Comments on: 4X4 RVs: Wandering Off Road http://www.allstays.com/Features/4x4-rvs-wandering-off-road/ Stay anywhere on Earth Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:59:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Amie Boneta http://www.allstays.com/Features/4x4-rvs-wandering-off-road/#comment-2606 Amie Boneta Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:13:01 +0000 http://www.allstays.com/Features/?p=2120#comment-2606 I was looking through some of your articles on this site and I think this website is rattling instructive! Keep posting . I was looking through some of your articles on this site and I think this website is rattling instructive! Keep posting .

]]> By: dan http://www.allstays.com/Features/4x4-rvs-wandering-off-road/#comment-2164 dan Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:29:01 +0000 http://www.allstays.com/Features/?p=2120#comment-2164 You know what's a great deal cheaper and potentially cooler than any of these? Get the used motorhome you like the best, cut it and bolt it to a commercial 4x4 chasis. Done deal. Maybe $20k in parts and labor for the conversion plus whatever you spent on the initial motorhome. Besides full on tour buses, there is no such thing as a camping land vehicle worth $200k. You can do all and more just picking a motorhome and paying someone to match it with a modified 4x4 chasis. You know what’s a great deal cheaper and potentially cooler than any of these? Get the used motorhome you like the best, cut it and bolt it to a commercial 4×4 chasis. Done deal. Maybe $20k in parts and labor for the conversion plus whatever you spent on the initial motorhome. Besides full on tour buses, there is no such thing as a camping land vehicle worth $200k. You can do all and more just picking a motorhome and paying someone to match it with a modified 4×4 chasis.

]]> By: Guy Stuart http://www.allstays.com/Features/4x4-rvs-wandering-off-road/#comment-2012 Guy Stuart Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:53:17 +0000 http://www.allstays.com/Features/?p=2120#comment-2012 Hi Adam, I spoke to Arne at Haultent and he would like to contact you about his trailers and the solar idea. Do you have an e-mail address I can send to him? Thanks! Guy Hi Adam,

I spoke to Arne at Haultent and he would like to contact you about his trailers and the solar idea. Do you have an e-mail address I can send to him?

Thanks!
Guy

]]> By: Adam http://www.allstays.com/Features/4x4-rvs-wandering-off-road/#comment-1980 Adam Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:04:03 +0000 http://www.allstays.com/Features/?p=2120#comment-1980 That is pretty cool. I didn't know it existed. I used to live in Nevada and have been to Fallon a few times. Have to check one out when I'm back through there. I think I'd have to find a way to mount solar panels on it that flipped in and out. I run this website from some pretty remote places with solar power. 300 watts of power and four batteries on my current setup gives me more than all the power I ever need. That is pretty cool. I didn’t know it existed. I used to live in Nevada and have been to Fallon a few times. Have to check one out when I’m back through there.

I think I’d have to find a way to mount solar panels on it that flipped in and out. I run this website from some pretty remote places with solar power. 300 watts of power and four batteries on my current setup gives me more than all the power I ever need.

]]> By: Guy Stuart http://www.allstays.com/Features/4x4-rvs-wandering-off-road/#comment-1979 Guy Stuart Sat, 22 Aug 2009 02:04:33 +0000 http://www.allstays.com/Features/?p=2120#comment-1979 Hi Adam, Thanks for the reply. I bought a light weight camping trailer for off road use that weighs about 1000lbs so I can tow it behind my Jeep. I have taken it to Death Valley and other places and use it as my base camp while I go out with my Jeep during the day. I added a sink and water tanks with a water pump. Plus carry portable toilet, shower, stove etc. etc. in the trailer and you can carry ATV's or boats on the trailer. The way it is designed it can hold a lot of gear! It sleeps four plus a dog. Check it out at www.haultent.com. The owner/designer lives in NV and is a really nice guy. I was thinking of the Tiger for when I retire in a few years. More creature comforts for a base camp for my wife and myself than the camping trailer. Take care, Guy Hi Adam,

Thanks for the reply. I bought a light weight camping trailer for off road use that weighs about 1000lbs so I can tow it behind my Jeep. I have taken it to Death Valley and other places and use it as my base camp while I go out with my Jeep during the day. I added a sink and water tanks with a water pump. Plus carry portable toilet, shower, stove etc. etc. in the trailer and you can carry ATV’s or boats on the trailer. The way it is designed it can hold a lot of gear! It sleeps four plus a dog. Check it out at http://www.haultent.com. The owner/designer lives in NV and is a really nice guy. I was thinking of the Tiger for when I retire in a few years. More creature comforts for a base camp for my wife and myself than the camping trailer.

Take care,
Guy

]]> By: Adam http://www.allstays.com/Features/4x4-rvs-wandering-off-road/#comment-1977 Adam Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:31:12 +0000 http://www.allstays.com/Features/?p=2120#comment-1977 Hi Guy, Thanks for letting me clarify on this. I didn't mean to say that the Tiger couldn't do something. I haven't owned one so I really don't know. My emphasis was on the bang up structural job that the Earthroamer uses that make it really all one vehicle. The Tiger seems to be the next best thing and much cheaper. Although a couple of used Earthroamers have had better prices of late. Realistically, Tiger is something that I would and should look at again when I am ready to take that step. It's a lot of money either way you cut it. Another engine in the driveway and something that you probably aren't going to drive every day for a commute. For price and solo getaways, I'd love to just have something for myself for my Tacoma but small trucks have very limited options. It gets me into any place I've tried but then I don't have accommodations. Adam Hi Guy, Thanks for letting me clarify on this. I didn’t mean to say that the Tiger couldn’t do something. I haven’t owned one so I really don’t know. My emphasis was on the bang up structural job that the Earthroamer uses that make it really all one vehicle. The Tiger seems to be the next best thing and much cheaper. Although a couple of used Earthroamers have had better prices of late. Realistically, Tiger is something that I would and should look at again when I am ready to take that step.

It’s a lot of money either way you cut it. Another engine in the driveway and something that you probably aren’t going to drive every day for a commute.

For price and solo getaways, I’d love to just have something for myself for my Tacoma but small trucks have very limited options. It gets me into any place I’ve tried but then I don’t have accommodations.

Adam

]]> By: Guy Stuart http://www.allstays.com/Features/4x4-rvs-wandering-off-road/#comment-1973 Guy Stuart Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:12:12 +0000 http://www.allstays.com/Features/?p=2120#comment-1973 Hi Adam, You didn't think that the Tiger Motor Home 4X4 was capable enough to get into some or most of the more remote camping sites? It seems to take the best of a 1 ton 4X4 pickup with a pretty comfortable looking living area, toilet, shower and more floor space than a camper on a pickup. Nicely set up with a diesel, locking rear diff and other amenities for @$100,000 vs a Jeep and a tent for $10 grand more and less than half the price of the Earthroamer full size. It seems like the Earthroamer would be great for an end of the world scenario or traveling the Sahara, Gobi, the Outback and other worldwide extreme environments but may be a bit of overkill for traveling in North America. Plus you have to be pretty well off to afford to buy one. I would appreciate your comments about the Tiger. I have a Jeep Rubicon Unlimited that I could tow with the Tiger. If I wanted to leave my semi-remote camp and get further into the wild (where allowed!) I could use the Jeep for the exploration of the area. Both vehicles together would still be cheaper than the Earthroamer. Thanks! Guy Hi Adam,

You didn’t think that the Tiger Motor Home 4X4 was capable enough to get into some or most of the more remote camping sites? It seems to take the best of a 1 ton 4X4 pickup with a pretty comfortable looking living area, toilet, shower and more floor space than a camper on a pickup. Nicely set up with a diesel, locking rear diff and other amenities for @$100,000 vs a Jeep and a tent for $10 grand more and less than half the price of the Earthroamer full size. It seems like the Earthroamer would be great for an end of the world scenario or traveling the Sahara, Gobi, the Outback and other worldwide extreme environments but may be a bit of overkill for traveling in North America. Plus you have to be pretty well off to afford to buy one.

I would appreciate your comments about the Tiger. I have a Jeep Rubicon Unlimited that I could tow with the Tiger. If I wanted to leave my semi-remote camp and get further into the wild (where allowed!) I could use the Jeep for the exploration of the area. Both vehicles together would still be cheaper than the Earthroamer.

Thanks!
Guy

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