VAN LIFE

grantwhitty

grantwhitty

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Anyone on here successfully living the van life?

I'm looking at getting a van and converting it into a camper van by the end of the year.

Rob Heule has a sick van:

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(Image: Powder Magazine)
 
Jacob Callahan's van Carla is pretty fuckin rad, graphics on the outside by Nicki Keefer's wife and reclaimed wood interior that JCal and his dad whipped up
 
13808842:snowpocalypse said:
The kind of girls that come back to the van, are questionable at best.
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Well, depends where you van it. In the mountains?Well you're already fishing in a stagnant pond. However I have a friends who does the van life thing on the beach, and it's a diferent animal altogether.
 
13808849:Session said:
Well, depends where you van it. In the mountains?Well you're already fishing in a stagnant pond. However I have a friends who does the van life thing on the beach, and it's a diferent animal altogether.
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Never said you couldn't pull the ladies back to the van.... just that the likely-hood of a VD or bat shit crazy are high. Not that there is anything wrong with that......
 
13808875:khai@krepela said:
As a van owner I beg to differ...
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I imagine being a pro skier doesn't hurt. it probably steps you up from the common snow wookie.
 
13810176:TheBigApple said:
Hmmm, well now that I know this is possible
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Think about going to parties. Even if you're not traveling in it, you just park on the street and you have your own room outside.

I had an OG NS, SNES, VCR, TV, sound system, etc in mine too. Obviously you'd use more modern stuff now, but it's fucking rad to have a portable bedroom you can drive around.
 
Currently living out a dodge ram van which works out pretty great. Even though it's not made for the mammoth april snow storms when it's like 15F..

Fancy inside with a DVD player...if you take out the seats you'll have plenty of space to live! good tires and a bit higher clearance is always cool to get to remote sleeping spots.

Selling ours by the end of our trip mid June btw ;)
 
13810180:El.Makrell said:
Currently living out a dodge ram van which works out pretty great. Even though it's not made for the mammoth april snow storms when it's like 15F..

Fancy inside with a DVD player...if you take out the seats you'll have plenty of space to live! good tires and a bit higher clearance is always cool to get to remote sleeping spots.

Selling ours by the end of our trip mid June btw ;)
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That thing is freaking beautiful!

Can you post some pics of the interior?
 
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My baby :') Not a ton of frills because I don't live in it full-time, but it gets the job done for long weekend demo trips. Question for Bishop and anyone else with experience: where/how did you pull power for a TV, videogames, etc without killing your batteries?
 
13811118:seanahue. said:
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My baby :') Not a ton of frills because I don't live in it full-time, but it gets the job done for long weekend demo trips. Question for Bishop and anyone else with experience: where/how did you pull power for a TV, videogames, etc without killing your batteries?
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That is so dope. And I would guess a generator
 
I think for my gap year I'm gonna live in a van with some friends on the west coast. What are some good places to sleep?
 
13811118:seanahue. said:
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My baby :') Not a ton of frills because I don't live in it full-time, but it gets the job done for long weekend demo trips. Question for Bishop and anyone else with experience: where/how did you pull power for a TV, videogames, etc without killing your batteries?
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I mean I pulled it from the battery... so when I was using it I just left the van running.

Not the most environmentally conscious thing to do, but unless you've got a generator its the only option.
 
13810421:Mr.Bishop said:
That thing is freaking beautiful!

Can you post some pics of the interior?
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Yo @Mr. Bishop, sorry for the delay we've been on the road..I'll upload some pics as soon as the bad weather is rollin' in tomorrow!

cheers
 
13815405:El.Makrell said:
Yo @Mr. Bishop, sorry for the delay we've been on the road..I'll upload some pics as soon as the bad weather is rollin' in tomorrow!

cheers
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Sweet!
 
13811118:seanahue. said:
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My baby :') Not a ton of frills because I don't live in it full-time, but it gets the job done for long weekend demo trips. Question for Bishop and anyone else with experience: where/how did you pull power for a TV, videogames, etc without killing your batteries?
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This things unreal...
 
As I'm posting this I'm laying down in my van and listening to wolves howling. Northern Minnesota in full effect.

Van life for life.
 
13810177:Mr.Bishop said:
Think about going to parties. Even if you're not traveling in it, you just park on the street and you have your own room outside.

I had an OG NS, SNES, VCR, TV, sound system, etc in mine too. Obviously you'd use more modern stuff now, but it's fucking rad to have a portable bedroom you can drive around.
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Yeah I've found a lot of unconventional uses for my Westie, mostly like being able to hang out sleep and cook when I'm too drunk to drive in any given situation. It's a total game changer.
 
 
13900735:50Kal said:
Yeah I got one of these. A bit paronid though about draining the battery in the van. I have just regular car battery.

https://www.evo.com/boot-dryers/dryguy-travel-guy-dx-and-shoe-dryer?image=132174/546951/dryguy-travel-guy-dx-boot-and-shoe-dryer-none.jpg&pt_source=googleads&pt_medium=cpc&pt_campaign=GSC_Snowsports_Accessories&pt_adgroup=PLA_Snowsports_Accessories&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIzLjgyYTS2QIVlLXACh1Qaw7LEAQYBSABEgKdwfD_BwE
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Yeah nice. I would only use when the engine is running, so no problem with battery.

Would something like this make much difference in the 1/2 hour drive up to the mountain?

I spose it's better than nothing.

Cold boots suck.
 
13900736:strayln_Skier said:
Yeah nice. I would only use when the engine is running, so no problem with battery.

Would something like this make much difference in the 1/2 hour drive up to the mountain?

I spose it's better than nothing.

Cold boots suck.
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If you were gonna use it just to keep boots warm it would do well. If your gonna try and dry boots out and warm up in 1/2 hour your boots are gonna be semi warm/wet.
 
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