The Big Box Out Back
The first thing we did was check out the Big Box Out Back. Both rear doors swing out 270 degrees, and lock into position via magnet mounts fitted on the side panels.
You can literally walk standing up into the box, which measures 61.6 inches (wide) by 111 inches (tall) by 128.5 inches (long), good for about 400 cubic feet of volume. One of our bedrooms is not that big.
The floor is wood, and going around the whole “room” are waist-high rails for lashing cargo, essential for making sure your stowed items don’t shift or fall over. The side door is big and requires some muscle to swing shut. Everything seems well constructed and finished off (for a work truck).
The 2500 series has a GVW rating of 8,550 pounds. Turns out, the party wasn’t ready to receive the sofa during the week I had the van, so the most “loaded” I ever got the thing, was when I drove Jared (our son) to hockey practice. Predictably, it handled one middle-sized driver (me), a lean 11-year-old passenger, and his hockey gear, with no complaints.
Actually, it was more “loaded” when Jared invited the neighbor kids to hang out in the box, during an afternoon when it was parked in front of the house. They looked so happy in there, I thought I might also hang out in there at some point—I eventually put a deck chair in there, and found it to be a very peaceful place to read a magazine. A mobile man-cave if you will.
The Cab Up Front
It’s all business in the cab, as it should be, with the most cubbyholes I’ve ever seen in a vehicle. And some of them are huge, like the ones above the sun visor, and the ones at the bottom of the doors (versus the slightly smaller ones, higher up on the doors).
There is a cupholder in the left corner of the dash, right next to the windshield. At first I thought it was an odd place for a cupholder, but it quickly became my preferred cupholder position, among the many in the cab.
The first thing we did was check out the Big Box Out Back. Both rear doors swing out 270 degrees, and lock into position via magnet mounts fitted on the side panels.
You can literally walk standing up into the box, which measures 61.6 inches (wide) by 111 inches (tall) by 128.5 inches (long), good for about 400 cubic feet of volume. One of our bedrooms is not that big.
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| The side door is big and requires some muscle to swing shut. (Photo: Mike Goetz/Auto123.com) |
The floor is wood, and going around the whole “room” are waist-high rails for lashing cargo, essential for making sure your stowed items don’t shift or fall over. The side door is big and requires some muscle to swing shut. Everything seems well constructed and finished off (for a work truck).
The 2500 series has a GVW rating of 8,550 pounds. Turns out, the party wasn’t ready to receive the sofa during the week I had the van, so the most “loaded” I ever got the thing, was when I drove Jared (our son) to hockey practice. Predictably, it handled one middle-sized driver (me), a lean 11-year-old passenger, and his hockey gear, with no complaints.
Actually, it was more “loaded” when Jared invited the neighbor kids to hang out in the box, during an afternoon when it was parked in front of the house. They looked so happy in there, I thought I might also hang out in there at some point—I eventually put a deck chair in there, and found it to be a very peaceful place to read a magazine. A mobile man-cave if you will.
The Cab Up Front
It’s all business in the cab, as it should be, with the most cubbyholes I’ve ever seen in a vehicle. And some of them are huge, like the ones above the sun visor, and the ones at the bottom of the doors (versus the slightly smaller ones, higher up on the doors).
There is a cupholder in the left corner of the dash, right next to the windshield. At first I thought it was an odd place for a cupholder, but it quickly became my preferred cupholder position, among the many in the cab.
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| It’s all business in the cab, as it should be, with the most cubbyholes I’ve ever seen in a vehicle. (Photo: Mike Goetz/Auto123.com) |