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The first six photographs show the vehicle in past years. The remaining photographs show the current condition of the vehicle.

Also note that this vehicle is 20 years old and has been lived in for many years, it is not in cosmetic showroom condition, but it has been well maintained and over the years many habitation components have been replaced, updated and modernised.

Background

I have been driving overland trucks for the last 25 years and I bought this Bimobil EX480 used from Bimobil back in 2008 after I sold the Unimog U1300 truck I built in 2000. I have written extensively on choosing an overland truck:

http://www.silkroute.org.uk/equipment/choosevan.htm

In my view this is one of the best commercially built production overland truck available, it is the right compromise in equipment and price and as a result it is still being produced in a similar format 20 years later. This is not a fancy, gimmick laden, custom built luxury home on wheels, this is what you need for a safe reliable overland journey that you can afford to buy and to maintain. The few features that Bimobil didn’t add in 2008 I have added over the years.

More information

Because of the limitation on the amount of text that can be used on Expeditionmeister I have put a far more detailed description of my truck on my own website:

http://www.xor.org.uk/campervan/manforsale.htm

Base Vehicle

My Bimobil EX480 is based on a 2005 MAN LE 10.220 4X4 BB chassis with a Euro 3 MAN D0836LFL02 engine of 6871 cc producing 165 kW (220 HP). The vehicle was originally rated at 10,000 kg (Hence the 10.220) but was legally down rated to 7,490 kg in Germany and subsequently registered as a “Motor Caravan” “Private HGV” at 7,490 kg in the UK. It can be driven with a UK C1 licence which you may well have if you passed your test before 1997.

It has a new (Feb 2025) MOT.

The gearbox is manual with six forward and one reverse gear which normally drives the rear wheels. There are switches to engage low ratio (effectively giving you two lower gears) as well as four wheel drive and separate front and rear diff-lock. It also has an automatic exhaust brake (Jake brake) that saves wear and fade on the conventional brakes when descending long hills.

The vehicle is fitted with cruise control, cab air conditioning a Webasto diesel cab heater (very rarely used) and a reversing camera system with both a high and low cameras.

The cab is extended (i.e. there is extra space behind the driver and co-driver, but it does not have two rows of seats (Crew Cab) this gives you improved vision at junctions and extra space for stowing gear etc.)

Fuel Tanks

The truck has two lockable diesel tanks, the main tank of 350 litres supplies the engine and the heating system. The fuel gauge shows the contents of this tank. Based on my fuel consumption over the last ten years this gives a very safe range of 1500km from this tank alone.

The second tank holds 150 litres for “emergencies”.

The Habitation Unit

The habitation unit as designed by Bimobil is clean, simple and beautifully built with their trademark spice rack and large opening hatch.

The Sleeping Area

There is a rear transverse permanent Froil System bed with a standard European double sized Ikea mattress.

There are two opening Seitz/Dometic windows with integral fly screens and blackout blinds one at each end of the bed.

Shower/Toilet Area

Bimobil’s shower and toilet arrangement is a model of simple functionality with a Thetford C4 Cassette toilet with a SOG unit that extracts air via the cassette to avoid odour inside the vehicle. The toilet area has multiple storage compartments above and below the wash basin.

The separate shower cubical has a three pane sliding shower screen, a roof ventilation hatch and a wall mounted soap and shampoo rack.

Because the EX480 is fitted with an in-board grey water tank (with heating) the shower has a grey water pump with a switch in the shower cubical.

Wardrobe and Storage Unit

Clothes storage is provided by four cupboards enclosing 10 shelves, a wardrobe and four draws.

Dining Area

The dining area has two opposing bench seats and an adjustable height collapsible wooden table with Bimobil’s signature hatch that open upwards to give a panoramic “open air” view. Four can eat easily in this area, six at a pinch.

The table can be lowered and the bench seat cushions rearranged to form a day bed (with great views out the hatch). Above the dining table are three additional lockers.

The area under the rear seat contains the heated grey water tank and a large locked semi-secure locker that can be used to store computers and other bulky valuable items. There are two other hidden secure “safes” one inside and one outside the habitation unit.