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Although I never met him, from his presence on this forum, HDR was a great leader, teacher, disciplinarian, sage, encyclopedia of truck info, and loyal to the end to CRVL.

"Research any vehicle before you throw money into it. It sucks to have to walk away from a years work and parts because of a blown motor or transmission." That advice is so elementary but it hit me between my eyes. A reliable vehicle rates above a great build for me. In fact, I now see the...

For me, that's a desirable van because it's too old to have or require all the government mandated smog and safety equipment. Don't restore it, just refresh all the needed parts and use it. My '87 4-wheel drive Chevy half ton has an unknown amount of miles since the odometer only reads to...

That is very sad news. I'll miss his presence on the forum.

"After being on here a bit and seeing some of the equipment people are using, I've realized some aren't living so "cheap"! Thanks for this thread Uncle Toto and to Spaceman Spiff for his list of expenses. Lots of learning to do from others. There's a reason some are living in their cars and...

The Gross Vehicle Weight Rating is basically the maximum total safe weight of your vehicle, counting the curb weight (the weight of our vehicle when empty), plus the weight of your passengers, fuel, any accessories added to the vehicle, cargo, and the “tongue weight” of a tow trailer (normally...

Clair de Lune, my daughter has a 2008 Fit. I was surprised at the 2000 lb rating. I just looked at her Fit's door sticker. It said combined weight of people and cargo should not exceed 850 pounds. Perhaps later models are beefed up. Here's a link to a Fit forum with conversations about Fit's...

"I do not have a tall vehicle and my travel trailer is also not a tall one so they are not as much at risk as a high top van, a tall cargo van or a motorhome or even a standard size van. My Honda Element is basically a mini sized SUV." Wow! Words of wisdom. This confirms my choice of living in...

Imeirish "YES - life in a SUV is entirely possible. I know because I do it every day." Thanks for your sharing your enthusiasm, experience, and knowledge. I appreciate that you've been there, done it, and approve of the life style. Car inhabitants may be in the minority on this forum but it's...

"I own land in Happy Camp and hope to be able to live there again in a few years. That's my current plan. I'd be happy to have a nice deck with a yurt on it." Travelaround, you have a great spirit of survival. Praying for you.

Travel Around, praying for you and your children to recover from the loses. I've lost a lot but not from losing home and personal possessions so quickly.

Momentum is mass times speed. I've never trashed any vehicle. My experience is obviously in different conditions than yours. In my situations, momentum has kept both drive wheels pushing since I was moving. With a normal street vehicle, once stopped in mud or deep sand, when one drive wheel...

I forgot to mention that with a standard rear end you hopefully only have to dig one wheel out. I've been through some slippery stuff that had a bottom and used momentum to slip/slide through.

My experience with four wheel drive is that you can bury four tires quickly in mud. I did that with a road grader, all four drive wheels were always locked. I was trying to pull a stuck pickup out and sunk the grader up to it's cab. A long chain and a front end loader pulled us both out. A four...

"Do you know, by any chance, if induction device needs inverter and who can install it." Yes, you will need an inverter that consumes DC watts to provide the AC watts (volts x amps) needed by your AC induction device. If it needs a 1000 watts, your inverter, being inefficient, may draw a lot...

Bosnia, as Sofisintown said, there's lots of good information on Prius's here. Use the forum search on the top of the forum page and you will learn a lot from people who have and are living in them. I apologize for my first post. I've been enthusiastic about living in a Prius for awhile. I...

Greetings Bosnia, I have considered the Prius as a home. My take on it is that is a vehicle with an small engine that's connected to a big generator that charges a big battery. Solar cells are optional. The motor and battery can supply lots of energy because the motor will start automatically...

In the early seventies I removed all but my drivers side seat in a 1970 Datsun 510. I custom cut several pieces of plywood that went the length of the passenger side floor. Being a youngster I slept well on that plywood in my sleeping bag. Now I will need a several pieces of foam. But I had the...

Hi Reuben, I appreciate the simplicity of car camping. Your Lincoln Town car is ideal. I've heard that they are reliable and well built. Taking out the front passenger and back seats opens up the interior and you still have the trunk for storage. Good car camping tents have have space to stand...

Just Curious, you bought a low roof van. I assume your back is in great shape. I can see several advantages: more for sale, less air resistance and side wind effects, and maybe not used as hard as a high roof, one ton commercial van. What were your reasons for choosing that roof height? One...