A Brief Survey of Live Aboard Vehicles

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Learn everything you need to know about live aboard vehicles.

Everything you need to know about live aboard vehicles, including the various types, sizes and costs.

Survey of Live Aboard Vehicles

Vehicles suitable for long-term residence can be classified by construction into three basic types and six subtypes:

Integral vehicles, where living accommodations and carrier are a unit. These include: “motorhomes” built from the ground up. Dealer-modified forward control van trucks. Old delivery trucks outfitted by backyard mechanics.

Campers, including: Slide-in campers which fit on the bed of a pickup truck. Chassis-mount campers which bolt to an open-frame truck.

  • Published on Mar 1, 1971
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