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I went a different route due to wanting to keep a home location. We purchased a travel trailer (25’, 80 gallon fresh water capacity, 40 each gray/black) just i

I went a different route due to wanting to keep a home location. We purchased a travel trailer (25’, 80 gallon fresh water capacity, 40 each gray/black) just in time for the 2017 eclipse, and I’ve since built it out to function as a mobile office for work as a remote developer. I have a reasonably high battery capacity, solar, a whole-trailer inverter, an entire LAN complete with wired network cabinet, and the capability to bridge onto a WiFi uplink, cellular, or satellite internet. I’d estimate we live out of it a cumulative total of 2-3 months of the year, though I’d love to increase that.

fyfy18 8y ago
Do you have any pictures or plans of the layout? Most of the pictures I've seen of vans people have built barely have enough room for a kitchen.
- rbritton 8y ago
  It’s one of these: http://outdoorsrvmfg.com/timber-ridge-25rds/ http://outdoorsrvmfg.com/timber-ridge-25rds/ While the length is easily 50% longer than a van and can exclude you from some locations, I feel the increase in amenities better enables using it completely in the middle of nowhere. At maximum conservation, I believe we could go two weeks without needing to refill or empty anything. This is my write-up of building out the network: https://ryanbritton.com/2018/02/working-remotely-in-the-true-sense-building-the-network/ https://ryanbritton.com/2018/02/working-remotely-in-the-true...
stevehawk 8y ago
i'm curious to see how you make it double as an office. I have looked at a few trailers with the thoughts of ripping out a bank of couches I would never use (some trailers are set up like you're going to be entertaining a dozen people) and installing a desk, but haven't seen anyone do something like that. Usually, I just see photos of people sitting at the dining table which isn't really going to cut it for me.
- rbritton 8y ago
  The wrap-around dinette in the back works for me, and I’ve put up a table outside during comfortable enough weather. I have my mini server plugged in inside my network cabinet, and I do not need more than a laptop screen for what I do, so I’m not really wanting for anything. The back is a huge picture window, so we choose parking locations with that in mind.
driverdan 8y ago
I tried using a NSM2 as a WiFi bridge but it was unreliable. It would constantly drop the connection and take forever to reconnect or require restarting. Have you had similar issues?
- rbritton 8y ago
  No, but I think that's more because I've never had a WiFi source that worked even half as good as cellular. Campground WiFi is pretty universally bad. I do use a NSM2loco to bridge the cellular hotspot into the router internally, which is only a range of about a foot, and I've had no issues there.

fyfy18 8y ago

Do you have any pictures or plans of the layout? Most of the pictures I've seen of vans people have built barely have enough room for a kitchen.

rbritton 8y ago
It’s one of these: http://outdoorsrvmfg.com/timber-ridge-25rds/ http://outdoorsrvmfg.com/timber-ridge-25rds/ While the length is easily 50% longer than a van and can exclude you from some locations, I feel the increase in amenities better enables using it completely in the middle of nowhere. At maximum conservation, I believe we could go two weeks without needing to refill or empty anything. This is my write-up of building out the network: https://ryanbritton.com/2018/02/working-remotely-in-the-true-sense-building-the-network/ https://ryanbritton.com/2018/02/working-remotely-in-the-true...

stevehawk 8y ago

i'm curious to see how you make it double as an office. I have looked at a few trailers with the thoughts of ripping out a bank of couches I would never use (some trailers are set up like you're going to be entertaining a dozen people) and installing a desk, but haven't seen anyone do something like that. Usually, I just see photos of people sitting at the dining table which isn't really going to cut it for me.

rbritton 8y ago
The wrap-around dinette in the back works for me, and I’ve put up a table outside during comfortable enough weather. I have my mini server plugged in inside my network cabinet, and I do not need more than a laptop screen for what I do, so I’m not really wanting for anything. The back is a huge picture window, so we choose parking locations with that in mind.

driverdan 8y ago

I tried using a NSM2 as a WiFi bridge but it was unreliable. It would constantly drop the connection and take forever to reconnect or require restarting. Have you had similar issues?

rbritton 8y ago
No, but I think that's more because I've never had a WiFi source that worked even half as good as cellular. Campground WiFi is pretty universally bad. I do use a NSM2loco to bridge the cellular hotspot into the router internally, which is only a range of about a foot, and I've had no issues there.