Right how's this sound, get a high roof fwd and make a false floor so it is similar to a medium rwd and in the false floor you put sponge and noggins of various sizes that support the false floor and hold your various tools and things in an orderly fashion.
Might even have enough room to fit bedding etc. You can utilise some roof space for other storage and so on but basically the van will look relatively empty.
You can even fit sliding draws about 3ft deep so when you open the side door you can pull the drawer out which is above the side step.
You could get a medium high van fwd and it may be adequate to raise the floor to the same height as the rwd medium high van, or a high roof of you don't anticipate any height restrictions although i found my van being medium high allowed me into Most barriers like mcdonalds and some sea side ones but not all, so personally I'd go that high.
For what you want I doubt fwd or rwd will be much better than each other tbh.
It isn't 4x4 so you'll still need to be thoughtful in the wet and snowy conditions etc.
Just a few of my thoughts.
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