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Custom-built camper, perfectly maintained, 85,000 miles
Seats 2, sleeps 2
We’re selling our beautiful 2017 Dodge Promaster 2500 159” wheelbase, tall ceiling, custom-built camper. This is an incredible Dodge van, strong, sturdy, and reliable. Choose fully automatic transmission, or slip into pseudo manual mode and do the shifting, with 6 speeds to choose from, yourself. This van has stabilizing features, is great in the snow, an industrial strength engine, plenty of power, and parks like a car with rear view camera (same length as a full size 4 door pickup). Great clearance, fun to drive—you’re above almost everything. Sit back and take in the scenery.
With a powerful cellphone booster, the van is well-designed for a digital worker who wants to be on the road. It has lots of power — 500 watts of solar plus 300 amp hours of barely used lithium ion batteries. And hidden in her upper cabinets is a cat palace, with a ventilated, lockable kennel with access through a cat door to a carbon-filter-sealed litter box cabinet — plus a high shelf that makes an ideal kitty perch. (If you don’t have a cat, it’s great additional storage.)
With windows all around, it is bright and light in the day. Put the window coverings up at night, and it is cozy and private. This van is easy to park anywhere for the night—it looks more like NSA than Winnebago. Drive until you’re tired, then just pull over and go to sleep.
The van has a full-sized 6-inch organic foam bed that folds up to make a comfortable couch. The full kitchen boasts a microwave, a butane single burner, a spacious fridge with freezer (that can store fa week’s worth of food for two), a spacious pantry, and up to 40 gallons of running water. The hideaway folding table works for two and can be extended for four. The bathroom (toilet and shower) is simple, highly functional, and stored away when not in use. The van also has tons of storage, which makes a huge difference in making van life workable.
Power: never run out—three ways to charge the batteries: solar panels, shore power, extra large alternator while you’re driving:
•500 watts of Renogy PV panels
•300 Amp Hour Renogy lithium-ion batteries
•Bogart Trimetric TM-2030-RV battery monitor system
•ZHC EPEVER MPPT Solar Charge Controller 30A
•Kisae 2000 watt SW1220 True Sine Wave inverter
•PowerMax Converter PM4 60 amp for shore power
•Extra large alternator that charges while driving
Water:
•40 gallons of storage in 5 gallon containers that are easy-in, easy-out
•Water is plumbed to run from 10, 20, or 40 gallons, so bring only along the water (and weight) you need
•3.0 GPM Shurflo 4008-101-E65 water pump
Fridge
•TruckFridge with freezer, TF130 AC/DC 130 liter, 4.6 cubic feet
Brand new windshield (not shown)
Dashboard cover
Bucket seats in the cab
•Faux sheepskin seat covers
•Neoprene covers also included
•Double arm rests on both seats
•Fully reclining
•Passenger seat rotates (SwivelsRUs) 180 degrees to become part of the living area
Bed folds up into a couch—couch can face toward the cab or out the rear doors (perfect for watching a sunset over the Pacific).
•Avocado brand 6-inch organic latex mattress
Folding table seats four, or can be used in a smaller format for two, or for more kitchen counter space
WeBoost 4G-X OTR cell phone booster
Dimmable LED lighting
•Each with blue night light
•120v AC throughout
•12 volt plugs throughout
Kitchen
•Running water and sink
•Drawers
•Cabinets
•Storable butane burner
•Outlets inside cabinet
•Well lit cooking area
•Pantry
Well designed for a cat!
•High shelf for hanging out
•Cabinet for litter box with hidden cat door and carbon filter
•Lockable, ventilated cabinet with access to the litter box
Gorgeous, historic looking pressed tin ceiling and walls
Tons of storage, all Husky toolbox cabinets and drawers
•6 highly accessible under-bed drawers
•Upper cabinets throughout
•Full-length locker with 120-volt outlet inside
•Hooks
•More under-bed storage that’s accessible from the rear
•Shoe rack
•Camp chair hangers inside back door
Simple, compact shower system
•Foldable “dog wash” tub
•Solar shower that can be filled with a tea kettle
•Hook for solar shower
Toilet
•Pee container
•Folding toilet seat with plastic bags for poo
•Odor-proof container to store poo bags before disposal
Marmoleum flooring on top of metal subfloor over foamboard
•Attractive area rugs
Designed for 4 seasons
•Foam insulation throughout to stay cool in the summer and warm in the winter
•Maxx Air ceiling fan with remote control, both direction fan rotation (in or out), and customizable power-on temperature control
•Vented back door for increased circulation
•Portable dehumidifier
•Wired for additional rear ceiling fan (we never needed it)
Webasto EVO40 gasoline powered furnace, which runs off the gas tank
•With fan
•Heats the entire van
•Have slept in 0 degrees F and plenty cozy
Window coverings all around
•Custom-made, magnetic, insulated windshield, passenger and driver windows are made by “This Van Life”
•Others are Reflectix
Awning
•Large tarp with poles that sets up in just a few minutes
Tires and wheels
•4 Nokian Hakkapeliitta studded snow tires (factory installed studs)
•4 BF Goodrich Baja Champion All Terrain off road all season tires
•All 8 tires come with wheels—easy and cheap to switch over from one season to another.
Trailer hitch
Bike/motorcycle rack
