Any decent install vans with 4wd? On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 10:39 AM Rory Conaway <r...@triadwireless.net> wrote:
> This is a good discussion. Tire size and ground clearance versus cost per > mile. The best vans for off-road from Ford are the up to 2014 > E-150/E-250. We get 400,000 miles plus out of them and they can take a > beating. The new Transits are 16” tires which is a disappointment and > there are few vendors. We are planning on changing those wheels to 17” > shortly. Didn’t catch that when we bought it. Did find out the 2014 > Chrysler Cargo Mini-Vans are 17” and bought one of those also at a great > price and they get good gas mileage. > > > > Rory > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of * Lewis Bergman > *Sent:* Friday, October 19, 2018 1:47 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Renewed discussion on work vans > > > > We have been happy with our Promaster series. We have one with the high > top long version which you do have to watch on windy days. Having said > that, we drive it regardless all around West Texas. We have the standard > height which is barely tall enough for a 6 foot guy to stand up in but it > works. It is the short wheel base version. Both work well, decent mileage. > Lots of room inside. We added some $25 Amazon LED's to bothwhich makes > findiing stuff bunches easier. > > > > On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 3:35 PM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > > My techs seem embarrassed to be seen driving a van. Real men drive pickup > trucks. Diesel and dually = especially manly. And expensive. > > > > If they HAVE to drive one of those sissy vans, then at least it should be > a medium roof height, tall enough to stand up in while searching for parts > and tools, but not so tall that you are afraid to drive it on a windy day. > But the best medium height option seems to be the Ford Transit, and they > also seem embarrassed to be seen driving a Ford. Ram sounds manly, or > maybe Chevy. Probably a tribal thing, are you a Ford, Chevy or Mopar guy? > > > > In my somewhat rural area, I don’t think the suspension or tires on > something like a Transit Connect are made for our roads and winter weather, > the ground clearance also seems inadequate. Getting to some tower sites in > winter or after a heavy rain, I sometimes feel like my Forester is > marginal, a Transit Connect class van would be worse. > > > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Paul McCall > *Sent:* Friday, October 19, 2018 3:14 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* [AFMUG] Renewed discussion on work vans > > > > Been quite a while since I saw this discussed… > > > > What is the preference for work vans these days? > > > > Transit > > Nissan > > Promasters > > Sprinter > > > > ? > > > > Paul , PDMNet > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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