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I met a guy this weekend who was buying some 8020 aluminum rails I had on offerup and I just happened to ask him what he was doing with them. He is making a solar tracking array. We got to talking, and he has one of these Hybrid Mini Splits. He keeps a 900 sq ft section of his house cool with it...

I boondocked at the Matazal Casino outside of Payson last night, and am back tonight. One guy parked less than 5 ft from me, which I thought was pretty close, but then after we chatted a bit, I realized he's a regular here and I was sort of in the area he usually parks. There were just some...

How does one only take up one space when their RV is 35 feet long?

"One INCH" styrofoam? Is this guy really in Europe?

Y'know, this gets me thinking. So I'm boondocking at a receptive Walmart, casino, etc. and decide to sit in my easy chair, crack a beer, open a bag of pretzels, and watch a movie or something on Netflix. Is it legal to drink that beer? The keys are never in the ignition, soooo... Then if it is...

Yeah, I'm an electrical engineer too. Hard to part with some of that type of stuff. Try Offerup. I found that if I allow nationwide, I get offers, offerup takes a cut and sends me a shipping label. I just sold a parabolic hunk of glass to someone in tucson. If not for that, I'd pbrobably be...

Dollar Tree, Dollar General, Family Dollar, etc. are not always the best price. They are more of an extended convenience store, and are places stores like WalMart cannot do well. This article sort of spells it out. Wally world came in and decimated the mom-and-pops and then pulld up stakes and...

My dad used to hang one on the front of the car when we drove to california across the desert. Put it off to the side a bit so as not to reduce airflow to the big 425 under the hood.

We were camping in the forest a few weeks ago on the Mogollon Rim. Had a crappy spot. Was going to move to the space next to us when the campers left, (After they packed up but left their trailer blocking the space all day) but was beat to it by partiers from the local town. They got there...

Forget the spotter. Save your relationship!!! Practice and learn to do it yourself. If you need to back straight, and cannot see, zig zag back and forth so you can see when you zig.

What about Home Depot? I overnighted at the Walmart in Payson AZ a few weeks back. First time in a parking lot, ever. There was one other RV when I got there with a small genny outside runnng (a no-no) and by morning, three cars that were obviously slept in as well. Some dickhead opened both...

It is pretty obvious to dumpster divers and recycle sorters that a diaper is what it is and will be avoided. To a lesser degree, a dog poop bag. A walmart bag, not so much... IMO there are too many diapers made out of stuff that never decomposes in the landfills but that is a totally different...

Anything is better than burying plastic bags full of the shit (pun intended) or placing it under a rock which I see a lot of in my favorite camping spots. I've voiced it here before and will again, crapping in plastic bags and then tossing it in the trash should not be done. Burying it (sans...

I once opened a PO box in a small town in Mass because we were planning to relocate there. I lived in AZ, gave them my info, and just said we were moving there. No problem. Maybe try that. We NEVER used the PO box as I ended up taking a better position at home. I just mailed the keys back to my...

A few hours of laptop use will NOT leave you stranded IF you use the battery IN the laptop and only plug it in and charge it with the inverter while the car engine is running. Not sure you mentioned it, what is your vehicle or planned vehicle?

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Read. Drink Beer. Sit by the fire. Play with the dogs. Hike. Fiddle-fart with the RV... So many things to do.

I'm not a fan of self tapping screws, but drilling and tapping holes in a van body would be a day long process. Ya gotta put a little force on the drill/driver to get them to bite, and let them spin a while. Once they bite, they work great for sheetmetal. X2 on the predrilling of the wood.

I have been working on a design of a unitized system that would integrate the heating, cooling, and power generation in a package that would use an engine large enough to be quiet. The only problem is it would be so expensive, it would only be viable for large, very high end (Newell, for...

I have seen these in Europe. I don't think the hoses are removable. That is good and bad. The good is you don't have to evac and charge it. The bad thing is you need a notched door or window to run the hoses out. You you cannot simply put the whole thing through a small hole. You could notch the...