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txmnjim  -  I was very reluctant to have any flame in my car.  Coffee and any cooking are by electricity.  My heater is very, very well secured, spaced away from combustibles, vented and the idea with all the rocks and steel is to heat everything up and then turn it off.  I can't see leaving it...

You could buy an electric, pedal assist semi-trailer bike and build a 5th wheel camper. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e4/00/5c/e4005c31674b86d1611fabe413df9c24.jpg MG

A few weeks ago I went to bed under a thin sleeping bag and a liner.  By morning I had added 2 blankets and a tarp and was still cold.  There was ice on the puddles.  I turned on the car. I went to the only store in the nearest town and bought a single burner stove that screws onto the top of a...

I'm not sure where I started but, as my mind and curser wandered around and followed different links I eventually ended up here. Gypsy Roma and Traveller History and Culture | The Traveller Movement It describes a history of centuries of different racial and social groups who have lived on the...

Here's a helpful tip for anyone using a tarp over anything. This assumes that you have a collection of trees, poles or at least one of the previous and your vehicle. To support the middle of the tarp in the classic pup tent shape, I wrap one end of a ratchet strap around a tree at the required...

Every time I come home I have lists of things to change, fix or modify.  There have been quite a few changes since the beginning of the summer. Two of the pictures show the bed and a bit of what's under it.  I removed a rear seat and bolted a box in its place.  A smaller box in front of it...

Every time I come home I have lists of things to change, fix or modify.  There have been quite a few changes since the beginning of the summer. Two of the pictures show the bed and a bit of what's under it.  I removed a rear seat and bolted a box in its place.  A smaller box in front of it...

Me too.   Those of us trying to heat a very small space face the problem that most commercial heaters just aren't small enough.  A diesel heater is about the only thing available with a low enough output.  In a car, aside from the problem of finding a safe space, a few minutes of many heaters...

tx2sturgis said "A little over my budget. But hey, after they overpay for this overbuilt rig, I will let them overnight here as they overland out west to the overpriced adventure rallies. Not saying it's over the top...but it kinda is. Over." It's a cab-over too.

This is only slightly relevant but it shows that the obvious isn't always obvious. A cabin had 4 sets of bunk beds, 2 on each of the longer walls, with a window between each pair of bunk beds. The cabin, and others like it had originally been built with insulation. Later an electric...

I've always thought that this is where the electric vehicle revolution should have started. Cities are full of small delivery vehicles moving at low speeds or idling all day. It would have been an easier market to standardize and charging stations could more easily be added at loading docks...

If you rode a bike 100 miles in 13 months it sounds like it spent an awful lot of time just sitting. MG

For the past year I have been returning to modifying my Kia Sportage and going madly off in all directions on 2-10 day trips that always result in a few more changes to the Sportage RV. This type of trip has been my inspiration for years in a variety of vehicles. As an employed person my trips...

Hi, The other day, while browsing for vehicles, I typed Unimog into Craigslist because I really like Unimogs, not because I think it would be a practical choice.  There is a really nice, well maintained, 1990, former ambulance for sale for just under $120,000.  Yup, 6 digits.  I looked at the...

More and most important. Make sure that all fuel cylinders are turned off and / or REMOVED from the appliance. A few years ago in Downtown Vancouver a plumber left his gear in the trunk of his car, like he always did. It seems likely that there was a tiny acetylene leak somewhere in the...

I store my water in 1.5 litre bottles all over the car, wherever I can fit them. Two of the places are under the seats. Even on the hottest days, a bottle of water pulled out from under the seat is always cooler than from anywhere else. I now keep my little green propane bottles down there...

These are some of the places I've been over the past few weeks. MG

It's very understated on the website but, BC has some of the best remote and backcountry camping sites there are.  The website introduction says; "B.C. offers a host of exceptional recreation opportunities. While some of the province’s most spectacular recreation features are located in parks...

It's a very small sub-genre but, I've found several recordings of Gerry Garcia singing Warren Zevon songs and Warren Zevon singing Grateful Dead songs. MG

The Sylvansport also looks more like it could get down the dirt road to the camp site. They both seem like promising signs of things to come. MG