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The title sort of says it all. We are very new at the whole trailer thing. We’ve done some  Traveling in our van and living out of it, but the camper trailer is way new.  When parking overnight say at a Walmart or whatever else do you need to unhitch to take the weight off of the vehicle? Maybe...

Hey everyone- We're going to be going through South Dakota and while looking through Campendium and freecampsites we found a bunch of places. I was wondering if anyone had any places that they've been to in SD that they liked and might want to turn us on to. We're headed toward Rapid City...

Howdy all-   Elissa and I hope you are all having a brilliant day. I have a question about the roof of my wife and I's camper trailer. We were on a ladder looking for a spot to put the solar panels and noticed that the skin of the roof is loose and it looks like its not flat at all. We've had...

Hi everyone- I hope everyone is doing well. I was wondering is it possible to replace the foot on the tongue trailer jack with a wheel and if so what are the considerations? Type of wheel and weight that sort of thing. Wishing y'all the best.

We have been looking for either a school bus or a camper trailer since the RTR (which was a blast). Having found one we're bringing the lady a cashiers cheque tonight and "you know who" is going to be towing it back. I'm super anxious about it. It's a small 17 foot 2800 pound GVWR thingy. It's...

Hey All- I have a success story...sort of. We live in Minnesota and the last few days it's been near or below zero. This kind of weather is good to run an engine a little, so you can keep the battery charged and just keep everything working. I didn't do that with the van, and just went out...

Hey y'all- I picked up some other solar stuff from a buddy, and have been testing it out. One panel, two lead acid trojans, an mppt charge controller and various other stuff. He didn't want it so I thought I'd see if I couldn't work it into what I already have. I had to fill the batteries...

Hello All- I live in Minnesota and we are about to get some pretty cold months. We're planning on going to the RTR but in the mean time I think I remember that it's not healthy for a deep cycle to be in the very very cold. Right now it's hooked up to my solar array and the alternator, but I am...

Hi y'all- I'm curious about something. I installed the solenoid in my van it took some doing because I couldn't find an open keyed fuse under the hood. I ended up bringing it into the cab and hooking it up to a switch which runs off of the 12 V lighter thing. Flip the switch and you hear the...

Hi everyone- Unca_T here. Elissa and I took our first excursion in our van last week. It was meant to be super fun and a bit of a shake down test. I wanted to see what would happen and how things worked. Everything worked really well, but as you'd expect issues came up. Nothing icky just...

Hey Gang- It's been awhile since I've posted here, but I'm still around. I've been busy building the van out and I have a question. Is there any reason why the battery and it's ensuing control panel need to be next to each other? I'm having a hard time finding spots for it, so I'm trying to...

Hey Gang- I was wondering what tools van dwellers bring with them in their vans. I think this would be a great new video series. What do y'all think? What tools did or would you bring with on your journey? Thanks. Trevor

Greetings fellow spirits on this grand adventure called, 'Life'. These are photo's, and links to two videos and the original blog post on insulating our van which we have lovingly called, 'Woody'.  First off I realize that lots of folks can’t watch the video so I posted some photos and tried...

Hey Gang- I'm not sure if this is the right spot on the forum or not. There was one called conversions so..that might be the place. It's pretty big in here. Lots of little rabbit holes to drop down into and learn stuff. Here is my blog entry and video that I promised yesterday on my first...

Hey Gang- I am progressing well on my van conversion and have a blog and video post scheduled it tomorrow. I'll probably put a link up tomorrow for folks to have a look. My question is about the house batteries being charged by the alternator. I plan to wire them up so they can get charged via...

I'm not to sure if this is the place where I can put this or not. If not. Well, sorry gang. Here's a short little video that we did of the van we just bought. It includes test driving it and then driving it after we got it. Have a good night y'all. Trevor...

Hey Gang - My wife and I just bought our first van. It's a 2001 Chevy Express 5.7 liter V8, and for someone who's used to smallish cars that's a lot of  vehicle. It didn't have any seats in it and there are a lot of cracks in the interior plastic which is fine, because it's my Winter project to...