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i'm planning a month in Yosemite, Apr 8 to May 7. probably going to buy a van for the trip but just thinking, if anyone is not using their van and wants to make a few bucks, i'd be happy to rent from you for a 'reasonable' price. i'm going straight from LA (or wherever you are in south or...

i'm planning to camp out in Yosemite valley for a month, working out of my van. i figure my laptop and monitor takes about 200W and i work about 8hrs/day so 1600Whr/day i was thinking 200W or maybe 400W solar on the roof. i'll be going in April so it should be sunny most days i think. also...

hi all, i'm back on the forum after a long break. me and my wife did a 5 months van tour of the US west last year in an unmodified ram 3500 cargo van, just a mattress in the back. we mostly stayed in national forests, etc, so we could shower and pee (and #2) in the woods most of the time without...

i'm back on the road in a couple of days after a month of house/dog sitting in Boulder CO. i want to see Yellowstone then i have to work my way back to SF CA area, via Oregon. is there anything interesting to see or places to can in southern Idaho? thx

i'm a big fan of the Gold Rush TV show. It seems to me that they are always in a fix for getting spare parts out to their mining equipment ASAP as time is gold. Mostly idle daydreaming here but i was thinking about running a delivery service for the miners up in the Yukon, picking up parts in...

1) i've got way too much crap in the van. barely any room for us. this morning we dug out some clothes for good will and put a few bags on the back with the bike so that helps. 2) didn't need the solar panel. i can charge the laptop in library/starbucks, etc and lights use next to nothing...

i'm in vegas tomorrow then working my way to boulder CO. i need a service within the next 500 miles, just routine stuff, the van is great. should i do it in vegas or is there somewhere better (cheaper) along the way? thx

any recommendations for stealth or boondock locations close to to in vegas? thx

i have the cheaper renogy charge controller ( i should havee got the good one but too late now) the wiring block terminals are the real weak spot in the thing i'd say. especially the panel connectors which get connected and disconnected all the time. does anyone have a better way of connecting...

so after 10 days in CA, we've got the van (Ram 3500) and kitted it out with bed and some shelves. the thing is packed, probably over did it on the buying stuff front but it does all fit if we don't want to use the bed. anyhow, tomorrow it off to Groveland (nr. Yosemite) where we will get a bit...

hi all, after a marathon 2 night, 1 day flight from Bangkok, we're finally in sunny California i have set up to see these two today http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cto/5020883607.html http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/cto/5021000114.html both looks similar, the high top i think may be better for...

sorry if this has been discussed (and i'm sure it has but can't find anything with search), but what are your thoughts on a diesel van? specifically this http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/4996132734.html 2004 Ford Econoline E-350 Turbo Diesel Extended - $4900 no millage listed i have a...

i realize there is no real competition between verison and boost. version has probably the best cell coverage in norcal sierras, where's i'll be (maybe AT&T is better but mot much) and boost is crap outside of say Sacramento BUT verison is $45/month and boost is $2 a day i think, although i...

any recommendations for a van bed (for couple, not heavy) i think queen size will fit comfortably in any cargo van if the bed platform is raised above the wheel wells right? i've looked at some air mattresses like this...

i'm pondering what to get for cooking. i'm thinking a single burner propane stove http://www.walmart.com/ip/37193405 and a charcoal grill http://www.walmart.com/ip/37850137 seems that got everything covered from stews, curries, rice, fries, eggs, burgers, steaks, etc. but what about Dual Fuel...

there are many e350 passenger vans for sale in my area at the moment http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/cto/4993628177.html http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/5000335490.html http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/cto/4993628177.html http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/4978601319.html the 2nd one is...

i'd like to get some air flow into the van at night. i'll be in the mountains in CA and maybe CO mostly and i think night time temps are pretty comfortable without the need for fans. but i don't want to leave the windows wide open with nothing covering them for protection. i was thinking some...

i'm thinking about this http://www.walmart.com/ip/Champion-Power-Equipment-1200-1500-Watt-Portable-Generator-CARB/23219406 and the extended care program. its not clear to me what happens if you need it fixing. can you drop it off and pick it up at any walmart or do you have to mail to somewhere...

i've been put off buying a cheap generator a bit by some comments on this forum and i'm not sure solar is for me (i posted another thread about why). is there any big downside to running the van engine for an hour or so a day to charge up the house battery? if i was planning to do that, would...

i'm planning on parking in some national forest areas, way off the grid. when looking at google earth it looks like the areas i'm interested in (gold country so not high sierra rockscapes or low land meadows) have pretty dense tree cover. if all i can find is a partially shaded spot between...