cycle61
Senior Member
So, in the spirit of "search before you ask", I think I've read every single build thread with more than ten posts in the last couple weeks, and much of the how-to forum as well. And I don't have any abjectly stupid questions queued up quite yet...
I'm Nick, and my wife is April. I'm a western Washington native, and she's originally from Tennesse but I picked her up in California a decade ago and the rest is history. We're avid outdoors people, we backpack, climb mountains, raft and kayak a bit, and she does a lot of trail running. My daughters are off to college, son lives with his mom and has a few years left in high school. My job is geographically independent, and she's self-employed and/or semi-retired. I've worked in the trades my whole life, primarily high voltage electrical, and I've been at various points in my career a certified welder, a carpenter, a plumber, a classic car mechanic, and remodeled homes for a few years.
We're currently in a cookie cutter housing development home maybe an hour outside of Seattle, and even at 1100 sf it feels too big for our needs. I know quite a few guys in my industry who full-time on the road while still working, and it's a great fit for the ones who are wired for it. We've looked at any number of traditional RV's and the build quality, even on the zillion dollar ones, seems to be basically garbage. It feels, therefore, that the natural thing to do is acquire an old bus and build ourselves a very small home with a very large backyard.
The wife is 150% on board with this idea, and is at least as excited about it as I am.
Pic because nobody likes walls of text. This is the Monster Truck(TM). '84 Chevy with a 6.2 diesel. Traded a motorcycle for it seven years ago, and we've had many interesting adventures.
I'm Nick, and my wife is April. I'm a western Washington native, and she's originally from Tennesse but I picked her up in California a decade ago and the rest is history. We're avid outdoors people, we backpack, climb mountains, raft and kayak a bit, and she does a lot of trail running. My daughters are off to college, son lives with his mom and has a few years left in high school. My job is geographically independent, and she's self-employed and/or semi-retired. I've worked in the trades my whole life, primarily high voltage electrical, and I've been at various points in my career a certified welder, a carpenter, a plumber, a classic car mechanic, and remodeled homes for a few years.
We're currently in a cookie cutter housing development home maybe an hour outside of Seattle, and even at 1100 sf it feels too big for our needs. I know quite a few guys in my industry who full-time on the road while still working, and it's a great fit for the ones who are wired for it. We've looked at any number of traditional RV's and the build quality, even on the zillion dollar ones, seems to be basically garbage. It feels, therefore, that the natural thing to do is acquire an old bus and build ourselves a very small home with a very large backyard.
The wife is 150% on board with this idea, and is at least as excited about it as I am.
Pic because nobody likes walls of text. This is the Monster Truck(TM). '84 Chevy with a 6.2 diesel. Traded a motorcycle for it seven years ago, and we've had many interesting adventures.
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That would not be a great plan for us. And by us I mean me. Wife absolutely loves that car. I drove a Jeep Wrangler for the first time yesterday, and really liked it. I know they're easy to tow. Our '02 manual transmission Ranger would be easy too, but the previous owner was a heavy smoker and I still haven't gotten the smell all out.
