Call me Crave or any other deragatory name you would like 
I have been following CheapRVliving, Enigmatic Nomadics, Nomadic Fanatic and several others on YouTube for rather some time now. I am disabled, on Social Security and have lived in low-income housing for more than 10 years. While living in low income housing I have seen stabbings, rapes, beatings, murders and almost every other type of violent crime being commited. I grew up in Illinois on the Mississippi river in the Quad Cities area and have wanted to leave for a long time. After my recent failed apartment cluster f**k I decided what do I have to lose. I hammered out a deal with a personal financer and bought a 2016 Freedom V-nose 12x7 cargo trailer with a drop rear door. I have been living in this trailer for 3 months now parked at a friends house, it took me two weeks to decide that I was much happier living like this. It is ruff for now but is much better for many reasons. At the current time I am having a problem with the transmission in my 1995 Ford Crown Victoria so it looks like I may not be able to be truely nomadic untill mid to late summer. I have started a thread about making my trailer more wheelchair compatible involving a side drop door ramp vs lift. I plan to publish the layout, how-to and blueprints (hand-drafted plans that will be scanned in) after it is finished for free for all non-comercial applications.
Trailer so far:
Solar: 1 x 100 watt panel installed with 2 more in line to be installed
P30L charge controller from WindyNation (can handle up to 400 watts @ 12 V or 800 watts @ 24 V)
Batteries: 4 Interstate deep-cycle 12 V blems @ aprox 70-100 AmpH each (non-AGM) (plan to upgrade to 8 due to the amp limit in charging to prevent damage to the batteries)
Inverter: 200 watt Wagan Tech pure sine (need to be upgraded to a minimum of 1000 watts)
intererior: In the process of building and obtaing parts. Plan on having 1 24" x 80" bi-fold slide-away bed, built in shower, drop door/patio (I like grilling on a patio with a good drink and nice senery, drop door side wheelchair ramp (after much debate and research, thanks to several of the people here).
I want a refridgerator/freezer of some type but that will be down the road a bit. I have figured that a freezer my be better than a refridgerator as you can then freeze water bottles and place them in a cooler for refidgeration, i would like to see if anyone does this now so I can weigh the pros and cons as it will add to the power drain from the freezer.
Much of this I am designing and fabricating alone with the help of friends and family for the things I can not do.
Ask me question, give me suggestions or just say hello.
Free at last!
I have been following CheapRVliving, Enigmatic Nomadics, Nomadic Fanatic and several others on YouTube for rather some time now. I am disabled, on Social Security and have lived in low-income housing for more than 10 years. While living in low income housing I have seen stabbings, rapes, beatings, murders and almost every other type of violent crime being commited. I grew up in Illinois on the Mississippi river in the Quad Cities area and have wanted to leave for a long time. After my recent failed apartment cluster f**k I decided what do I have to lose. I hammered out a deal with a personal financer and bought a 2016 Freedom V-nose 12x7 cargo trailer with a drop rear door. I have been living in this trailer for 3 months now parked at a friends house, it took me two weeks to decide that I was much happier living like this. It is ruff for now but is much better for many reasons. At the current time I am having a problem with the transmission in my 1995 Ford Crown Victoria so it looks like I may not be able to be truely nomadic untill mid to late summer. I have started a thread about making my trailer more wheelchair compatible involving a side drop door ramp vs lift. I plan to publish the layout, how-to and blueprints (hand-drafted plans that will be scanned in) after it is finished for free for all non-comercial applications.
Trailer so far:
Solar: 1 x 100 watt panel installed with 2 more in line to be installed
P30L charge controller from WindyNation (can handle up to 400 watts @ 12 V or 800 watts @ 24 V)
Batteries: 4 Interstate deep-cycle 12 V blems @ aprox 70-100 AmpH each (non-AGM) (plan to upgrade to 8 due to the amp limit in charging to prevent damage to the batteries)
Inverter: 200 watt Wagan Tech pure sine (need to be upgraded to a minimum of 1000 watts)
intererior: In the process of building and obtaing parts. Plan on having 1 24" x 80" bi-fold slide-away bed, built in shower, drop door/patio (I like grilling on a patio with a good drink and nice senery
, drop door side wheelchair ramp (after much debate and research, thanks to several of the people here).I want a refridgerator/freezer of some type but that will be down the road a bit. I have figured that a freezer my be better than a refridgerator as you can then freeze water bottles and place them in a cooler for refidgeration, i would like to see if anyone does this now so I can weigh the pros and cons as it will add to the power drain from the freezer.
Much of this I am designing and fabricating alone with the help of friends and family for the things I can not do.
Ask me question, give me suggestions or just say hello.
Free at last!
