Recent content by Putts

That's funny, I was just talking to another person on another forum and they recommended putting in a double layer of bubble wrap as the barrier. But I like your idea of another basket with the insulation in it. Thanks!

Oh yeah, I've got solutions for that kind of stuff in mind. All my clothes are already in little rubbery bins. Just did my first laundrimat wash the other day and when the drier was done I just laid the bins out and folded my clothes right into them. Put 'em in the cart, rolled 'em out to Putt...

^^I've got two holes to plug in the very front top corners of the cabin compartment. I'll get to them from the cockpit. But once they're plugged I'll be ready to test it for airflow. I do have a couple of strategic locations where I can drill extra holes to balance it out. It's a bet I've made...

On to the next thing: the spice rack. Checking for size. Paint, thread the paracord, and mount. The biggest trick was figuring out how to run a single strand through all the holes and never go through the same hole twice. I did paracord on the back side, 1/2" from the wall, so stuff...

Thanks, man. I'll post my travels somewhere or other. I'll let you know.

It's amazing how often that's the first question people ask. I've begun to reply, "Wherever I want." The truth is more complicated. Phase one is getting out of the driveway in a livable vehicle and selling my house. I reckon I'll have $30k total in Putt at that point. Phase two is using the...

That's the nice thing about Montana: You can do pretty much whatever you want up here. Well, you can't ride a horse into a bar...anymore.

I been doing electronics stuff all my life in one way or another, and even I think it's a somewhat miserable task. Very fidgety and slow. But once it's done, it's done. Gotta keep pushing.

That's it for construction, but I've also done a lot of packing. It's funny to think that two years from now there will probably be quite a few changes to the items and locations...but...you gotta start somewhere. Food cabinets Clothes cabinet above bed. I've moved out of my bedroom...

Even though they're not as visually dramatic as previous posts, progress continues. First thing was to put my temporary gray water tank back in. It's one of those blue cubes. Fits nice, but it doesn't have a drain, which means I have to pull all the drawers on that side to take out the tank to...

Thanks, mate, it was delicious! Moving along.... Probably the last thing that will substantially change the look of the cabin, I installed the flooring. 5mm thick rubber gym matt. Comes in roll much larger than I needed. Nice heavy stuff. I'm going to use the rest of it as flooring in the...

And so it begins. First meal cooked in Putt. Oh yeah, this is doable!

Thanks. It's funny, I had an idea of what it would look like, but the thing in the flesh is somewhat different. It feels to me like a working boat cabin...brutally functional with little care for esthetics. Function over form for sure. I've begun to call it my "Travel Trawler." Thanks for that...

Unfortunately, it can't slide out far enough to open before it interferes with the forward dinette chair. I did weight it before I started so it is getting to be time to weigh it again to get a feel for how much weight is in there. Your points are good, but thick ply makes it much easier to...

I think I could have configured this a little better, but it's going to work just fine. I'll have to do the #vanlife shuffle sometimes---there's as likely going to be a soldering iron over the fridge as not---but I'll figure it out.