Wife and I just purchased a class b van. We are going to fulltime in it. We will keep our day jobs and only be in the van at night. We have a trip coming up next week in Los Angeles. Since we are new to rv ing we plan on staying mostly at rv parks. But would really like to do some stealth camping on this trip a couple night to get our feet wet. We be there for at least a week. We are getting past the nervousness of this purchase and getting excited. Any suggestions are welcome. Im sure we going to have many question on this trip as we have never rv before. We suppose to have a 2 hr walk thu when we pick up the van. But a walk thu is different then being on your own. We been talking about doing this for years. Finally this year its was either do it or stop talking about it. We made to leap and fingers crossed we are hoping this is the best decision we ever made. I really hope that we can use this forum to help us with anything that might come up. Any suggestion are very welcome.

What's your definition of "stealth" camping?Mine involves parking illegally overnight, for free.If that's your intent, i doubt many will help you.

As you are new to RVing, I would suggest you video the walk thru. You will not remember all the little things that may be helpful to you later on.

nlewis wrote: We made to leap and fingers crossed we are hoping this is the best decision we ever made. I really hope that we can use this forum to help us with anything that might come up. Any suggestion are very welcome.Well unfortunately I think you will find just the opposite is going to be true. I would think it would be EXTREMELY DIFFICULT for one to "full time" out of a Class "B" and still be working full time. Make that two with one being female working full time and I would put this scenario clearly in fantasy land. Just the morning routine of eating and getting dressed, personnel grooming (no 110V, very, very limited water, etc, etc), cleaning up so you could travel where ever work is for two out of basically a VAN is to me inconceivable and throw in trying to do this in stealth mode and WOW ... JUST WOW.I have no recommendations words of wisdom or even hints for you since I can't envision any thing other than :E :SSorry, but that's my honest opinion!!!Larry

Stealth means ticking off taxpaying home owners wherever you go. You may do better in the van dweller type forums.

A class B so used will have room to sleep, limited wardrobe, tiny kitchen, and minimal toilet facilities needing frequent maintenance. If you are into bathing and showering, you will be looking for external facilities, or RV hookups to support your limited built-ins. Cooking will depend on a limited supply of LPG, and without an external electrical hookup you will have no environmental cooling, and maybe no refrigeration (limited more by electrical power storage than LPG capacity).Having been married 43 years to working woman(and raising two daughters), I can't imagine her getting ready for work with no running water and no electricity. With no job, no need for the income, yes I could imagine living for a while. Hippy era, we did it, nobody worked, no showers for months at a time, never washed clothing; peace, love, and a reality defined by LSD. But in this era, what you are proposing fits into "homeless living in a car." Depending on where you are coming from, that might be a small step up or a big step down.

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LarryJM
Explorer II
Jun 13, 2018
nlewis wrote:
We made to leap and fingers crossed we are hoping this is the best decision we ever made. I really hope that we can use this forum to help us with anything that might come up. Any suggestion are very welcome.

Well unfortunately I think you will find just the opposite is going to be true. I would think it would be EXTREMELY DIFFICULT for one to "full time" out of a Class "B" and still be working full time. Make that two with one being female working full time and I would put this scenario clearly in fantasy land. Just the morning routine of eating and getting dressed, personnel grooming (no 110V, very, very limited water, etc, etc), cleaning up so you could travel where ever work is for two out of basically a VAN is to me inconceivable and throw in trying to do this in stealth mode and WOW ... JUST WOW.

I have no recommendations words of wisdom or even hints for you since I can't envision any thing other than :E :S

Sorry, but that's my honest opinion!!!

Larry
craig7h
Nomad II
Jun 13, 2018
As you are new to RVing, I would suggest you video the walk thru. You will not remember all the little things that may be helpful to you later on.
bikendan
Explorer
Jun 13, 2018
What's your definition of "stealth" camping?

Mine involves parking illegally overnight, for free.
If that's your intent, i doubt many will help you.

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