This is a good discussion. Tire size and ground clearance versus cost per mile. The best vans for off-road from Ford are the up to 2014 E-150/E-250. We get 400,000 miles plus out of them and they can take a beating. The new Transits are 16” tires which is a disappointment and there are few vendors. We are planning on changing those wheels to 17” shortly. Didn’t catch that when we bought it. Did find out the 2014 Chrysler Cargo Mini-Vans are 17” and bought one of those also at a great price and they get good gas mileage.
Rory From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Lewis Bergman Sent: Friday, October 19, 2018 1:47 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Renewed discussion on work vans We have been happy with our Promaster series. We have one with the high top long version which you do have to watch on windy days. Having said that, we drive it regardless all around West Texas. We have the standard height which is barely tall enough for a 6 foot guy to stand up in but it works. It is the short wheel base version. Both work well, decent mileage. Lots of room inside. We added some $25 Amazon LED's to bothwhich makes findiing stuff bunches easier. On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 3:35 PM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com<mailto:af...@kwisp.com>> wrote: My techs seem embarrassed to be seen driving a van. Real men drive pickup trucks. Diesel and dually = especially manly. And expensive. If they HAVE to drive one of those sissy vans, then at least it should be a medium roof height, tall enough to stand up in while searching for parts and tools, but not so tall that you are afraid to drive it on a windy day. But the best medium height option seems to be the Ford Transit, and they also seem embarrassed to be seen driving a Ford. Ram sounds manly, or maybe Chevy. Probably a tribal thing, are you a Ford, Chevy or Mopar guy? In my somewhat rural area, I don’t think the suspension or tires on something like a Transit Connect are made for our roads and winter weather, the ground clearance also seems inadequate. Getting to some tower sites in winter or after a heavy rain, I sometimes feel like my Forester is marginal, a Transit Connect class van would be worse. From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com<mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>> On Behalf Of Paul McCall Sent: Friday, October 19, 2018 3:14 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com<mailto:af@af.afmug.com>> Subject: [AFMUG] Renewed discussion on work vans Been quite a while since I saw this discussed… What is the preference for work vans these days? Transit Nissan Promasters Sprinter ? Paul , PDMNet -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com<mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
-- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
