ThreeBearsHD
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I am on a public auction site primarily for land in AZ that gets abandoned due to non-payment of taxes. But when there are no land sales, I will see what other items are available in my area.
Couple of weeks ago I see an auction pop up for a very nice heavy duty ambulance 300 miles from me. It's bid up to $1500 and appears to be in excellent condition. The wheels in my head start turning to try and justify why I need a 2010 IH 4400 ambulance.
Turns out, I have a pretty good reason!
Camping! My current rig is a well-used Fleetwood pop-up camper I inherited a couple of years ago. I cleaned it up, did an axle flip to give it high ground clearance, and did a bunch of restoration work to it. I took it camping once and realized it was barely better than tent camping.
I realized that I wanted/needed a hardsided camper/RV that was ready to go with most of the needed supplies already loaded and could be driven to the woods easily while bringing along my ATV.
I could go with either a 16' - 19' RV with some ground clearance, or a class C motorhome that could tow a utility trailer with the ATV in back.
The towable RV using my lifted Ram 2500 on 37" tires and my ATV in the bed was the logical choice. Pretty sure I could find a used RV with those specs for well under $20k.
But then, I found the ambulance. It was under $10k, had a very solid chassis and powertrain, and there was a cult following of the "lifestyle" of converting these ambulances to RVs and using them as everything from weekend campers to year-round mobile tiny homes and offices.
Long story short; I won the auction for this beautiful beast...
I will be going and picking it up in a couple of weeks.
My girlfriend is chomping at the bit in terms of design ideas for the interior. I have been watching a ton of videos on how folks have been converting these and am pretty stoked in regards to the possibilities.
Couple of weeks ago I see an auction pop up for a very nice heavy duty ambulance 300 miles from me. It's bid up to $1500 and appears to be in excellent condition. The wheels in my head start turning to try and justify why I need a 2010 IH 4400 ambulance.
Turns out, I have a pretty good reason!
Camping! My current rig is a well-used Fleetwood pop-up camper I inherited a couple of years ago. I cleaned it up, did an axle flip to give it high ground clearance, and did a bunch of restoration work to it. I took it camping once and realized it was barely better than tent camping.
I realized that I wanted/needed a hardsided camper/RV that was ready to go with most of the needed supplies already loaded and could be driven to the woods easily while bringing along my ATV.
I could go with either a 16' - 19' RV with some ground clearance, or a class C motorhome that could tow a utility trailer with the ATV in back.
The towable RV using my lifted Ram 2500 on 37" tires and my ATV in the bed was the logical choice. Pretty sure I could find a used RV with those specs for well under $20k.
But then, I found the ambulance. It was under $10k, had a very solid chassis and powertrain, and there was a cult following of the "lifestyle" of converting these ambulances to RVs and using them as everything from weekend campers to year-round mobile tiny homes and offices.
Long story short; I won the auction for this beautiful beast...
I will be going and picking it up in a couple of weeks.
My girlfriend is chomping at the bit in terms of design ideas for the interior. I have been watching a ton of videos on how folks have been converting these and am pretty stoked in regards to the possibilities.
