to no experience with that, and no metal working experience (although i'm down to learn). i do have a place and access to most tools i'd need (including metal working tools). a desire to spend every weekend working on the rig? i think thats the toughest one. if i felt confident that we'd end up with a clearly better result though, i'd definitely consider it. but that is definitely a concern of mine.
we're hoping to build or buy something that could last us the next 10 years? not sure if that's realistic or not but we'd like to get maximum value out of our van. obviously things will change a 