{"id":130551,"date":"2026-01-12T19:29:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T19:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/130551\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T19:29:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T19:29:05","slug":"fresnos-field-van-has-a-new-unique-camper-build-mercedes-dealer-in-utah-now-selling-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/130551\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno’s Field Van Has a New, Unique Camper Build. Mercedes Dealer in Utah Now Selling It"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fresno manufacturer and fabricator Field Van has been modifying vans and turning them into RVs for decades, selling them across the world. When the company rolled out its new rail system, however, the design caught the eye of Mercedes-Benz, which now has reached a deal with Field Van to sell the van in another adventure hub \u2014 Salt Lake City, Utah.<\/p>\n

Mercedes-Benz Van Center \u2013 Warner in West Valley City, Utah will now sell the brand-new SHYFT van from Field Van<\/a>, according to a news release from Field Van.<\/p>\n

Company president Jonny Feld called it a \u201cmajor milestone.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis partnership represents our first external dealer launch and an important step in bringing our craftmanship and innovation to a broader audience,\u201d Feld said. \u201cThe Mountain West is built for adventure, and SHYFT was designed to adapt to the way families and individual explorers use their vans for many different applications, whether that\u2019s daily driving, weekend trips, or extended travel.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Field Van President Jonny Feld sits in a camper chair atop the new \u201cJet Glide\u201d rocker on Dec. 12, 2025. (GV Wire\/Edward Smith)
\nFeld Designed the SHYFT for Families<\/p>\n

The SHYFT<\/a> has many of the same features as campers coming out of Field Van \u2014 pop tops, water heaters, sleeping space for five, and refrigerators and cooktops. What sets it apart, however, are the features for large groups and families.<\/p>\n

The unique sliding bench seat system means the bench and middle seats slide forward, opening up the space to create a \u201cliving room.\u201d While still meeting all federal safety standards, a lever allows the bench to ride up the rail system all the way from the back to the front. Middle seats can easily be removed and used as camping chairs.<\/p>\n

Feld told GV Wire that while on one trip he thought about how to put the van chairs around a campfire. He put out a call to Fresno State\u2019s Lyles College of Engineering to adapt those chairs. What they came up with was a cradle that turns the pilot seats into rocking chairs.<\/p>\n

He hired the college student, naming the system after him \u2014 the \u201cJet Glide.\u201d The student earned the nickname \u201cJet\u201d for his love of aeronautics.<\/p>\n

Much like Field Van, Warner Vans Utah<\/a> is a family-owned dealership focusing on commercial and recreational vans. With Arches, Canyonlands, Zion, Bryce, and Yellowstone national parks all nearby, the deal means a bigger presence for Field Vans in the western U.S. Field Vans has facilities in Fresno and Reno, Nevada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fresno manufacturer and fabricator Field Van has been modifying vans and turning them into RVs for decades, selling…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130552,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-130551","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}