Rayd888 said:
I understand what you mean. My first van build was a nice, static, finished deal but I want my next one to be a "living design" as you mentioned - something that easily evolves with use.
Here's the video build of that van:
- Now I can put it in my signature. Woo-hoo!
I bought one of these a while back. The best cots out there, in my opinion, but ridiculously expensive:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BGU41G2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_v9fGAb8BW1VP2
I saw a van with one of these and they used it as a sofa as well, but they're not that quick to take apart and reassemble. Don't know if they come as single cots.
Again, after much research, I've settled on hammocks, but I know it's not for everyone.
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Nice Dodge Van. I like(d) Dodge vans, and had a nice (late 1960's) cream yellow one with an Electrolux label painted on the side: but the engine was bombed out. I bought and sold it for $200 (between family and friends), and except for maintenance (and daily oil
, I only added a loud 2 speaker stereo (that made you feel like you were inside a speaker, which you were in every sense - a perfect speaker.) It was an all window empty cargo van, with a loud smelly gas engine between the seats.
But as far as I'm concerned, the Nation's 2nd alternator is the heart of a li-ion electronics system
feasible Van population, imo (for alternator, solar, plug in (clean) power.) No diesel, no loud smelly generator that requires topping up frequently, and no lead acid battery maintenance/risk/head ache. It will truly be what 'RV' was mean to be: Living the Life of Riley at an economical advantage (take that, lead-acid zombie slaves
So if a Nation's 2nd alternator does not fit in it, it's not even in the van population subset, imo. But since Bob also suggests many of the same one-ton (approx.) vehicles, it's in very good (The Best!) company to begin with.
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Hammocks was a good $27 instant solution, from you my friend (plus one of my comforters.)
However, the van-cot is my long term goal (as Again, You highlighted!), and there are many hungry and smart vendors to make that happen: although it won't be as easy or cheap as the hammock implementation. The cot vendor link solution you provided takes up valuable floor space, so I could Never see that long term in any RV van (but I may temporarily bastardize the cots - ??). That's the advantage of the high roof is the Z-dimension (as in x, y, Z), as in taking advantage of all the vertical space possible (6'-5" for Nissan NV).
Because I live in the South, like Bob said, I don't need no stinkin' insulation. I will have appliances, a Penguin II 13.5 k ac on the roof, a space heater, and 'essentials.' The van-cot just bumped it's way on the 'essentials' list with a high priority. I've seen a couple of those on Pinterest, lol, but the wall-interfaces were always hidden (surprise, surprise); so it immediately fell off a list to begin with since I did not even know what it was. Now I do! I name thee 'adaptive van-cot system!'
I think using smart local vendors will be quicker and easier than wading through thousands of half baked presented Pinterest ideas, ymmv.
