Since a few guys were asking, I went out and snapped a few pics of my Sprinter. I’ll try to get a video up soon. This is a 2010 MB Sprinter 2500 170" wb. They do make a 3500 dually as well. Room wise, there’s 14’ from the bulkhead to the back doors, and about 5’ wall to wall, with just over 4’ between the wheel wells. Even with over 200 gallons in the buffer, it drives and stops just fine, mind you I’ve got 100’ of corrugated drain pipe stuffed in there for a baffle. I’ve got the tote drain facing the door, and a 2" pvc with a screw cap on it so I can drain the tank super easy. The frame work on the bare walls make a great place to store guns and wands. Also, the doors open all the way to the sides of the van, and have fairly strong magnets that keep them from closing, even on windy days
I never realized how much room was in those vans. Do you have any ladder racks?
Thats nice.
I don’t. Just using velcro straps with the hooks on em that they sell at HD and about everywhere else. I think they make a fold down ladder rack for them. I wouldn’t mind hanging it from the ceiling and having wall space for shelving.
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Nice rig man
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Thank you so much for posting those pictures…very helpful!
That’s a really nice layout too. As far as securing equipment goes, are you machines bolted down, or secured another way? Also, how easy is it to move them around for maintenance, if necessary?
They’re all bolted down, but access to the nuts n bolts is pretty easy. Plenty of room if I need to unbolt one and scoot it over for some reason. Takes just about a minute to unbolt one machine. I’ve thought about tack welding the nuts under the van to make removal even easier.
Thanks again for posting all this great info!
You’re welcome! Been meaning to post it for a while, seeing as not too many guys are running out of Sprinters. I love not having to hook up and yank around my 20’ trailer anymore.
That is pretty impressive!
What kind of mpg do you get out of it?
I really don’t know for sure. I believe last time I checked was around 15 mpg around town, but that’s with hauling all my equipment and about 150 gallons of water. Just a V6 diesel. I know a lot of folks get almost 30 mpg driving highway with less cargo. I think that, plus the standing room, is why so many people outfit them for camping. There’s about a 2 year wait-list for new 4x4 models.
Anything is cheaper than a Benz, for sure. If MB is stamped on it, it’s gonna be quite a few $$ to fix. That being said, I tore the top end down myself to replace the oil cooler and o-rings. After doing that, I’m pretty sure I could fix just about anything else on it, since almost everything comes off to replace the oil cooler anyways. Got a local mechanic who will delete everything egr related for me for $400, which is a lot less than the other German auto performance shops around here. I’d just have to buy a dpf delete pipe afterwards. Just waiting for an issue with the dpf or the egr system to come up before taking a day off and running it to him though.
Thanks! I haven’t had any issues running both. I always keep the sliding door open while they’re running, and the exhaust faces out the back.
