rubber tramping

I have a compact car with around 130k miles. I'm wondering if there's anything you all regularly pay attention to in your cars that aren't the typical things like oil check or tire pressure to stay proactive on any issues that might arise.

I have everything packed..have about a weeks worth of food, got the sleeping bag, water filters..all that jazz. Yet... I can't get myself to go. I know a few good hop-outs. Idk if because the weather is gonna be changing or I'm just scared. Any advise helps.

Hey ya’ll I’m Jackson. Been a long time scroller on here, posted an introduction awhile back but I felt an urge to post again and hopefully connect with some fellow travelers. A bit about myself, I’m 26 yrs old, bisexual, gender non-conforming anarchist punk from OC. Been kickin it in San Diego...

I'm on probation and was hoping there would be a thread for travelers on probation. I am very lonely and suicidal and am looking to speak with people landlocked by the man. I wanted to ask what makes it better and to find local spots and other travelers in the area who are also on probation

My partner just bought an 89 ford flair RV. She runs great, if a little rough around the edges on the inside. Our plan is to do some repairs and fix up the inside and be on the road within a few months. We will be full time, staying in the PNW area. I've squatted and done some vanlife and...

It would be my first time truck dwelling in Canada...What are the places to look for as far as truck camping/parking in that area?

Hi i’m Sofi! Let be honest every day I just dream about driving/scurrying off into the sunset. Been thinking about it every day since I gained consciousness. When I was 15 I bought a 1988 Chevy bus in the hopes of converting it. Let’s just say I vastly overestimated my mechanical ability and...

I'm planning to travel from AZ to Van to get to a couch to sleep on :D. So planning to drive up the westside of the US. I've done this before but it was a bit more rushed and I wasn't as broke and resourceless. I will be car camping the whole way, but also have a tent for dispersed campsites...

Hi! I’m introducing myself a lil late. Oops! My name is Lyd & I’m currently living in Boise, planning on rubber tramping in late March early April. I’ll probably do that for about 4 months, then who knows! Let’s link up :)

Hey, all. Looking forward to getting involved a little here. I’ve been living in vehicles about 3 years. Spent time up and down the west coast, southern CA desert, Arizona, and the Midwest. I just got to Georgia about a week ago, having left San Diego in October. The travel bug is well fed for...

Hey everyone! I'm kalefice, or Eric, and I'm getting ready to hit the road in my SUV in the next couple months. I'll be a greenhorn, so I love that there is so much info on rubber tramping and that sort of thing here. I've made some friends during the pandemic who are travelers that I hope to...

My name is Colby. I am from Chattanooga TN and still have family and resources there. I've been traveling with my wife and our little dachshund Callie in a converted work van since 2019. Overall traveling has been extremely beneficial for us but not without difficulties. Since 2019 we have...

Hey there! I've been lurking this site for years now dreaming of the freedoms of living on the road and in July of this year I finally took the leap. My partner and I sold or gifted away most of our belongings, left our home in Portland, Oregon, and hit the road in our 93 Chevy Van after doing a...

Pit stop at the papitos house to put these bug nets on. Yes, they're very fucking janky but if it works it works, amirite? $6CAD exterior window netting from Canadian Tire and Gorilla tape $4CAD

When I was a kid, I remember school myths of “the hobo in the woods”, and we’d all snoop around this chainlink fence by the woods searching for this imaginary hobo, that probably never existed. Ironically, I am now that hobo. Except I’m not camped out by an elementary school. (That would be...

First trip sense I got the van. South Florida to Oakland California. Freecampsites.net was my best friend. Tried to camp off grid in the woods/mountains every night, but if I was not looking for camp by like 6-7pm I'd usually say fug it get some drink an park it in front some apartments. No cops...

hey folks ~ Does anyone know of any good farm spots to work at / park at in the southern states? Or out west? (Areas like Virginia, the carolinas, new orleans, texas, arizona, new mexico, colorado... Time frame is this upcoming November to March. Traveling by van. Temp work in exchange for van...

Hey there! Im a musical being that can make money pretty easily on the streets as well as having about 1k passive income a month, so let me know all of you van/rv owners that have an extra bed and want endless gas or maintenance money- I gotchu! I also want to go to South America and I am on...

Man, idk where else to put this. I’ve been on the road for some time. I’m antisocial by nature, very introverted. Rarely do people approach me and I’m getting lonely of it. I want to say something when I see someone but I don’t. People drive by laughing together in their cars and it stings. I...

Whats up y'all? I'm a new-ish RV-dweller (I got my rig, an '88 Jamboree, in early spring) and as summer and my current agricultural gig come to a close up here in Oregon I'm starting to think through where I should be going next. I've got roots back in Portland and I'm kinda eager to get back...

We have 3 chickens. Looking for ideas to keep them happy and safe in their cages while moving. Also, any ideas or tips for quick setup/ takedown coop so we can set them up anywhere we stop. I've seen collapsible coops but any other suggestions are much appreciated.

Hi all, my name is Troubie and I'm a former west coast car camper. Currently I'm stuck in Sacramento on my way to a college degree. Hoping to gain some wisdom from everybody here and learn about different places and ways to travel before heading back out there. I pretty much stuck to Cali...

Hey, I was wondering if anyone had any advice on where one could stay in California while covid 19 safety precautions are in order. Are any parks or campgrounds open in Los Angeles or anywhere is Southern California? Has anyone gone to the beach lately? I know there are many vanlifers in Cali...

If you never traveled with someonw who is or you aren't wheelchair bound, how did it impact travel, both before taking off and while driving? If you did have passengers who were or you yourself are wheechair bound, was there any impact during travel, both before taking off and while driving...

In Colorado. Can be wherever. Just need to build this van. Crashing in a Chrysler 200. It's 17 degrees right now. Just really need a job to start this van build. Have money saved. Definitely trading this little ass car.

Hello, im curious about what other people do, and have done in the past traveling in a van with a dog, with no working AC. Im considering eventually buying an rv roof mounted AC, but thats alot of cash and a ways away. Iv slso considered installing a roof vent to help release the heat. Also...

Hi yall I want to introduce myself i am a nomad for the past 2 and half years i have traveled every corner of canada and have seen every province and the yukon territorys all the way to the artic circle. Lived in a Stealth camper van From this may until my band mate (road dog) and I made...

Once my harvest season work is done here in the NE, it’ll be mid December and I’ll probably want to go somewhere warm as possible with my pay, maybe a car, definitely an instrument. I’m thinking about places in the SW , probably CA or AZ , that I either haven’t been to in a long time or didn’t...

Hello everyone. Having lived and worked from TX, AZ, OR, AK, NM I am now retired and ready to be a rubbertramp nomad. I'm looking for a traveling companion, company, riders, road dawgs to help and be helped. About me: 62yo gay male, skilled, experienced, wilderness camper, ready for the road...

Hey guys! I’m new to this site, but not new to traveling. I am going to take my 8 year old son on the road pretty soon. I haven’t done too much traveling with him other than short road trips and airplane flights... we are about to head out this summer going from the southwest to the Pacific...

Hey, Y'all! My name's Bats. I wrote out this post on here before, but accidentally deleted it instead of posting it. Hopefully, things will go better this time :) So I'm finishing up my last month or so of high school, and I want to hit the road afterwards. At this point I'm not sure how soon...

Never been to Arizona. Sick of the cold, Phoenix or Tucson? Anybody with any experience tramping thru these parts?

Wake up and rage! I'm Aaron, I'm gonna be 30 on the first, and I'm planning on leaving my current employment to travel full time as of next year summer of 2020. I've been blowing glass for about 6 years, and I'm hoping to make a job of traveling full time and blowing glass at different studios...

Hey Ya'll! First off. I'm so glad this website exists. Thank you so much to those who put it together and keep it running. This was an awesome resource for my partner and I two years ago when we hitchhiked and walked the Appalachian trail for a bit, now we're going to be hitting the road again...

Hello everyone. I was a member some years ago. Now I’m back. Figured this site could be very useful for me as I’ve been rubber tramping in a cargo van for a few years. Currently in Bellingham wa

Excellent kit list from 1916. From TOURING AFOOT BY DR. C. P. FORDYCE 1916 Tramping Kit Check List Wear. Flannel shirt. Whipcord pants. Belt. Wool unionsuit. Wool socks. Felt hat. Shoes or moccasins. Pockets. Map. Jack knife. Kerchief. Waterproof match box. Compass. Pack. Pack sack. Wool...

departing from my home state in my unreliable Ford Explorer (that I scored for FREE) finally since I was old enough to hold a map. bought a ‘75 club wagon, it turned into a paper weight poor thing. seeking destination, well not really seeking journey and big trees I guess. anyways if u see a...

Does anyone have any experience with this route? Any good towns for busking or quick work? Campgrounds you recommend or sites worth seeing?

I was living in a rented room for $950 a month and selling cars. Quit my job because it was miserable. Tried selling on ebay and amazon. Not enough action to pay my bills. Did uber and lyft. Got my door crumpled. Pulled the dents out, got another job selling cars. Stayed 30 days it was dead. Got...

Is there any website that specializes in the sale of used converted vans for #vanlife/#rubbertramping? I'd travel to any state in the union for the right used van. Also any tips on buying used fleet vans? I hear those are really good deals as they are usually maintained really well. Thanks!

After a long couple of months, the ex-girlfriend has finally decided to let me keep Finch. Finch being the first bus we purchased together and converted into a home. It’s named after my best friend Cody John Finch Kandler who originally inspired me to live the lifestyle of a vagabond . Finch...

After living in my RV and 4 runner for around 2-3 years I was able to hustle enough up to get my own place in the mountains. 35 acres at 8000 feet near the Spanish peaks in southern Colorado. Got veggies and pot plants in the ground with fungi on the way. Check it out!

Thought this would be interesting to everybody here. Rob Gray (a fellow aussie) a nature photographer, grey nomad, and also the owner/builder of WOTHEHELLIZAT (Australias largest offroad motorhome) http://www.robgray.com/graynomad/wothahellizat/index.php Wothehellizat mk1...

Who else is interested car-dwelling (or using a vehicle besides a van/RV)? Why I'm using my hatchback: - Being a 5'4 person, I already regularly nap/sleep comfortably in this vehicle during roadtrips. - I already trust this vehicle to run reliably and I enjoy driving it. I've already spoken to...

Hey mob, I'm gonna be travelling around Australia for a few years, I'm in coffs staying with family for a few weeks until my van gets fixed but after that throw me a line and I'll make you a curry and read your tarot. :)

Now that I've been living full-time in my bus instead of just using it as a detachable bedroom and work truck, I decided to take some pictures of my set-up.

I decided to give this strange/awesome site a chance in hopes of meeting some rad folks while I'm out on the road. I'm passing through Fort Collins CO area until about June, so if your in the area, are cool, and want to hang out hit me up. I've been traveling, squatting, and what not since I was...

This is the first of the videos I'll be uploading about my on-going adventure rubber-tramping poor (as fuck) from Slab City to Alaska where I have tentative plans for adventure!

What's up StP. Been reading the forums for awhile before becoming a member, figured I'd join in on the fun. My names Kyle, I'm just starting out on the on the road with my less than perfect truck ( we'll see how far it takes me ha) done some short term travels but I plan to be out and...

I’m getting ready to build my new lil apartment setup in the back of my SUV and I was wondering what solutions y’all have found to keep your things organized and easily accesible while on the road? I have had it set up with half of my space dedicated to my sleeping pad and the other half with my...