Looking For Someone skilled to help Convert a van to an RV

[Belchfire]

Hi All

I live in the San Francisco Bay Area (East Bay)
I'm looking for someone that can help me build and RV from a step van or sprinter
I haven't got the van yet but I'm looking
I want to do as much of the work myself but I know without help I will probably have difficulty finishing the job

This is a paid gig
You would get me started and step in from time to time to help with the two man jobs in addition you would help me with floor plans and finding materials

Anyone out there interested?

Thanks

 

[Luisafernandes]

I'll help, just bring it over to the right cost[emoji56]

 

[highdesertranger]

I would lend a hand but I am in so cal. there are a few members in your area they might come forward. good luck. highdesertranger

 

[Belchfire]

I hope someone from over here responds

 

[wagoneer]

I'm in San Francisco but the mods I am doing are modular in other words not permanent where exactly are you located, I drive to Oakley once a month.

 

[Belchfire]

I'm in the Hayward area

Can you tell me more about what you do?

Can you private message me your phone number?

Thanks

 

[Van-Tramp]

I am in the E Bay currently. I am heading to Hawaii for two weeks though will be back around mid month. It is possible (not 100% sure yet) I may be sticking around for two weeks to the beginning of the year. If that happens, I would be available.

You can see my recent work on my own van at https://vanlivingforum.com/showthread.php?tid=8050

 

[Belchfire]

Hi Van Tramp
Can you pm me you phone #

Thanks

 

[akrvbob]

It probably won't be of any good to you since we are so far away, but we have a master finish carpeter here in camp in Ehrenberg, AZ who works on peoples vans for a very low price. Very high quality work for dirt cheap prices. I keep telling him to raise his rates!

Bob

 

[offroad]

This is a terrific subject. Should be bookmarked. Likely the way I will go with setting up a van. Modules and component additions. First trying to sell a house.

 

[akrvbob]

Modular can be a very goo thing. I have a friend who is a part-timer and everything in his van is modular. When he is at home he empties it out ans stores it and uses the van for garage sales/flea markets. On the road he can either be inside in bad weather or take it all outside in good weather.

However, it all has to be extremely light or you won't bother moving it. You have to be a very skilled carpenter to build something very light and strong enough to handle the constant movement. He is but I know I'm not.

Bob

 

[HarmonicaBruce]

... everything in his van is modular. When he is at home he empties it out...

That's my approach. I don't know what I'm going to be doing a year from now, but if I need a cargo van to do it I can have one in about 15 minutes. If I don't like how something is set up I can change it. My friend who has a conversion van and I helped his girlfriend move her stuff from a storage unit to a house. My friends van was pretty much useless. I emptied out my van into her storage unit, and after a couple of trips we had it all moved. The rent was already paid on the storage unit so I just kept using it.

 

[SternWake]

I made my Van so I could pull out the bed platform between the wheel well storage boxes and everything underneath and behind it easily and load it with 4x8 sheets of plywood. But I've made a rach which protects my solar, and just load them up there instead when required, which is seldom.

But my cabinet mounted behind my drivers seat is immovable. Sure it limits the total area in which I can carry things, but it also keeps people from asking me to help them move.

 

[cdiggy]

^^^^hahaha^^^^^ so true.

 

[Belchfire]

Hi AkRvBob

What is the phone of this guy in Arizona?
I like the modular thing too
I wonder if modular is good for full time living?

Thanks

 

[akrvbob]

I'm not sure I can give out his number. Let me talk to him.

I don't have anything modular, this is my home I have no desire to empty it out.

Bob

 

[VanLifeCrisis]

i like modular. my current setup almost looks like it could be, but its definitely been made perm. if i was going from scratch, id do it modular. there has been a couple times i coulda made or saved some spare cash with the cargo area.

 

[Belchfire]

My question is is modular sufficient for long term living ?

 

[VanLifeCrisis]

im not sure why it wouldnt be if its made well. look at the stuff that sportsmobile makes...its perm installed by them but its clearly made in a modular fashion so they can easily make different configurations for the customer quickly and easily

 

[Belchfire]

I like the idea of being able to disconnect and take things out just in case I need to haul something
It seems it's possible like a removable shower fridge stove composting toilet


I would like to talk to some experts who have done it