• Welcome to A forum for van conversions, van living and travel. Please log in or sign up.

Forum upgraded!

Menu

Show posts

This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.

Show posts Menu

Messages - Shawbags

#1
Common Room / Re: Where has everyone gone ? 😳
September 25, 2017, 02:22:18 PM
That's great if that's the case but I've only had replies from you and I've replied to a few others with no answer , yes there is a lot of BS on other site but this site is way to quiet and it's a damn shame .
#2
Common Room / Where has everyone gone ? 😳
September 18, 2017, 09:02:50 PM
I have never known such a quiet site I wonder why ??
#3
Common Room / Re: Hi From Andrew & Bongo!
September 18, 2017, 08:34:24 PM
Hi and welcome , I lived in Ibiza and then Benidorm in a motorhome in 2003 and will be touring Spain again in the future , good luck and it would be interesting to hear how you are getting on as you travel , cheers .
#4
Hi there , you've done a lovely job of that , I hope you have lovely times on your travels , chris 👍😉
#5
Hi there , try wildcamping.co.uk and ukhippy , cheers
#6
Van Conversion / Re: PLAN B : THE VAN BUILD
September 14, 2017, 02:54:17 PM
Looks a cracking van especially for the money , I've always wanted an American day van but with the uk fuel prices it just wasn't practical, love your conversion, good luck with your travels , shawbags
#7
Van Conversion / Re: advice needed
September 14, 2017, 02:45:17 PM
Don't listen to people who chat follow the DVLA guidelines , I've never heard that you need an engineers report for a camper conversation, shawbags
#8
Common Room / Re: newbie here
September 14, 2017, 02:42:39 PM
Hi welcome
#9
Yes you've been fortunate to get a job you enjoy and that involves a lot of travel it sounds ideal , I was a truck driver for many years myself but it was none stop work , many hours and not much rest time , I stopped that about 10 years ago as I had a few health problems, I spend most of my time converting my van , I am using reclaimed timber mostly pallet wood and enjoy the fact I keep it to a sensible budget though I did pick up a nice kitchen unit at a great price of £75 they are £450-600 online , I'm looking for a larger van next year to convert so I will be more self deficient , solar power , shower and stand up hight so I can spend more of the summer away , you seem to have a wealth of knowledge obviously coming from your vast experience .
#10
Anyway it's a pleasure meeting you dan , I'm Chris , Birmingham central uk , so where in the USA are you , are you full time van living and have you anything on YouTube , I don't do Facebook so don't look on there .
#11
Common Room / Re: HI ALL
September 13, 2017, 05:59:26 PM
Yes I agree with everything you say and it's a shame when
People have to learn the hard way , I only do it part time but I'm prepared for the day I might have to .
#12
Yes great for your type off set up , I want to be able to just unclip the worktop and have some kind of puly or lift system to lift the top of the work surface to the roof of the van so the plastic/ nylon sides that are consatinared straighten out , then when you drop it the sides fold back into place so it's a simple open and shut case 😉😁 , I'm looking for a bigger van to do this in my new build , I'm still finishing my T4 at the moment
#13
Good set up , if the weather was ok I would shower outside anywhere really lol
, I'm thinking of a low level shower unit , counter hight and some kind of consetina idea for the top half that can be lifter up and down so when down it would look like part of your counter top , work service , my mind is spinning with the idea at the moment 🤔
#14
Living and travelling... in a van / Re: Pooping
September 11, 2017, 11:37:03 PM
I was a lorry driver for years , piss in a bottle one with a bigger hole so you don't spray everywhere , old fresh water bottle the large supermarket type , I would empty it every day and wash it out with bleach , keep a bucket in your van as a last resort for a dump in case you ever get caught short , cheers
#15
Hello mate , yes simple can be better , as you probably know you don't need to spend thousands to build a live in van , I've yet to fit a full shower in a van but if I do it will be a whale pump on the end of a pipe with a shower head , water in a container with a kettle of water to warm
It up and away you go job done , no boiler , no confusing pipework and electrics and no massive bills for parts , keep
Life simple it's less work and more relaxing 😎