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    Is vanliving easier in certain places?

    I think it is only illegal to sleep in your car while intoxicated if the keys are in the ignition.
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    Is vanliving easier in certain places?

    I think it is not illegal to sleep in vehicles in most countries. Even in rest areas I had a cop once tell me that it is hard to tell between sleeping and resting and if they are tired you want them resting. Some areas, towns or cities have bylaws around overnight parking or camping on public...
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    Cummins Canoe (A Stepvan Story)

    They don’t have to be noisy the only difference between a Mercedes and a nissan is the the quality of the sound deadening. Hey Pog if you want to raise money for your project you could change your name to one gun.
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    How are you all doing in COVID-19 times?

    BFrog sorry to hear about your mum, at 93 it is not a good scenario, my mum is the same age similar situation, one of her caregivers just tested positive, now in room lockdown waiting for test results, if she gets it I doubt she will survive, already very compromised, however she says she has...
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    Hi, just got a Grand Caravan, now what?

    Hi I have a dodge grand caravan that was professionally built with a pop top, swivel front seats, has all the amenities fridge, stove, storage, vented heater, sleeps four. I think it is probably an ideal vehicle. The swivel seats extend your living space dramatically, with the roof down it is...
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    Cummins Canoe (A Stepvan Story)

    As clever as you seem to be with finding discarded gems I have no doubt this will Rise from the ashes better then before. I see step vans sitting parked up in many yards used as storage sheds or garden ornaments, you might want to send out messages to all your friends and relations to keep an...
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    Cummins Canoe (A Stepvan Story)

    A broken engine mount can cause vibration, usually only on acceleration
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    how do you build a wood ceiling inside a high top van?

    A picture would help however from how you described it if you can lay some strips of wood say 3/4 inches by 1 across the width screwed into those existing blocks of wood, run you tung and groove 1/4 wood boards on top of those, When I did my ceiling I had maybe four strips of wood over ten feet...
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    How are you all doing in COVID-19 times?

    Where I live there hasn’t been a death since March I think, no cases in the community, Xmas will happen almost as usual, except for contact tracing, most people believed the authorities, trusted the science, counted on our adult leaders to behave, trust the scientist refrain from creating chaos...
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    Poop on public lands

    The biggest amounts of garbage that I see comeS from discarded fast food chain wrappers, however blaming them is like blaming cattle producers for green house gasses, the problem lies with the consumers.
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    good values for washing up/showering

    I used one for awhile, it was orange, it worked for awhile, a few months, then died, Afterwards I thought of buying a better quality bilge pump and connecting shower head to it but in the end I think using a kitchen pot, dipping it in the bucket works just as well.
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    How are you all doing in COVID-19 times?

    Busy week this week, went to four Xmas parties, two of which had over fifty people present, lots of music, singing, hugging, pot luck, food sharing. Tomorrow I am off to play in a Christmas concert, with tea afterwards then off for drinks at the pub, likely a few hundred people, no masks, no...
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    Cummins Canoe (A Stepvan Story)

    For every 100 pounds expect to pay an extra 3 to 6 cents per gallon.
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    Rats in the walls

    I would poison them they may stink a little depending where they die, but that is short lived, it is very effective. My experience with traps is they work well for mice not so good on rats and it is a long process if they are well established. Rat poison will sort them out in a couple days...
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    Cummins Canoe (A Stepvan Story)

    I ran my wiring along the top with a removable panel, even inside the cupboards. I mostly used old heavy duty extension chords down both side that I salvaged from a dumpster. I used a marine fuse box with switches. I also used a marine battery selector switch. Best to have some eXtra wires in...
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    Cummins Canoe (A Stepvan Story)

    I like the colour as well, I think though, when they are painted darker they don’t seem to stand out as much in a line of parked cars. I saw a dark green one and it seemed to blend in with traffic. A friend painted his old motorhome that same colour, the same way and whenever I see it I think it...
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    Cummins Canoe (A Stepvan Story)

    Two things I have heard about using wool insulation, moisture absorption and having insulation move down in the wall cavity due to movement of vehicle. No personal experience though.
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    Cummins Canoe (A Stepvan Story)

    If you google Burnsco stainless steel vent 304ss, it was similar to this one, if you google Burnsco mushroom vent, a plastic version should pop up. These are likely available on US websites but you get the idea from thes samples.
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