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    make your own snake gaiters

    Wolf shared a good idea at the RTR about how to make your own snake gaiters to protect your lower legs from rattlesnake bite. Get a leather jacket from Goodwill, cut off the sleeves for gaiters and then you would still be able to use the rest as a vest.<br><br>Just make sure the leathers' thick...
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    Travel trailers vs. trailerable boats

    It seems to me a trailerable boat would often be a better option than a travel trailer. It's light and more streamlined so would give better mileage and you could almost always use a boat ramp to sleep at without being bothered. If someone might have a problem with it just offload and anchor...
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    Budget motorcycle luggage system

    Here's a few pics of the luggage system I mounted on my bike. <br /><br />&nbsp;Not exactly pretty but it gave me the chance to experience motorcycle camping without breaking the bank. Also pretty handy for going to town and getting groceries.<br /><br />&nbsp;The tubing's 1/2" EMT and the...
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    My bumper mount motorcycle carrier

    Hi everybody.<br />&nbsp;I didn't want the expense and hassle of a motorcycle trailer so I fabricated this carrier for the back of the van and thought you guys might want to check it out.<br /><br />&nbsp;The support brackets are 6 shelf brackets I got at Home Depot. They're about 6 X 12 and...
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    Delivering Free Publications

    <br>&nbsp;This is a cool little business I used to do with my Toyota minivan years ago. <br>&nbsp;I started delivering the Orlando Weekly which is a free weekly underground kind of a newspaper in Orlando and I contacted the publishers of all the other free pubs in the other boxes where I...
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    Oil Field Gate Guard jobs

    These jobs are usually only available to couples as the gates have to be guarded 24/7. It's a pretty good and very easy job as you're just keeping a log of the vehicles as they enter and leave an oil or gas well site. We worked for this company.<br>&nbsp; http://gateguardservices.com/<br>It...
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    Hi from the Keys

    &nbsp;Just wanted to say Hi! and especially Thanks! to Bob for such a great site. I've already learned a lot.<br>&nbsp;I haven't taken the leap yet to get a vehicle but did go RVing with my wife for a few years a while back (we're separated now).<br>&nbsp;Been living aboard various boats for a...
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    Harvest driving jobs

    Hi everybody,<br>&nbsp;I just wanted to share my experience working in the sugar beet harvest which should be starting about now in the Red River Valley region. It should be very easy to get a job driving for a grower that'l pay $15-$20 per hour and you don't need a CDL license to do this kind...
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