Van 04 · Alder

Alder

Alder is the van we did not have when families started writing to us. Two adults and three kids, standing up inside, in November. Diesel, and unapologetic about it.

Travels 5
Sleeps 4 · standing height
Sprinter 2500 AWD · high-roof conversion
Being sourced — tell us you want her

Cove & Current · North Vancouver, British Columbia · May – October

What makes Alder different

Not our build — purchased as a completed conversion from a certified Canadian builder
Five travel seats with factory belts: the one you book with kids
Standing height inside, so no roof tent and no ladder
Diesel heater and a house battery bank, no Vehicle-to-Load
≈ 2.74 m tall and ≈ 5.93 m long — over-height on BC Ferries, and near the over-length line

One thing we will not let be a surprise: Alder is not our conversion. We chose the chassis, we weighed the finished van, and we fit out the kit inside it — but the build is a certified builder’s, and the certification is theirs. That is a feature, not a caveat.

Availability

Not in the fleet yet

We are sourcing her now. Send a date request and if she lands in time, you are first — and we will never sell you a night in a van that has not arrived.

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Alder · specification

Vehicle: Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500 AWD · high roof VS30 chassis, 2.0 L four-cylinder turbodiesel (high output), 9-speed automatic.
Travel seats: 5 Two front, three rear, factory seat belts. This is the one the families book.
Sleeps: 4 Rear transverse bed plus the dinette conversion.
Overall length: 5,932 mm (144 WB) Factory figure. A rear rack or ladder can push you over BC Ferries’ 6.1 m over-length line — measured on delivery, per van.; confirming
Rig height: ≈ 2,743 mm High-roof factory height. No parkade, no canopy, and over-height on BC Ferries.; confirming
Interior standing height: ≈ 1,950 mm after headliner Bare body is ~2,000–2,100 mm. We publish what the finished van gives you, measured.; confirming
Gross vehicle weight: 4,105 kg (2500 series) Read off the certification label of each van at delivery.; confirming
Payload after conversion: 800–1,100 kg AWD 2500 is ~1,750 kg before conversion; a full camper build adds 650–900 kg. Five people plus gear must fit under the number we weigh, not this range.; confirming
Fuel: Diesel · 93 L tank ~700–800 km real-world loaded. We hand it over full and ask for it back full.
Heating: Diesel cabin/heater system It ticks. It also works at −10 °C without touching the driving range, which is the whole reason this van exists.
Electrical: Lithium house bank + inverter Capacity and inverter rating confirmed per van at delivery. No Vehicle-to-Load: the drive batteries are not in this equation.; confirming
Drivetrain: AWD, no low range Gravel, snow and forest-service roads. Not a rock crawler, and we will not take a booking that pretends otherwise.
Roof tent: None You are already standing inside it.
Toilet: Wet bath Fit-out dependent; confirmed per van.; confirming

confirming Figures we are still putting in writing with the builder and Mercedes-Benz Canada or measuring on the first van off the truck. We publish estimates as estimates rather than rounding them into facts. The large vans are purchased as completed conversions from a certified Canadian builder, not built by us. Rows marked pending get filled in from the certification label and a weighbridge on delivery — the same way we do the electric three, and for the same reason: a rental van that is quietly overloaded is a van that stops being somebody’s holiday.

Sleeping

Four inside: a rear transverse bed and the dinette conversion, under a headliner you can stand up in. No roof tent, no ladder, and nothing to unfurl in the rain at 10 pm with a toddler awake.

Cooking

A galley you work in standing, with a two-burner hob, a fridge sized for five people’s food rather than two people’s snacks, and a wet bath that doubles as the shower on the days it matters.

Heat, power & range

Diesel heater that runs in the cold without touching a driving range, a lithium house bank and an inverter, and a 93 L tank good for roughly 700–800 km loaded. No Vehicle-to-Load; this is not that van.