well I knew it was coming, two nights at 15* confirmed it. Time to replace my ten year old AGM camper batteries, they just could not deliver the output nor recovery that I have come to expect. All day with the 200 watt solar did not bring them back up to charge while my buddy with the same solar d=set up and similar over night use was back u to full charge by noon. I had to fire up my generator. So that said I ordered two Lifeline GLP 31T AGM deep cycle batteries when I arrived home tonight. Found them on sale for $665 delivered. normally closer to $800. Lets hope I get the same service out of these Lifelines as my last set of them
Oboy, when my tech startup goes public...
jesus...
It's a couple houses down, I saw it when I was walking the pups. It's really sketchy. My jacks specifically say not to lift the wheels off when using.
Pretty sure those have hydraulic jacks, specifically built for that purpose. I've seen quite a few up in the air like that.
The front wheels a foot off the ground on a stack of 2x6's just seems crazy to me.
not a traditional camper, but when i saw this i nostalgia'd super hard. my dad had a 78 K5 that we used to take camping up in Allegheny nat'l forest. we would remove the rear bench seat and have enough space to sleep 3 people comfortably.
he also taught me to drive it when i was 12.
jalopnik.com
he also taught me to drive it when i was 12.
This All-Electric Retrofitted 1977 Chevy Blazer Is My World
What started out life as a 1977 Chevy K5 Blazer has found a second life as a beautiful, electrified SUV, the K5 Blazer-E. And I love it. I want one. I want one so bad.
jalopnik.com
43 years old and it still looks infinitely better than the new Blazer.not a traditional camper, but when i saw this i nostalgia'd super hard. my dad had a 78 K5 that we used to take camping up in Allegheny nat'l forest. we would remove the rear bench seat and have enough space to sleep 3 people comfortably.
he also taught me to drive it when i was 12.
This All-Electric Retrofitted 1977 Chevy Blazer Is My World
What started out life as a 1977 Chevy K5 Blazer has found a second life as a beautiful, electrified SUV, the K5 Blazer-E. And I love it. I want one. I want one so bad.
i must admit i just perused CL to see what's out there in my region for K5's.
nice. it was interesting to learn that chevy seems to be starting to do factory EV conversions. tempting my future self.
You been able to find ballpark prices on the conversion? It would be amazing to breathe life into old vehicles; depending upon cost it could be comparable to a built engine and transmission.
no specific numbers, but i found more details here. sounds like they're going to officially offer aftermarket conversions starting second half of '21
Chevy will start selling EV retrofit kits in 2021
You’ll soon be able to buy an electric Chevrolet motor just as easily as one of its gas engines.
www.engadget.com
Anybody ever ship a trailer cross country? Think we're decide on what model to get, but they're about $10k cheaper on the East coast, shipping can't be more than like $3k right?
Rented a trailer and did some camping for halloween, went well, but the KZ Sportsmen 180BH we rented needed more floor space for sure.
These appears to be our huckleberry https://forestriverinc.com/rvs/travel-trailers/wolf-pup/18RJB/4355
Plenty of room for the kiddo and dogs to roam around, the ramp turns into a deck for outdoor kid and dog containment when the weather's nice. The garage area will hold tons of bikes and cots for riding trips with the boys, and it gives us the most possible flexibility down the road, and lets me get the generator and BBQ out of the bed of my truck, which is nice.
Rented a trailer and did some camping for halloween, went well, but the KZ Sportsmen 180BH we rented needed more floor space for sure.
These appears to be our huckleberry https://forestriverinc.com/rvs/travel-trailers/wolf-pup/18RJB/4355
Plenty of room for the kiddo and dogs to roam around, the ramp turns into a deck for outdoor kid and dog containment when the weather's nice. The garage area will hold tons of bikes and cots for riding trips with the boys, and it gives us the most possible flexibility down the road, and lets me get the generator and BBQ out of the bed of my truck, which is nice.
Cool. I dig it.no specific numbers, but i found more details here. sounds like they're going to officially offer aftermarket conversions starting second half of '21
Chevy will start selling EV retrofit kits in 2021
You’ll soon be able to buy an electric Chevrolet motor just as easily as one of its gas engines.
i don't dig that they had to take up part of the cargo area. the engine bays on those things are massive.
Concur. Gotta think there's a better way to accomodate that, though its probably the trade-off of using off the shelf parts. Hopefully the battery pack can accomodate cargo in top or thats a ton of wasted space.