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If this piques anyone's interest check out Expedition Portal: https://www.expeditionportal.com/ https://www.expeditionportal.com/ I'm going to be building one
by driverdan 6y ago
If this piques anyone's interest check out Expedition Portal: https://www.expeditionportal.com/ https://www.expeditionportal.com/
I'm going to be building one based off an LMTV as soon as I can find a place to do it.
- oblio 6y ago> peaks anyone's interest Minor: piques anyone's interest.
- driverdan 6y agoCorrected thanks
- yellowapple 6y agoI mean, my interest is certainly peaked, too.
- ethbro 6y agoOnly if it's about to decrease!
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- gonesilent 6y agoJust Don't do it in California because you'll find out you can't register your LMTV in this state....
- mikeyouse 6y agoI've heard you just need to register it as an RV (and actually have a permanent box on the back) if you want your LMTV to be registered without the annual commercial fees. Is that not true anymore?
- gonesilent 6y agoYes that still works in California, can also do it to a big rig if you want to.
- driverdan 6y agoAbsolutely. CA is the last state I'd want to live in or register it in.
- User23 6y agoDomiciling in CA when you plan to live on the road in other states is monumentally tax inefficient.
- throwaway0a5e 6y agoBoth inefficient from an "amount of tax you pay" perspective and a "the amount of good each dollar of your taxes paid does" perspective.
- chrissnell 6y agoI'm not a fan of the "overland" builds based on LMTV and other medium duty truck chassis platforms. They're really the "worst of both worlds". A tiny RV on a mostly shitty off-road platform that gets horrible mileage. I say mostly shitty because they are huge and not nimble and really not suited for anything worse than a rough dirt road. Way too big for actual long distance off-pavement travel in places like Utah, where the corners are tight and trails are narrow. They also tear the crap out of the dirt roads. I'm not a fan. I drive a Land Rover Defender 110 and camp in the back of it. If I was looking for something for long-term camping, or to take a family, I would just buy fifth wheel trailer and pull it behind my Ram 2500, where I have a reliable and strong Cummins turbo diesel.
- driverdan 6y agoI've been living in my converted 26ft (7.8m) bus for 3 years. I know what it's like having a large vehicle. A fifth wheel can't go where I want to go. A Defender is too small for me to live in full time, plus they cost 4-7 times what I paid for my LMTV. Every option is about trade offs. For my use an LMTV makes sense.