JoshNV

Not bad. The 02-06 sprinter gets like 24mpg which would really, really cut my costs down. It's all a touch choice. There are things I love about all the vehicles.

I don't have to buy it from PA, I can take a trip. I may buy it new if the funding permits anyhow. MPG is fairly high on the 02-06 model making them well worth buying considering I may rack up 50k miles or more the first year owning it. From what I have read so far the maintence isn't bad at all and they have a good reliable track record, fairly common to see 500,000 miles or more on them. In the end the total budget really will decide. If It's too low it will likely be an older used GMC van, mid level funding a used NV or used 02-06 sprinter and high level funding a new Sprinter.

Ah! makes sense thanks. :)

Also kind of curious why those wheel wells are not the same size?

Thanks for the info. I think the distance of 1+2+3 should be 120 inches or 10ft? According to the brochures and dimensions I found online. So you're about 6" short on your total with those 3. I think that should be close enough though!

It's for a kickstarter.com project actually :P I'll let you all know if and when I do it. I should say, I am now considering the Mercedes Sprinter. =O

Anyone have any idea what any of these measurements are? (blue marks)

Anyone have a picture of the underside? Can't seem to find one online...

Thanks.

Is there any room under the body to mount up a tank for grey water? I may be getting a NV with a regular roof and want to rig up a sit down shower as well as a small sink, I need to drain the dirty water into a grey water tank below the vehicle, is there room?

You can mount up to 300lbs. Most of the vehiciles weight is still low, raising the roof does not add much more top weight, the main concern isn't the weight on top, running with 1,000lbs up there is probably doable so long as you are always aware. Consider the weight of 1ft of snow and driving around with that on top your roof. It wouldn't likely be noticable. The main concern is how well the roof is built for it and (for me) how easy it is to access. I think the 300lb limit is probably extremely conservative as they usually are. I wouldn't be surprised if it could handle well over 1,000. The object up top is going to be a telescoping mast that is 1'x1'x13' and inside its box weighs about 410lbs and has to sit on a rack. It slides back and pivots onto the tow hitch mount. It looks like I couldn't go with the high roof even if I wanted because the pivot point would be too high to really be able to bring the mast down on my own easily. I wanted the HR model so that I could practically live in it if I had to and was considering RVing it. So now I am going to have to figure out a way to convert the rear of the standard model into something I can almost live in for a week or so at a time.

Excellent! Thank you very much, it's appreciated! Decisions to be made now...

Just short at the top or bottom? IE, overhangs the windshield or stops short of it?

I have a strange request I suppose. I need to see visually where 13' ends up from the rear bumper / hitch to the front. I know it should overhang the windshield some. I need to see exactly where marked (tape, hand, whatever) on the hoodline of the vehicle. I am asking because I need to mount a 13' long box on the top of a NV, possibly a highroof model and want to get an idea of what it will look like and how much roof space will be holding it. The box with roof rack will be around 400lbs. Any help greatly appreciated!

Where did you get the roof load capacity of 300lbs from? I emailed nissan about this and they told me the load capacity for both the standard model and high roof was "about 500lbs"