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Then park it in a commercial/industrial area.

I think you should spend lots of money and time on the living area only if the mechanical areas are in top condition. There have been too many threads where people get an old, worn out vehicle and spend huge amounts of time and money fixing up the living area--only to have substantial mechanical...

You can tow a trailer with a passenger van--which can be used as a second bedroom or whatever.

No. You should not believe cellular operators' coverage maps!!! You might consider multiple services--with one of the Verizon prepaid services as a backup to a cheaper T-Mobile or Sprint primary service.

What exactly are the problems with a slide-in?

Probably you can sell this truck for more than a van would cost you--and you wouldn't have the massive amount of welding, etc to do. I also think the van would be more stealthy than your converted truck.

Here's a Straight Talk forum: http://www.howardforums.com/forumdisplay.php/551-Straight-Talk including a 1,000+ post thread on throttling: http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1793580-OFFICIAL-Straight-Talk-and-Throttling

The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer.

How much is the vehicle worth? If just a few thousand I would just get liability.

Probably you should repost the ad in the Trading Post sub-forum--otherwise people won't see it.

Does anyone have any numbers for the prices of alternative fuels? If you do this you can use converters to calculate the price for BTU, for example: http://nepacrossroads.com/fuel-comparison-calculator.php While I would agree propane is the most convenient I doubt if it is the cheapest. Propane...

The question is if there is any woman vandweller going to RTR who would be willing to share her accomodations with GypsyChic. So even if she is coming from an opposite direction than Portland, GypsyChic might be able to take a bus, train or airplane to meet up with her somewhere to continue on...

Anyone know the situation with buses nowadays? It used to be you could travel all over the country fairly cheaply. Likewise there is the Amtrak train service. So perhaps GypsyChic could travel to San Francisco or Los Angeles or another convenient location in the West and meet up with a woman...

http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/polar-vortex-to-vist-central-u/36890008 Is everyone prepared?

Around here $16,000/year is not considered super-low income.

I think voting in person and voting by mail (absentee ballot) are the only two options. Or do some states allow internet voting? I voted by mail, too.

Some ideas: http://community.cookinglight.com/showthread.php?70841-High-protein-portable-snacks-meals http://fitknitchick.com/2012/08/15/5-healthy-emergency-snacks-no-refrigeration-required/ http://www.sailingbreezes.com/sailing_breezes_current/articles/may03/refrigeration.htm...

Post some pictures of your van. If you do this you might get some suggestions for better space usage.

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"I see so many good used vehicles out there for decent prices" I disagree with this. There are two characteristics that are important here that it is very difficult to find in the vehicles out there: fuel economy and stealth. When fuel economy is 7-8 miles/gallon you feel you can't afford to...