Coolest RV I Have Ever Seen
 

Saw this in town last week no one was around took a few pictures. Young Couple owns it and built it.

Looked up the Web Site very interesting you will need a translator (Google)unless you can read German.


The build and story is impressive the work is excellent.
They are touring the world in it. Funny Montana was not on the itinerary? what a place to have this ?

Reisenomaden

The web Site has inside pictures, the guy is a master fabricator.

I want one !




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I'll fight you for it!

Nice tailpipe! Boxer x 1000!

LOVE it.

Where in Montana?

Jackson

Well done! I'm not sure about the paint.

You see these regularly in Germany—so I'm not sure if this couple actually built it.
They are called "expedition vehicles". (Google them) Various manufacturers make them with Mercedes and M.A.N. being the most common.

People buy these things to go round the world or across Africa or Asia—on trips often lasting years at a time. They're basically indestructible military grade vehicles for personal use.

You can buy something like this well used for 100K Euro—but can spend as much as 500 or 600 K Euro for a really flash one.

One of these is on my bucket list.

Very cool! They fabricated that, it's documented on their website...

Yes. I stand corrected on this build.

Here's a German YouTube with some of these big boys.

MAN / UNIMOG / VOLVO - UNICAT ® Expedition Vehicle Off Road Camper - Expeditionsmobil - YouTube

Sand ladders! They must be expecting to spend time in the desert. But there's no winch on it.

I showed this thread to my wife, and now she wants to get one. :D

There's a huge winch on it. The winch is mounted in the frame if you look at the fabrication page of the website.

Very, very cool, but I'd take a 1200GS and a tent over that any day. I never really understood why people want to drag everything along with them on an adventure.

How are you going to impress the boys down at the Gulp 'N Go if you hide the dang winch? You need it out there on the front bumper along with a few yards of 1/2" chain.

That is very cool. Have you seen this one?

EarthRoamer Home Page

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Go to this site. It's the Pelican Parts of off-road camping forums....


Expedition Portal Forum

I don't think I would want to go anyplace that thing could not go to...

Bozeman

They have a used on for sale on their website. Only $254,000! I'll stick with the Westy for now.

Think of it as a sailboat. Circumnavigating the globe. Only on land.

Now That's pretty cool.......reminds me of my old PowerWagon! Only 40 years newer.
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Ury I'd not seen you around on Portal?

i've been there a couple of years

I've seen URY on portal

Indeed, I've just checked.

I did spot 'Kaach' on a boaty type forum last year But I never notice anybody else yet

(and I looked carefully through that doll site)

I dig this! More info please! Is that factory made? That'd be fun to hit the trail in.

I've was on a bunch about a month ago. I want to build my own off-road camper............someday.

Thanks!
Dodge PowerWagon 4X4 Chassis mounted motorhome. Company called Travel Queen (!) would take a new PW and custom build the "living quarters". Sleeps six, full shower, and kitchen. 100 gal tank ($). I bought it from a friend for 4 grand, fixed it up, painted it and drove it to Grateful Dead shows. It would literally go anywhere.
After a few years I listed it for sale in AutoTrader for 7 grand and the first day a guy called and came to check it out. He was an old movie stuntman that was Chuck Conners double in the TV show "Rifleman". He gave me cash and drove it to Honduras.....never heard from him again!
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I drive by the Earthroamer factory twice a day. They make one out of Jeeps as well, since I see those parked out there pretty often.

How about rebuilding one of these?
paint it jet black
swimming pool up top where the missile was

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room for a pony.

oh, and it was build for nuclear war, so i think it'll be durable and all that.

We've had two German couples drop into the Tidal Power Centre this year with 'Continent Crossers'.

Both campers were based upon Mercedes chassis. The first was a cab-chassis 3 ton unit with a camper shell, the second was a commercial van (think 4 wd bread van) The owner of the second one had bought and outfitted it himself, including welding his own water and holding tanks, stainless steel roof rack and bike racks.

When the second one pulled in, about a month after the first, I asked if there was some sort of club, as both had had their vehicles shipped to Argentina and had driven North until they got to Alaska. They toured Canada on their return leg and were planning on shipping their rigs back to Europe from Halifax.

No connection, just individuals with similar dreams.

Les

My old Chinook Baja 4x4, had a ton of fun in Colorado with this!

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Mike,
Those ^ are pretty rare these days. You were lucky to own one.