Stealth Camping or Layovering
This is a related subject to boondocking and dry camping. I'm not sure I've broached the subject here. We have stealth camped for decades and find it works well in cities large and small even with our...
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Rats ... that's unbelievable and very sad!! It's very difficult to find a replacement EX650, too.
Our EX650 is still going strong whenever I'm industrious enough to get it out of the rear storage bay. Lately I often just fire up the built-in, or use the worst choice of all - idle the main engine awhile to top up the coach batteries. (I also have an EX1000 in almost new condition that I use around our property to power electric tools.)
Your DIY van RV reminds me of our first RV before kids, which was a Dodge van we bought new and installed windows, cabinets, a combination couch/pull-out bed, an auxiliary fuel tank, a porta-potty, and an early design inverter in ... all this way back in the 70's. That good old B250 Dodge van with it's 318 V8 got 17-18 miles to the gallon on the open road and probably had a 900-1000 mile range from it's two fuel tanks.
I also drove the van for years commuting to/from work. When commuting in the Dodge van I even used to pack along the EX650 "just in case". Once I left the van's lights on and found a dead starting battery in it when coming out from work after dark and tired. I got out the that little Honda and boosted the starting battery enough to fire up the 318 and make it home - we didn't have ERS back then.
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Someone stole my ex650, cut through the padlock after trying to cut the chain. It was nearly a year ago and it still hurts when I think of it. I hope yours is still purring along happily.
Rats ... that's unbelievable and very sad!! It's very difficult to find a replacement EX650, too.
Our EX650 is still going strong whenever I'm industrious enough to get it out of the rear storage bay. Lately I often just fire up the built-in, or use the worst choice of all - idle the main engine awhile to top up the coach batteries. (I also have an EX1000 in almost new condition that I use around our property to power electric tools.)
Your DIY van RV reminds me of our first RV before kids, which was a Dodge van we bought new and installed windows, cabinets, a combination couch/pull-out bed, an auxiliary fuel tank, a porta-potty, and an early design inverter in ... all this way back in the 70's. That good old B250 Dodge van with it's 318 V8 got 17-18 miles to the gallon on the open road and probably had a 900-1000 mile range from it's two fuel tanks.
I also drove the van for years commuting to/from work. When commuting in the Dodge van I even used to pack along the EX650 "just in case". Once I left the van's lights on and found a dead starting battery in it when coming out from work after dark and tired. I got out the that little Honda and boosted the starting battery enough to fire up the 318 and make it home - we didn't have ERS back then.
