My name is James and I live in Louisiana. I have a 12ft SRW box truck that I converted to a camper. 

Just saying hello!

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New Member here, been vanning/ camping since 78. Retired from the electronics and marine industry. Live in Fl. Travel, explore as much as possible. Did all the builds with present an previous vans. Present Van…….2000 Chevy High top, 350 small block. Fully customized. Enjoy exchanging ideas with fellow vanners.

im 6'3 and bought a 2007 mitsubishi outlander. Anyone got specs or images of how i can set it up?

Hey everyone!  I wanted to say hi.  I'm new to the vanlife and just bought my first van, a 2003 Ford E350 Cutaway Van with the Powerstroke 7.3L Diesel.  I have not began the build yet, as I just purchased this and am wanting to research and learn.  I figured this would be the place to start!  Below is a video of a full walk around from my van and I am hoping to get feedback, advice and criticism.  Look forward to learning from all of you more experienced vanlifers!  I wanted to post the video of my walk around, but it won't let me.  I'll try to post as a comment.

I'm posting this as a reminder. Never, evah, click the links!

Someone, somewhere, is still falling for this foolishness!

   

There's a old facebook messenger hack that still goes around where a friend (who has already been hacked) sends you a PM that says something like "LOOK WHO DIED" and a link. If you click it, you've just lost your whole facebook account. It gives them full access, they change your password, and drain any funds they can if you use facebook pay. 

So...

Don't use facebook pay. They will still send the message to ALL of your friends, continuing to search for who they can bankrupt.
Don't click links. 
Don't trust that a good friend hasn't been hacked.

Do turn on 2 factor authentication on Facebook if you use it. This stops them from changing your password, but doesn't prevent them accessing your account and sending messages to your friends. AND draining your funds if they can.
Do set your friends list to be viewable to ONLY ME.
Do go over all your privacy settings again--as things change a setting may change to a default you don't want.
Do go through all logged in devices and log everything out you don't recognise.

I had to deal with this for a family member. There was no facebook pay involved thank goodness, but I was unable to recover the account at the time. We were able to turn on 2 factor authentication. We think Facebook eventually defaulted his account back to his very first password, which he discovered one day as he tried every old password he had. Another thing is, it had been about 2 months since he clicked the link before the hack sent out messages!! They must go through everything in order as they gain access.

Today I got a notification from the “old” forum that someone had started a conversation with me. 



I still have friends there so I opened it. 



I was offered two free stickers if I became a paying member 

Really?  SPAM?  

What ever happened to honest information being freely shared between people?  

If anyone wants a YARC sticker I will even pay for the stamp. 

No spam involved.  

Here at Vandwellerforum.com we only have a few rules. 

Welcome to the no spam zone. 

DISCLAIMER,  having a YARC sticker doesn’t make you a member. You need a really good story for that.

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So while I search for a van, I've decided to finally try to set up my RAV4 for camping. I laid down the seats to see what I'm working with, and I have the start of a plan. I ordered a sleeping bag, and I'm going to cut up my old mattress topper to fit inside it...2 layers if I can. I have a pop up tent, so I'll have some outdoor space. I'd like to buy some bug netting for the windows and back hatch, but I don't think I'll need to purchase too much more than that. I'm starting to get excited again... more to follow, maybe pictures. I have the popup tent set up in the yard next to my rav lol

Hello, long,long time stalker.  I got inspired through the years. Then got afraid, real afraid.

will need to make a decision by late summer. House tax too high, maintenance is great, 

health is ???  money is running out.

Any one from or around San Antonio ??

I'm younger than I sound....LOL


That's all for now.

Not an instructional post, a question...

Seriously, how do you find a van (short of shelling out big bucks)?

Hoping for a few helpful hints (I'm looking at you Gypsy!)

What I'm finding is a lot of overpriced vans.