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I did this for about 2 years across the United States. If you’re employed, make sure your manager is supportive/already remote friendly. Get good internet. I f

by kylixz 3y ago

I did this for about 2 years across the United States. If you’re employed, make sure your manager is supportive/already remote friendly. Get good internet. I found Verizon to be the best for cellular and this was before Starlink Mobile was available. Get a directional cellular antenna and mount (not a repeater/amplifier) and learn how to point the antenna at towers if you plan to do any “boondocking” out in the west of the US. Otherwise, everywhere else these days likely has internet. Compost Toilet is a win in my book. Very little maintenance and no nasty tanks to deal with. But, it’s not for everyone. Decide if you need showers in your wheeled home or not. That drives the cost of your rig significantly. Most RVs are absolute trash for quality south of $50k.

carabiner 3y ago
> south of $50k "South" to mean down or below, and likewise for north, drives me up a wall. If you are standing at the south pole, north is down. There's also no concept of up/down in space, and so northern hemisphere normalcy is false. To Australians, North America is below!
- GlumWoodpecker 3y ago
  On a conventionally oriented map, south is always down, and north is always up. "Down south" and "up north" are also very common phrases when discussing relative geographical locations, due to the same reason.
- EA-3167 3y ago
  Up a wall? Why not down a wall or across it?
- karaterobot 3y ago
  And yet you know exactly what they mean when they say it, indicating maybe it's a useful convention, even if imperfect.
- technothrasher 3y ago
  And if you turn around, left and right change places... woah. Snide comment aside, it's obviously in reference to standard map orientation. Maps had to be oriented somehow, unless you're advocating for the chaos of arbitrary individual map orientations.
- post-it 3y ago
  Having trouble with figures of speech has been linked to schizophrenia. e.g. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00670/full https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.0067...
- prawn 3y ago
  I'm Australian and don't know anyone here who wouldn't consider North America "above". Can't imagine having the time to be that pedantic. Using "north of $50k" to describe something more expensive than $50k is very standard here too.
macintux 3y ago
> Most RVs are absolute trash for quality south of $50k. It sounds like the pandemic generated such a crush of orders that now even more expensive ones are slapped together at the factory. Mercedes Streeter at The Autopian (spiritual heir to Jalopnik) has been looking at her parents’ new RV. https://www.theautopian.com/my-familys-62800-camper-is-junk-broken-safety-equipment-frame-rust-even-the-fridge-handle-fell-off/ https://www.theautopian.com/my-familys-62800-camper-is-junk-...
- TylerE 3y ago
  They always have been. THey're death traps. Super flimsy.
  - hinkley 3y ago
    There’s this notion with many of these solutions that we could rent a few hours from Yellowstone, the parents could get up at the crack of dawn and drive while the kids sleep. Wake up kids, that’s Yellowstone up ahead! But most of these contraptions specifically warn against operating them while occupied. They aren’t built for accidents.
    - TylerE 3y ago
      They're basically cut-rate mobile homes on truck chassis. This vid is a great illustration of both how easy it is to get into an accident, and how much damage even a glancing blow does: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuRtNajq-Yo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuRtNajq-Yo
      - hinkley 3y ago
        Community has an episode at the end where they trash a camper. It seemed comedy driven at first but the longer I looked at it and campers the more plausible that scene seemed. It’s foam and plywood. Edit: I finally clicked through the autopian link from up thread and it’s reminding me there’s a guy I watch sometimes who does conversion vans. All of his stuff is built around those extruded aluminum rails. He hasn’t figured out how to make use of those last few cubic feet yet but he seems to do a good job and they’re fairly sturdy. Last I watched he was perfecting his showers. I now wonder what it would look like if he converted buses instead of shop vans. You have a superstructure that might actually survive a hit, they’re already set up for AC units, you “just” need to build repeatable interiors. But you need much more shop space, time, and capital to do something of that sort.
mikestew 3y ago
Most RVs are absolute trash for quality There, edited it for you for accuracy. :-) Seriously, our Thor retailed for $100K in 2018, and I've been through that entire vehicle while installing solar/inverter/battery. As I've told my spouse, "there isn't a straight screw in that whole interior". I've probably pulled a bathroom garbage container worth of crap out of the walls (leftover trimmings and the like). Yeah, didn't think anyone would look in there, eh? :-)
- yencabulator 3y ago
  Sorry to be the wake-up call, but Thor is one of worst brands out there for quality.

by kylixz 3y ago

carabiner 3y ago

> south of $50k "South" to mean down or below, and likewise for north, drives me up a wall. If you are standing at the south pole, north is down. There's also no concept of up/down in space, and so northern hemisphere normalcy is false. To Australians, North America is below!

GlumWoodpecker 3y ago
On a conventionally oriented map, south is always down, and north is always up. "Down south" and "up north" are also very common phrases when discussing relative geographical locations, due to the same reason.
EA-3167 3y ago
Up a wall? Why not down a wall or across it?
karaterobot 3y ago
And yet you know exactly what they mean when they say it, indicating maybe it's a useful convention, even if imperfect.
technothrasher 3y ago
And if you turn around, left and right change places... woah. Snide comment aside, it's obviously in reference to standard map orientation. Maps had to be oriented somehow, unless you're advocating for the chaos of arbitrary individual map orientations.
post-it 3y ago
Having trouble with figures of speech has been linked to schizophrenia. e.g. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00670/full https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.0067...
prawn 3y ago
I'm Australian and don't know anyone here who wouldn't consider North America "above". Can't imagine having the time to be that pedantic. Using "north of $50k" to describe something more expensive than $50k is very standard here too.

macintux 3y ago

> Most RVs are absolute trash for quality south of $50k. It sounds like the pandemic generated such a crush of orders that now even more expensive ones are slapped together at the factory. Mercedes Streeter at The Autopian (spiritual heir to Jalopnik) has been looking at her parents’ new RV. https://www.theautopian.com/my-familys-62800-camper-is-junk-broken-safety-equipment-frame-rust-even-the-fridge-handle-fell-off/ https://www.theautopian.com/my-familys-62800-camper-is-junk-...

TylerE 3y ago
They always have been. THey're death traps. Super flimsy.
- hinkley 3y ago
  There’s this notion with many of these solutions that we could rent a few hours from Yellowstone, the parents could get up at the crack of dawn and drive while the kids sleep. Wake up kids, that’s Yellowstone up ahead! But most of these contraptions specifically warn against operating them while occupied. They aren’t built for accidents.
  - TylerE 3y ago
    They're basically cut-rate mobile homes on truck chassis. This vid is a great illustration of both how easy it is to get into an accident, and how much damage even a glancing blow does: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuRtNajq-Yo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuRtNajq-Yo
    - hinkley 3y ago
      Community has an episode at the end where they trash a camper. It seemed comedy driven at first but the longer I looked at it and campers the more plausible that scene seemed. It’s foam and plywood. Edit: I finally clicked through the autopian link from up thread and it’s reminding me there’s a guy I watch sometimes who does conversion vans. All of his stuff is built around those extruded aluminum rails. He hasn’t figured out how to make use of those last few cubic feet yet but he seems to do a good job and they’re fairly sturdy. Last I watched he was perfecting his showers. I now wonder what it would look like if he converted buses instead of shop vans. You have a superstructure that might actually survive a hit, they’re already set up for AC units, you “just” need to build repeatable interiors. But you need much more shop space, time, and capital to do something of that sort.

mikestew 3y ago

Most RVs are absolute trash for quality There, edited it for you for accuracy. :-) Seriously, our Thor retailed for $100K in 2018, and I've been through that entire vehicle while installing solar/inverter/battery. As I've told my spouse, "there isn't a straight screw in that whole interior". I've probably pulled a bathroom garbage container worth of crap out of the walls (leftover trimmings and the like). Yeah, didn't think anyone would look in there, eh? :-)

yencabulator 3y ago
Sorry to be the wake-up call, but Thor is one of worst brands out there for quality.