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I'll vouch for Cricket's unlimited plan as well. I get LTE service all over Los Angeles and Orange County, where I'm at. I've connected to my brother's wifi at his place (uses Charter) and had to get back on Cricket's network because it was a bit more reliable. Not sure it Cricket is THAT good...

KM6DFX here. As a new HAM radio operator myself, I'm going to vouch for the Baofeng UV-5R with a Nagoya NA-771 rubber ducky. I can hit a local repeater and just yesterday reached an American living in Jerusalem! Of course, the repeater did all the work and but I read him loud and clear on my...

Love those Four Wheel Campers! But I'll have to agree with you, that 4-banger HAS to be cutting it pretty close. Which ever way you choose, make sure you pay close attention to the dry and wet weights of the camper. Anything over your GVWR or axle ratings are you're just asking for it. I...

Well... perhaps you shouldn't tell your wife about that one, huh?  :P

gojo, That's a pretty serious and dangerous problem to have! I'm not familiar with the Fords but I had an all too similar problem with my 2006 Dodge Ram 1500. I never did a burnout and I don't have "big" feet (size 10-1/2) but heard my engine revving as I was coming to a stop on several...

I'm with you 100%. It's kind of like picking up after your dog. If my dog's poop is good enough to be tossed into a trash can then so is mine! And if it's good enough for his pee to be left on x, y & z then so is mine as well. Besides, when you're risking peeing on yourself vs. peeing all over a...

There was a Enigmatic Nomadic/CheapRVLiving YouTube video that compared two stoves. I liked the one Kendall (sp?) had so I went and ordered that one from Amazon...

We use an electric kettle plugged into our 2000 watt Harbor Freight inverter, something like this:  http://www.amazon.com/Ovente-KP72W-Cordless-Electric-1-7-Liter/dp/B00DEQDEZA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1450297700&sr=8-2&keywords=electric+kettle+hamilton+beach  It takes about 5 minutes to boil...

Hi Lee, Out of curiosity, which browser are you using? If I remember correctly, since earlier this year the Google Play Store no longer supports Firefox. Have you tried using Chrome or even Samsung's browser? And if you AREN'T using the Firefox browser, try this on your phone: Settings >...

Hey Brad, The mattress is a full and I sleep across - head at wheel well, feet at the other wheel well. It was perfectly snug when I test fit the mattress in there but once I added the 1/8" Masonite sheets on either side to cover up the insulation on the walls, that additional 1/4" made me...

HAHA! I'm thinking I know where you're going with that but I'm not touching it, Bob! In all seriousness though, I do have a lady and she's perfectly comfortable SLEEPING up there. Getting up to and coming down from the bed is a bit of a struggle but it's worth the extra space.

Thanks Brad! Ventilation will come in the form of a Maxxfan or Fantastic. We have a big El Niño coming to southern California and I wasn't comfortable putting a 14" x14" hole in my roof! My construction skills begged me to wait until next spring-ish. I replaced the mattress in the pictures with...

First off, I've leeched off this site for over four years and this time I hope I've finally been able to contribute. I wrote this up in my blog (minus a few images since I maxed out here) but wanted to share it here as well seeing as my blog gets zero traffic. (I'm not going to pretend that I...

Talk about a motley crew, my goodness! The pictures surely do help but I have a sneaking suspicion that I'll still get everyone's name wrong... except Bob! So I'd like to apologize in advance.  That being said, I'm Tony! Here I am at El Mirage dry lake bed in Southern California last October...

I see every bit of that in myself. I dislike my job. I dread going to the office so much that I stress about work when I'm not even there. I've been in the hospital twice due to bleeding ulcers caused from heavy drinking - my mode of self medication to relieve said stress. I have to continue...

I will definitely dig up some pictures as soon as I can find a spare moment. It's not much to look at but I'm proud of how it turned out nonetheless! Thanks for your help, Cyndi!

Roadtramp, Careful what you ask for. If we happen to cross paths at the RTR, your brain is going to be picked my friend. Wagoneer, Wassapennin'? Bigger isn't always better but this case, it really is. My lady will be coming with on the trips and I'll be full timing on my own so we shall soon...

TMG, To be fair, I'm not full-timing yet so good news is I haven't run into any problems! The place I work at recently acquired a new fleet of trucks that park in our lot overnight. Although they're not exactly vans, I'm hoping to blend in with them. Hiding in plain sight has been my #1 priority...

Hi there folks, I just wanted to reintroduce myself to you fine people. I've been around, mostly hiding in the shadows and sucking up all your information like a sponge. Thank you very much! My first attempt at living simply was in the back of a camper shell on my pickup truck. After realizing...

Well, I finally did it. After years of wanting it and months and months of research, I finally saved up enough to purchase my 100w solar panel starter kit from Renogy! Since I'm in Southern California, I decided to just drive out to Chino, CA and pay them a visit. I don't quite trust the...