Like so many others, Grant needed a lockdown project. Unimpressed by the costs of school buses and the quality of RVs, he came across this 1997 Freightliner FL70 MPV and decided it was the perfect rig. He works full-time at Tesla, so it took about 1.5 years for him to complete the conversion. He has [...]
Off-Grid Living
Retired British Couple’s Snowplow Turned Overlander
Phil and Lynn are a charming English couple who retired and decided it was time to travel. Their overlanding rig was built off of an old military vehicle — so old that it doesn’t have any computer parts controlling the engine, making it easy for just about any mechanic to repair. Phil built the entire [...]
Completely Off-Grid DIY Tiny Home w/ Rainwater Catchment
Perlin was tired of living with roommates and was passionate about sustainable living, so building an off-grid tiny homemade perfect sense. He lives in Byron Bay, Australia, where he has a solar-powered tiny house with a rainwater catchment system. The entire home is steel-framed. Enjoy the photo tour and Q&A with Perlin below! Don’t miss [...]
Wilbur the Pink Bus: Artist’s $9K Shuttle Bus with Mobile Art Studio
Rita does amazing paintings and murals as she travels the country in her pig-pink bus named “Wilbur” (like from “Charlotte’s Web”). What’s extra impressive is that she only spent $9,000 on the entire bus and build to create a warm, homey and functional rig. A large section of her bus is dedicated to her art [...]
Military Truck Overlander w/ Airplane Cockpit
Parker and Isabelle wanted to do something different, and none of the rigs they could find really fit their needs — so they went wild and took a military truck base, a shelter pod and a whole lot of ingenuity to create a massive overlanding vehicle home that can fit all their outdoor toys and [...]
Their Milled-wood Van Conversion
Megan and Lee were moving from California back to the Midwest, considering buying some land and buying a house, when they realized they weren’t ready to settle down yet. They decided to build a Ford Transit and create their own home on wheels for a while. Lee had family connections to a mill in Pennsylvania [...]
Travel Nurse Living in a Stealth Cargo Camper
Neal hasn’t had it easy — first, he had to get sober, only to find out about a cancer diagnosis soon afterward. He beat cancer and then decided he didn’t want to miss out on any opportunities. As a travel nurse, he used to rent an apartment for a few months at a time in [...]
