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What a mess. I'd definitely try to sell, donate, or TRASH as much as possible before that happens instead of getting a storage unit. I, in hind sight, had plenty of time to do more (in terms of getting rid of stuff) before I lost everything. Foreclosed the commercial building, foreclosed the...

Lots of great comments from everybody! Really does seem like a universal problem in today's world. I just wanted to add that another part of my hesitation in this whole process has been, "Well, what if I don't like the road? Then I got rid of all of this for nothing". But as the year has...

I'm really dreading the day I have to deal with stuff from loved ones that are no longer with us. Both of my parents have a little bit of the hoarding gene and I seem to be the child that most inherited it. I also feel like I'm the only one that will step up and try to deal with it. I've...

It really is great. :) I mostly posted this in case other people were in the same boat. I've had to read so many different forum posts and blogs out there to stay motivated and tell myself that I really can get rid of all this junk, and not only would life go on, but I'd be okay too. My new...

This year I've started to love throwing stuff away. I had a 10x20 storage unit for the last 4 years. Absolutely packed from wall to wall and to the ceiling (9-10' ceiling?). Earlier this year I started to sort through it all. It really has been an all year project for me. This is practically...

In Michigan to even remotely throw Toys R Us and Amazon in the same category is absurd. Two years ago I worked at TRU for the holidays and made $7.75 an hour. They kept me on after the holidays and I worked 4 hours a week until I left for something more reasonable. Three years ago I worked at...

I hear a lot of fear talking in this thread. Are you sure you guys want to go live in a van, on the streets, or in a forest? I realize a lot of people here, like me, are still only on the path to vandwelling or living in an RV but to me that's kind of the whole point of it. Stepping out of the...

Congrats on the van, can't wait to see what you do with it and the adventures you create!

I agree with what idn88 said. Here in Michigan 87 is regular, 89 is midgrade and 91 is premium. Some stations do have E85 but that's special junk and don't use it unless you have a special car (flexfuel). &nbsp;<br><br>Higher octane fuels require more compression to detonate and is generally...

While my next step later this week&nbsp;is the new carb, and I'm hoping it fixes it, for the record I will just mention (since it was asked) I've already replaced plugs, wires, cap, rotor, distributor, air filter, fuel pump, fuel filters (2), power steering pump, both belts, breather cap, an...

Wow a lot more people replied to this than I was notified of. Haha. Thanks for all the replies. After messing around with stuff for a while, and getting distracted by other, less pertinent, issues I finally decided to just plop down some money. I had planned to rebuild the carb myself but I like...

Any old Dodge experts out there on this here forum? By old I mean Vintage Dodges, not necessarily the humans.<br><br>I've got a '77 motorhome with the 360. Runs fine when it's cold.&nbsp; Drives great when I'm at highway speeds. Once it warms up it runs rough at low speed (slowing down to a stop...

There's some pics on my blog at drivebyandy.com. they might be on page two by now. No pics of the shower bath combo though.

I've just got two cats, Rudy and Abby. They're both somewhere between 5 and 6 years old now.

Thanks. I had actually passed it up the first time I went to look at it but I couldn't stop thinking about it and I was actually depressed when I came home after not buying it. I went back up a few days later and bought it. &nbsp;I drove it 180 miles back home without any problems, amazingly...

I had been building a van for myself (even had a conversion thread going) but then progress stalled during the winter and my doubts had finally gotten the best of me. <br><br>Two weeks ago I bought a 20' motorhome! It's the same length as my van but as you probably know, the extra width and...

<p>Seems like a lot of unreasonable fear disguised as an excuse to not live your live the way you want. If you roll anything you're having a bad day. <br><br>Be aware, drive a reasonable speed, and have new&nbsp;experiences.</p>

I wonder if this is a Michigan thing, though I'm sure it's probably not. But surely different parts of the country must have stronger ties to feelings like this? Seems like I heard somewhere that families in Michigan tend to stay fairly close to each other.&nbsp;I've been debating posting...

I'm not in my van yet, but in the end I decided a roof vent was too much hassle for me too. The only small hole that's currently in my fiberglass top is one for my solar panel wiring, and I plan to keep it that way. My next idea was to put small air vents (I got some 3" round vents from Lowes)...

With the idea of living in a van or RV or what-have-you the reality is some of us simply decide we can't bring our pets with us. I've lived with my cats in small spaces and a small travel trailer before so I know it's possible and I know they adjusted fairly easily.<br><br>My cats are a result...