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I used these plastic mounting brackets from Amazon. They worked fine. Solar Panel Brackets Black ABS Solar Panel Mounting Brackets 7 Drill-Free Corner Bracket Support Kit for Wood Frame RV Boat Campers Caravans Hood (Corner Bracket,Side Bracket,Cable Entry Gland)...

Usually they form an area called “Stepvan Row” somewhere out there. If you look up Paul Barger aka “Breadtrucker” on IG or YT etc, he usually knows where to go for Stepvan fellowship. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

I have a Stepvan for my side hustle and I’m gonna use it for adventuring as well. I’ve had 2 cargo vans in the past. They get too crowded really fast but the Stepvan is huge. The Stepvan probably gets the worse mpg, but it also depends on the motor/ tranny and rear end. I feel safe in mine but...

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More like automatic tranny. My tranny is a manual SM 465, 3spd w/ granny low. It’s a 74 and speed limits were lower back then and it’s running pretty high rpms at 50 mph. Higher rpms at that speed is going through some serious fuel. An alternative tranny for mine would be a TH400. Idk how the...

A lot of the good places are starting to disappear due to the scumbag “litterbugs on wheels” people. Respect the area, leave it nicer than you found it etc... The plant where I work has a security crew that drives around looking through the parking lots but even with them, people spend the...

If you can move the seat back that shouldn’t be too hard depending on how it’s mounted and if there is a partition behind it. But idk what you can do about lack of room for your feet. It’s very unfortunate. Do you usually have this problem with other vehicles? Sent from my iPhone using...

Mines 7600# gvw so it wasn’t even big enough to require them to remove wheels and check brakes in our State inspection and the title and vin said it was a pickup already so I didn’t have to modify anything other than the change in ownership when I bought it. For the time being it’s a personal...

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I’m the same way. Seems like most of those big fancy big budget builds get sold off within a year and cost as much as a house. I like those simple budget common sense builds. Look forward to seeing the progress! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

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That’s good. Mine was titled as a pickup, and Im using it as a regular vehicle but will bump my insurance up to commercial when I start using it with my side hustle. Right now it’s $33 a month. Will go up to $80 when it’s commercial. Key note, only issues I’ve heard with Stepvans is if your...

It’s all fixable, the question is how much your willing to spend? Like others said, get estimates, and personally I’d buy OEM replacement panels and do it right. Most everything on there is replaceable. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Yeah as I said I’m no expert with wood stuff, just picked up stuff that said was good underlayment and wasn’t expensive. And the stuff I got is just fine and I didn’t fasten it down with anything cause there were no contours to worry about. Can split hairs about what the best stuff is but it’ll...

I personally just bought whatever plywood was on sale and it’s probably max about 5/8” thk. You don’t want it too heavy jmo... I’m not a wood expert. I didn’t seal it with anything and there was no off gassing. I put life proof brand (Texas oak), vinyl plank over the top. It was designed to...

I was concerned about that too so I alternated between compressed air and a shop vac with small tube and used a cheap usb inspection camera and didn’t put the plugs back in until they’re were clear. The heads are soft aluminum on a steel block. If the heads were steel I would never attempt to do...

Ford will be offering a hybrid with their Transits soon. Well, assuming the economy comes back. Smith EV I heard is coming back in the US as well. There is a final assembly building near me in KC Missouri that is gonna start back up after their business got shuttered. Sent from my iPhone...

Knowing what I know now, the issue doesn’t bother me anymore cause it’s an easy fix. Don’t even have to pull the cylinder head. Just remove the COP, the spark plug and then drill/ tap, and run the plugs back in with the new insert( with the high temp loctite). Only two details that come up is...

Yeah I was pretty pissed about it and even with my connections couldn’t get any assistance. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Checkout a small breadtruck. Mine is the size of the largest transit or sprinter and looks like an industrial vehicle. Can park in any manufacturing or industrial parking lot overnight with no issues... I don’t live in mine (it’s business/ recreational), but I know people that do live in their...