Darkside or just Heavy Weight Bushcrafting?

[Lithril]

Not sure if I've gone across to the darkside but we've just bought a VW T4 as a long term conversion project, won't stop me doing multiday lightweight backpacking but makes basecamps a lot more comfortable, especially with baby due imminently. Going to pick it up beginning of March, had limited work done already with insulation and some electrics but otherwise untouched, being a long wheel based high top should be plenty of room to play.

 

[ged]

You're going soft! Like me.

 

[Lithril]

You're going soft! Like me.

Bugger I was afraid of that

 

[Retired Member southey]

Sweet! Been lusting after a silver one a mate has for sale. Brilliant vans.

 

[malente]

nothin' wrong with a bit of creature comfort! Wish I had one of those too!

 

[Johnnyboy1971]

Sold my t4 last year and from the second it went i missed it. It had 269,000 miles and was the best driving motor ive ever had. Now on the looknout for another one.

My baby before she went

 

[789987]

should make foraging easier

 

[JonathanD]

Nothing at all wrong with that. It'll get you to places you probably wouldn't have gone to before.

 

[Andy BB]

Sold my t4 last year and from the second it went i missed it. It had 269,000 miles and was the best driving motor ive ever had. Now on the looknout for another one.

My baby before she went

Oooh - shiny wheels

 

[Lithril]

Sold my t4 last year and from the second it went i missed it. It had 269,000 miles and was the best driving motor ive ever had. Now on the looknout for another one.

My baby before she went

Nice van, I'll take some pics when I pick it up although it won't be as shiny as that for a little while

 

[dwardo]

Just another side of the same coin, and yet more kit!
I have different hills kit, bushy hammock kit, bush tent kit, glamping kit etc, righ tools for the right job.

 

[PaulSanderson]

just found this so sorry for the resurrection. Had a T4 myself which I converted into a surf wagon. Put nearly 200,000 miles on her without skipping a beat. Regret selling it now so on the look out for another. TECHNICALLY you can rig a hammock inside the back so thats good enough to be called "bushcrafting" to me nowt soft about that...real men sleep in hammocks!!

 

[udamiano]

Yes definitely, welcome to the dark side young jedi LOL but in our defence, we also get the wear better and cooler looking uniforms

Just waiting for my new wheel to be finished




nearly there, then they all will be sorry mmhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaa:AR15firin

 

[Itzal]

Any pics????????

 

[John Fenna]

A wise man once said "Any fool can be uncomfortable!"
Vans make life more comfortable and you can use them as the Old Time Bushcrafters used mule trains - to get your gear closer to where you want it - with less personal effort andmore comfort
Side trips a la ultra light weight are then a doddle

 

[Miyagi]

I used to have an old VW Transporter.

Miss the old beast.


Liam

 

[Spikey DaPikey]

Nowt wrong with a tin tent

 

[kimbo]

Exactly the reason I bought my Hyandai Santa Fe 4x4, which has been superb so far!

In my 'advancing' years comfort seems to be more and more of an issue....... but I'm not fighting it!!!