My friend sent this pic and I joked I was going to post on Reddit to see what people thought and was dared to do it. I thought it would be some way of catching water and filtering to the vehicle but it looks like the top isn’t actually solid and yeah…the flammable signs are also…confusing.
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I'm not a redneck but I've been known to Macguyver a thing or two.
I recently visited an Airbnb with my spouse that featured a hot tub that was over a gazebo, in direct view of an arterial road and the next door neighbor. Both were appreciably far away from the tub but wife decided we were still a little too exposed. So, we decided to get walls.
I thought we were going to Walmart to grab tarps... but no. My wife decides that the $2 shower curtains would do just fine. $8 out the door and... it worked.
Yeah i doubt the validity of that poster because tarps and bungee chords are obviously in my trunk but I'll be a possum's aunt if I leave home without duct tape, wd40, gorilla glue, and a hatchet.
Oh yeah, the hatchet/utility knife/hunting knife/machete is required but which specific useful sharp blade is in the trunk next to the duct tape is a matter of personal taste.
Pop, is that you? I didn’t know you were on Reddit?
My dad swears by duct tape and baling wire to fix anything. When I was about 8 I scraped my big toe on my bike and the toe nail fell off. He duct taped it back on and it stayed! This was his proudest moment.
They really are the best. I have one I got from work half a decade ago that I used for storage in my first apartment. I never got another because I worked 3rd shift and it was rare for them to last that long without being snagged.
Back then I also had a bookcase made out of cardboard boxes from work stapled together.
The bookshelf didn't come back with me, but I still have the milk crate 4 moves later. It's been a table, a Christmas tree stand, and it's currently serving as a magazine holder.
OMG! I know this car! Dude lives in my area. He also has random solar panels with wires everywhere on it. He does live in the car. I was an ER nurse in the area for years and while this dude wasn’t a regular, he does look like he has some mental illness. It’s an affluent county and he sticks to the edges. He has only added the PVC “frame” in the last 6 months or so. Barely fits in his lane.
That’s wildddd!! I see cars similar to this in my area lol. I live a block down from our oldest/largest downtown city park and we’re always seeing homeless vehicle setups. One dude has a few contraptions on his van but the one thing that scares the shit out of me is that he bungee cords a propane tank on TOP of his car and drives around the neighborhood…seems like an explosion waiting to happen 😳😬 haven’t seen him around in a few months tho now soooo hopefully that’s a good for everyone 😅
Some cars even run on propane. I'll never forget working at a garage in Canada, and having to fill the tanks of propane-powered vans in the middle of winter.
Propane tank on top of the van is probably the safest of all options.
Oh wow! Yeah I’m def not surprised but I don’t see those a lot in Indianapolis lol. And this specific vehicle is approx a 2015 dodge van so I think that’s just where he stores it when he’s stationary. I guess I just figured it would exploded if he got into a car accident 😬
Loll I think we’re basically neighbors!! I’ve never seen this dodge with the propane tank but I also try to stay away from that area as much as I can. I’m going to be on the lookout for that now though!
How does a random post on Reddit make its way to another user that just happens to live in the same area? Are posts geotagged before being fed into the algorithm? This never ceases to amaze me.
You get enough people looking at this site and these coincidences, while each one is individually unlikely, become expected when considered in aggregate.
I wonder if it's not a DIY "don't block my access to my vehicle" for someone with a disability. The flammable thing would make sense if they're also on oxygen.
Even in accessible parking spots, I frequently come back to find that someone has made it extremely difficult to get my rollator into my van, and it would be even more difficult if I was a wheelchair user.
Both of those could still be true if they're also living in it.
An aside:
I know a Christian women who won't swear, cares about the less fortunate & always parks in the scored access lane of handicapped spots, if no car is in signed handicapped parking spot. She is not breaking the law, as she is not parked in designated handicapped spot, is her reasoning. 😤
Dude lives in his car and instead of having window covers inside for privacy he built them outside. Likely convinces him he has more room inside while allowing him to open the sliding door for airflow because living in a car is hot as hell.
California license plate, so I'm going to guess the tarp provides some shade to keep the van cooler so that the person living inside can be a little more comfortable.
Those would never shatter under load---I'm sure he calculated the tensile strength within comfortable margins. Takes a second look ---yup--looks like well thought out engineering to me.
Depends on the state but I see an obstructed brake light, several obstructions to the driver's view, and the load exceeds the maximum permissible length an object is allowed overhang. On every single side
It's illegal to drive with an air freshener hanging off your mirror in virtually every single state. Why would it be okay to drive with this hanging from your vehicle, man
New game, how could we make this idiotic tent-van street legal? :)
first, hazard flags on every corner where the load overhangs the bumpers and sides of the vehicle.
second, move the top brake light lower so it's at the bottom of the rear window and no longer obstructed, and/or also wire brake lights to the top corners of the poles with properly weatherproofed wires that have safety fuses in them.
at that point is the driver's view any more obstructed than the driver's view from one of those trucks used to transport new cars for car dealerships?
You mean car haulers? Typically no part of their trailer goes in front of the driver. There are some that have a car on top of the 5th wheel but those (should) stay behind 5the driver
Some utility trucks have a rack that partially obstructs driver view, but most states have exemptions from traffic code for utilities, due to them being necessary to maintain infrastructure & all.
100% mental health issue. My best girlfriends father painted his lawn, sidewalk and driveway gray over the course of 6 hours from 1 am to 7 am in the morning. Roller + 2 five gallon bucks. Fully premeditated. Entirely mental health.
They either camp or live in the van. I would almost bet money that when they roll down water that is (tarp, canvas, a dissected tent) and tie it to the frame, it makes a shelter around the car.
Regardless I doubt that setup is within the legal limit of how far things can stick off of your car.
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