Vanlife or Boatlife, this guy couldn't decide.

[Fivealive]

Seen on the road water.

 

[lenny flank]

Probably helpful when the hurricane approaches.

 

[tx2sturgis]

I have a friend who has been living on a sailboat for years....he is thinking about trading in the boat for an RV...

So I sent him this picture!

:thumbsup:

 

[DannyB1954]

I wonder if the rear wheels are connected to the propeller and the front tires to the rudder.
I wonder what they have done to keep it from capsizing. That thing has got to be pretty top heavy. Maybe the bottom half of the boat is filled with cement.

 

[tx2sturgis]

Hard to tell but it looks like the right rear wheel is not mounted.

Either the rear driveshaft/axle has been connected to a drive system for the boat, or, the van body is just there as a cabin, and the van's entire drivetrain might be gone.

 

[highdesertranger]

that's a new one.  this one used to hang out in Orange County CA,





if you look close it's even 4WD.  so you could even off road it.  LOL

highdesertranger

 

[tx2sturgis]

That's the one where the boat section separates from the van section....pretty cool....

 

[HungryCoyote]

Here is a cool video about that van/boat.

Watch "My ‘Boaterhome’ is Half Van, Half Boat | RIDICULOUS RIDES" on YouTube

 

[wayne49]

Vango.

 

[wayne49]

Wheels off, the van rests directly on the deck. Eliminate the van's suspension's effect on motion. Just a guess.

 

[JeanInaBox]

Vango.

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[eDJ_]

I like the idea on the inland rivers and large lakes.  (where the water is smooth) 

Here is an idea that has intrigued me.

[img=300x200]http://www.rollerboat.com/wp-content/themes/roller-boat/library/images/rb-small.jpg[/img]

With a barge like this there are small gas or diesel industrial out-drive propulsion units like this,
which sit on the stern of a barge and work much like an outboard motor.

Deck mounted propulsion

I could see a rig like this being placed on a "Low Boy" trailer and towed to the head waters of our
major rivers and taken on a slow leisurely trip down the river while stopping and driving the RV off
the barge to go touring on the land.

 

[B and C]

That looks a lot like an idea I had way back when. Put the front tires in a block that would turn the rudder when you turned the steering wheel and double rollers under the drive wheels that would turn the propeller. A set of outriggers to turn it into a towable trailer too. Never had the money or enough drive to make it happen though. There may be a market for it now.