First time burn: Camp ? RV ...... > or < or =

[TomServo]

Use your imagination, put in a little work, and you can avoid the overpriced RV. Porta-potties are provided. Showers are up to you. With an RV....both of those need to be pumped out. I'm more comfortable, in a solid shade structure, like a carport...than in an expensive assed vehicle you have to worry about getting scratched. And...I'm over $1000 richer. The playa is hostile, but there are cheap ways to stay comfortable.

[Captain Goddammit]

If you're going to be sensitive to some dust in your tent consider an rv, but the rv will be dusty soon anyways.

Not so! I keep my windows shut and the AC on and seal up everything that can leak dust in, and it does NOT get dusty inside. For what does get in, I simply run one of those old water-filled Rainbow vacuums a while (when I'm outside) and let it filter the air out. When everyone is choking in a white-out dust storm, I'm inside sipping a margarita and wiping a few fingerprints on the cabinets with Lemon Pledge. Unless I happen to be way across the playa when it hits... then I'm as screwed as everyone else!
My rig is a large, nice, 20-year-old truck camper that I paid less for than what people pay to rent an RV for a week. I have to drive a truck out there anyway to haul the trailer carrying all my BM shit... You could pull one of those pop-up tent trailers with your small car unless it's something stupid like a Smart car.
You can also live very well in a tent/yurt/dome if you set yourself up nice. Get/make a swamp cooler. Make a kitchen setup with some counter space and a "sink" made from a plastic tub that drains into a bucket. Get a nice little battery-powered electric shower pump and some sort of water heater. Bring a nice bed of some sort rather than tossing a sleeping bag on the ground. Air mattresses fold up into small cars nicely. Bring a spare and/or a patch kit. You've got all year to collect stuff and life is SO grand when you bring what you need to make Burning Man comfortable instead of torture!

[jkisha]

So lets say by the powers of the great gods I can pull of saving that much money to rent a RV of any size

Key word RENT...

I have read on some threads that on the Playa logos/brand are frowned upon...

So if I rent.... is it custom to cover the big I AM CORPORATE logo?

http://www.nunativs.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/renting-an-rv-rv-the-movie-300x169.jpg

First thing that came to my mind was the movie RV the movie

Some do, some don't.

JK

[bx1]

I gotta say this:

First, it is possible to keep an R.V. clean, or at least semi-clean enough that you can fully clean it after the burn. The real problem with renting is usually the time and energy required.

I rented an R.V. for the first time at the 2009 burn and I gotta tell ya, for everything it provided, it was quite a headache. I had to get it back 2 days after the burn and several problems delayed us. By the time we got home to SoCal we had less than half a day to fully clean it before turning it in. IT WAS HARD! Not mention I was freegin exhausted, I drove most of the way back so no sleep! Yeah we barely pulled it off. Now if you own your own R.V. and you take care of it enough to at least make it cleanable when you get home... Then that will work. Mainly because you can obviously take your time when you get home cleaning it, no need to rush like with a rental.

That's my two cents, hope it helps.

[bx1]

Oh and about corporate logos, as long as its not big and obnoxious I wouldn't really worry about it. Plenty of people don't cover it up anyway, it's not like they'll kick you out if you don't cover it up.

Of course having giant 30 foot banner advertising some business of yours might get some playa hate your way.

[theCryptofishist]

Oh and about corporate logos, as long as its not big and obnoxious I wouldn't really worry about it. Plenty of people don't cover it up anyway, it's not like they'll kick you out if you don't cover it up.

Technically true, but some of us really enjoy not being the target of advertising for that tiny sliver of the year and we remember that many people manage to cover up or make sly jokes with it.

[lucky420]

Our camp had some fun sitting around and looking at that Budget logo and figuring out how to change the words around. Using newsprint, blue painters tape and spray paint. Truck Rentals became Fuck Regrets...

[TomServo]

Our camp had some fun sitting around and looking at that Budget logo and figuring out how to change the words around. Using newsprint, blue painters tape and spray paint. Truck Rentals became Fuck Regrets...

Budge N fuck rentals

[Dr Helix]

We got "Ru Paul" out of "Uhaul"

[goddess_M]

Ok, so here we are BM virgins with limited funds and we are in Nashville, TN. This means driving all our supplies to BRC and hoping this all works out in our favor. Now one of us (me) has NEVER camped anywhere. Let me repeat that, I HAVE NEVER CAMPED ANYWHERE, not even in a sheet fort in the living room as a kid. I simply don't do sleeping on the ground (or any derivitive there of). But now as I approach 40, I feel as though I have to go where the spirit takes me and it is to BM.

But the tent vs. camper issue (wanted to build a yurt ), the showering , the cold at night...this has all led me to the edge of a despair. I have read & re-read many posts, blogs, forums, articles, etc. on these issues but still I feel as though my brain has become a whirling dervish and I am lost.

[TomServo]

RVs are a waste of time and money. If you dont like to get dirty....Burning Man probably isnt the place for you! This is where imagination takes over! You don't NEED a fucking house on wheels!

[AntiM]

Ok, so here we are BM virgins with limited funds and we are in Nashville, TN. This means driving all our supplies to BRC and hoping this all works out in our favor. Now one of us (me) has NEVER camped anywhere. Let me repeat that, I HAVE NEVER CAMPED ANYWHERE, not even in a sheet fort in the living room as a kid. I simply don't do sleeping on the ground (or any derivitive there of). But now as I approach 40, I feel as though I have to go where the spirit takes me and it is to BM.

But the tent vs. camper issue (wanted to build a yurt ), the showering , the cold at night...this has all led me to the edge of a despair. I have read & re-read many posts, blogs, forums, articles, etc. on these issues but still I feel as though my brain has become a whirling dervish and I am lost.

Start camping, even if it is a night in a sheet fort in your living room. Start trying alternative shower methods (wait for summer). The cold at night isn't that bad, we sleep beautifully under a plush blanket. Just go camping a couple times. You can do this.

[wraith]

Like the lady says, do some googling, find a state park near you, and get at least a couple nights camping in as soon as the weather won't kill you.


I assumed this is how everyone tested their gear and packing lists before the long drive to the burn, is it just me?

[mudpuppy000]

Ok, so here we are BM virgins with limited funds and we are in Nashville, TN. This means driving all our supplies to BRC and hoping this all works out in our favor. Now one of us (me) has NEVER camped anywhere. Let me repeat that, I HAVE NEVER CAMPED ANYWHERE, not even in a sheet fort in the living room as a kid. I simply don't do sleeping on the ground (or any derivitive there of). But now as I approach 40, I feel as though I have to go where the spirit takes me and it is to BM.

But the tent vs. camper issue (wanted to build a yurt ), the showering , the cold at night...this has all led me to the edge of a despair. I have read & re-read many posts, blogs, forums, articles, etc. on these issues but still I feel as though my brain has become a whirling dervish and I am lost.

Start camping, even if it is a night in a sheet fort in your living room. Start trying alternative shower methods (wait for summer). The cold at night isn't that bad, we sleep beautifully under a plush blanket. Just go camping a couple times. You can do this.

If funds aren't an issue, I think RV'ing is the way to go for you. I'd really try a few camping trips beforehand too before you decide to go to BRC. (even if you decide to RV it)

[dragonpilot]

Yes RV. Because........ SHOWER SHOWER SHOWER!!!! TOILET TOILET TOILET!!!!! BED BED BED!!!!! And this is coming from someone who built a hexayurt last year. Loved it as a community chill space. But I wouldn't trade my little camper for all the tents in the world. Doesn't have to be big or the lap of luxury. Mine's an ugly little cuss from the 70"s I bought for $500. But it has a SHOWER SHOWER SHOWER!!!! TOILET TOILET TOILET!!!!! BED BED BED!!!!! Hey just one man's opinion.

GREAT! Now I know where to go to take a crap and clean up! And, hey, mebbe take a nap, too!

[Lord Of Ruin]

Yurt, Yurt, Yurt....you can build one for around $500 and you can use it over and over and over. You can also decorate/paint it really cool...

Pretty close to ditto on a cheap/old trailer. So what's the upside of the yurt then?

[gyre]

Like this


Can I use my rv as a daily driver?
Wonder how it'll do on the track?