What does it take to leave the conveniences of everyday life behind and spend a summer exploring the American Southwest in a converted cargo trailer? For us, it takes a little planning,…
Category: Our Cargo Trailer
Easy DIY Portable Propane Ammo Can Fire Pit Project
There’s just something special about sitting around a fire at the end of the day. Whether it’s beside a cargo trailer at a dispersed campsite, outside a tiny cabin in the woods,…
An Easy Step Up: The Lippert Components RV Step
Adding this step to our cargo trailer conversion turned out to be one of the simplest upgrades that made a huge difference in everyday use. If you own a cargo trailer, you…
Great Solution for Kitchen Storage: The ToughBuilt StackTech XL3
One of the things we’ve learned while building and living with our cargo trailer conversion—the Biscuit Box—is that organization matters more than people realize. When you’re living out of a small space,…
Fire When You Need It Most: Blackbeard Fire Plugs
When you spend enough time camping, boondocking, and living a little closer to the edge of comfort, you eventually learn a simple truth: fire matters. A lot. It’s warmth on a cold…
Practical Shower Options for your Cargo Trailer Conversion
A Guide to Staying Clean, Comfortable, and Off-Grid When you’re building a cargo trailer conversion, figuring out how to shower is one of the biggest puzzles to solve. You want practical shower…
Why We Ditched RVs for Cargo Trailer Conversions.
When we tell people we travel out of a cargo trailer, they either think we’re broke or crazy. Maybe both. But once they step inside one of our cargo trailer conversion builds,…
Our New Floorplan in our 6×10 Cargo Trailer Conversion
Our new floorplan in our 6×10 cargo trailer conversion is the best design yet! It features a raised bed with lots of storage underneath, a kitchen area in the rear of the…
Easy Passive Solar Water Heater
We needed a way to have an easy passive solar water heater for our cargo trailer while on our adventure out west. We didn’t want to spend a lot of money, so…
Honda EU2200i Generator Review
We’ve used our generator very often over the past year and a half. When we went on a 4 month adventure out west last year, we used the generator just about every…
