Sprinter: Build or Buy an RV Conversion?

[LivingtheDream]

My wife and I love to take road trips, about 4 to 6 per year, usually 2,500 - 3,500 miles per trip. Normally we dont camp, my wife spells camping: HILTON :thinking: Actually we go places and stay in timeshares and use hotels on the way, so we are not really campers.

I am a cancer survivor, and have to live on a liquid diet. I cannot swallow, so I need a restroom. Because I have to take my liquid food with me I also need a freezer.

So our priorities are:
1. Restroom
2. Freezer/Refrigerator
3. Gas Mileage

We really dont sleep or camp in a vehicle, though we do take naps along the way .... so a bed is not such a big deal. 4 captains chairs, driver, shotgun and two more. ... if the two chairs behind the driver and co-pilot recline, then who needs a bed?

Now, given all that information, who out there has an idea for a good solution in a Sprinter conversion to meet those needs.

Thank you for your input... we are trying to learn before we take the jump.

LivingtheDream

[boardster]

You're obviously a class B kind of guy, and only need comfort on the road as opposed to a home away from home situation.
I'd go with a Sportsmobile custom job, tailered to your needs.
You don't need anything other than the bathroom, refrigration unit, and nap facility.
A deluxe travel van, not a motor home really.
Look at Sportsmobile's list of options, and just get what you need.

[LivingtheDream]

Thanks boardster!! Good Idea... your right, road comfort not a place to live, I had not thought clearly of it in those terms, but you hit it on the nose. I will look at Sportmobile's site and see what it takes. Is there a difference between a Freightliner Sprinter or a Dodge Sprinter as the base?

thank you,

LivingtheDream

[BaywoodBill]

Freightliner/Dodge -- just the grill and where you get them serviced.

Sounds as if you need a freezer the size of the little refrigerators they put in the RVs (in which the freezer isn't large enough to store much liquid food). A freezer, good, safe, comfortable chairs, a bed, and a toilet. One of the custom builders for you, like Sportsmobile and Morehead Design (http://www.moreheaddesignlab.com/) (as posted recently by silverback).

There are other custom builders but none of them come to mind just now.

[boardster]

Since you're going from home to hotel to time share, etc, you don't really even need a powered freezer.
Just have two Coleman/Igloo/Store brand coolers, keep ice in one and dry ice in the other.
That's what we do!
You could while driving use a power invertor and 110 fridge, etc., but for your use a 12 volt or propane refrigerator/freezer or three way would really be a waste of money.

[morkbradys]

This may be too late but can you tell me what type of interior is currently in your vehicle. I may have some info about installing a restroom.