WELCOME TO WAFTE!!

What you should do with that van of yours is go find a solid front axle from a late 70s bronco (Dana44) plus the transfer case and lift that sucker about 6" slap some 35s in there then add a, proabably, 4" drop tounge on the hitch then you can tow your boat and go 4 wheelin. Or you could be like carsh1 there and make a dang monster truck... That'd be awesome.