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I've been at it full time for a few weeks now. Lifestyle change indeed! It's been a roller coaster of emotions. Mostly because ongoing mechanical trouble with my truck and not having anywhere else I can live but the truck. I may have to swap engines, after spending $2100 to have the top half...

That would be perfect! So I guess you remove the stock tailgate and the whole thing is part of the topper. Looks expensive. I'd love to figure a way to make something like this using my Snugtop Sport Hi-Liner. Not likely. 

Though I'm parking at a friend's, I'm still wanting to stay as stealth as possible. This county has a law against anyone sleeping in their vehicle. So I wouldn't report it, nor would I want to use an air horn. I do like the idea of screening, for the flies as well as a bit of security. I have...

I can see animal rights people having a fit over this. 

I've only been living in my truck 12 days now. I found a "safer" spot to park, in front of a friends 4 plex. There is a sizable homeless/mentally ill/addicted population, so I was aware. I sleep in the extended cab part. At 4:30 am I semi wake up hearing something. Someone tries to open the...

This particular trailer is out. WAY too much for it. I do think the idea is interesting though. I'd still like to hear of anyone's experience doing this. Good to know about the torsion axles, didn't think about that. 

A lot of us can totally sympathize with you on this. Been there, done that, got the T-shirt(wrong size)! Mine was a huge vintage RV. It was love. Sunk bucks in it. Loaded it up with all my stuff to move to another state, a new beginning. Got an hour out, crapped out, at night, on the side of a...

Well..... overall, life hasn't been too bad since starting the living in the truck. Sleeping is good, in the backseat. I've found 5 different places. The worst of them, other than my first night, was Walmart. It's noisy with customers all hours and there's a lot of people that are under the...

I hadn't really given this any thought, but a friend is getting out of mobile pet grooming and is going to part out the grooming part of her 2 horse trailer and sell the trailer too. There is a big roof a/c on it. Overall decent shape, except needing to be lifted as the tires are very close to...

Dear me, I'll be so happy when all the many issues this truck has are resolved. So the "issue" they say is a need for new spark plug wires. Okay. When a shop does an engine rebuild, replaces the spark plugs, wouldn't it make sense to do the wires too? Hmmm. Also of interest is that my gas use...

Welcome! This site is an absolute wealth of knowledge. It's nice to have somewhere to go with like minded souls too.

The test drive pointed the cause of the vibration to an engine issue. You could make butter with the amount of shakin'! So that's sorta good news, since they did the rebuild, under warranty.  I'm sitting at Starbucks now, waiting for them to have time to see if it's safe for me to drive it...

Yes, Ziggy, I thought about that. The tires are getting tired, pun intended. Dry rot is what gets em here in this heat. But this started all of a sudden. I just did the wheel bearings. I'm going back to shop tomorrow morning and do a more thorough description of the problem. Hope it isn't...

Well, I went to the garage, had them take a look. It is missing the bracket. They are going to call a couple wreck yards for me, see what kind of cost I'm looking at. I'd still rather have it on the front. I may have to put it off though. It's doing a new weird thing. A shaking in the front end...

I'm going to ask at the garage that rebuilt my engine if they can weld something together for me. I like the look and usefulness of a brush guard type affair. If they caan do some basic welding, maybe they could modify something I might find at a wreck yard. Willy, I'm not sure if there is a...

Tow me to Walmart?! How cool, they'd tow me to where I live! LOL

Thanks ZiggyMoon for the link. The pic of the VW is a good example of what could be done. Basically a brush guard with tire mount. I have a '91 F150, not 4wd. I'm either going to build out the Hi top Snugtop or get a truck camper. Either way, it can't be inside or on the back. I live in my truck...

Looks like the front is the most sensible. Here's what I've learned in response to my own question. Company called Hidden Hitch carries them for $120, not in my price range. With a cover, some say it'll raise radiator temp by about 10 degrees, some say it won't. This pic looks like the simplest...

Where do I put the spare, so it's out of my way? Right now, no big deal. I have a storage unit to put most of my stuff. But when I buy my vintage truck camper or build out my Hi-Liner Snugtop, in the next couple months, that space the spare takes will be an issue. It's bloody heavy, so not up...

I'm in the desert, no beaches around here! lol<br>I do have to admit I have looked longingly at the automatic sprinklers for the shrubs and so called trees here! The public pools here have showers, $4 for residents &amp; $5 for non or buy a 25 visit pass for $60/$75. Most everything I need is...