Recent content by angelmander

https://vanlivingforum.com/threads/finished-van-conversion-just-left-home-in-it.39033/

I “did it” for a cost of only maybe 6-700 dollars a month. I parked my RV on my buddy’s hay field in rural Ohio, paid his father a hundred dollars a month to just use an extension cord for heat. My fuel costs were minimal and I ate canned food and sandwiches, and I had cheap insurance...

You’re a pretty handy dude. I like that. I’m also a welder and I have a 2001 MT55 freight liner stepvan with a Cummins 5.9 under the hood. I can’t believe I found another guy like me :D

The mt55 is the heavier duty version with a stronger chassis, bigger suspension and leaf springs and all that. It’s built to carry as much as 20,000 pounds in the cargo area and can tow 20,000 as well. The mt45 is built for 10,000 pounds in the cargo area and will tow just as much as the 55 I’d...

This is a 2001 Freightliner mt55 Stepvan with a 5.9 Cummins 24 valve and an Allison transmission.  Has a microwave, toilet, shower with water heater, 55 gallon freshwater tank, 80 gallon waste tank. Overhead recessed lighting, speaker with amplifier, fridge, 2000 watt pure sine wave inverter...

I expect to have to put about 200-300 amps at 12 volts on the batteries each day. Batteries will have a different voltage at different states of charge depending on the type of battery. I will have a digital voltometer to check them and after i've used them for a bit I will get a feel for how...

Haha I sure did use solid romex. Thats what I had on hand and I have all the tools for it. My AC will draw approximately 25 amps per hour at the 12volts through my pure sine wave inverter, the total capacity of all six batteries will bring me up to about 450-500 amp hours at 12v dc. I'd be able...

I have an AC unit planned in the setup. The compressor and rest of the system draw 450 watts max while running. The compressor should only have to run a maximum of half the time even when its hot because of how well insulated I have it. I think itll be fine Without the AC, the stepvan actually...

I'm not doing solar. I think solar is a waste of my time. I'm going to have a pretty hefty power consumption, nowhere near what a full roof of solar panels could accomplish and I already have a gas generator set aside for it. Don't really know what purpose roof vents would serve me I am...

I posted a lot of my images in my new user thread but I want to get more feedback and talk to more people so I think this forum will be more active. I hope lol My van is a freightliner MT-55 stepvan, its got an 88 inch by 14 foot cargo area. The thing weighs 10,000 pounds without any of the...

Not really a real truck, i would recommend getting a chevy or ford or dodge diesel if hes going to tow an RV. if hes planning on living in it, just lol. I would hate to try to fit my life in a tiny truck like that

When i'm done it will be secured. And unless I hit an immovable object, my unstoppable force of a van will not be slowing down so quickly as to cause my water to crush me XD

My waste tank is going to be 80 gallons, and its a mixed grey/black water tank. All of the water sources end up in that tank as per my design. thanks for the responses

Ive got a bathroom planned in my conversion. I already have the toilet, the clean water tank, and the dirty water tank and most of the plumbing is run. I am not worried about the feasibility of having a bathroom on the road, but I am concerned about how I'm going to get rid of the waste. I dont...

Another 10 hours of work later and I've got most of the insulating done. I have the electrical and plumbing run too, its coming along fast. I've spent 5-6 hours a day working on it for a few weeks, officially clocked 49 hours now. Pictures are kinda borked so here