Joe’s Truck House

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I don’t feel I missed anything beyond this form of life. Yes, I gave up a lot of stuff-books, clothing and other unnecessary things we all registers. But gained freedom. Real freedom. Freedom of movement, that allows me to live near the beach, in the beautiful wooded area, or even in the city. Freedom from taxes, electricity, cable companies and corporations.

A work truck converted into a rolling home. Photos by Ilan Nachum. More info. here (translated).

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  1. would like to know how u figured enough watts to service ur home…how many solar panels isn’t enough to figure it out. looking into simple, small living, but wanted to know the electical freedom of all this. so how did u figure…what equation, i guess..help me…lol

    • Being that this house is built on a cab-over truck, it most likely runs on diesel, which means it could also quite easily run on straight (albeit, filtered) vegetable oil with very little actual diesel being used (just enough to warm up upon starting & purge before stopping). It’s quite easy to do! Btw, I’m not talking biodiesel, either. Instead, recycling used vegetable oil that can often be obtained for free! Much better than fuel cells that require an extraordinary amount of environmentally harmful battery components to manufacture & operate, not to mention, the technology is far from being readily available to ‘Joe-Public.’

      Easter Bunny Bless you!

  2. Just so you know…. it’s a lie. He is NOT free from taxes, everything he made out of that truck had taxes… solar panels are taxed like NO other. Also, the truck is not ‘free’ either… he pays taxes for that. he pays taxes for sustainability of living, for groceries, for gas, for electricity when he hooks up at a campground when his solar panels are not working….. I can go on. The ‘hippy’ mentality drives me up the wall when someone actually claims to be “free” of things in life when they are right there in the midst of them. Sure, he may not have a cable bill or doesn’t pay rent (although he does pay ‘rent’ for where ever he sets up camp).

    It’s truly amazing because the truck front (engine) that he has is from a HUGE corporation who specializes in the creation of those types of trucks. So, everything he THINKS he is free of, he isn’t. He just found a way to live a more frugal lifestyle than most other people and there is nothing wrong with that. There IS something wrong with someone claiming to live a certain way they are CLEARLY not. That is all…

  3. Hey friend! My name is Phillipe and i am from Brazil. Would like to say that you are my hero. Thats a great form to live. Next the sky, the plants and animals. I would love to live like you, but here in Brazil, thats not so posible like in your country. Here we don´t have this kinda cars or they are veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery expensive.
    Hugs from Rio, bub!!!!!!!!!!
    Stay in peace!

  4. Good for you Joe.. I don’t want to be a slave to society either.. Living off of the grid is so ideal and more affordable than this life in San Francisco where a loaf of bread is an astounding $5.00.. Sure, it may be nice to live in San Francisco, but when all of your earned income goes towards rent.. where is the fun in life? I am with you..

  5. Joe’s got the “boot” on his front tire, he must of tried to park it in San Francisco for the night.. ha ha.. just kidding.. although, they have passed ordinances here where anything over so many feet long has to be moved and can not be parked in certain areas overnight.. the good thing with that though is… you actually have to answer your door to receive the citation.. i don’t know about you, but I don’t answer my door unless I am expecting somebody… ha ha..

  6. I want to do this very thing. My mental plan to build one using a 26′ Uhaul type moving truck. The one with the “granny’s attic” space above the cab. I want to use Pallets and Reclaimed wood for most of the siding and inner structure with only the frame being new wood if possible. What kind of plumbing are you running? Are you using a composting toilet? How about hot water? So many questions!!

  7. This is the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen!!!!! It’s been a dream of mine to get a box truck and convert it to a mobile home… so glad to know it can be done! Nice work!
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