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    Cummins Canoe (A Stepvan Story)

    No HDR sorry, my X sailboat was built in the 70 s in England they came with it. I am pretty sure if you check out marine websites or store catalogues they will still be around they were very clever. I will have a look see if I can find them over the next few days, They were mushroom shaped. I...
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    Cummins Canoe (A Stepvan Story)

    When I think of roof vents I think if my old sail boat. It had screw up and down vents, round with a low profile dome lid that screwed up to open and down to close so in bad seas you had a solid no leak vent in rain or soft seas you could have it opened. They were solid enough if you happened to...
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    Cummins Canoe (A Stepvan Story)

    It,s vertical it came stock with two in the back and one by the driver, I have seen other kurbmaster s with the same set up. I got a folding section of down pipe and elbow, coming from two section of guttering back to back that work as the catchment with a twelve volt Computer fan inside the...
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    Cummins Canoe (A Stepvan Story)

    I bet that old jigsaw smells like my mum’s old mixmaster. I had a Stanley belt sander of the same era for a long time, It was very heavy which was great for a belt sander, finally gave up on it, it got harder and harder to find brushes for it and it seemed to chew through them. I got those same...
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    Cummins Canoe (A Stepvan Story)

    I did the same as Grummy did with my ceiling except I could  only fit 3/4 inch foam board as I didn’t have the height, then I installed 1/4 inch pine tung and groove boards. It made a big difference in holding heat and keeping it out. If you have the height I would consider insulating the floor...
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    Cummins Canoe (A Stepvan Story)

    I think your passenger seat is a mistake that is your main way in and out, in my opinion you should back your seat up into the van rather then move it forward. I always thought if I were to rebuild my bulkhead I would make it so it could be folded around a rear set, swivel passenger seat, with...
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    Cummins Canoe (A Stepvan Story)

    I built a pocket door in mine using a couple of quality Heavy duty stainless drawers rails. Made door out of two 5 mm luan Sheets with insulation sandwiched between, frame out of 3/4 x 1 1/2 around the outside to secure track to. I left those bars in mine insulated and covered them with ply...
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    Is MDF panel board good to use for building a bed?

    It wouldn’t be my choice, for all the above reasons, my bed is made with 1x3/4 framework glued and brad nailed 5mm ply glued and brad nailed to uprights 1/2 inch ply for the top.
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    Voyager/Caravan/Town & Country Suspension

    I got 93 grand caravan everything is original on it 140,000 miles havé had since 2014 been up thé Alaska highway down the Stewart Casiar , around Alaska up the Dempster across North America. Freedom camp 99 percent of the time no problems. It is low to the ground so you have to be careful where...
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    Contact Bob

    I hear you, it looks pretty warm, rumour has it, it’s inspiration came from someone’s garden nome that they thought was so cute when they first left their stick and bricks couldn’t leave it behind. They took it with them in their van and was often seen sitting in a lawn chair on Blm land. They...
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    Contact Bob

    Bob doesn’t really exist it is a suite that different people wear like Ronald McDonald, Mickey Mouse or Santa Clause. In some circles they are called Mascots, if you have ever been to a sports event the funny bird or monster walking around the court or field trying to get the local crowd hyped...
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    Alaska Winters in a Truck Camper

    I had a Dickenson deisel heater on a sailboat, gravity fed, no electricity needed to operate bought it brand new used over several winters no issues, sipped deisel , looked great and kept a 31 foot boat warm in the Georgia straight. I really liked it and would think it would be ideal in a well...
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    Cummins Canoe (A Stepvan Story)

    I’ll give you this, you certainly are fearless, I admire that, looks like you are doing a great job. I need to remove my fuel tank as my fuel gage is not working and a small leak when completely full but I think it has been like this since 2012 when chipmunk pulled the wire off on the trans...
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    Who here rents a driveway for nightly use?

    I always thought that parking at a city residential building site would be welcomed by the builder. It would work out as deterrent for crime. Power would be available, I thought you might even be able to charge for the service. Leave as soon as the workers started arriving in the morning park up...
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    instant rice...tricks for quick meals

    Here is a trick I learnt from a Philippine nurse I used to share house with. Standard white or brown rice can be cooked this way, basmati, jasmine, Thai, Australian brown etc.. Two Water to one rice mixture, bring to boil remove from stove let sit covered for 15 minutes or while you finish up...
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    Back doors

    That’s the thing I am  trying to make it as comfortable as possible, Why would someone hang out in the desert, in the Australian outback, in a large city, by a noisy ocean, on top a mountain, why would anyone give up their life’s to accumulate things, why would anyone worry about status, why...
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    Back doors

    I have this idea in the back of my head to spend a winter in the Yukon, sometime in the future so quietly I have been preparing, I am on the process of building insulated panels for all my windows that will go over the frames, they are 1 inch foam sandwiched between 5mm ply. I have an insulated...
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    Litter on Public Lands Facebook group

    Freedom of speech does not mean you can say what you want, there are laws against that in America like playjerizing, fraud, hate speech, saying things about others that are false is subject to liability. I look forward to the day In America when people can’t tell everybody else about their gods...
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    Litter on Public Lands Facebook group

    Most garbage I see around are wrappings from fast food joints, or drink containers like cans or bottles.. I pick them up and throw them in the nearest garbage can or recycle bin. Which is sad as most of this garbage can be recycled, these companies should be held liable for this garbage along...
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    America in crisis? Vandweller prepping

    America has failed to educate and bring everyone into the 21st century in it’s blind quest for individualism so has ended up with uneducated superstitious individuals walking amongst the herd looking for someone to relate to, something to believe in. Unfortunately they have found them, NASA we...
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