Hey everyone!

garrettrmartin · Oct 17, 2017

New to the forum and looking to join the community. Currently searching for a used cargo van for purchase to live out of for at least the next year. Looking for any suggestions, recommendations or tips! Excited to join the van life!

Joseph_Grey · Oct 17, 2017

Yes, that is how it all starts!

I started looking in about November and bought my van in January. I have been working on it ever since. It became livable in about April and has been great for me this summer. Still a long ways to go before it is "done" but each step makes it more comfortable.

Welcome to the forum!

--jg

garrettrmartin · Oct 17, 2017

That's awesome, congrats! What type of van did you end up going with if you don't mind me asking?

highdesertranger · Oct 17, 2017

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Joseph_Grey · Oct 18, 2017

garrettrmartin said:
That's awesome, congrats! What type of van did you end up going with if you don't mind me asking?

Nobody here minds. It's gettin'em to shut up is the problem... ;-)

I went with a 2008 Chevy 2500 Extended Cargo. Check out my blog link at the bottom if you want a whole bunch of detail. Scroll back to about February when I started writing about the van I bought and you will see some pictures. It was a pretty good deal I thought. 230k but really clean. No rust. Single owner by a company I had done business with and had a good experience. I paid $6000.

--jg

garrettrmartin · Oct 18, 2017

Joseph_Grey said:
Nobody here minds. It's gettin'em to shut up is the problem... ;-)

I went with a 2008 Chevy 2500 Extended Cargo. Check out my blog link at the bottom if you want a whole bunch of detail. Scroll back to about February when I started writing about the van I bought and you will see some pictures. It was a pretty good deal I thought. 230k but really clean. No rust. Single owner by a company I had done business with and had a good experience. I paid $6000.

--jg

That's not bad at all. I've been thinking about going with Chevy myself, they seem like they are the most reliable. That or the Ford Ecoline minus the spark plug issue, which doesn't seem as big of a problem everyone makes it out to be.