/diy/ - Do It Yourself

I just did carpet in my van. Nice work on cutting the contours to fit the van body / wheel well.

>>1615705
Cody go home.

>>1615705
I built a camper out of an 01 e350 xlt and have posted it here before (the maroon one with the white topper) I can't post a pic cuz the file size limit but ask me anything.

I added solar, cabinets, cassette toilet the works

lacks a free candy sign

>no gap around the side for expansion

Boy you suck at this

>>1615823

>>1615705
I had dogshit credit, and got a house loan. I considered vandwelling when I believed that I would never get my own house.

I'm glad I took the plunge and actually talked to some people IRL at the local credit union.
The idea that your whole living situation can be destroyed because some woman wants to text and drive should scare you

Looking to do some building out on my own camper. Any sort of materials for starting out? I can build with wood and do some plumbing/electric but is there any special concerns with enclosed and mobile spaces like this?

>>1616256
If it's not bolted down, it WILL tumble about when you go around a corner. Build latching cabinets unless you want to pick all your shit up off the floor every time you stop for the night. Be aware that some building materials offgas hazardous fumes.

>>1615726
No you. Cody's the man

>>1615818
Why dont you campervan guys ever build a bathroom on a trailer?

>>1616373
Learn sailor tricks. Like lots and lots of bungee coord and hooks.

>>1616598
>Learn sailor tricks
I'm not that good at oral.

>>1616080
You do realize that this will always be true (or would Jimmy For His Gun not count as destroying your living situation)?

>>1615705

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>>1616080
>The idea that your whole living situation can be destroyed because some woman wants to text and drive should scare you
same as when she gets knocked up and suddenly decides she has a moral compass after all and babies are so cute.
You get to pay for the next 25 years.

>>1616598
This. Study up on how cabinetry is done on sailboats and motor vessels. Everything self locks of self seals so shit don't fly all over. Shelves and cabinets have an extra lip on the edge so stuff won't slide off. If it's not in a cabinet, it's got snaps, straps, bungees, or some other restraining device.

That's badass. I'm gonna put hardwood flooring in my Odyssey now. Thanks for the inspiration

>>1617533
15k on Solar panels alone, what are talking? 15k for the Van. Parts another few thousand? Just buy a fucking RV dude.

My van wont compare to any of your setups but I plan on living in a dodge caravan for three months ish this summer

>>1620637
pics

>>1620504
Solar isn't that expensive anymore. It's like 2$ a watt now. The inverter is the biggest cost.

>>1620673
your info is outdated
you can get panels for a bit over a buck a watt and a pure sign in inverter is about 130 bucks for 1000 watts

Where do you park? Is good wired internet at all plausible?

>>1620758
How would you accommodate wired ethernet? You can wire up some jacks to a switch /router+switch combo, then maybe an external jack, keeping a wound up 100+ foot cat 6 around, but you'd need to get that to someone else's switch/ap. Doesn't seem practical if you're going to be parking in random spots

>>1620667
It's nothing to look at rn. It's in storage right now so it just looks like a regular 22 year old van

>>1620762
Router with dd-wrt set as AP, hardline to computer running kali, linset? A bit bodgy, but it'll do.

>>1621185
how do you plan on keeping it cool? Assuming you live somewhere it will get hot this summer

>>1621299
I'll definitely be somewhere hot this summer. The issue there is the AC is fucked. The headliner is gone though so hopefully itll cool down fast at night

>>1621426
What region? The south or the southwest? In the south you can at least find trees and shade

>>1620637
So you're getting evicted

Any of you researched using a short bus for more space?

>>1620742
I live in leafistan and use monopoly money.

>>1615705
Oh hello Tim

>>1616593
Because a trailer would suck to haul around, depending on location limit your speed quite significantly. And it´s harder to stay incognito.

did some paneling recently

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>>1620637
Lol that rc plane mower.

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>>1623789
I would. Probably need a cdl with the air brakes tho.

>>1625065
Should have used a lighter material, all that wood probably added 200 or more pounds to your van. There is a reason they use a thin "we call it luan" plywood in RVs, you can get it in tons of different finishes and textures, Instead of using that 200 pounds for wood plank walls, you could have installed some extra batteries and an inverter, always think about the weight of your vehicle, no point in having a camper van if it either gets 4 mpg or even moves at all when it's done, never mind the beating the drive terrain will take,

>>1627408
Just buy stiffer shocks. Plumbers load these full of brass and soccer moms always have them full. Few hundred pounds isn't bad if you baby it. And it's your home so you should.

Are there any carriers that offer unlimited data without throwing a fit over tethering or throttling you to nothing after a few gb? How much latency does the cell tower typically add?

just bought a 94 class B coachmen, has some water damage but I can fix that, the entire outside is fiberglass so once the leaks are fixed it should be good to go. Just want to say that butyl tape and eternabond are fucking miracle materials.

also I'm shilling this dude https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoj6RxIAQq8kmJme-5dnN0Q

he knows his shit about RV electric boondocking, even has tutorials to build your own lithium battery banks and reviews different kinds of batteries and power banks and shit, it's great.