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Originally Posted by Sliver
Sweet. Any pics you could share? I lived out of a Ford Explorer for a couple months when I drove to Newfoundland and loved it. Thinking back, though, I wished I had bought a van for the trip, but it didn't even occur to me at the time. Do you ever go on the r/vandwelling subreddit? Some of those guys have awesome set-ups.
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Yeah I saw that subreddit after I finished building it. My van is more stealth than most in that thread. .
For pics, its just a plain white cargo van (yeah don't worry, I never park residential). The inside has a bed, thetford curve toilet, propanex propane heater, sit down shower stall, sink, counter, closet, good insulation, vent, shelves for storage, lights, excellent electrical and the floors and walls were outfitted with helicopter interior lino and fabrics. While I can eat of it, I rarely do. Use it mostly for sleeping at the end of a long work day. I usually work a couple of shorter workdays from home each week. Van was 8k, outfitting about 12k, time it took to build about 50 days. Insulation and installing the bulkhead was the worst. Been living like this for two years now. It is comfortable between -33 and +28. Colder and my propane freezes, hotter than +28 and it gets hard to sleep.
I started out with just a bare shell, sleeping bag and a jug to piss in. It took an anxious two months to get it ready for winter on time off. Now its pretty pimped out and I hardly touch it. Adding pieces as I went was pretty effective. It helped me figure out through trial and error what arrangements worked best. Designing it from the ground up in one go would have left me with many things I didn't actually need.
Wish I had it when I was younger for traveling. Just living out of it and going to the office day to day is a pretty boring story.