There's gotta be a better way

Billy The Impaler · Sep 17, 2023

...to haul more pallets (not weight) in a small vehicle. This is a shot from a review of of class A van-life like RV. I don't know if the weight could be kept around 6500 curb weight. But imagine ordering one that's essentially gutted. Everything behind the driver compartment is gutted. You put in a floor and e-track, and everything behind the corner of where that counter/cabinet is now would be an area for 3 pallets deep, 2 wide. Then you still have a buttload of space up where he's standing to have a Murphy bed or similar. Add house batteries, a generator for roof top AC, a light chest type refrigerator... I know, you'd have to have the rear doors custom made.

Assuming the empty weight is under 6500, why not? Or has anyone looked into modifying an airport shuttle that's under 6500 or so, something wide enough for 2 skids?

Ragman · Sep 17, 2023

Billy The Impaler said:
...to haul more pallets (not weight) in a small vehicle. This is a shot from a review of of class A van-life like RV. I don't know if the weight could be kept around 6500 curb weight. But imagine ordering one that's essentially gutted. Everything behind the driver compartment is gutted. You put in a floor and e-track, and everything behind the corner of where that counter/cabinet is now would be an area for 3 pallets deep, 2 wide. Then you still have a buttload of space up where he's standing to have a Murphy bed or similar. Add house batteries, a generator for roof top AC, a light chest type refrigerator... I know, you'd have to have the rear doors custom made.

Assuming the empty weight is under 6500, why not? Or has anyone looked into modifying an airport shuttle that's under 6500 or so, something wide enough for 2 skids?

Remember, everything you add to your gutted van weighs something. This weight must be accounted for.

I'm not and never was a van driver, but it sounds like you're trying to reinvent the wheel.