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The government is telling you there is no concern about inflation yet I-bonds are paying 7.12% right now heh heh. It isn't a bad place to park some cash if you are saving up for something, heck of a lot better than a bank account rate. You can set up a online account at treasurydirect.gov (it...

It is an expensive option but Costco just put the Yeti 3000x package with 200 watt Boulder solar kit on sale for $2700. The Yeti 3000x alone on the Goal Zero site is $3400. I have the slightly older yeti 3000, which has a 1500 watt pure sine inverter instead of the 2000 watt version in the...

Ok, this is a long shot but you guys know a lot about engines... We were at the pole barn yesterday and I smelled a strong smell of gas.   I sniffed around stuff like an old outboard motor, small gas can and finally opened the snowmobile trailer.   Gas was dripping out of one of the...

I was toying with the idea of trading in our 2017 Ford F150 4x4 and our 2018 Ford Transit mid roof for a 2020 Ford Transit AWD (with the same 3.5L ecoboost we have now). We are only using the F150 during the winter, the rest of the year it just sits gathering dust, age, and insurance payments. ...

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/dog-owner-licked-by-pet-dies-after-suffering-multiorgan-failure-214454177.html mod edit: the above link talks about a disease dogs and cats can carry that can be fatal to humans. it also has auto play videos. Please include a description with all links.

How might a person advance past the hobby stage of gold mining and get a little business going producing enough gold to show a profit?

Just thought I would share the design we chose for mounting a queen size mattress in our 2018 Ford Transit mid roof, 148 inch WB, non extended van.   This should work in most any van however. First we mounted two six foot sections of aluminum L-track using 1/4" stainless steel 1" flat head...

I am eyeing that Yeti 3000, 3000 watt lithium battery/inverter/charger thing.  I have the Yeti 1000 and like it. $2250 on sale vs $3000.   A lot of money but 3Kwh is a lot of lithium battery.   On the fence though. It is only a tiny bit larger than the Yeti 1000.   Weird.

Welp, I broke down and bought a new 2018 Ford Transit 250 148" wheelbase medium roof with the 3.5L ecoboost. They had a lot of incentives for the 2018 models bringing it under $30k.  It has 45 miles on it and full warranty from date of purchase (verified).  Pretty basic model though, no heated...

So guys and gals, what was a good year for the Sprinter that was used in the Winnebago view conversion back in the 2006 to 2008 era? I am seeing those years priced in the $40,000 to $50,000 range with extremely low mileage compared to some fleet cargo sprinter.   Things like 44,000 miles, which...

I keep going back and forth between truck and van.   I want 4x4 but the only 4x4 van is the sprinter and they are not even really available for 2019 until fall. I am now looking at 2019 Ford F-550 4x4 supercab trucks with a flatbed, on which I would put either our living pod or garage pod...

Is there anything on the market right now in a high top commercial van (no interior or windows) that comes in all wheel drive (for pulling a trailer in snow sometimes)?    Budget is ~$40,000 so probably gas. What do people like right now?

$5M for a tent to house as many as 100 homeless people. That is $50k a year per homeless person for housing.   For a tent. And you wonder why people hate paying taxes.

A couple of days ago I decided to try out RobinHood to see if it would actually be any good. I had heard some things about it but figured it had to be pretty slow or some catch, since it is supposed to be commission free trading. I figured what the heck and started the account with an invite...

I have been using Cricket $55 unlimited plan for 1.5 years.  Averaging about 90GB a month. Now they say I am using hotspot without a hotspot plan but they don't offer a hotspot for my phone (only a few select phones are on their list) They say reform or they give me the boot in 20 days. So I...

We took a little break this winter from our RV travels and settled down in NE Washington state.   Knowing that it is going to get down to zero and below, I was not really comfortable staying in the RV here even though we purchased some mountain property and stayed there spring/summer/fall.   We...

Damn forest fire somewhere in the area has blanketed the sky with a yellow haze here in eastern Washington. It is still 97 degrees but now the solar panels are only putting out 550 watts instead of 900. A/C uses 650 watts. Result:  Hot RV or depleted batteries. We are having to run the...

Ok, so now that the days are longer, even here in eastern Washington, I have noticed the batteries are back to full charge at 11am from running the compressor fridge, propane furnace fan and laptops overnight.  When I wake up battery capacity is at 83% fairly consistently. I have now started to...

We are buying 28 acres of fairly flat timber land with a nice gravel driveway already in and fairly decent timber in eastern Washington.  No well or surface water but we could drill a well for around $12k to $15k based on neighbor's results and depth.   For the amount of time we are going to...

So what do you guys think about the idea of buying a 2015 Nissan Leaf with its 24kW lithium battery bank (with the 5 to 10 year warranty they come with) and using it as a towable power source? Because of various incentives or something, you can pick up a 2015 Leaf with about 20,000 miles on it...