Espar Heater Installation and Troubleshooting
This post describes the Espar heater installation and troubleshooting process. As part of our new van build, the heater is an essential item for comfort …
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DIY Sprinter Van – Low Profile Bike Slider Storage Tray
Here’s another one of the posts where we did a thing, learned something new and then did that thing again better. In this case, the …
DIY Sprinter Van – Refrigerator install
Kitchen with refrigerator Perishable food storage is always a concern on road trips. We’ve been using an Engel rotomolded cooler for a while. This worked …
DIY Sprinter Van – seat swivels revisited
Seat swivel upgrade One of the first upgrades we made to the van was a seat swivel to improve the use of interior space of …
Roadtrip – Cycling Wyoming, South Dakota and the upper midwest
Planned Route Road Trip by the numbers: 5800 miles driven 10 Road Rides, 372 miles, 24,000 feet of climbing 10 MTB Rides, 165 miles, 16,500 …
DIY Sprinter – shower on the road
Vanlife shower One of the challenges of life on the road for an extended period is how to get a shower. Often, campgrounds, recreation centers, …
DIY Sprinter Van – Building an 8020 upper cabinet
Completed upper cabinet with 8020 8020 Extruded Aluminum T-Slot cabinet The majority of our Sprinter van build structure so far has been done with 3/4″ …
Sprinter Van – Impressions after one year of ownership
The first year with our Sprinter went fast; there is probably very little originality in that statement. This posting is a summary of what we’ve …
DIY Sprinter Van – Side Slide Mini Kitchen
Making pancakes with the Side Slide Mini Kitchen in Moab The objective of this kitchen is along the lines of our other DIY Sprinter Van …
DIY Sprinter Van – bed and bike storage
This is the first major step to making the van livable. The plan is for a “garage” with storage for 4 bikes inside and all …