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I have a free non-working propane RV furnace that you could fix and make working. It’s only available through Christmas (getting scrapped after Christmas), and it’s in South San Jose. PM me if you’re interested.

Imagine pulling into a truck stop to fuel up and spend the night after a full travel day. It’s Friday and you’re looking forward to the weekend. You check your bank account balance to see how much money is now in the tank, and recalibrate your budget. You find your account has several hundred...

I am not being paid to share this, and do not recieve any financial compensation or have any financial incentive to make this post. What you are about to discover is the best book about money I have ever seen. It confirms our suspicions about money, saving in the stock market, the rat race...

He builds a mini oil refinery at home to pyrolyze waste plastic into high-grade, low sulfur diesel & gasoline. It could be improved to use the byproducts (propane, butane gas) as energy to power the reaction, requiring no inputs other than waste plastics.  Please watch the full video series...

This video came out in July 2015. I wish I knew about this because I was after a durable, hard to kink garden hose that stores in half of the the space of a regular garden hose. How will you use the space savings? Im going to double the legnth of garden hose I carry.   Garden hoses from the...

This is a video about why portable A/Cs suck and how A/C works. It is very informative with detailed explanations. 

Wow! The 12v chest fridges have really come down in price for a starter unit!  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073WYS3TR When I saw the price I thought “this can’t be compressor based, it thermoelectric made to look like a 12v mini chest fridge” I read the description and yes, it’s compressor...

April 1st, 2019 Frugal RVers are saving money in a new way this year. Snowbirding has a target on its back as a budget item to cut. Last December, a group of RVers talked around the campfire about what they could save if they didn't leave Q next year at all. A cool cat vandweller posted about...

Bigger is better with evaporative cooling. This is a beastly (for a Van) portable evaporative cooler. it’s a little bit bigger than 2 5 gallon buckets stacked, it puts out upto 1100 CFM (it has 3 speeds. This has a real rigid cooling pad with air intake screen.  It does use 110v but that is...

paulapant     Don't chase money or goals at the expense of who you are.⠀     ⠀     For example:⠀     - Don't choose a degree/job/career for the paycheck alone.⠀     - Don't choose a city/state/country for its low cost-of-living.⠀     - Don't buy a house just because it's cheap.⠀     - Don't make...

This is a very genius product selling for under $5 at Harbor Freight. It’s a rechargeable mini flashlight that plugs into cig lighter socket to recharge. It can even shine while charging! This is a must for low budget mobile dwelling. Don’t forget your HF coupon insert with product coupons, 20%...

I discovered another option for vandweller A/C: Aquarium Chiller as a modular or stealth A/C unit. You can put the chiller in the cab with the windows down, camoflauge it on the exterior of the van, anywhere outside the space to be cooled. You will need plumbing for this A/C option, including a...

!!APPROVE THIS VERSION!! I need a boost as my drive test nears. Today is June 19th and my DMV drive test is on June 29th, 9 days away. is I’m with San Jose Truck Driving School, and I had my first drive on public streets yesterday. I'm comfortable with the Air Brakes & in-cab inspections, And...

I want to share this one simple trick for finding the most robust year, makes, models, engines & transmissions. Ask a honest mechanic shop what they work on THE LEAST. Logic begs a robust vehicle that Needs minimal maintenance will not go into the shop very often. Be sure to specify that you’re...

Need someone to check out a Craigs Listing? Need boots on the ground to do reconnisance on something in the South Bay Area, especially pertaining to South San Jose by a local who has lived in South San Jose his whole life? For example, you need 5 possible sleep spots near a tech campus BEFORE...

I dreamed I was reading a r/frugal reddit thread which went along the lines of this. These aren’t the exact words but the message is close to what I felt in the dream.  OP: I need help convincing myself I don’t want to go hiking.  Remembered Response 1: If you truly love an activity, you will...

Here is one proven, practical way to effectively spot cool yourself in a van in any place, even in Florida: Ice-based Hydronic Cooling using water-to-air heat exchanger. You will need to have ice or cool water for it to provide a A/C-like breeze out of the heat exchanger. I am so confident in...

"At what point does saving a few pennies become absurd?" That's easy a) when it ends up being more costly if you factor in the money value of your time. Take your hourly wage from work. Let's say it's $10/hour. If you find yourself spending three hours of your personal time to save $20, then...

I discovered the other day a PORTABLE mini-split air conditioner. If you need to know why this is a big deal, split A/C units are fundamentally the most efficient form of A/C, and until now have not been available in a portable form. Window A/Cs are hard to stealthify, Mini-Splits are costly and...

On of my favorite YouTubers did a test comparing the BTU capacity of water vs wax. I’m sharing this (  ) for forum Members considering heating systems with thermal storage. Compare the results for yourself.