Up for sale is our 2019 Mercedes Sprinter 170 4×4. We purchased it new in the summer of 2020. We’ve done several ski trips out west, a trip to Nova Scotia, one to Florida and countless others all over New England. With trip durations ranging from one night to two months we’ve enjoyed every minute of it.
The custom build started with Kilmat sound deadening. 5 Windows were added along with 2Maxxair fans. The van is fully insulated with Thinsulate and kept toasty warm in the winter with an Espar diesel heater. There is 3/4 marine plywood covered in Lonseal vinyl on the floor. The walls are 5mm Baltic birch plywood with landau foam and Duramax tweed fabric. The ceiling has custom milled ship lap cedar. Upper and lower cabinets are extruded aluminum frames bolted to the frame of the van and covered in bamboo plywood. The countertops are black walnut. All the wood is finished with Spar varnish due to the extreme temperature changes the van might encounter.
In the galley we have an Isotherm marine fridge, a Ruvati undermount sink and a two burner induction cooktop. Hot water is supplied by a Isotemp marine water heater.
Behind the drivers seat there is a bench with storage underneath and a Lagun mount with a bamboo top. Interior lights are LED puck lights with dimmers.
To the rear in the passenger side base cabinet is the Natures head composting toilet. Behind the base cabinets are two jump seats, one houses the water heater and the other has storage underneath. In the front of the passenger side base cabinet there are three huge drawers providing tons of storage. Under the sink is a dedicated gray tank as well as the water pump and ball valves for the water system. There’s also a large trash can under there. In between the two jump seats in the floor there is a drain fitting that services the removable indoor shower pan. It drains into a 28 gallon gray tank that is mounted in the spare tire carrier. The tank has a heating pad on it for use in cold weather. There is also an outdoor shower in back of the van with a curtain that stretches between the two open doors.
The bed is a three piece mattress on a custom aluminum frame. The panel at the foot of the bed folds up out of the way exposing the two jump seats. The panel at the head is on an electric lift so you can sit up in bed while you have your morning coffee and listen to the avalanche control bombs go off!
Under the bed in the garage area on the drivers side is a cabinet that houses the 30 gallon fresh water tank with storage above. The cabinet on the passenger side holds the 4-100 ah Battleborn lithium batteries. There is also a 3000 watt Victron inverter-charger, a Victron solar charge controller, 2 Victron 30 amp dc-dc chargers, a Victron Lynx distributor and the ac breaker box.
The cockpit of the van is highly optioned with heated black leatherette swivel seats that power adjust with memory. It has the 10.25” screen along with lane keeping, distronic cruise control etc, etc.
On the roof is a Flatline Van Co roof rack with 300 watts of solar. There are two raised crossbars that we used to mount our Thule box in winter and kayak racks in summer. Along the passenger side of the rack there is a Fiamma F80S awning. A Roam Built ladder is mounted on the driver side. Behind the ladder is an Aluminess Surf Pole that we strap our stand up paddleboards to. On the rear doors you will find an Owl Vans spare tire carrier, Owl Vans B2 mount and Owl Vans Expedition box. On the passenger side of the trailer hitch is the shore power connection. On the driver side is an air chuck that is fed by an ARB dual compressor mounted under the hood.
For exterior lighting there are two Rigid scene lights on each side. Mounted on the rear of the roof rack are two Rigid spotlights. Up front on the bumper is an RB Components mounting bracket with four Baja Designs lights, two are spots and two are fogs. All the lights except the fogs are controlled by a Trigger Sixshooter Controller. The fogs are controlled by the factory fog light switch.
The van has a Pedal Control 2.0 throttle control installed as well as a Mid City Engineering drone mobile alarm, remote start and high idle.
All the wiring in the van is marine rated. The plumbing is Pex A expansion to protect against leaks from water freezing in the pipes.
The van was recently serviced by Mercedes of Scarborough. It’s had the rear brakes replaced, an oil change and on 5/22/25 I had four BFG KO3 tires mounted on the Black Rhino wheels.
This van is ready to go anywhere on its next adventure. My wife, our Rottweiler Hans and I have had a blast traveling around the country with it. And that brings me to the reason we’re selling. The trip we took last fall to Florida was to pick up our new Rottweiler puppy. Well at 10 months old he’s already pushing 100lbs. One 120 lb older chill Rottie was fine but two is starting to feel like a bit much, especially when one is a puppy.
