Off Grid — Page 2

White Toyota Tundra crew cab with both driver-side doors open, a wooden platform bed inside, and Eric from ToyotorHome lying across the cab

An In-Cab Bed in a Toyota Tundra

Eric at ToyotorHome sleeps on a wooden platform inside a white Tundra CrewMax. He built the bedroom in half a day, mostly with things he already had at home.

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Pale blue 16x9 tiny cabin with a brown shingle roof, three white-trim windows, and a wood deck on concrete piers in a fall hardwood forest in rural Maine

She Built a 144 Sq Ft Maine Cabin for $10,700 — Less Than a Year of Rent

I keep circling the same number: $10,700. That’s what Bree Steen spent — deck included — to build a 144 square foot off-grid cabin in the Maine woods. Less than a year of rent. No rent after that. Tiny Home Tours walks the 16×9 with her: a real kitchen so she can bake, wall bars [...]

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Dark gray Toyota Tacoma with a Topo Toppers Badlands pop-up aluminum canopy fully raised, gray tent walls and a yellow Rotopax on side L-track, parked on a dirt road in dry hills

This Pop-Up Truck Camper Gives You Sit-Up Room — Without Jumping to the Biggest Model

I keep circling the same complaint about wedge campers: they’re light, they pack small, and once you’re inside you can’t really sit up and live. The Topo Toppers Badlands is the tempting middle — sit-up room without jumping to the biggest pop-up.

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2024 Honda Pilot TrailSport conversion with black roof rack, rear hatch and passenger door open, Aaron presenting the build on a gravel lot

He Converted a Honda Pilot Into a No-Drill Camper for 24-Hour Disaster Deployments

When a tornado, hailstorm, or hurricane hits, Aaron has 24 hours to be on the ground. Hotels in those zones are often closed, full, or simply gone — so this catastrophe insurance adjuster turned his 2024 Honda Pilot TrailSport into the thing that still works: a no-drill mobile dwelling that is home until the world [...]

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A 2,000-lb AntiShanty AS-1 Plus Adventure Trailer for Sale in Boulder

If you’ve been waiting for a 2,000-lb hard-sided adventure trailer that a smaller SUV can actually tow, this is the one sitting in Boulder. It’s a 2020 AntiShanty AS-1 Plus, built in Utah by Spectrum Sports / AntiShanty, listed at $35,000. Pre-owned, no land, 60 square feet on the listing. The owner puts it at [...]

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Caitlin’s dark-stained tiny house on a wooded hillside with a covered porch, sliding glass doors, and potted plants

She Built an Off-Grid Tiny House With Her Dad for $30–40K — and She’s Lived There 8 Years

Caitlin wanted to build her own home — and her dad, a carpenter, was all in. Starting in 2014, they spent about three years crafting an off-grid tiny house on a 24-foot trailer. She found land next to the build site, towed the house up a dirt “road” with a small bulldozer, and settled in. [...]

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White Box Truck Betti tiny home parked in the woods with rooftop solar panels and spare tire

She Built Box Truck Betti After Leaving Her Marriage — An Off-Grid Tiny Home With Solar, Carved Wood, and a Fresh Start

After a major life change, Eva didn’t want another apartment that felt temporary — she wanted something that was completely her own. Starting with little construction experience, a used white box truck, and help from a friend, she built Box Truck Betti: a solar-powered, off-grid tiny home packed with carved wood, space-saving tricks, and the [...]

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