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I got everything closed. Toilet is cassette toilet and closed unless in use. I bought some noseeum screening on Amazon. Taped it over vents inside cabin. Seemed to work OK. But only tested one night. I will give it a big test in July for more time.

Thanks for all the feedback. I'm wondering if the big plastic connectors to the propane tanks at the valve are leaky? I will test the 15 minute rule and see.

(2) Living in an Epic Truck Camper Built for Off-Grid Overland Adventures | FULL TOUR - YouTube That type of living is for bohemians or young kids or broke. I've lived rough for some time. Now I'm near 70 and like a little comfort. I got a 12 yo TC, moved up from an early model rusted out Aliner. If lotto cooperates I will get a small but cushy class C...with AC. It is hard cooking in the summer when rig is 90 degrees inside. Cooking brings it over 100 degrees....short cooking.

Yes, OP, more or less agree. I urban boondock 95% of the time. Only time I've stayed in CG's were at the diving springs in FLA and when I worked in NYC and stayed at Liberty Harbor RV in Jersey City. Liberty Harbor is fine for me except for the price. I think it is $85 for no hook ups and $120 a day for hook ups. I could live fine at Liberty Harbor if it was affordable. They had a new manager come on board and was trying to impress the owner, so he jacked up prices across the board. If you forget to sign out when leaving it is a $40 charge. Don't know if that is standard or not. And for the cheapskate you can pitch a tent at Liberty Harbor for $75 a day. Generally I get up, go to work, came back late and go to bed. No time ever for TV, so I don't care what they got at a CG. Do that 7 days a week until I leave. When on the road I get up early, drive all day and pull in someplace hopefully before midnight and go to bed. I get up in the AM and hit the road. So a CG with amenities is a waste for me.

Hate Microsoft and their forced updates. I liked Windows 7 or anything other than 10.

I had one in my TC above the bed. In the summer the shade got to be 120 degrees. I measured with an IR thermometer, so know the temp. I painted it white on the roof and stuffed with some insulation inside and covered it with foil insulation. Terrible idea. And freezing cold in the winter too. Plus wasps got in it somehow.

There must be a small leak. When I shut down both tanks, in a day or so, the indictor goes from green to red. I don't smell anything in the RV, just in and near the door.

I was told when I bought my rig that we all share the water and electric door key. And the main cabin door key on top is a shared key and the deadbolt lock below it is a special key that is not shared. Don't know if what I was told about the cabin door is true, but ran across this site today that supports the rest of the lock sharing claims. https://shoprvlocks.com/

Dumb clickbait title. If you don't use it for a while gotta drain it dry...even the carb bowl if you got one. Begin in haste...repent at leisure. Can't shortcut it.

https://www.phoenixusarv.com/ They run $140k - $200k. So just fantasy for now....just like Lazy Daze.

Where are all the apartment dwellers going to charge up? Extension cords out their windows? It would destroy America.

Yes, that is right. I'd never buy a Class A bus. I'd crack it up in no time. My dream is a moderate to small size Class C. I had read diesel is better for survival than gas as diesel is easier to store safely in bulk. But then read all the horror stories of diesel problems with dirt and water in it. Anyway, Class C or diesel is not in my future until I hit the lotto.

The no see em bugs come through my vent screens on the rooftop powered vent. Any suggestions for adding temp protection to the vents for summer use?

Impressive. Looks $$.

I don't know anything about them, but I heard someone talking about a mobile hotspot for internet access. I looked them up on Amazon. From a quick search it looked like they are for phones. I have no smart phone, all I have an old school $85 a year cheapo Tracfone from Walmart. Is there a website for beginners to learn about how to set up a hotspot for computers? Is is affordable (like home internet) or do you need expensive gear? Thanks

Thanks for the info Kirk, it may help decipher the worn out label # on the plastic cover. It looks like it, but mine may be a little bigger. I was able to unplug the burned out wires that were shown in the photos I posted, so learned about removing them. Is it common that the wires overheat? I will try the vacuum you recommended in the chimney. I had bugs in there at one time and put a screen on it to keep them out. The screen worked as far as I can tell.

Hey, some people don't RV...they got private jets! I used to stay at Liberty RV Jersey City for my NYC trips before the corrosive virus hit. They had a beautiful Class A bus, brand new on maiden voyage and it got sideswiped the entire length coming into the campgrounds. The guy was rich and didn't seem to care. That is one of the few time I have to stay at a campground...when I worked in NYC. I used to pay $75 a day and park in their gravel parking lot for the boats. It was a good opportunity to see the rich and the poor RV'ers. I' think it is $85 a day to boondock there now and $120 with full hookups. Early in my days there I had a van as a neighbor with 2 young teens, a mom and granny all 4 living in a old van. (regular van, not RV van.) They were from the Carolinas and said they come up once in a spell to get the big city fix out of their system. The little girl asked if I had a cup or a bowl for their puppy to have some water. It was pretty sad. But they didn't break in while I was gone working...so they were good neighbors! If I ever come into some $$ I'd buy a Lazy Daze or cheap Class C, smaller size. I liked to ski in VT, but it rusts out the RV, so quit. So maybe I would not want to rust out a Lazy Daze or maybe if rich enuf I would not care? Lotto will have to decide that. I may only be rich enuf to rust out cheap class C's. Another time they had a Airstream mini convention there. Wooo...what nice rigs the Airstreamers have! You see all sorts there...rich to poor.

Yea, first part is how I roll. I guess if I stayed at parks I'd have to make reservations as well. Heard on TV this morning you need reservations just to drive into Yosemite for the day now.

Boondocking is not for you. With urban boondocking you never know where your bedding down for the night. I got a little tuck camper. So I use motel parking lots a lot. I used to ask, now just pull in at midnight and bed down. Columbus OH was a problem with finding hotel / motels parking lot to bed down in. But eventually found one.

Depends where you run it. Places I go to, they don't think much of it. Lots of people wasted or spread out. I only run it for 2 - 3 hours every few days to charge the battery. And it is quiet little Yamaha. If you drive every day your battery gets charged and you don't need to run the gen. (usually) But this is all for a little truck camper with no A/C. The big riggers will do it differently.

105 gallons fresh...that it a swimming pool!! I got 15 gallons fresh and 4 gallons or so in the hot water tank. But I carry +/- 60 gallons of water in bottles in the front box and some in the cab. My box is bigger than this, but you get the idea. Edit... Made mistake as to capacity. Fresh water is 20 gal Hot water is 6 gal Grey tank is 15 gal.

Yes, solar panels on the roof would be great. But it is $$. And on a little rig like a Truck Camper, probably not enough room to do it right and run A/C, etc. I run a mini Yamaha generator every few days. Someday I hope to get a mini Class C. (I keep buying lotto tickets!) I can have A/C then.

Yes, an endless water supply makes you wasteful. Military showers and very easy on the water pressure. With respect to my earlier posts. My grey tank wont last long. Maybe 1-3/4 showers. So I drain on the ground at night. Usually frowned upon OP. But it goes with the bohemian life. Cassette toilet black tank gets emptied at a rest stop or any outhouse I find.

You probably are not bohemian enuf for it OP! If it is not you, don't worry. Try a night at Walmart or a Casino parking lot to break yourself in. I'm not a wilderness boondocker. I'm an urban boondocker. I boondock because of $$ plus convenience. Even if well off, why drive miles off the freeway and all that hassle for some sleep? I'm not a kibitzer or retired. I drive and drive then bed down at night and drive as soon as I get up to get to my local. Wilderness boondocking out west looks wonderful. But I'd be scared, even with guns. Out there in the middle of nowhere and a pack of animals come to have some fun with you. Ugh. Maybe in earlier days, don't know. But I'd be worried now. Good luck and give us a report on how you do OP!

Been boondocking since my first rig... an Aliner! That was '07. I'm high class and got an old truck camper now. I put a large alum tool box on the front hitch. I can pack about 50 gallons in it and maybe 10 gallons here and there in the camper / cab. I used to use 5 gallon jugs, but I'm old and back is old as well. I switched to 1 gallon recycled water jugs for ease of lifting. Works great. I have a cassette toilet and and go maybe 2 weeks. It holds 2 gallons of rinse water. Toilet rinse water seems to last and last. Now, with lots of pee in the toilet it may get full quicker. So my boondocking results may not equal yours. While out and about I may use the facilities I find and not the RV's all the time. I also have some little urinal bottles to help with cutting back on the liquid waste. Gals can use a Lady J. Lady J urinal - Google Search Toilet is not the issue, showering and cooking is the issue. Showering uses maybe 7 - 8 gallons. So I wash up with towels and a dilute 25% alcohol rinse then shower every few days. ...and if there was an issue, I got the old standby Lug-a-Loo! Electric is an issue and use a mini generator every 2 - 3 days. No AC, too bad for me. It gets 95 degrees+ inside in the summer during the day. The fan/s kills the battery.