"BJ" (benjamin-bignell)
06/22/2015 at 12:40 • Filed to: earthroamer, glamping
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"BJ" (benjamin-bignell)
06/22/2015 at 12:40 • Filed to: earthroamer, glamping | 2
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For those who want to experience the great outdoors without leaving your apartment, you can have it both ways. Enter the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .
The ExPo review goes into great details about the gadgets and doodads of this amazing machine. Suffice to say: DO WANT!
More information, including floor plans, choices of finishes, and more is available on the manufacturer’s website: !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
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BJ
> BJ
06/22/2015 at 12:45 |
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Addendum: EarthRoamer has used listings on their website. You can pick up a CPO XV-LTS with a warranty and a dirty shower floor for only $415,000... http://earthroamer.com/consignment/xv…
On second thought, I think I’ll keep my money, thanks...
HammerheadFistpunch
> BJ
06/22/2015 at 12:52 |
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Earth roamers are neat but they sure are pricey, as in WAY too pricey.
nermal
> BJ
06/22/2015 at 13:10 |
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Like most $500k vehicles, these things are awesome.
Also, they are over the line of practicality and attainability. A pickup with a truck camper could be had for much, much less $, and be close enough for most. Not the same, but good enough, given the cost difference.
Gabriel
> BJ
06/22/2015 at 13:36 |
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They have an Excel sheets where you can build your own and see the pricing:
http://earthroamer.com/xv-lt/pricing/
So, if I check every option and select the most expensive one when I could, I came up with 577156$ price tag. So more than twice the value of my house....
Blind Willy
> BJ
06/22/2015 at 13:48 |
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I keep forgetting to by a lotto ticket. Cuz if I win, I’m getting one of these and heading to Ushuaia and back!
They are coming out with one on an F650 Frame I believe it is.
Tim
> BJ
06/22/2015 at 13:48 |
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I worked for them for a while and besides building a couple I got to drive them around a bit. There is something about driving one cross country that just feels like the closest thing to piloting a good sized yacht.
Hitting the air suspension “down” button when you pull up to a burger joint... priceless. Haha.
One of these towing a small jeep or fj40 with a dirt bike would be a swell retirement plan.
(Just don’t get one of the XV-JP’s, just trust me on that one)
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BJ
> Tim
06/23/2015 at 11:19 |
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I imagine you could tow a small race trailer with a race car or a couple of dirt bikes pretty easily with this. Talk about overkill!
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BJ
> nermal
06/23/2015 at 11:22 |
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Superbly practical and completely unattainable. But as you said, 99.99% of the practicality can be had with a regular truck and camper and it would be a billion times more attainable for most.
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BJ
> Gabriel
06/23/2015 at 11:24 |
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Your house is obviously not worth enough... HA!
I’m trying the spreadsheet out to see what I can get for the “lowest” price.
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BJ
> BJ
06/23/2015 at 11:29 |
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Apparently the base price for the F550 XV-LTS with crew cab is $314,490. I got up to $370,000 for reasonable options and got tired of the exercise...
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Tim
> BJ
06/23/2015 at 11:31 |
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You’d think most owners would be just immensely rich folks, but at some of the rallies I went to for Earthroamer I was surprised. My favorite couple was a guy who had been ski patrol all winter and search/rescue all summer his entire life. They sold their home, bought an Earthroamer and towed their Jeep Rubicon.
Not a bad retirement plan.
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Tim
> BJ
06/23/2015 at 11:32 |
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The good part is that there are a LOT of used ones. After building over 100 they have it down. I would go for any truck numbered over 30. Might as well buy used and save a ton!
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Tim
> BJ
06/23/2015 at 11:42 |
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They can do more offroading than you’d think. (Yes, a smaller truck/camper can do way more)
If I remember right this was Cinnamon pass outside Leadville.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> Blind Willy
06/23/2015 at 11:55 |
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I’ve seen that up for over a year, I don’t think any orders have materialized yet.
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BJ
> Tim
06/23/2015 at 12:05 |
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I have no doubt they’re immensely capable. They look the part, so they’d better be able to play it, too!
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Tim
> BJ
06/23/2015 at 12:13 |
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For what they are, they’re capable. The interior is what gets me. It’s like a nice yacht and you just want to live there! FOREVER. hahaha!
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Blind Willy
> HammerheadFistpunch
06/23/2015 at 13:14 |
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I haven’t either, it’s almost too big.
Enginerrrrrrrrr
> HammerheadFistpunch
09/10/2015 at 23:17 |
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There’re two orders in right now. Production apparently starts in March. Also they will now be based on the 750 chassis.
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Enginerrrrrrrrr
> Tim
09/10/2015 at 23:19 |
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Tim! sorry to bust in on this late thread, but I recently started working there and wanted to pick your brain on it a bit. Any thoughts/experiences you’d like to share on your time working there? I’m still trying to get a feel for the place and it’s hard to pin down.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> Enginerrrrrrrrr
09/10/2015 at 23:27 |
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Cant wait to see those, share what you ou can
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Enginerrrrrrrrr
> HammerheadFistpunch
09/10/2015 at 23:42 |
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Not a problem. We are set to expand our shop about the same time, so I’m guessing that’s why it will start production then. Not sure if it will be in tandem with the XV-LT’s as we really don’t have the manpower to be building both right now.
I’ll see what I can share as I learn more :D
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Tim
> Enginerrrrrrrrr
09/11/2015 at 09:53 |
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It’s been a long time, but it’s a complex history they have.
What’s your email and I’ll shoot you over my thoughts.
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Enginerrrrrrrrr
> Tim
09/11/2015 at 22:19 |
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Cool, thanks.
sean b zeeck at the google mails. name without the spaces.