We are new to the forum and this is great!! Thanks for all the good information regarding going full-timing and greening rv's. We are looking to green the stream and live full-time off the grid as close to 100% of the time as we can. We sold the house, bought a 2003 25 foot Safari and a 2006 dodge ram diesel truck. There are so many great topics to talk about. Here is what we are doing. You can follow us at On the Green Road - Conserve, Explore, Inspire - Home.

solar power for the Airstream - 500 watts
composting toilet
rainwater harvesting
cork flooring, eco countertops and other green materials inside
Diesel truck running on 2nd fuel tank using WVO (filtered waste vegetable oil)

I would love to hear more about how others are greening their rigs and full-timing it. We are set to hit the road full-time in 8/2011.

Welcome to NuRVers!! So glad you found us :)

Ang and I are escapees from the Bay Area as well - San Jose to be exact. Life has been amazing since leaving the Land of Uber Consumers and the roots of the rat race! We still engage in the rat race part, but now at our own pace. It is very rewarding.

Looking forward to reading more about your preparations and your adventure!

--kev

Yeeeeeeeay! Welcome to the best community on earth.

Jim and I are former SF residents who thought we were escaping the rat race by moving to Humboldt County, then realized we were just as enslaved as ever with our mortgage and business debt. In 2007 we sold it all when our dog got diagnosed with cancer, hit the road, and never looked back!

Although we bought property in CO this year and became official snowbirds (hell, we can't think of a better place to spend summer than the Rockies!0, we still consider ourselves wanderers because we can do whatever we want, wherever we want, since we are committed to staying out of debt and keep our lifestyle very, very simple.

Your rig, especially your WVO Dodge, is going to be great. I wish we could've done that to ours but we have a short-bed pulling a 5th wheel, with a large toolbox inside the bed, so there's no room for a spare tank. We used to fuel up with biodiesel all the time but it's become really scarce and hard to find out there. With WVO you won't have that problem. Lucky!

As for your composting toilet...well, I have to admit I'm skeptical. Maybe Jim and I have super stinky crap or something but we really have a hard time thinking that composting toilets in an RV are going to be without odors. I am subscribing to your blog because I totally want to see how this works out. For now I'm jealous that you don't have to carry all the swishy icky blackwater around with you!

Congrats on making the move. If you guys wanna meet up in the fall sometime, we'll be visiting SF friends for a few weeks in November, probably staying Somewhere between Petaluma and Pacifica and doing some things in Mill Valley with our dog group. It would be fun to meet up for lunch or something!

Welcome!!!!

live.work.dream and Kev -

Yes, Welcome!

My partner and I have a 1999 Dodge diesel, and a 1978 23' Avion. We want to convert the truck over to WVO before we become more mobile. I'm really interested in the grey water harvesting and composting toilet- looking forward to seeing your set-up. I'm looking into the Sol-Man setup for solar power, and am going to install cork flooring in the next month or so. We're on the same page. :)

My love story and I are currently in central Texas, exploring opportunities with a tiny house company that builds with 99% architectural salvage. It's amazing what opportunities life on wheels can open to you. Excited to hear about your progress!

-Brice

Awesome to see greener options coming to the road!

Hi TackyTexans and Technomadia - 

Here's a link to an article we wrote up about our solar set up:

Just read this list of posts. We're thinking of adding solar this year, so the link comes in real handy. Thanks so much!

 

By the way we're all former Bay Area folks...lived there for over 15 years doing the semiconductor thing. So very happy to be out of there too.

Solar really opens up what you can do when it comes to dry camping. The following link is another great full timer's site explaining solar RV systems and the various choices available to us.