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Okay, even though the two of us can go three weeks or longer between dumping our blackwater tank (45 gallons), I have these visions of having a full 90 gallons of greywater tank capacity (our greywater tank is also 45 gallons).  We had a Nature's Head for my son when he lived in a casita in the...

I have four sons, ages 27-40. Each one is so different from the others, but we have all been on some rough roads together, including homelessness. But, boys are pretty resilient as long as they get the love, acceptance and emotional support they need. And, compared to watching my sister's...

I have seven of the Universal UPG121000, three in my van (2 1/2 years old) and four (1 1/2 years old) in the trailer. No hiccups, no problems so far, even though they've spent a large amount of time in 120F+ heat in the AZ and NM summers. I got the AGM because they are inside. I bought the...

Report:  Well, the SwivelsRus swivel has been installed by Hubby.  The only obstacle was his figuring out how to remove the seat (8 bolts after removing a tough-to-take-off plastic moulding). Try as I might, I couldn't find more than general information on how to install the swivel in a Nissan...

Yeah, I'm knickin' thw mirrors in on a regular basis, but the panel has been fine. The panel has been scraped through trees. With the angle of the side of the hightop, the solar panel is almost flush with the lower side of the van.  But I carry loppers and a saw. Just used the loppers last week...

Hubby and I both have solar on the side. It wouldn't work on anything but a hightop. The driver side mirror sticks way out beyond the "solar wing".  The output in the morning or with the low winter sun (with panel facing South) is amazing. We put them on hinges as we were originally going to...

I was in Truth or Consequences today and saw this RV for sale. If I recall correctly, some people like the Lazy Daze brand. Two caveats: it smells strongly of cigarettes, if that bothers you (door and windows were open) and, if you don't like him, you'll have to pull all the Bernie stickers off...

Double. Ya never know when you'll get lucky! Ted

Law, no law, I stealth with no lights on, leaving as little indication that I'm inside, if there is any possibility that I can be hassled. I get grumpy without a full night's sleep. Even in a Wal-Mart parking lot, I pretend I'm not there. My dog has been trained not to bark. If by chance I am...

Sorry about the small font, I don't know why except that I had to copy and paste it from elsewhere as my data keeps dropping out and I didn't want to lose what I had been typing. T (fixed it for you most of the way but didn't get the correct font. Moderator rvwandering)

This might be useful info for some of you with T-Mobile plans: Well, I'm back in rural New Mexico, my home base, and where I am, there is only one T-Mobile cell phone tower. The signal is 3 or 4 bars LTE, but since I was last here, there must be new users sucking up the data bandwidth as most...

I'm stuck in the city for medical appointments. Cabela's last night, Wal-Mart the previous night and tonight hospital employees parking lot. I change nightly as I don't want to wear out my welcome and burn any bridges for future use. Never any problems now or in the last 20+ years. Got rousted...

I've read that under the right conditions, solar panels will produce more than their rated capacity, in particular with cold temps and altitude. I always said to myself that I never, in my right mind, would voluntarily be there, given that I'm a wussy as far as cold is concerned.   Well today...

Yeah, I've felt uncomfortable carrying pee bottles inside to dump. But, no one ever questions liquid that is blue or green or Hawaiian Punch red. Food coloring-a little drop will do ya. Ted

Often people will use Benadryl for hives and itching. Years ago, my allergist, aside from antihistamines, recommended adding Zantac (ranitidine) to the repertoire as it is an H2 inhibibitor and about 15% of the histamines in our skin are of the H2 variety. I just found out that I'm allergic...

Somewhere you should be able to find the gross combined weight of the tow vehicle + the trailer. My combined weight limit is 16,000 pounds. I took the van (6300# empty) to a truck stop and weighed the van empty (after all the add-ons includong the batteries and installed solar) and it was 8300#...

Hubby mentioned that he had put polyiso over the denim insulation.  Photos are of the different vans in case some has a sharp eye. Ted

We have two Nissan NV vans. Hubby laughs and says that there are pockets in which you could fit a small child.  He took that blue jean insulation, pulled it into big tufts and stuffed it into the nooks and crannies.  After that, he put Reflectix with spacers. And then the paneling.  For the...

We've been traveling all over the Southern & SW US and using Amazon has been somewhat of a pain. If in a larger city, the Amazon Lockers have been fine. I have PO boxes in two towns here in NM (home base, though we're often gone) and until just a couple of months ago, many items I wanted to...

My question is, if you can't keepthe primary batteries charged all the time, how would you keep the secondary or tertiary battery banks charged? No backup batteries on the trailer. We've boondocked for months and have never taken them down more than 25%. They get only solar. Both vans have...