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Your First Van Trip: The Must-Have Checklist

Your first night in the van is not really a trip — it is a shakedown. Treat it that way and it is a great night. Treat it as the big adventure and it will teach you the...

September 22, 20265 min read

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Empty Ford Transit cargo van interior before a camper conversion begins

Build Guides

Top 10 Things to Consider Before Starting a Van Build

Most van build regret is not about craftsmanship. It is about a decision made in week zero that nobody revisited. This is the list we give...

September 22, 20266 min read

Timber camper van interior showing the galley, bed and overhead cabinetry

Build Guides

Three Ways to Build With Timber — and the Space-Saving Design Behind All of Them

People arrive at van life from very different places: some want the project, some want the van, most want something in between. So we built three...

September 22, 20265 min read

The CNC-milled cabinetry components that make up a Timber conversion

Buying Guides

Lean Manufacturing, and Why Your Van Kit Costs Less Because of It

People expect one of two answers when they ask why our conversions cost less: cheaper materials, or offshore labour. It is neither. It is how the...

September 22, 20265 min read

Camper van parked below a canyon wall in the American West

Lifestyle

Planning a Van Trip Across the West: Routes, Water, and Elevation

The West is the reason most people buy a van, and it is where most first big trips go slightly wrong — too many miles, not...

September 22, 20265 min read

Technician working on a camper van panel in the Boulder shop

Service

Keep Your Adventure Rolling: The Titan Vans Service Center

The beautiful house you built sits on top of a complex mechanical machine. Certified automotive technicians in Boulder covering the chassis as well as the house...

September 17, 20264 min read

CR Laurence van window unit ready for installation

DIY

You Build the Vision. We Can Help With the Hard Parts.

Windows, extended-range fuel tanks, and heaters that tap the chassis tank are the three jobs DIY builders most often hand over. Here is what the Boulder...

September 17, 20265 min read

Camper van parked at a campsite in the Colorado foothills

Boulder

6 Van-Friendly Campsites Near Boulder We Actually Drive To

So the van is yours. Now: where do you go? These are the places we go ourselves — a lower bar than "best in Colorado" and...

September 16, 20265 min read

Baltic birch lower storage cabinets in a camper van

Buying Guides

How to Tell What's Actually in a Van Kit Before You Buy

Two kits can photograph identically and be completely different objects. Six questions that reveal which one you are looking at — and that any honest builder...

September 16, 20264 min read

Camper van wiring harness manufactured in the USA

Manufacturing

Made in the USA: What That Buys You

Anyone can put a flag on a website. We would rather explain the mechanics, because domestic manufacturing is not a sentiment for us — it is...

September 16, 20263 min read

CR Laurence window installed in a camper van looking out to a road

Build Guides

Why We Use CR Laurence Windows, Full Stop

Windows are the thing nobody researches and everybody regrets — and the one component where a mistake means cutting a hole in your vehicle structure and...

September 16, 20263 min read

Rear garage of a Timber camper van loaded with gear, doors open

Buying Guides

Lowest Price. Most Storage. Highest Quality. Pick Three.

A spec-by-spec comparison against Geotrek and DM Vans at their own published prices — where the $16,000 difference actually comes from, and the two things both...

September 16, 20263 min read

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Your First Van Trip: The Must-Have Checklist

Top 10 Things to Consider Before Starting a Van Build

Three Ways to Build With Timber — and the Space-Saving Design Behind All of Them

Lean Manufacturing, and Why Your Van Kit Costs Less Because of It

Planning a Van Trip Across the West: Routes, Water, and Elevation

Keep Your Adventure Rolling: The Titan Vans Service Center

You Build the Vision. We Can Help With the Hard Parts.

6 Van-Friendly Campsites Near Boulder We Actually Drive To

How to Tell What's Actually in a Van Kit Before You Buy

Made in the USA: What That Buys You

Why We Use CR Laurence Windows, Full Stop

Lowest Price. Most Storage. Highest Quality. Pick Three.