Awesome Possum Van Works and Recreation
#Vanlife and #Skoolie Conversions & DIY’er Camp and Trading Post
Freshly completed fabrication project here. Customer came is with a Class C RV and 300 pounds, 2400 watts of solar panels. The roof of the RV was not structurally strong enough nor did it have enough room to mount the panels so I custom built a trailer with fold out wings for the panels.
This seems like a lifetime ago but it was just 3 years. I was managing the powerstroke rebuild shop in MS and I assembled these babies every single day. I hadn’t even dreamed of Awesome Possum yet the day this pic was taken. This was a very busy day for me at that shop as … Read moreflash back to the year before I began Awesome Possum
T-Rex is about to roll out of here and picked up some heavy duty casters for the engine hoist I’m about to build to get Alice’s engine swapped. We sat and watched the sunset and waited for pizza to arrive. Our local pizza joint has a great pizza called, The Texas Heat. It’s topped with … Read moreRandom stuff that was done today
This is a very important post for anyone coming to Awesome Possum. Let’s talk about reality vs YouTube and expectations vs shop and labor time reality. And this is mainly for customers paying the shop to build but it needs to be considered by full DIYer’s as well. All too often I see customers who … Read moreExpectations vs reality in regards to cost and time of a build
I’m posting to announce that there are no more reservations available for premium sites with electric currently and through the end of July. We currently have: 2 transit buses 3 skoolie buses 2 motorhomes 1 box truck 1 enclosed trailer 7 vans 1 shuttle bus all currently building here at Awesome Possum… That’s 15 builds … Read moreWe’re at capacity on premium sites, Only primitive available
We spent some time on facilities improvements this week. 500 feet of new water main to reach out into the campgrounds, the septic field drain pipe went in the ground for the restroom/shower house, a few more shore power outlets went in, wire got buried, and the restroom/shower house firetruck cab got gutted out the … Read moreWaterline and septic lines going in.