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    motorized bicycle - backup transportation

    perhaps you would enjiy googling "whizzer" , a company that builds gas assisted bikes, been building them since the late 50's i believe. They buy, sell, fix, sell parts, motor kits , everything to do with them. My Wifes cousin's husband has one ( though not a Whizzer brand) he got on ebay for...
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    A box for a generator?

    Hi She, cant remember the name brand of it, but i remember seeing a 12v dehumidifier at home depot a couple years ago. I took a picture of it and posted it here somewhere. it was $49 at the time, true 12v ( needed a wall adapter to work on 110ac) held 4 pints( though if you were creative with a...
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    joey's van

    sounds good! keep us posted on proggress
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    Replace broken window ?

    It sounds like you are describing a Jealousy window?? If so, there should be two screws on the bottom side of the trim that holds the glass in. Back the screws out and save them for re assembly. A lot of these had a vynil or rubber gasket that encircled the window. If its not torn or damaged...
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    Greetings! (And your van opinion?)

    Hi Vic, welcome. Ive bought 3 retired service vehicles, my bus, an 01 Blazer and a 95 F150 4x4. All recieved at least SOME service and maintenance, which is more than i can say about several that i bought at dealers that wer " rode hard and put away wet". ANY vehicle, new or used, is a gamble...
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    Headed for Freedom...Finally

    Hi Ed, welcome to the forum. i havnt been out to q either, but im positive if you are resourceful, and willing to work hard, there are all kinds of ways to earn money on the road. You might look at the forum entitled " money matters"
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    I Bought A Van

    Good deal! perhaps ill see you at a gtg or rtr now that you are mobile.
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    Vehicle Insurance Rates/Info

    Hi HWJ. When i bought my bus in Ny, it was registered and insured as a passenger van, about $350 every 6 months. Because i owned a business, and the seats were removed, i registered and insured it commercial, as part of my business, about $600 a year. When i moved to Alabama, i had done most of...
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    Newbie Here, Hello Everybody!

    Hi and welcome to the forum. Glad yer here!
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    Rv sites newer than 10 years - $30 daily??

    i havnt paid for camping in over 4 years- and no Natl forest has ever turned away my 42 y o shasta. Before that , my wife and i stayed at a few paid campgrounds in Maine, NH and Vt with no problems, usually State parks and one smaller, older private campground. I prefer quiet, out of the way...
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    A couple of Questions ~

    Hi Sue, welcome. Last year, my house in upstate Ny was damaged mildly by Irene, while i had moved south after volunteering to help out with the tornados that destroyed much in the south. There were 10 fatalities within a mile of where i live... We are glad you are here, mobile or not. I am a...
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    Living out of a pack

    After being homeless on the streets of Albany, Ny for six months , living out of a backpack, you would think thst the last thing i would ever want to do is live small or carry my worldly possessions in a pack, often existing on less than ten dollars a day- TOTAL. That was over a decade and some...
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    Well shoot, Question about refridgerators!

    Wow--another Les! That doesnt happen often!! Anyway, a while back i posted a website that sold new electrical circuit boards for rv fridges. Its a company called DinosaurElectronics and i seem to remember the replacement boards starting around $99 and up
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    Hello

    Hi Denise, welcome to the forum. lots of dreamers, vandwellers and armchair travelers here, and everything in between!
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    working in the disaster areas....

    The key to EMS type work is to be able to go and not create more problems...in other words be able to carry your own weight. Be self-supporting by your own contributions..... Bri  __________________ “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” Mark Twain ...
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    working in the disaster areas....

    Thanks to the efforts of friends, family, vandwellers and other donors, i was able to spend a week in the south volunteering after the tornados that went through on 4/27/11. Since then , i have gone out a second time , to Birmingham/ Trussville/Clay Alabama in Jan of this year. There is...
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    Howdy

    Hi Bill, welcome to the forum!
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    Fabulous News!!!

    nice truck! You might want to look at Capri campers.com for inexpensive , lightweight slide ins.
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    The Civil War Battlegrounds

    Trish and I met a couple who fulltimed in a class a who "collected" US fort sites, whether they still stand or not. And here in the south, its hard to go into any town or city that doesnt have some ties to either the civil war, trail of tears or even the civil rights movement, if thats what you...
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