Overview Most likely the most complex system you’ll build out for your skoolie or van is the electrical system. While it was the most complex part of our build and we are still making improvements, it was also the most fun I have had throughout our build. But being so complex, means that it can […]
by Mark
Overview When reading forums or Facebook posts in the various skoolie or van groups I am a part of I often see people looking for information on specific electrical builds. One I see more often is an electrical set up for someone who plans to have shore power wherever they stop, so they want to […]
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Once we got the bus into the back yard, we realized you could see it from the street. Not a huge problem, but we’re not trying to draw too much attention to ourselves. That, and we’re renting our house and our landlord lives down the street. The last thing we want is for him to […]
by Mark
It’s finally real! We’ve been talking about this for a while, and for a long time it felt like a dream, but its finally here! Heres how it happened. First, let’s take a quick step back. This has been a plan (but felt like a dream) for the last two years. In March of 2018 […]
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We attended a skoolie workshop in Macon, GA, March 1-3 2019. We learned just about everything we needed to know about purchasing, demoing, and building a skoolie. Michael Fuehrer of Navigation Nowhere, Roman of Little Groundhog, and Chris Schapdick of Tiny Industrial covered everything from framing and insulation to solar pluming and registering a skoolie. […]
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Chelsea and I decided to take a wood working class to build dome wood working skills prior to buying and building our bus. I had a little bit of experience from woodshop in high school and general little projects here and there, but was definitely in need of a refresher. We looked for meetup groups […]
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The first thing we needed in order to make this “bus life” dream a reality was a practical place to work on the bus. As both of our leases were ending around the same time, Chelsea and I decided to move in together and find somewhere that would facilitate this dream. We were lucky enough […]
by Mark