I'm wanting to live out of a sports mobile van here pretty soon in the next year. I've been looking at problems or I guess just concerns when it comes to living out if it and one would be how to insure it and what to say I know some people say to tell them you live out of it and some say don't just curious on what you guys did.

Mainly-

who did you insure it with?

what's the average payment I'm looking at?

did you tell them you were living out of it and if not did you need to give a psychical address or just not tell them?

any stories of things I could avoid or bad circumstances that happened to you and what I could do?

thanks

We finally bought one 🤭🤭

I know the basic grey tank white tank and black tank

but my question is where do u refill your white tank for fresh water, i did research upon research but could not find anything thank u for helping!

I am considering getting front window covers for my 2017 Chevy Express but I want some that can be put up from the inside with the doors closed. Have you found anything like that?

Hey everybody...
I'm not in vanlife really... I'm actually homeless. I actually gave up my career to work on something that I definitely didn't do for the money, but could turn out to be very financially rewarding, and all I really want after almost 3 years of living in my car, is to live in a "car" with space to actually live, and ideally one that works well enough to actually travel more than 1 mile per day (both a gas money issue as well as a .

Now that the paper that I quit my life to work on is submitted for publication, I'm starting to think more and more about how I would actually build out a van, and my question is... does anyone have a link to any 3d models or cad files for either a promaster or a transit, just so I can feed this fantasy a little bit more? Vanlife seems awesome... beat up car life sucks horribly.

I am thinking of basically using a 5 gallon bucket, peat moss, and coffee grounds for my... Solid toilet needs. I figure using composting bags will do the job well. But I need to figure out how to deal we with clean up.

I was thinking compost tumbler at my folks place.

Anyone got any input on this? What's the best option when on the road?

Renogy setup. Everything is turned off, all lights, fridge, heater, outlets turned off and I’m still using 95 watts, and draining the battery. Any ideas?

I bought my van almost 6 months ago. Put a little over 2k into it already and it’s sitting out front. Packed up. Has been for a couple weeks now. Just don’t know where tf to go lol. I’m used to my small town in the middle of nowhere, and my family’s toxicity and getting drained by them, even though I’m aware that’s what’s going on. Some Stockholm syndrome type shit if you ask me lol. Well, I might’ve broken out of that today when I found a lump on my 15 year old dog while giving her a bath💔 I wanna make her last days peaceful and happy. And interesting. She likes sunbathing and I like fishing. We’re literally just rotting here I feel like, until one of my asshole family members needs something or it’s time to go check on people. Everyone around here is in active addiction and I have almost 8 months clean, besides weed. Pretty draining. I just ordered a dog ramp from Walmart so she can get in and out of the van with ease. It’ll be here sometime between Monday and Wednesday. Quartzsite isn’t too far from me, but idk anyone there. I just know there’s people there who might be able to teach me the ways. lol. Any suggestions, Reddit? $till have some small savings until I find a place worth stopping with a job and good people..

Quick question for the Community.

I am pricing out replacement tires for my 1999 Chevy express 1500 Regency Van. I have the tire size for the tires that are on it, but have a question.

How many of you have gone a size or two bigger?

Have you replaced the All weather tires with All Terrain?

Is it worth getting the suspension lifted?

Any information you need from me just ask.

would you buy a van with a rebuilt transmission rather than a replaced one? is the rebuilt transmission inherently a red flag?

Hi everyone,
my girlfriend and I are planning a road trip across the US and want to buy a campervan or a regular van and build in some essentials ourselves. Are there any good communities or forums for this? Or is Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist the best way to go?

Any insights or tips would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

I recently purchased the projectvanlife.com Vanlife Academy VanBuilder Roadmap. It seemd promising and many youtubers seem'd to recommend it.

I had send the a mail because when I clicked to buy, in the card it had a different name what what they advertised on the website. But they we're quickly to respond, reassuring me it's the same. So I went ahead and buy it..

But every course I try to open, tells me I have no access and have to login. However I am logged in. When i click login, it tells me I am already logged it. is this some kind of scam? I send them a few mails since that I can't access any content. And they haven't replied since 14 days or so.. I have a mail tracker, and I can see that they have opened my mails. So they simply are refusing to answer.

So yeah I'm wondering if anyone else has similar experience with them, I think I will file a claim with my credit-card company and report them as fraudulent.

I am after a little advice from you all. I have a small budget to buy a van. Around £8000-£9000. Which puts most of all the van’s mileage at around the 100 000.
I do realise that 100 000 miles is nothing for a diesel engine. But what’s your opinion on what van has the most pros when reaching that stage of life. That would be late 40’s in human years 😆.

Renault Master

Mercedes Sprinter

Ford Transit

Peugeot Boxer

Citroen Relay

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks Dave

I am 6’8 tall man (6’7 barefoot), looking to buy and build a van on my own this upcoming summer.

I realize that my height will cause me some discomforts with vanlife, but im only planning to live that lifestyle for a year max and then hopefully sell the van for profit.

First of all I wanted to see if you guys can advise me on which van could be a good fit and if there are any advices or tips that i should have in mind being this tall building my own van.

I can park on family land so no issues there and that also means i dont need to worry about a cooking area / any water, im planning on mostly just having it idle to sleep in and just driving to work in a beater car im in nz so pretty hot especially rn because its summer but in general where i would be staying would have plenty of sun so solar power could be considered im not too sure how much this would all cost and i dont know if its worth building my own or just buying a pre built. any input is appreciated, if theres anything im missing or need to know would love to hear it. Im pretty excited to start this new chapter

Are there any van builders in Columbia SC looking to hire assistants?

It's not easy to Google or use job search websites because it's a niche job, usually family run, so please don't yell at me to do my own research.

We’re a family of 3 looking to hit the road later this year. Just getting started in our journey but safety is going to be #1 issue. We have a 7 year old and want her safe while on the move. I’ve read that conversion vans crumple like a tin can plus they don’t have factory seatbelts installed in a the back. What are our van options? Bigger the better and affordability is important also. We want to do the build out ourselves. Thanks for your input!