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More great replies.... thanks, all.... what an excellent site this is. VanFan and Afblangley may I ask what makes and years your vehicles are? As I mentioned, I was leaning toward a Chevy Express... with a body-on-frame and overall old-school design, I think it would be more rugged than a Ford...

Wow, lots of good tips there, rruff. When I wrote, "not traveling off-road," I meant I'd travel Forest Service / BLM dirt roads, well-established routes to trailheads, etc., but nothing where the driving becomes really difficult. 4WD would be a good extra measure of safety, but I don't think...

Hello, camping folk! I've been on this site for a while, and posted a couple of times, but didn't introduce myself. I'm a 60-something single male. I live in a well-known N Calif city, but am planning to move to a less crowded part of the state, where – among other things – I'll have space to...

Hello all.... I'm trying to decide what would be the best choice of van for a camper. I was leaning toward the "old school" Chevy Express, figuring it would be more mechanically robust than a Ford Transit. However, I drove an Express recently (a U-Haul) and was disappointed -- it felt like...

Thanks for the comments, everyone! Yes, I imagine a kid-hauler could have a lot of nasty crud in the carpet. My idea was to acquire a retired vanpool van... hopefully the worst that would be in the carpet would be coffee stains. I saw a Youtube video by a woman in NJ who put down vinyl on...

New member here, looking to acquire a van for camping. I notice that most of the Youtubers who show off their completed vans began with a cargo van, but it seems to me that I'd have a big head start with a passenger van. If I bought a cargo van, everything that needed doing in the cargo area...