m.youtube.com/watch?v=gye1P2rrNEE
Alright, several reasons why I’m responding to this last post of his from YouTube in this section… we have several guys experienced in living in a vehicle on this site.
Secondly, he is dead broke, just lost his job a while back, so his financial options to improve are limited.
Third, I used to live in Yuba as a kid, its where my mother met my stepfather (in Marysville), and remember the geographical characteristics well enough, and hiked across the state a couple of years back.
Last but not least, I know the threat of the cops and need for stealth. Hopefully, you Google your name and will find this.
Okay…
- Your staying down in the valley. I recall it was near savanna like conditions, and furthermore, its concreted. When a city is concreted, it’s temperature increases a good 10 degrees. When we started keeping track of temperatures around the country on a regular basis, what happened? We switched from dirt and Cobb to concrete and asphalt… everything was sunbaked, and our thermometers went up in terms of apparent national temperatures.
Trick is, don’t be in the vehicle during the day, even if you work the night shift, if down in the plains. I recall Beale Air Force Base was along the mountains, you had a wide swing in terms of climate. Hot as hell in the bottom, yet nothing but shady mountain roads along the side, and quick access to the (if I recall correctly) The Sacramento River. That river won’t get you clean, but the road from the base in closest approach to it is a favorite swim spot for the locals. You can wade around in it all you want.
Ideally, you want a area with these features:
- Its elevated and in the wind
- Its shaded in underneath a tree
- Near a source of water, such as a spring
1 + 2 suggests a hill or cliff. 3, yeah… I know, its not the rainy season yet, everything is drying up, but try.
You pull off road onto a dirt trail and park there. How do I know there is a dirt trail? Rednecks and military personal make them. They won’t bother you (at least the MPs) unless your on actual military land. They tend to poorly mark this (a white line and a sign), and are thus a little more forgiving on ‘accidental’ trespass.
Reason why you want it close to the base, is because police won’t patrol near a rural area just outside a base, unless its inundated by a bunch of hound lower ranking guys prone to drunkenness, and even then, know the military have two different forces that can be relied upon… MPs and their unit commanders to keep the peace. MPs don’t give a flying fuck about civilians on nonmilitary land, as long as your not raping and murdering, they will wave and continue on their merry way back to base if passing by. Cops do however often enjoy territorial overlap into military bases, permission of the commanding officer to do so.
Why is this important? You can stretch out, and hang out on the outside of your vehicle rather than inside, if your in a safe spot, secluded, where the cops will assume your military (collecting housing pay but too cheap/greedy to actually get a house) and military simply won’t give a fuck about you. The proximity of jurisdiction creates a void in either side’s desire to patrol. Its in a strategically cool location.
Option 2: Grass Valley.
It lacks the hills, but has the trees, and cold creeks. I used to travel out here all the time with my Grandfather to pan for gold. He found enough on one trip (several pebbles) to fill up half the bottom of a clear film canister (80s, prior to digital).
I recommend going out here into republican country. Why? I don’t believe in political parties, but know how to exploit them. Republicans are only motivated to respond to you if you threaten their property, if your otherwise making it, they won’t care, especially in a rural area.
You can do shit nothing, like you do sitting, dying in your SUV, sitting with your feet in a cool creek, panning for gold. You might just find some. If you don’t, switch locations till you do, worst comes to worst you’ve gotten experience.
I’m guessing no California Guard Card, so no security work for you. Day laborer or dish washing are possibilities. I know one guy in the bay area who does Event Security who might take you in if you do choose San Francisco temporarily for event security WITHOUT a guard card, PM me if you need it, it won’t ever be full time, or even part time, without it. I recommend just avoiding that hellhole (lived there for a long time).
Some simple upgrades once you get money:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=QHQ0v3da2g4
She made a very simple air conditioner for her car using bags of ice in a stylofoam box, with a fevy small portable fan attached, and a small plastic pipe punched through.
Air goes in, cool goes out. No need for AC. This fan can be powered rather cheaply, if you know how to do it, I own two such fans that are USB compatible.
amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00QBAVVM … ref=plSrch
This has quick shipping in the US.
Plug two-three in your windshield facing sunlight (park facing the unobstructed east) and it will suck it up, and charge them. Use them to run a fan that is USB capable (very cheap) to run the fan. Fan shoots down into ice, ice chilled air shoots across van.
If you own 9 bucks, this will do it for you:
amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00JXFZFS … ref=plSrch
You can get a car lighter-USB adapter to plug it in, or use rechargeable batteries.
Oh… Your doers and windows might be broken, but your hands are not. You need to roll your windows down, so pry off the inner casings of your SUV’s door to look inside and see if you can’t just manually slide your windows up and down.
Likewise, look into getting a solar panel for your car battery. Must be no less than this 18V, 5 Watt panel to charge a 12V battery (this will barely do it)
amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00QRHDIP … 7DB1APZXBP
I just ordered it to keep my Dodge Durango’s battery alive. Don’t have high hopes for it otherwise, but its food obviously to keep your battery peak.
I own a bunch of unused solar cells (50) but don’t expect you to toy with that. Its hard to stealth live in a SUV as short as yours.
Lastly, you don’t need your black curtains up DURING THE DAY. Take them down, put a basic sun visor up in the front, leave your windows cracked.
I can tell you alit more, but obviously can’t say much on YouTube, and just don’t care to sign up for a account to respond. So yeah, hope you find out about this. There are a billion things still you need to know.
