Dodgy II: The Truckening
2015 3500 Dodge Ram
After a year on the road in a van, we had learned a lot of things. Top of the list: #vanlife wasn't for us. We wanted a truck. A big truck that could take a camper into the middle of the desert or the peaks of mountains. What we got, was Dodgy II: The Truckening.
A 1986 3500 Dodgy Ram Van
In 2014, a family member has a 1985 Dodge 350 commuter van rotting away in the backyard. We think it will be fun to fix up. In fact, we do manage to get it running. Yet, it keeps breaking down and we can never get the air conditioning to consistently work. We jokingly refer to the van as ‘Dodgy' due to its unreliable nature.
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Dodgy II: The Truckening
As has been alluded to earlier, dear Dodgy has not been at top form. Aside from her preexisting maladies—broken air conditioning, speedometer, temperamental gas gauge, and such—the passenger side window had
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DIY Truck Bed Camper
Rolling back the months to when we first moved out of our San Francisco apartment and into Dodgy, we had ambitions, very custom ambitions. We intended to strip Dodgy and turn
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Packing
Packing the truck cab is still a work in progress. We are packed and ready to go, but how things are packed will be subject to change over the trip.
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The Long Haul
We have always had greater ambitions for Dodgy than just a bed under a truck shell. You don't need a 3500 Dodge Ram truck to go camping in the redwoods. It's impressive. Maybe it might make some guys with the chromed out 1500s feel a little inadequate but that is their business, not ours.
