Dec 14, 2020 The Gnomad Home van of choice. Conversion vans are typically full-sized passenger vans (Chevy Express/GMC Savana, Ford Econoline, Dodge Ram Van, etc.) that have been converted into comfortable traveling vehicles, or even wheelchair lift vans. Conversion vans have some pretty sweet built-in amenities, including high-tops for extra headroom.
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With the ever-increasing cost of living and presence of screens in all facets of our lives, many people are finding ways to escape all those problems by living off the grid. When looking to live life exploring nature, turning a van into a rolling apartment is becoming an attractive option.
So you want to live to the van life. Where do you start?
All you really need is something that's comfortable to drive and has a lot of room for all your belongings.
Depending on your budget, you can either buy an old van and build it out or buy something fully built and hit the road. What are your options?
Full Sized Van
Types: Dodge Ram Van, Ford Econoline, Chevy Express/Astro
Pros: Can be had for cheap, plentiful, large and roomy, parts are abundant, many low mileage examples
Cons: Poor gas mileage, handles like a hollowed out loaf of bread, dated styling
These old full-sized vans come in all shapes and sizes. Expect to find these between $2k and $20k. You'll find them in various states of wear, coming from their previous lives of airport shuttle or neglected conversion vans.
Cargo Van
Types: Mercedes Benz Sprinter, Ram Promaster, Ford Transit, Nissan NV
Pros: High roof models allow you to stand in the back, flat floors, you can probably turn this into a rolling apartment, no windows = privacy
Cons: Expensive, high mileage, no windows = people may assume you are some kind of criminal
A cargo van is the ideal platform for the van life. These can range from $1k to the high $20ks. Their flat floors, tall roofs and lack of rear windows make these a blank canvas with endless possibilities. Some van life builds feature a dining table, kitchen counter and sink, shower and a raised sleeping area.
Camper Van
Types: VW Vanagon, Converted Mercedes Benz Sprinter or Metris
Pros: Built for van life, available 4x4, aftermarket support, Volkswagen cult following
Cons: Expensive, parts for older models may be hard to come by, Volkswagen reliability
New or old, these vans can break the bank. Early '90s VW Vanagon Westfalia Syncros typically go for $20k to 30k. For as much as $90k, companies such as Sportsmobile offer these with a pop top camper, kitchen and sleeping area with four-wheel drive and solid front and rear axles, creating an apartment that you can rock crawl.
What You'll Need
Aside from making sure your maintenance is up to date, a camper van doesn't need much to be ready for life on the road. If you're not planning to venture too far off the paved road, you can do without a lift or armor.
You'll be spending a lot of time inside the van, so focus your attention to creature comforts you may need every day. Unfortunately, your space is limited. What essentials will you need?
Food Storage: Stove, Fridge, Sink
This can range from a simple camp setup to building a whole mini kitchen with a pullout sink, fridge and such. Depending on climate and how long you will need to store your food, you may not need a fridge, and an ice chest can suffice.
Electrical: Dual Battery, Solar, Power Inverter
Off the grid doesn't mean you have to go without electricity. When traveling, you want to make sure you have enough to power not only the van, but also everything you use when you're parked. A power inverter is a great upgrade because it allows you to use items that have a household three-prong plug.
A dual battery setup keeps you from being stranded by supplying backup to your main battery while providing power to all your accessories.
Creature Comforts: Bedding, Curtains
If the seats don't fold down flat, you may need to build a sleeping platform. Typically made from wood, a sleeping platform creates a flat sleeping surface. The open space under the sleeping platform is perfect for tucking away all your other belongings.
Where To Sleep
If you're out of the city, most BLM land is free to sleep in overnight. In the city, you'll want to blend in with your surroundings. Find well-lit areas with where other cars park overnight, such as a the parking lots of Wal-Marts, hotels and 24-hour stores and well-lit street parking. These places are typically safe enough to park in overnight.
You may or may not need any of these items. The best way to find out what you need without over-spending is to get out there and find out what you need and can live without as you go.
Photos courtesy of Sportsmobile, Recon Vehicles and Volkswagen
Want to know what it's actually like to live on the road? We tried it out!
MSGConvert: A .MSG to mbox converter
Introduction
I wrote this to be able to convert some .MSG files I had lying around. These files are produced by some of Microsoft's e-mail programs, and I couldn't read them on my home machines, which run Linux.
Originally, I had only six of these files to base my program on. However, several people sent me .MSG files that my program failed to convert (Thanks!), or other feedback, so I've been able to make some improvements. If you have a file that my latest version fails to handle properly, feel free to drop me a line, preferably including the offending .MSG file. You can also file a bug in the CPAN bug tracker or the GitHub bug tracker.
If you have any questions, first take a look at the FAQ.
Usage
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To use it, run:
This will produce a file YourMessage.eml containing the message in RFC822 format. The program will complain about unrecognized OLE parts and other problems on stderr. If you supply the option --verbose, it will also tell you what OLE parts it knows about but doesn't use, and what I think they are. The option --help will make it print some usage information.
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You can also let MSGConvert deliver all .MSG files in one mbox file using --mbox, like so:
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Installing
On any Unix-like system with a reasonably new Perl installed, you can install the Email::Outlook::Message module by executing the following: You can run this as root if you would like to install these modules system-wide.
Types: Dodge Ram Van, Ford Econoline, Chevy Express/Astro
Pros: Can be had for cheap, plentiful, large and roomy, parts are abundant, many low mileage examples
Cons: Poor gas mileage, handles like a hollowed out loaf of bread, dated styling
These old full-sized vans come in all shapes and sizes. Expect to find these between $2k and $20k. You'll find them in various states of wear, coming from their previous lives of airport shuttle or neglected conversion vans.
Cargo Van
Types: Mercedes Benz Sprinter, Ram Promaster, Ford Transit, Nissan NV
Pros: High roof models allow you to stand in the back, flat floors, you can probably turn this into a rolling apartment, no windows = privacy
Cons: Expensive, high mileage, no windows = people may assume you are some kind of criminal
A cargo van is the ideal platform for the van life. These can range from $1k to the high $20ks. Their flat floors, tall roofs and lack of rear windows make these a blank canvas with endless possibilities. Some van life builds feature a dining table, kitchen counter and sink, shower and a raised sleeping area.
Camper Van
Types: VW Vanagon, Converted Mercedes Benz Sprinter or Metris
Pros: Built for van life, available 4x4, aftermarket support, Volkswagen cult following
Cons: Expensive, parts for older models may be hard to come by, Volkswagen reliability
New or old, these vans can break the bank. Early '90s VW Vanagon Westfalia Syncros typically go for $20k to 30k. For as much as $90k, companies such as Sportsmobile offer these with a pop top camper, kitchen and sleeping area with four-wheel drive and solid front and rear axles, creating an apartment that you can rock crawl.
What You'll Need
Aside from making sure your maintenance is up to date, a camper van doesn't need much to be ready for life on the road. If you're not planning to venture too far off the paved road, you can do without a lift or armor.
You'll be spending a lot of time inside the van, so focus your attention to creature comforts you may need every day. Unfortunately, your space is limited. What essentials will you need?
Food Storage: Stove, Fridge, Sink
This can range from a simple camp setup to building a whole mini kitchen with a pullout sink, fridge and such. Depending on climate and how long you will need to store your food, you may not need a fridge, and an ice chest can suffice.
Electrical: Dual Battery, Solar, Power Inverter
Off the grid doesn't mean you have to go without electricity. When traveling, you want to make sure you have enough to power not only the van, but also everything you use when you're parked. A power inverter is a great upgrade because it allows you to use items that have a household three-prong plug.
A dual battery setup keeps you from being stranded by supplying backup to your main battery while providing power to all your accessories.
Creature Comforts: Bedding, Curtains
If the seats don't fold down flat, you may need to build a sleeping platform. Typically made from wood, a sleeping platform creates a flat sleeping surface. The open space under the sleeping platform is perfect for tucking away all your other belongings.
Where To Sleep
If you're out of the city, most BLM land is free to sleep in overnight. In the city, you'll want to blend in with your surroundings. Find well-lit areas with where other cars park overnight, such as a the parking lots of Wal-Marts, hotels and 24-hour stores and well-lit street parking. These places are typically safe enough to park in overnight.
You may or may not need any of these items. The best way to find out what you need without over-spending is to get out there and find out what you need and can live without as you go.
Photos courtesy of Sportsmobile, Recon Vehicles and Volkswagen
Want to know what it's actually like to live on the road? We tried it out!
MSGConvert: A .MSG to mbox converter
Introduction
I wrote this to be able to convert some .MSG files I had lying around. These files are produced by some of Microsoft's e-mail programs, and I couldn't read them on my home machines, which run Linux.
Originally, I had only six of these files to base my program on. However, several people sent me .MSG files that my program failed to convert (Thanks!), or other feedback, so I've been able to make some improvements. If you have a file that my latest version fails to handle properly, feel free to drop me a line, preferably including the offending .MSG file. You can also file a bug in the CPAN bug tracker or the GitHub bug tracker.
If you have any questions, first take a look at the FAQ.
Usage
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To use it, run:
This will produce a file YourMessage.eml containing the message in RFC822 format. The program will complain about unrecognized OLE parts and other problems on stderr. If you supply the option --verbose, it will also tell you what OLE parts it knows about but doesn't use, and what I think they are. The option --help will make it print some usage information.
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You can also let MSGConvert deliver all .MSG files in one mbox file using --mbox, like so:
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Installing
On any Unix-like system with a reasonably new Perl installed, you can install the Email::Outlook::Message module by executing the following: You can run this as root if you would like to install these modules system-wide.
As of version 0.915, Email::Outlook::Message includes the msgconvert script, so you don't need to download or install anything else.
On recent versions of Debian and Ubuntu, you can install msgconvert simply by executing the following:
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The packaged versions of Email::Outlook::Message in UbuntuTrusty and Precise, and Debian Wheezy is not entirely up-to-date so won't include the msgconvert script itself. On those systems, I recommend installing it by hand using the method above.
Development
For the latest source code, go to Email::Outlook::Message on GitHub.
Known Bugs/Issues
Not all data that's in the .MSG file is converted. There simply are some parts whose meaning escapes me. However, most things are converted correctly by now, including plain text, HTML and RTF-formatted message bodies.
Attachments with Apple-style resource forks, as well as PGP-signed email is known not to be converted properly.