Converted 2014 Ram Promaster 3500 Diesel
Sale price: US $30,000.00 Make an Offer
| Condition: | Used | Year: | 2014 |
| VIN : | 3C6URVJD7EE130885 | Make: | Dodge |
Orange Beach, Alabama, United States
Vehicle description
2014 Ram Promaster 3500 Diesel 159" Extended wheelbase High roof 50,400 miles!
This rig is setup for all electric off-grid living! With 1050 watts (1.05 kilowatts!) of solar on the roof and 600 amp hours of lithium battery, you can keep the air conditioner running all night without hookups!
This is built on the largest body, diesel powered Promaster made. The diesel engine has plenty of torque to move this RV down the road without breaking a sweat. Ram used an automated manual transmission in their diesel Promasters - it drives just much like a normal automatic transmission with the added reliability and maintenance benefits of a manual transmission!
No expense was spared in this conversion. Some of the highlights:
ELECTRICAL (3) 350 Watt solar panels, maximizing every inch of roof space residential solar rail system mounted directly to the factory roof rack mounts (6) 100Ah Battle Born lithium batteries Victron Energy 150/85 MPPT solar charge controller Samlex 2000 Watt inverter Battery Doctor battery isolator (house batteries charge from the alternator while driving) High-efficiency LED lighting (dimmable) High-efficiency residential air conditioner. Uses only 680 Watts on high! LED reading lights MaxxAir deluxe fan CONSTRUCTION sound deadening mat used throughout to minimize road noise 1" foam board insulation throughout Reflectix insulation used with a 1/2" air gap to provide a vapor barrier and additional insulation CR Lawrence windows on the rear doors CR Lawrence windows on the sides of the RV, both sides tilt for ventilation custom cabinets, 1/2" cabinet grade burch to save weight cedar ceiling 3/4" plywood subfloor residential vinyl plank flooring, pet resistant swiveling driver and passenger seats Manual kitchen sink (i.e. no 12v pump). The faucet is fed from a pressurized 5 gallon tank under the stainless steel sink, and it drains into a removable 5 gallon tank. Fill up on water and empty the tank anywhere! Custom-fit insulating blackout covers for all windows included
UPDATE: Photos of our build can be found here . We stopped documenting around the time we got to wall coverings and finish work, but these give a great idea of what"s behind the walls.
For what you can"t see in the insulation, Reflectix was glued to the back of each piece of 1" foam board. 1/2" foam board spacers were also used between the sheet metal and the 1" foam to give an air gap for the Reflectix to work properly. Before covering the walls we also filled all the tunnels with loose insulation and used foil tape to seal any gaps to create a good vapor barrier.
UPDATE 2: We"ve had a few questions related to our original build costs. I purposely left that out of the listing but I get that it is helpful when deciding how much to bid.
We put roughly $55,000-60,000 into the build (stopped counting towards the end. .). That was ~$26,500 for the empty van, ~$12,000-15,000 for electrical (solar, batteries, chargers, fuses, wiring, etc), and the rest in cabinetry, insulation, windows, flooring, etc.
I can"t count the number of hours spent planning and building, and honestly don"t want to know the total! Our primary focus was on off-grid power, without propane, and support for air conditioning without hook-ups.
We used residential solar panels and a wind-rated rail mounting system generally used for residential installations. The batteries are top of the line lithium batteries from Battle Born, each have an integrated charge monitor and safety measures. Battle Born also rates their batteries by useful capacity, meaning this is a true 600 amp-hours of usable charge (many batteries can only be used down to 50% or 80% of labeled size).
This rig is setup for all electric off-grid living! With 1050 watts (1.05 kilowatts!) of solar on the roof and 600 amp hours of lithium battery, you can keep the air conditioner running all night without hookups!
This is built on the largest body, diesel powered Promaster made. The diesel engine has plenty of torque to move this RV down the road without breaking a sweat. Ram used an automated manual transmission in their diesel Promasters - it drives just much like a normal automatic transmission with the added reliability and maintenance benefits of a manual transmission!
No expense was spared in this conversion. Some of the highlights:
ELECTRICAL (3) 350 Watt solar panels, maximizing every inch of roof space residential solar rail system mounted directly to the factory roof rack mounts (6) 100Ah Battle Born lithium batteries Victron Energy 150/85 MPPT solar charge controller Samlex 2000 Watt inverter Battery Doctor battery isolator (house batteries charge from the alternator while driving) High-efficiency LED lighting (dimmable) High-efficiency residential air conditioner. Uses only 680 Watts on high! LED reading lights MaxxAir deluxe fan CONSTRUCTION sound deadening mat used throughout to minimize road noise 1" foam board insulation throughout Reflectix insulation used with a 1/2" air gap to provide a vapor barrier and additional insulation CR Lawrence windows on the rear doors CR Lawrence windows on the sides of the RV, both sides tilt for ventilation custom cabinets, 1/2" cabinet grade burch to save weight cedar ceiling 3/4" plywood subfloor residential vinyl plank flooring, pet resistant swiveling driver and passenger seats Manual kitchen sink (i.e. no 12v pump). The faucet is fed from a pressurized 5 gallon tank under the stainless steel sink, and it drains into a removable 5 gallon tank. Fill up on water and empty the tank anywhere! Custom-fit insulating blackout covers for all windows included
UPDATE: Photos of our build can be found here . We stopped documenting around the time we got to wall coverings and finish work, but these give a great idea of what"s behind the walls.
For what you can"t see in the insulation, Reflectix was glued to the back of each piece of 1" foam board. 1/2" foam board spacers were also used between the sheet metal and the 1" foam to give an air gap for the Reflectix to work properly. Before covering the walls we also filled all the tunnels with loose insulation and used foil tape to seal any gaps to create a good vapor barrier.
UPDATE 2: We"ve had a few questions related to our original build costs. I purposely left that out of the listing but I get that it is helpful when deciding how much to bid.
We put roughly $55,000-60,000 into the build (stopped counting towards the end. .). That was ~$26,500 for the empty van, ~$12,000-15,000 for electrical (solar, batteries, chargers, fuses, wiring, etc), and the rest in cabinetry, insulation, windows, flooring, etc.
I can"t count the number of hours spent planning and building, and honestly don"t want to know the total! Our primary focus was on off-grid power, without propane, and support for air conditioning without hook-ups.
We used residential solar panels and a wind-rated rail mounting system generally used for residential installations. The batteries are top of the line lithium batteries from Battle Born, each have an integrated charge monitor and safety measures. Battle Born also rates their batteries by useful capacity, meaning this is a true 600 amp-hours of usable charge (many batteries can only be used down to 50% or 80% of labeled size).