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Took the Beast out this weekend for some "camping" and hiking in the Mecca and Orocopia Wilderness areas. The drawers I built and installed were amazing. We gained back SO MUCH room! I also had a neighbor sew a "sleeve" for our plates so they stopped banging against one another. With those, and...

Blue hour in Mecca wilderness

From the trip this last weekend: Relaxing Someone likes car rides out on the hike

We take a small 10" cast iron from the kitchen and toss it in the Van when we go out. We did buy some spatula's a cheap set of knives and a few other things that stay in the van full time. But no, there is no reason not to grab things from your kitchen or migrate things from your kitchen to your...

oh man you are doing it right! I bought a prebuilt van, and am redoing a fair amount of it. Building it yourself means you get what you want!

The answer is... as always, it depends. What is your rig? My E-250... I don't carry 1/4" anything, because their isn't much use for them. If I do end up *needing* them, I'll call for a tow, because I'm tearing something down I have no business doing on the trail. I take a few 3/8" stuff for...

Ours is probably ~10 years old. I just cleaned out and re-greased the knobs and its like new. My *only* problem with these stoves is: the knob turns 360 degrees? You'd think that at 180 degrees, the burner is 50% on, right? Nope! After 30* you have 100% of the heat. So trying to get a simmer...

yea, should be a good use of space. Its a little aggravating working around someone elses build. They did say "nothing was level or square" and I'm understanding some of that... but I also look at what they did and SMH. That said, being able to carry propane, have more space AND still have...

When we bought the van the PO's showed us they had bolted a truck box near the wheel wells and built a trap door (that is part of the bed) to access it. We thought it was a great idea till we used it. It took crazy amounts of effort to lift the trap door, and then try to open the heavy truck box...

I was actually going to ask for some recommendations myself. Mrs Spaze isn't up for being shaken to much (yet) and I've never piloted something as big as I have now offroad. I may or may not have a vide of this pulled up right now. Is there a good place to overnight out that way? I'd assume...

We did death Valley this past year, head to the racetrack if you have a chance, its worth it!

I agree 100% with @ThundahBeagle We are actually training our new lab who came to us with none. I've learned that its about keeping focus and rewarding the dog for good work. You can keep focus with a toy, treat, e-collar, whatever works. From there do the SAME THING over and over again (50x a...

Welcome! where do you enjoy on the 395? I'm looking to start coming up that way from San Diego.

looks amazing!

You can see the red lead line to the yellow lab and the grey metal line to the Black GSD mix. Here they are wrapped around rocks, but often its one of the wheels, the roof rack, whatever... I'll also echo the having more blankets and maybe an "outside" dog bed. Remember those cheap costco beds...

@GLOCKer and others pretty much touched on why I have a van. We have 2 dog's (both 70+ lbs) and there is no way they would be sleeping in a truck, or a RRT with us. Our setup for sleeping is a van, so clearly not going to help your situation. But, for around camp we have a 25ft lead line we loop...

We settled on a van because of the puppers. He sleeps on his bed right next to the Goal Zero Yeti and as soon as the sun comes up (or before) he pops his head up. I've seen a few vans with seats for kids, and whole families go out on trips!

We don't have a ton of stuff. 2 pots (one deep, one cast iron), 4 plates, 4 bowls, 2 mugs, and thats everything that rattles. The silverware is in a bag, as are the cooking utensils, so no noise there. I think I'm going to head to uhaul and get a "dish pack" of foam and pack a few things in...

Alright guys, how does one secure their dishes, pots, pans, etc so they aren't making a crazy racket? We did ~40 miles of washboard roads this last adventure and I nearly lost it listening to the dishes (steel enamel) rattle around. That said, my wife made a good point that if I can hear the...

Well I've been lurking here for a while and I guess its time to post the "build" or our E250. Background: I'm a car/moto nut. I've owned a little bit of everything from big diesel trucks to corvettes. I also love camping, as I discovered years ago, as its the only way for an IT guy to really...