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puppygirl said: 

oh and btw my goal for all this adventures out west is to try to live inexpensively on like $400 a month by living in my camper with solar panels and stuff instead of paying rent while working remotely

Nearly 10 grand in 15 days.

$1,000 on gas alone. 7000 lb camper will be hard on gas, and hard on breaks. A truck should never work so hard unless it's making money in the process.

You're probably using unlimited mobile data, but at some point you might want to consider getting Starlink for the camper, cause out there in some distant areas, there's no signal. 

And of course when you're able to be more stationary it'll be cheaper. My estimate $750 a month in, food, gas, and even rent. 

1/22/25 update

So that shop I told you about said my engine would be ready by the 17th but when the 17th came they basically told me that due to the manager's medical issues they would not be able to finish the engine until the 22nd (today). They also said that since the new engine I am getting is a long block, the quote they gave me of 12 hours is wrong, and it's actually going to take 20 hours....... but they said they are willing to reduce it by 2 hours to be fair... thus the new price is 18 hours at 100 an hour... so 1800... i told them okay because what else can I do?

So hopefully my truck will be done today....... though I I would not be surprised if they require 1 more day......

I also went ahead and purchased a fun electric dirt bike that can do about 40mph... it weighs about 100 lbs and cost me about $2000. its been too cold to ride it much around here lately but i did get 1 pic of it a few days ago during the afternoon



whats funny about this bike is that... so long as you keep the pedals on it, it's legally a bicycle and does not have to be registered etc

but if i took the pedals off and put pegs on like a real dirt bike... now it becomes subject to tons more legal rules lol




so hopefully tomorrow (later today technically) i can get my truck... pay the shop....... grab my camper....... and get down to phoenix where it's warm. once I get down there I can decide where to go from there... I think I need to spend a few days near some improvement / hardware stores so I can put a few days into working on my camper... I'd love to paint it, to stain the wood interior walls and cabinets, to get the water system working, to better insulate it, to install solar panels, upgrade the batteries, etc etc

update: i just woke at 3am and see that i got a text at 8pm last night with a video showing my truck's engine is running :)