Identify off grid camper thingy

[eltax91]

Appeared near my pals house. What the hell is it?

PH beards.... ASSEMBLE.

Yes yes.... BMW X1 for any smart arses.

[Dogwatch]

Dustcart

[Mad Maximus]

I don’t know but I want one.

[bigdom]

Expedition Truck. A few brands make them - Mercedes, Man etc.

[Silvanus]

bigdom said:

Expedition Truck. A few brands make them - Mercedes, Man etc.

I have a lot of want for these

[bangerhoarder]

Looks like a MAN TGM https://www.expedition-trucks.com/man-tgm-double-c...

[GetCarter]

We get a lot of them travelling up here (Scottish Highlands). Almost always driven under German or Dutch plates.

[pills]

Wasn't a PH doing a conversation on a truck chassis?

[spitfire-ian]

pills said:

Wasn't a PH doing a conversation on a truck chassis?

Thread here https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

He's selling it / sold it now.

[MBVitoria]

Wow, looks like this one by Motorcraft Adventure Developments

https://twitter.com/MotorcraftD/status/17011503143...

Very nice, a tad big for most places in this country but can just imagine trundling through the Urals in that.

[jfdi]

Just about adequate for the NC500

[Steve Kimberley]

This monster parked next to us at Landsberg am Lech on the German Romantic Road last April. Dwarfed our Weinsberg!

[RedWhiteMonkey]

I see quite a lot of these types of campers on the road here in Southern Germany, I wonder how many of them are actually used to their actual potential? They just look like a very slow and awkward way of travelling through most of Europe, I'll stick to my VW California thanks.

[LimmerickLad]

Any good?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/235379954024?hash=item3...

[Bill]

RedWhiteMonkey said:

I see quite a lot of these types of campers on the road here in Southern Germany, I wonder how many of them are actually used to their actual potential? They just look like a very slow and awkward way of travelling through most of Europe, I'll stick to my VW California thanks.

Not to mention very expensive on fuel and consumables.

[Bobley]

Looks like a Man TC59. Maybe a Unicat conversion...

https://unicatexpeditionvehicles.com/2020/08/20/se...

[The Gauge]

Probably great vehicles, but I think they are more suitable for the 'A bit council' thread.

[r3g]

They are camper vans for Walts. Eye-wateringly expensive in fuel with those stupid off-toad tyres that never see anything other than tarmac and eye-wateringly expensive parts when something mechanical inevitably breaks - and that's if you can even get it as truck parts are on long backlogs for a lot of common stuff. At that size and weight you'll most likely need a C licence to drive it, which means when you come to sell it your market is approximately 2 people so you'll be stuck with it forever unless you let it go for a tenner.