This post will share info on our 2010 Chevy Express AWD Van conversion with ~66K miles on the 5.3L Vortec Engine, that we are offering for sale. For those who wish to read my original post that details the build itself, including more pictures, you can read this post. I recently went through the main receipts…
Category: Rigs
posts discussing our adventure rig builds
Connected? NOT!
Most in this lifestyle take being connected to family, friends, or employers like breathing… Well over the last five months of finding ourselves deep in a forest or up a beautiful mountain, and i’ve been turning purple holding my breath for the next dose of connectivity. I would get that dose once back in a…
Two Vans? Yes! We enjoy exploring in an Amazing Two Van Caravan
Cari and I get asked frequently by those who see our two van camp, which we affectionately call our “Two Van Caravan”, the big question… Why TWO!? This post shares some of our ideas, beyond the initial in-jest; “BFF’s with Benefits” response. During the 2019 winter months we traveled, as originally intended, with both vans….
Downsizing & moving into Vans
August 13, 2018… Since Thanksgiving week of 2011 we had lived in a fifth wheel travel trailer to test out the Tiny House lifestyle with the idea that we would take the rig down to the Nevada/Arizona area for retirement years… Cari & I had spent a year downsizing our possessions to fit in a…
Our all-inclusive and agile 2017 Ram Promaster Van project
On September 1 2017 we picked up a new Ram Promaster High Roof 159″ wheel base Regular Body van, this was an early 60th birthday present to myself > As with our Chevy AWD project and the 4×4 Tacoma before it, at some point in ownership of the Chevy I began pondering yet another “future”…
Chevy AWD Van – rear suspension upgrade
Cari has been wanting to beef up the rear suspension for a couple years now so i went ahead and ordered the Boulder Off Road kit for the Van. Here is a picture of the parts received in the kit. We are having our professional mechanic friend do the install next week (same one who…
Aluminess chuck box details
Once upon a time my MacGirlver of a wife made a really cool chuck box for our camp. It was made out of two recycled wine crates, some hinges, nails, and glue and some other stuff… For nearly four years it was brought out of the van and set on a table in camp on…
Aluminess bumpers for the Chevy AWD Van!
After several months of anticipation, the Aluminess bumpers and boxes are on the van! A quick note on weight difference seen at the scales; the stock bumpers verses aluminess bumpers/boxes/recovery-gear is ~80 pounds more with the new setup. Well worth the wee-bit extra weight for the functionality we gain.
Gear Review – GoTenna
Sometime in spring of 2015 I ran across a Kickstarter campaign for the GoTenna. The idea was to create a FCC approved device operating in a frequency close to 2 meter HAM radio that would pair with your cell phone, and pair with another GT/Cell Phone. There would be a wireless local wireless connection between them without cell…