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This is cool. I had no idea that other people had discovered hammocks as a space-friendly bed.<br /><br />I posted a while back on these forums about using my woven hammock as a bed, and still plan to do so. Once I purchase my van (looking at one this week), I will likely start a sort of...

Wow, thanks a bunch for the extraordinary response, Bob. I know it seems silly to mention the possibility of death from cold weather given that natives survived here in Illinois before any of our modern comforts existed, and I am absolutely sure that I can make it work for a winter even if I...

<strong>IGBT</strong>, I'm afraid the amount of money I have saved makes keeping my current job imperative, unless I wish to sacrifice funds for the van.<br /><br /><strong>Journeyman</strong>, I also considered this, and ways to protect the mechanisms in the door, but if I can get fiberglass in...

Thanks so much for the responses, everyone. I am not too worried about the viability of someone living in a van during the winter, but, as I said in the original post, it's these tips and bits of knowledge that I don't have which make me worry about trying it myself.<br /><br...

This is it, man. It's nearing my exodus from my current house (Dec. 31st, 2012), and moving into an apartment to live paycheck to paycheck will only cripple -- if not kill -- my chance to transition into van life. I have only months to find, purchase, and modify my van, so I have to act soon...

I'm no professional mechanic, but I have picked up some experience with cars through my family, and fixing the various problems with my own (I have owned 2 cars now, both 100k+ miles). My current vehicle is 20 years old with 130k miles, and my previous was 15 years old with 160k...

<br><br>That's interesting. I wouldn't think that anyone to play role playing games would be the same person to embark on this kind of lifestyle. Then again, I may just have the wrong friends. I play D&amp;D with my friends on the occasion, and I have played some RPGs online in the past...

I plan to train harder and with more commitment in parkour, a physical activity that expresses freedom. I plan to engineer my van into a functioning piece of awesome with moving parts to optimize space, a lighting system that pulses with music, a desktop computer integrated and a set of wifi...

I am planning to use a cargo van. I am also planning to use a fairly new cargo van, as I assume exposed/scratched metal on the interior, from whatever duties it served before me, may have begun rusting if it's older. Also, I am a self proclaimed engineer who enjoys conceiving, drafting, and...

A while back I was considering how to keep my stuff safe in a van. My first thought was simple: how much does a safe cost? But then I thought "Why buy a safe when I could just hide it really well?" This led me to a search for 'decoy safes'.<br><br>For precious belongings and valuable of smaller...

The hard pink foam, which I have used for several projects in the past, squeaks like a dying mouse when it rubs against metal. I had to saw through a bunch of it once and it was like sawing through a chalk board with my fingernails. I can imagine the other hard foams would do the same.<br><br>If...

Bob, I agree that fire was used since near the beginning, and so I consider grilled food to be in the paleo category. It's such a broad framework for a diet which is based on such a little known set of facts that many people take it to different degrees, and there's nothing to say who's right or...

I used to live by the paleo diet for about 3 months. I didn't do it because of weight management or blood sugar; if I wanted to manage me weight I would eat a chocolate cake every day and gain a few pounds. I used the paleo diet as a natural high energy diet for parkour, a sport that involves...

<span id="post_message_">Greetings, Drifter. I have been exploring this site for a couple months now, so I am fairly new as well. I'm also young at only 20 years old, but I won't be departing for van life for another year or so.<br><br>My uncles are big on cars, and they both worked in the...

I was just reading up on this, because I plan to learn bow hunting so I can hunt while certain animals are in season. I am relieved to hear that freezers can draw as little as 3amps... I was wondering how I would store meat myself.<br><br>I also looked up several videos a while back while...

Thanks for the references to some alternative inverters. The problem I have with the lead acid batteries isn't just the recommendation of AGM, but also that I have a terrible track record with maintaining things (could never keep pets, would forget to feed them) and with haphazard setups when it...

I did look at chargers and controllers for a bit (confused about the difference initially). This just led to confusion, though. I think I will play it safe and make it a rule to not hook up any high power entertainment (computer, mostly) to the batteries until I have solar installed. Besides my...

I have not found the van yet. Because I plan to buy with cash in pocket and I have lots of experienced mechanics and auto body men in the family, I find it both convenient and safe to buy off of craigslist or a similar source. For this reason, I won't begin looking for a van until I have 5-7...

As an introduction: I'm a 20 year old guy looking for a full time job to begin my transformation into van living. I will be suburban camping, so I will have both commercial resources, as well as some patches of woods here and there (mostly staying urban). This is a small list which I have...

I am currently living with the parents, and I actually have a part time job at a local gym. Free membership, so free showers. It's a great deal, and some gyms (*cough! cardinal fitness *cough!) higher people REALLY part time, meaning 10 hours or less a week (this can easily be fitted with a...