OK So where’s the story?
LOL! It sounds like it should be a good one. The living arrangement would offer about the same amount of space that an over the road truck driver has.
Rusty <><
Hi Rusty,
Except for the headroom, I guess … are you a trucker?
I’ve peeked inside a couple of the new megabuck trucks (a subject of great curiosity to most non-truckers who enjoy state-of-the-art technology), and they look really cool inside. If I could have the cab and living quarters of a new Volvo/Peterbuilt/WesternStar airlifted and camoflaged/hidden near my favourite western river … I could probably live there 7 months a year … this being Canada!
Ron
Hi guys,
For what it’s worth … or just a need to share …
I still use a tent … it’s a hassle in those otherwise excellent gravelled back-ins in Alberta (or maybe Texas) where some oil-rich beep-beep-beeping clowns … the ones with the always-on generator and the poodles-to-air-blow/groom … arrive at midnight.
With a good tent (my second Alpine Meadows 4-man) and a Cabela’s mil-spec cot and a good sleeping bag and a 5-pound propane tank and all my old state-of-the-art mountaineering stuff, I can live like a king just 1000m off the road.
It may take an afternoon of back-and-forth humping (now, there’s an idea that’ll trip the censors)… but I’m in a better place.
Ron in Canada
Yes Ron, I drive a truck around the state of Florida but only one day at a time. I paid a lot of money for my bed and I intend to use it every night. There are all kinds of appliances for truckers as well. Everything from Crock pots to coffee makers to TV’s with built in VCR’s that are made to run on 12V so the truckers can use them in their trucks. Refrigerators are a big item as well. Satelite TV isn’t all that hard to find either. Ofcourse you can only use it when you’re parked.
Rusty <><
Joe,
Disregard the PM I sent you with the same request that Ron has made…information about your outfitted camper shell. I’ll wait, oh so patiently, for your article. With all the hard water, around here, at least you won’t have to worry for awhile about your other pursuits conflicting with your fly fishing. I’m getting a bit of cabin fever…
BW
Brad: Yeah, I hear you about the cabin fever problem. The up side is that March isn’t that far away. And thanks to Rick Z.'s articles that got me into cold weather fishing, going out on those earliest spring days has really been productive and fun.
Ron: PC Rusty’s got it right, about how the over-the-road truck rigs are super tricked-out nowadays? Not all of them are, of course, but many are. For example, just a few years ago I canoed the Kansas River with an OTR trucker who set up his tractor cab with a satellite comm link that gave him realtime email and the Weather Channel, live. 2-person Jaccuzzis equipped with slosh baffles are probably in the works. 8)
Joe
“Better small than not at all.”
You’ll need a deep cycle series 24 or 27 battery. You can get them at any walmart, bennies, sears etc.
Figure on $60 or so.
You’ll need at least 30# thrust and 36 is better. ( to handle wind.)
You’ll have to trim the boat properly to have good control with teh motor. that means a person, bucket of water and or th 50 lb battery needs to be in the bow. I use cheap walmart 12’ jumper cables to extend my motor leads to 16’ or so to allow the battery to go forward.
p.s. in Mass, you’ll need to register the canoe (as a power boat) and apply for a title as soon as you power it with that electric. Not a huge deal but a PITA that will cost you another $60 + afternoon out of work 
I have my canoe registered (per law) and the numbers are on the STERN.This sounds strange but read on.
The front seat is farther back and I solo most of the time (with the Motor).I run the boat backwards I sit on the front seat(aka canoe backwards)Motor behind me on a mount with pontoons.The battery is forward of me and the power wires alligator clipper on.ballances out fairly well.You can run forward with a long tiller handle PVC pipe and a hose clamp but I found that the reverse switch on mine a pain to figure how to use.
Dennis
I like to use a electric trolling motor at times and I also will paddle at times, I guess it depends on my mood for that day. I use a 35 pound thrust Minn Kota with two batteries, one as a back up. I have bought a swivel seat and made it a clamp on with a board I can remove any time I like. I have installed Joe’s anchor system which I am well pleased with. I made a double fishing rod holder that clamps on to canoe and it also works well. The rear brace of my canoe was a bit close for leg room for me so I removed it and moved it forward a bit. I now have plenty of leg room in my 13 foot canoe.
As to camping out of a tent or truck cap I preferred a small 15 foot Scotty tag-a-long camper which I lived in for 2 years during the warm weather. This gave me flexibility to travel from my camp to fish or shop as I pleased. Just my 2 cents.
Hobo