Vanlife

What kind of business do you run? I'm in the tile trade, I do not own a company but I'm very interested in all these new work vans being made (Benz dodge etc) is it worth it compared to an old work truck?

Tonight will be my first night, minivan, city/residential. I don't have the curtains finished. Think I can sleep without getting a knock if I put a blanket over my head and have tinted windows (think 70% or 60%)? Been too fucking cold, it needs to be over 15F for velcro to adhere, I literally could not finish the build. Hoping tomorrow I can. But will I be able to sleep tonight without getting bothered?

Also where the fuck can I take a nap during the day in a city, for free? All I can figure is a library but not all of them have comfy chairs to crash in.

Im sorry my parents couldnt afford tour fancy pants public education system and that theres holes in my brain from my rampent drug use.

But breh, never seen a rough engineer scetch before?

>But breh, never seen a rough engineer scetch before?

Here is a rough engeneer sketch of when the van is a rocking.

I have heard good things about the engine overall and many reviews I read online state that they should last 700,000~ miles but maintenance elsewhere on the car does not make the purchase worthwhile.

To be honest, I would have probably bought it were it not for the fact that the dealership was so cut throat with their pricing. The sticker price was around $32,500 for the Benz, after dealership and tax my out the door was around $37,000 with absolutely no dealer incentives

With Ford, the sticker price was around $35,000 but they took off $5,500 as a dealer incentive, another $1000 as some new vehicle incentive, and some other bullshit incentive. AND the tow package + vinyl diamond studded flooring (whatever the fuck its called) was free. It technically cost $950~ but this was rebated back to me as well. So all in all, Ford was almost $8,000 cheaper, has more power, and more features.

I work in e-commerce. We don't even really need the van, we are just cash rich at the moment and our accountant suggested we take advantage of our tax bracket this year and section 179 to buy a work vehicle, so we did. Our $29,000 price tag (after deduction) is really only around $15,000 out of pocket for us.

We will use it though for errands and shit. The insurance company asked me how many miles I thought I was going to put on it within the first year - he laughed when I told him less than 5,000.

Lads.

If i'm camper converting a basic panel van, do I need to keep the ply lined back and put carpet on top of it, or can I remove the ply and carpet over the body?

Also, if the ply is rough and damaged, is it worth replacing first before covering?

If you are gonna put carpet in I think it would be best to put ply down. Don't want anything getting spilled and messing up any insulation.

As long as the ply is not rotting I would say that it is fine.

I would pull up the ply and do any rust repairs.
Then half inch blue insulation, none ofor that bubble wrap garbage. Van dwellers do not understand how reflectrix works.
Then ply and carpet or just skip the ply/carpet and use click together flooring right over the insulation then use a few throw rugs .
Much easier to keep clean.

Just checking in. I was toasty warm last night despite temps in single digits and no heater/insulation. Down comforter for liiiife. I finished tossing stuff and rearranging things using walmart's parking lot, everything fits in the vehicle better now and it looks less junky. I didn't get a knock. I think I might try not using any sort of curtain or window block. Anyone else experiment with that? I'm gambling that no one will get close enough and look in at the right angle to see the bed structure at all. I also put up cling on baby shades for the windows and hung some cargo nets and string backpacks on the laundry hooks so anyone looking in would see that, and it would take their attention so they won't look further and see me/my shit. In addition to being too lazy to make/use curtains I think they're a dead giveaway of dwelling. Also holy condensation batman, I'm cracking a window tonight. Woke up to icy frosted interiors of my windows.

The cops in my area are supposedly chill about it, but I don't want to find out the hard way.

nice work user.
you will get better and better until you are a master.
I like your ideas about stealth but make sure you are able to have a nice life as well.
Good curtains make it so you can have lights on and computers at night.