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    Probably leaving the forum

    It's not the amount of money, or that a website 'has to make a profit'. Sending DMs is pretty crass. Those are usually for messages between members, or a notification of an infraction or explanation about why a post was deleted if coming from an admin or mod. This was none of those. I...
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    Probably leaving the forum

    I've been admin and moderator on forums myself. It's extremely similar to Wordpress in the way both (usually) rely on PHP to put a front end on a database. With cloud products proliferating faster all the time its not like you need a physical server ina COLO facility. Ad revenue and referral...
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    Probably leaving the forum

    Its been a few months since the forum was sold. Now I'm getting direct messages asking me to contribute to keep the forum viable? (More than once I might ad) Sorry, that chore is on the owners of the forum. If people want to pay money to gain access to value added features that is great. I am...
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    Stealth in urban/ residential re:kind of vehicle

    I've lived out of cars, pickups and vans. The biggest problem with living in a car isn't being able to physically sleep in it. That can be accommodated with enough ingenuity. For me it was stuff. It's hard to fit just your clothes, shoes, toiletries and basic food things in a car. I have...
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    Stealth in urban/ residential re:kind of vehicle

    Oops wrong tab. Ok I meant to post this. Not very stealth!
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    battery-powered fans?

    I have a bag of Craftsman power tools I bought last year to work on my van with. They aren't the Craftsman I grew up with, but for $199 they get the job done. Except the circular saw blew up and made magic smoke the first time I used it. Well last time I went up in Lowes they had little fans...
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    Campground prices

    Thats an uncommonly good deal! Most of the campgrounds I've seen on the east coast and in the south are catering to 5th wheels and RVs. With a small number of truck or van campers. The private campgrounds, especially in the south, seem to be a cousin of the trailer park. They charge high daily...
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    Which Vehicle to Choose for Forest Road Boondocking?

    I see a lot of Chevy/GMC vans with rust and peeling paint. I respect them mechanically but there is something going on with a lot of fleet vans having those rust streaks after only a few years on the road.
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    Which Vehicle to Choose for Forest Road Boondocking?

    If 4wd is super important to you and you want to balance gas mileage with that, I'd recommend a Japanese Import. Either a Mitsubishi Delica mini van or an older Subaru with the longer body. I had several Legacy Outbacks in the mid 2000's to mid 2010's. They dont get exceptional gas mileage but...
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    Campground prices

    Its pretty wild the difference in price between private campgrounds and state or national park campgrounds. I find most state and national parks are $20-30. In some areas you might find even lower. Compared to private parks which are often $50-60 and pack as many sites into their acreage as...
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    Connecting solar panels

    What is more important than MPPT vs PWM is what the actual charger is designed for. My own particular MPPT charger has voltage maximum of 25V maximum total solar power of 660W, which using ohms law, 660 divided by 25= 26.4 amps max at 25 volts. But it will actually max out at 50 amps, meaning...
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    Off topic posts split from "How do u live on $700/month, truly?"

    That is one of the downsides of organics. Since they arent soaked in chemicals or genetically engineered to last forever, they will decay quickly. Lettuce is something I rarely buy for this reason. It spoils so fast! I get kale, collards or some similar robust green leafy veg instead. It's not...
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    How much trouble do you have parking overnight and stealth camping?

    wow typos in abundance. Wish the edit function didnt time out. I meant vacant Block not vacant Black. Oh yeah also about stealthing. The only stuff I leave in the front cab area are things that would lead you to believe its a work van. Tape measure, box of screws, etc. No clothing...
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    How much trouble do you have parking overnight and stealth camping?

    I've only had one incident. It wasn't a cop or a neighbor. I was parked in an industrial area. It was kind of last minute because my usual areas were messed up by street sweeping and a film crew. So i pulled up on a pretty vacant black with a bunch of warehouses in an obscure part of Brooklyn...
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    steering wheel lock - worth it at all?

    any security measure is nothing more than a deterrent. You can buy the best bike lock in the world and they will have already figured out how to break it. You can put a high tech car alarm in, and they show up with a flatbed and just winch it onboard. If you have an electronic alarm, HD door...
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    Dispersed camping attack

    While technically true, by this logic you just shouldn't go camping at all. Every time you take a step you are killing some tiny bug or lichen. Especially in primitive sites where the trails or more like vague suggestions than a maintained path. I think there is a reasonable balance between...
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    Off topic posts split from "How do u live on $700/month, truly?"

    Key to affordable veggie buying is sticking to what is in season. Tomatoes are not yet in season where live. I used to live near Oakland Chinatown, so I got in the habit of buying just what vegetables where on the front shelves outside. Which just happened to be what was in season. The price...
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    What's for dinner?

    I get canned stuff like soup or ravioli when it's on sale. Sometimes circumstances make it hard to prep and cook food the right way. Also have a few ramen bowl things. Just boil water and fill. Today for lunch I made baked beans with chopped up hot dogs. Not my first choice, but I wound up...
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    How do u live on $700/month, truly?

    There is nothing intrinsically expensive about being vegan. I've been vegetarian for 33 years. Roughly half of that time I've been vegan. Rice is cheap. Soba noodles are too. Spend $10 on vegetables and your are good for a week. It's the snacks, fake meat and condiments that add up. Try...
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    Dispersed camping attack

    back in the 90s there were a ton of ravers throwing unpermited parties on BLM land. There was nobody to complain about the noise, but a ranger woudl come through a a week later or so and find thousands of water bottles, food waste and discarded trash. This caused a lot of blowback on people...
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