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I recently viewed a vandweller's van and she was very proud of her composting toilet.   "No bad smells at all." she stated.   I'm sorry, but you must have Cov19, 'cuz I certainly smell it. I have toured other dwellers vans who claimed the same thing.  Their vans smelled also. I don't know why...

3 years ago I bought a large PowerSonic gel battery to use as the house battery for my Dodge van high top, and it has worked flawlessly.  13 months ago I parked the van in outdoor storage in California.  I recently went to retrieve the van and found the doors unlocked.  Looking at the LCD screen...

Found on dirt road in Ehrenberg:  CD/DVD case with movies inside. Identify via PM only.

I just wrapped up the last 3 days of Schoolie Palooza in Ehrenberg, and I can say with certainty it was the best event of the year in Arizona for 2020. There were nomads in every type of vehicle from all over the USA and Canada.   The whole group was friendly, good food, good times, great...

This year I have found it interesting that Verizon's signal has varied greatly depending on location. La Posa South was horrible during the day with 1 to 2 bars, but improved after 11:00 pm till 6:00 am.  That suggests a combination of weak signal and tower congestion. Scadden Wash (Par T R)...

For the past 2 weeks the internet speed on Verizon towers has been anywhere from painfully slow to not usable at various times of the day. Last night, New Year's Eve, the speed went from very slow to a whopping 21 Mbps.  It was so fast there was almost zero lag time.  This speed was measured by...

For the past 3 nights I have been cursed by the Nomad gods to have those behemoth class A rigs park within 50 yards of me and run generators for hours that rattle my step van.   One would think that for all that money they would have solar, or at least quiet generators.  I suspect that these...

I love my Dodge high top van, but not having a comfortable way to shower when needed was a deal breaker for me. A real one piece fiberglass shower with hot water was the centerpiece of my step van build design.  Now after living in the step van for almost a year I realize just how much money I...

Enjoying the warm weather (it's relative, snowing in Oregon) and having fun with the ham radio.

I just got fed up with 8 hours of Visibles customer service by text then saying my problem was my ZTE R2 phone, and I needed to contact ZTE for warranty service.  I spent another hour with them, and they said it was a bad SIM card. Visible then wanted to run through the same tests that had been...

Overall length of Dipstick from top of Dipstick tube to tip is 36 3/8 inches. Top of Dipstick tube to full line is 33 3/8 inches; to add line is 33 7/8 inches. Could not access PMs so I hope you find this post.

I arrived at the Walmart in Anderson, CA at dusk and noticed an obvious absence of RVs in the parking lot.   There were 3 big rigs parked off to the side. I asked an employee if overnight parking was OK and he said it was for trucks only, and suggested I check in with Customer Service.   The...

This will be the real test of my insulation and Propex vented heater. Kinda glad to test it as I'm heading down to Pahrump the second week in November, then Parker and Quartzsite after that.

Right before the 2016 RTR I purchased a twin size memory foam mattress from The Foam Factory.   It was HQ base foam and 5 pound memory foam, the best they offered.   It came with a 10 year guarantee. About a month ago the mattress began hurting my back so I unzipped the cover and the photos...

I have just finished 3 round trips from Sacramento, CA to Oregon carrying personal items in my Grumman Olson step van which as a 3.9 L  4 cylinder turbo charged Cummins 4BT diesel motor.   The van is a GMC chassis, 1990, with a rock crusher 4 speed transmission.  It has a governor, so the top...

Just got back from "Descend on Bend", a 4 day van event off Highway 31 near LaPine, Oregon.   There were over 450 vans at that event (minimum ticket price was $55.00, max price $105.00)  About 400 of the vans were various forms of Vanagon, a few air cooled VWs, and the rest were "other" than VW...

ITC Votes In Favor Of Imposing Tariffs On Cheap (Chinese) Solar Panel Imports by Tyler Durden Sep 22, 2017 11:50 AM 7 SHARES TwitterFacebookReddit In a decision that could potentially have a profound impact on US trade policy, the US International Trade Commission has ruled that a flood of...

Greetings to all my friends on the forum. The 2016 RTR was my first, and after living in my Dodge High Top for a month, I learned a few things to help me with my current project, Starship Grumann Olson.   I learned that I want more than just a van.  I'm a big guy and need more room.   Creature...

Just arrived in Ehrenberg, don't know where y'all are at.   Could some one pm me with a phone number to call? thanks

I find that Al Jazeera has better news than any of our mainstream media outlets. This is an interesting story, but sad as well. Does Warren Buffet really need to buy MHPs and bleed poor people...