Dirtbag vehicle photos - let's see them!

I am looking at getting a new dirtbag vehicle, and I am interested in seeing some photos for ideas.

This has been my dirtbag mobile for the past 15 years, sadly I may be selling it soon unless I can avoid it.
1988 Land Rover Defender 130.

Climbingmobile

truck

Vansion
We decided to dirt bag in style. 6 months full time on the road and loving it! The Vansion is undergoing some upgrading of the interior. Construction of 2 folding tables, heater and permanent ceiling installation, along with some cosmetic touchups. We are designing a new rack that would accommodate for 2 bikes, air box and a 2 person kayak. Pics to follow when complete.

Vansion gets around!

Pics of tables please! This is the remaining design challenge for me in my second major remodel or my Previa van. At this point I am thinking more about buying a folding table for use in and out.

Anyway, version 1 floor plan worked OK, but version 2 layout is MUCH more user friendly and includes kitchen out the back hatch. I'll take some pics...

Tables are actually convert able doors from bottom gear cabinets. Designed and hand made by my boyfriend who is a carpenter by trade. Presently he is finishing them up. Pics will come soon!

Kevin Mokracek wrote:This has been my dirtbag mobile for the past 15 years, sadly I may be selling it soon unless I can avoid it. 1988 Land Rover Defender 130.

That is a killer rig!

That defender 130 is rad! What kinda mileage?

Horrible right now until I tune the carb. I'm only getting 10mpg but once the carb is tuned to the new rebuilt engine I should be getting 15.

80 Series Land Cruiser

80 Series Land Cruiser

Wow, if I had any idea dirtbagging was this luxurious I would have taken it up myself. So dirtbagging means you dont sleep in a tent or crash on someone else's couch and walk or bum rides? Requires some sort of internal combustion means of conveyance that you can live in. Folks used to call that RV'ing.

Yeah, seems pretty ridiculous how the term "Dirtbag" is used these days related to climbing. Really, has lost most of its meaning.

Camping in well built vans with tables and kitchens and fridge and... trust fund accounts, Toyota Tacomas and Subaru Outbacks and...

Not dirtbag stuff at all really.

Dirtbags are the climbing worlds answer to the hipster, they want to be unique but in reality they are all the same.

Dirty hipsterbags

We are mobile living traveling contract workers. It's a pretty sweet gig! It's kinda like a step up from dirt bagging climber bums.

Hardly dirt bag vehicles. Where are the geo metros with the seats ripped out.

The guys I know that rock the dirtbag lifestyle don't own a vehicle. They hitchhike or bum rides off their friends/partners and sometimes chip in for gas. They usually are roughing it in a sun faded tent with a blown zipper, that they did not buy or have some type of tarp system rigged to keep them dry. Their rack is a hodge podge of cams and nuts, most of which was bootied or given to them by friends. They typically only have a couple sets of clothes to wear and those have patches or have been repaired by hand. Their jackets are sun bleached and have a host of duct tape patches and of course zippers that rarely work. When they do get a ride to town they can be found dumpster diving, poaching hot tubs at motels for showers, and making a run on the free continental breakfasts. They occasionally hangout at the local homeless shelter to get their laundry done and snag a free meal. They usually never have more than a few hundred dollars in their checking accounts and have no plan as to where they are going next, they are simply living in the moment and taking life as it comes. These are the dirtbag climbers.

"Definition of Dirtbag: A person who is committed to a given (usually extreme) lifestyle to the point of abandoning employment and other societal norms in order to pursue said lifestyle. Dirtbags can be distinguished from hippies by the fact that dirtbags have a specific reason for their living communaly and generally non-hygenically; dirtbags are seeking to spend all of their moments pursuing their lifestyle" urban dictionary

If thats what a true dirtbag climber is I'll pass. I have a job that allows me to climb 20 days a month if I want to and get to sleep in a nice bed every night.

Oh, I dont think thats a description of a dirtbag, I think thats a description of a homeless person that also climbs. The myth of the dirtbag has been around since climbing began and continues today. I ate food off the trays in the cafeteria in Yosemite back in the early 80's after hitching a ride there. I had enough money to buy food but we wanted to be the people we read about in Mountain Magazine and live the lifestyle. It's fun for a bit but the novelty wheres thin.

There is no shame in comfort.

Highlander wrote:The guys I know that rock the dirtbag lifestyle don't own a vehicle. They hitchhike or bum rides off their friends/partners and sometimes chip in for gas. They usually are roughing it in a sun faded tent with a blown zipper, that they did not buy or have some type of tarp system rigged to keep them dry. Their rack is a hodge podge of cams and nuts, most of which was bootied or given to them by friends. They typically only have a couple sets of clothes to wear and those have patches or have been repaired by hand. Their jackets are sun bleached and have a host of duct tape patches and of course zippers that rarely work. When they do get a ride to town they can be found dumpster diving, poaching hot tubs at motels for showers, and making a run on the free continental breakfasts. They occasionally hangout at the local homeless shelter to get their laundry done and snag a free meal. They usually never have more than a few hundred dollars in their checking accounts and have no plan as to where they are going next, they are simply living in the moment and taking life as it comes. These are the dirtbag climbers.

wow. That seems like a great gig.
I guess I'll keep my day job and try to be a helping member of society. Nice to know that these "dirtbags" are taking from the homeless people who truly need the meals at the shelters.

I am not promoting this behavior, but this is what a dirtbag is. The use of the words dirtbag climber is overused. Trustafarians and corporate drones on a month or 2 or 3 or year long vacation rolling around in their sprinter van are not dirtbag climbers.

Jeff G. wrote: wow. That seems like a great gig. I guess I'll keep my day job and try to be a helping member of society. Nice to know that these "dirtbags" are taking from the homeless people who truly need the meals at the shelters.

Let's get back on topic without the sensitivity/critique of one's chosen lifestyle. The title was a bit off...