What is the longest time that a campervan could be self-sufficient without going into a campsite?

Question

ie. basically how long could i live on the side of the road, without having to go into an official campsite to replenish everything?? (assuming ONE person lives in the camper)

Answer 1

You can conserve water by taking Navy showers, (Turn water on, wet down, turn water off, soap up, turn water on and rinse)
Catch sink water in a small tub that fits in your sink, dump it down your toilet, Your gray water always fills up first, this is also a way to keep black water tank healthy. Flying J stores offer free dump sites and water. If you can afford a generator, you could live a long time Boone dockin. I have lived on the road for 4 years, 2 years in a trailer.
Conserve is the way!

Answer 2

You have many variables to consider. The amount of fuel, food and water that you are starting with. Weather and climate conditions, what kind of road you are actually parked along side and it's relative distance to alternate supply resources, and many other details. I once lived out of a VW camper van for a two month period and never actually pulled into an official camp sites. I also did the same thing years later in a Chevy s-10 Blazer for 6 weeks and the closest I came to a campsite then was highway rest areas.

Answer 3

Assuming LE doesn't make you relocate, and assuming you have no shore line for electrical power, and assuming you have neither any water nor fuel nor sewer connections:

Climate, the degree to which you're acclimatized, and activity (metabolism) are going to determine your energy and hydration needs, and to some degree will influence your production of waste.

Your stand-alone capability will then be determined by how much water (and/or hydration fluid) you begin with (and are able to collect), and how much food you have aboard, and the waste-tank capacity of your camper.

Heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning will use energy; most often this is in the form of electricity produced from a genset burning a liquid or gas hydrocarbon fuel.

Insulation can reduce this energy demand, and in some climates, the need for energy so produced can be reduced to zero. Solar-thermal technology and/or IR panel heaters can extend the cold-weather reduction of hydrocarbon fuel demand.

Similarly, low-power RF telecommunications devices and solar-electric technology can meet communications and certain entertainment needs without creating a hydrocarbon fuel demand.

If you distill/recycle your urine and use your waste biomass and TP as fuel, you can significantly extend the time you're able to survive unmolested -- plus, that's ecologically responsible.

Beyond those generalities, though, you've not provided enough information: you haven't indicated what technologies are available to the user, the climate in which the user is operating the campervan, the capacities and other attributes of the campervan, etc.

Generally, a campervan optimized for single-dweller use and based on a FWD minivan will have about the same self-sufficient duration capacity (SSDC) as a Chevrolet/GMC Astro/Safari or a Ford Aerostar.

That SSDC will be about half as long as for a campervan based on a "full-size" GMC Savanna or Ford Econoline van, which will be about half as long as for a campervan based on a "super full size" Dodge/Freightliner/Mercedes Sprinter van.

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Answer 4

Probably about a few weeks. It also depends on the size of the camper because some may be bigger then others. It also depends on how much supplies that you have. If you make sure that you have as much of everything that you can fit into the camper without it being over crowed I would say about 3 weeks - a month maybe even longer.

Answer 5

If e=mc2 (where's the squared key??), then my calculations tell me that you take one camper (size matters), multiply the size by the number of people that will be living in it (this includes your drifter uncle Jeb, who often needs a place to crash), add the total number of canned and non-perishable items (this does NOT include cigarettes and alcohol), add the total number of toilet paper rolls (subtract 10 if you are using paper napkins), divide this figure by the number of board games you have, add a bonus of 20 if you have more than three 12-packs of AA batteries for your ipod or gameboy, and if you haven't gone completely mad after 2 weeks you can double your stay if you befriend yogi and boo -boo in the event they've scored a few picnic baskets. The final figure not only will give you your length of stay before replenishing, but will keep you occupied for a while trying to figure it out (what you do with the rest of your time is your business!).

Answer 6

When the water runs out, or the sewage tank can't take anymore.

Your lifestyle will affect your stay. You can **** in the woods, and use no water. You can drink from the streams, but that might make you sick. I'd take the chance!

You need food, and some mental stimulation. You have a TV, and your generator needs gas. You'll live for three weeks beside the road, then you'll go nuts!

Answer 7

It depends on how the campervan is equipped, the weather and what you mean by living on the side of the road. If you are traveling you can go indefinitely ,just sitting on the side of the road you could give it a week as long as you used the outdoors for your restroom.

Answer 8

Honey...I have had survival training and it really depends upon what your needs are. i will say this, now with two years of it under my belt, i would never do it again, though in a pinch I would be the one out of everyione i know of to be able to navigate it. i simply have paid my dues and prefer to have a roof over my head. hence...it is very subjective and I have no conclusive answer save about 10 days. Can you do 10 days with what you have on you? That was my Top...and i got tired of it to be honest....but i did it. i am sure that isnt the record for people here, but that is mine and i am proud of it.
My reply is without a camper of course..and i might have gone longr but i was a teen....and that is not bad for a teen.

Answer 9

some bugs are edible so the camper could live off of that,probably 1 squishy potatoe bug per day would be sufficient for survival,if the camper is a good hunter/bug catcher.the toilet needs to be emptied pretty often to prevent contagious bacteria,fungus and nauseous smells but the camper can temporarily use the nearby bushes and non-poisonous leaves as a toilet paper substitute.i would estimate a generous amount of time that a camper could be self-sufficient without replenishing given the amount of determination that each individual camper has.

Answer 10

I once lived on a schoolbus that had been converted to a camper in the 70's It was stationary in the middle of a junkyard. Ilive on that for 8 month's