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    Best sewn-to-fit cover/tarp for TT?

    Looking for the best sewn-to-fit cover/tarp for my 19ft Puma travel trailer. Any recommendations? I hear that many brands are not waterproof and fall apart after a year in the weather.
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    Moisture control

    Calcium chloride desiccants ‘work’, but it all depends on factors like room volume, humidity, temperature, and desiccant volume. If you want to try it, use an open plastic or glass or stainless container (pan, pot, baking dish). CC is very corrosive and will eat/rust through steel pretty fast...
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    Sleep *below* platform, not *on* it.

    In my first van, I had a very cool bed design. I cut a vent in the bottom of a back door, and slept UNDERNEATH a platform in the rear – where most people would sleep ON – and the cool night air would draft right across my head and up and out of the roof vent. It would stay cool down there long...
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    Hipcamp?

    Anyone have any experience with an org called ‘hipcamp’? I’m interested from both sides: Staying cheap on private properties abroad, and possibly renting some of mine out to others for same.
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    Anyone use powdered milk these days?

    No, but I weren't lactose intolerant, I would - because when I travel all the food I take is dried. It's lightweight, easy to prepare, and keeps forever. You just have to make sure and drink lots of water after meals.
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    Johnson insulated truck bodies

    Anybody know anyone driving one of these around? The 19 footers are the best insulated reefer boxes, with a full six inches of foam all around – and triple swing doors. Rock solid! I’ve thought about it, but the super-heavy unit and coldplates would have to be removed first – not easy.
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    Bought a 1996 B3500 handicap van

    I knew a guy that had one, and left the wheelchair-lift in the side door to use as a lift-gate. It was very handy.
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