(03-26-2018, 10:52 AM)Abnorm Wrote: The campground refused me with my 2017 Transit Van....Looks factory clean on the outside........

Because it did NOT have the RIVA sticker.....the "RV"park is now run by the Port Commission who requires "Manufactured Only"..........

I’ve seen some real crap with an RVIA sticker.

In fact, I think we should make some “RVIA” stickers.

Parody stickers that are obvious parodies if you read them but look legit if you don’t pay close attention.

That and a “Winnebago stealth” kit of easy bolt-on doodads that makes your home built look like an “RV”



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(03-27-2018, 04:41 AM)technomadness Wrote: That and a “Winnebago stealth” kit of easy bolt-on doodads that makes your home built look like an “RV”

Actually that might now be a bad idea! It wouldn’t cost that much to put fake parts on the outside of a homebuilt. Why not actually? They are easily bought...

You could slap a water inlet on - just cut off the back part, a vent cover for your “heater” tie up a sewer outlet somewhere underneath and you are good.

(03-27-2018, 07:36 AM)Cammalu Wrote:

(03-27-2018, 04:41 AM)technomadness Wrote: That and a “Winnebago stealth” kit of easy bolt-on doodads that makes your home built look like an “RV”

Actually that might now be a bad idea!  It wouldn’t cost that much to put fake parts on the outside of a homebuilt.  Why not actually? They are easily bought...

You could slap a water inlet on - just cut off the back part, a vent cover for your “heater”  tie up a sewer outlet somewhere underneath and you are good.

How about some stickers that look like the vent covers etc...kind of like they do the fake bullet holes stickers or air vents...LOL ..That will fool them "for sure" !! LOL

(03-27-2018, 07:36 AM)Cammalu Wrote:

(03-27-2018, 04:41 AM)technomadness Wrote: That and a “Winnebago stealth” kit of easy bolt-on doodads that makes your home built look like an “RV”

Actually that might now be a bad idea!  It wouldn’t cost that much to put fake parts on the outside of a homebuilt.  Why not actually? They are easily bought...

You could slap a water inlet on - just cut off the back part, a vent cover for your “heater”  tie up a sewer outlet somewhere underneath and you are good.

 At that point you could have a "real" water inlet, a "real" water heater, etc. I suspect you will want those things anyway?

(03-27-2018, 07:36 AM)Cammalu Wrote:

(03-27-2018, 04:41 AM)technomadness Wrote: That and a “Winnebago stealth” kit of easy bolt-on doodads that makes your home built look like an “RV”

Actually that might now be a bad idea!  It wouldn’t cost that much to put fake parts on the outside of a homebuilt.  Why not actually? They are easily bought...

You could slap a water inlet on - just cut off the back part, a vent cover for your “heater”  tie up a sewer outlet somewhere underneath and you are good.

The sewer outlet can be about a foot long and capped off at the back.....you now have a nice little secure hiding place for an extra key or anything really, as no one is going to look in there for anything valuable!

It needs a ‘Park Anywhere’ pass on the upper driver’s side windshield, too.

(03-27-2018, 05:36 PM)Snikwahjm Wrote: It needs a ‘Park Anywhere’ pass on the upper driver’s side windshield, too.

How about "Undercover Surveillance Vehicle Please Stay Back"  

(03-27-2018, 07:36 AM)Cammalu Wrote:

(03-27-2018, 04:41 AM)technomadness Wrote: That and a “Winnebago stealth” kit of easy bolt-on doodads that makes your home built look like an “RV”

Actually that might now be a bad idea! It wouldn’t cost that much to put fake parts on the outside of a homebuilt. Why not actually? They are easily bought...

You could slap a water inlet on - just cut off the back part, a vent cover for your “heater” tie up a sewer outlet somewhere underneath and you are good.

Yep, in the case of class-b vans it shouldn’t be too hard. For the TRAVATO Winnebago used off the shelf FIAMMA parts. Of course my van is white and Winnebago never sold them in white.... but not sure how closely park attendants pay attention, I think it’s all instinct.


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Well I think this thread settles it for me. I'm going self built cargo trailer conversion and i'll do some fancy footwork in the decal department to get it to pass as a factory built RV, including the RVIA sticker of satirical nature so I don't get caught up in any legal BS, though i'm sure the odds of that are pretty slim to non existent, but why tempt the gods? If a very discerning park owner catches it, then i'll just move on down the road to the next spot.

Time to start shopping

(03-27-2018, 08:37 PM)Everyroadleadshome Wrote: Well I think this thread settles it for me. I'm going self built cargo trailer conversion and i'll do some fancy footwork in the decal department to get it to pass as a factory built RV, including the RVIA sticker of satirical nature so I don't get caught up in any legal BS, though i'm sure the odds of that are pretty slim to non existent, but why tempt the gods? If a very discerning park owner catches it, then i'll just move on down the road to the next spot.

Time to start shopping

To be honest, I’ve been mostly joking about pretending to be a commercial RV. It’s theoretically possible with my ProMaster if I paint it and put TRAVATO in big letters on the side and get the FIAMNA awning and some of those doodads.

But in practice, I’m not going to bother because the big advantage of DIY is being able to set things up exactly how you want,

If you want to pretend to be a commercial RV it will be a lot harder with a home built travel trailer.

BUT- one thing you might consider is buying a used show trailer. These are horse trailers that have the front half converted to Little RVs. Then since you aren’t carrying horses you can convert the back half into whatever you like.
They don’t seem to hold value well because people who can afford horses can afford to buy new trailers so the used ones seemed cheap to me (but a good value since they are built more solidly than travel trailers and even cargo trailers.)

If you can do gooseneck (and maybe even if not) this would be something you might really like... and it may come with an RVIA sticker.

But mainly it’s kinda splitting the difference between buying and building.

I will say, though, if you’re willing to tow, it seems travel trailers are very cheap. It’s a good way to get your feet wet. I thought about it a lot but decided the overall length of a trailer (even small one) and tow vehicle was too much for me— I want to have the Alaska marine highway as an option.


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