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    2002 Merc Villager Van 123k v6 air/heat/pwr windows work vs 2005 Saturn Ion 196k air/heat works manual windows. Gotta sell one, moving.

    Im coming to the collection of wisdom here. Ive held onto both vehicles for years. Never got off the ground with van dwelling. I will be moving to a section 8 apt in the future, and I want to sell one. The van in fair condition is 2k bluebook, but it is an ugly gold dented van with no back...
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    A wheeless van to live in (apt)

    I was watching this and thought, I gotta link this on van living forum! So many beautiful tidy ideas for living. I hope you enjoy it. I wonder if there are more Japanese tiny apt videos to watch for use of space/storeage...
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    How LONG can u live within a city of 16k? Far NW TN Dyersburg

    There is 4 hotels, a Cracker Barrel, a Planet Fitness etc. How long can I count on being able to stay moving around like 7 different day and night places like Bob says? I guess Im asking when do I become a known nuisance and the police want me out of Dyersburg? Is that even something that...
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    Widowed, which vehicle to keep or sell both?

    Hi,  Long time since I posted.  I never got on the road.  I am physically undependable to myself, more like an 80 year old energy wise. I come to the collective wisdom here to advise me what to do about these vehicles! I have a 2002 Mercury Villager 6 cyl minivan, 123k miles  Gutted of back...
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    I need your help.Laptop.Black fri/cyber mon

    Hey all, Ihave an old tablet.  I have money to get a deal on a laptop around 350.  I want to watch dvd's, download videos and fill mp3 music on a portable player.  I know that most of you have a laptop. I have never owned one.  PLease please please :heart: link me any deals you think I should...
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    Frugal over Freedom give cheapest scenario

    Coming right down to it,  I can chose sticks and bricks apartment or vanning this Fall and onward. 315 tiny apt, water trash sewer 50 electric 370 to live.  Walmart 4 minutes away  library for free internet 4 minutes.  And yes a very safe place. Now can you give to me, a living in the minivan...
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    Best micromanagement use of object/space methinks

    I think this lady knows how to pack-em! In a Toyota Sienna. I avoided ever thinking of a top storeage.  Am too weak, and ladder takes too much space.  But that pic of the amazon link for the telescopic sort of ladder is just the ticket.   I subscribed to her channel.  Oh, and dont forget to...
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    How do I live in a 5th wheel permanently in an rv/mobile home park.

    color=#333333]-   Bethanne1976 wrote  I am getting ready to leave the rent rat race and buy a fifth wheel rv and put it in a year round rv park that is considered a mobile home park by law[/color] Wait, I can do this?  :huh:  This is news to me. Id like more information about this in Tennessee...
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    Different advice for college town stealth parking Boone NC

    Boone NC       http://www.city-data.com/city/Boone-North-Carolina.html       Says population 19k but Appalachian State University 17k!!! So I have my bed in the van and will have what I need all in place within days.   I want to go somewhere cooler but close.  Boone has much cooler nights and...
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    Living without a refrigerator

    https://www.askaprepper.com/living-without-refrigerator-can-done/ I like this article, all in once place sort of info.  Didnt know about putting certain veggies root side down in water. Huh!
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    Hickory Dickory Dock

    Are you kidding me?  Mice and mice and more mices?   I watched this video by little house on the road. First thing in the morning Im buying cayenne from Walmart and sprinkling that like fairy dust.   The horror. The horror. No harm  in my carpet either! So mice in the west mice in the east. ...
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    Go shopping in my neck of the woods! Deal? No Deal?

    https://tricities.craigslist.org/search/cta?query=van&min_price=3000&max_price=8000 I thought it would be helpful for me, maybe others if you look down a Craigslist page here in the SE 3k-8k vans. Are these cheaper better value than what you see on the west coast? Are there any that really...
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    Illegal to take out passenger seat? Fines, tickets?

    So I THINK my van is finally mechanically sound enough for Daytripping.  Likely never want to stealth.  Will Daytrip and later will disperse camp for longish periods in the TVA.  Dont ever think this van could survive going to the RTR.  Wouldnt be pleased to puts lots more miles on it, or be big...
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    Folks that own a small piece of land and camp on it?

    I have come across this several times in researching how to get out there and do it. Where are folks buying little pieces of land to periodically camp/live on it? It would seem to me that zoning laws are so strict I dont know how they are getting away with doing it.  There is an older man I...
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    Cook once eat twice. No cooler.

    I give way too much thought perhaps, yet this is how Im going to eat vanning.  I DONT want to replicate life in sticks and bricks.   I can EAT a new way just like I can sleep a new way. I got my 4 qt pressure cooker and GAS ONE duo and they are shiny beautiful! What I want to do is have the...
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    WOMEN ONLY! Nice video series on Solo Women Travelers (non-USA)

                episode 1 episode 2 Enjoy!
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    Cooker 20k btu x 2 stainless 39bucks Sams Club

    https://www.amazon.com/Camp-Chef-MS2HP-Mountain-Pressure/dp/B004S3HDBO/ref=sr_1_16?crid=N8DLT6QZM46T&keywords=camp+chef+mountain+everest&qid=1565271282&s=gateway&sprefix=camp+chef+mountain+ever%2Caps%2C158&sr=8-16 I picked this up at Sams when I saw it went from 79 to 39.  You cant see it...
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    Am I nutters to only have Tracfone flip dispersed camping?

    I've never had a smart phone.   Rarely use my flip phone. As I begin to disperse camp here on the Tennessee Valley Authority, should I to buy a smartphone.  Or so what?   Any low tech nomads out there? Between solar and wifi you guys seem so cutting edge!
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    Sit, Stay, Good Girl/Boy! 14 days of poop

    You BLM folks, what the heck are you using for pooping and how the heck are you keeping it for 14 days until you can dispose of it. Seriously Ive not read/watched what you are doing about that. I just found out I can free boondock for 14 days at a time.  I have to buy something!  Then what...
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    No BLM out east, but how about TVA?

    I've only found these sites a few minutes ago.  I couldnt be more excited...
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