mercedes sprinter

How to Mount an ARB Awning to the Rain Gutter of a Sprinter by Ray Phung

For Christmas, my mom was so kind to gift us an ARB awning to complete the van buildout.  However, figuring out a means of attaching it proved to be a bit challenging.  The only hardware these awnings come with are used to attach them to a roof rack of your extreme 4x4 vehicle.  Sadly, the Sprinter does not have a roof rack, and even then it would be entirely too tall for me to roll and unroll.  My goal was to attach them to the rain gutters that circumnavigate the van.  

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Creature Comforts and Other Van-Warming Items by Ray Phung

During this first trip we had a house (van-house anyway), but we did not yet have a home.  While perfectly functional, it felt like we were missing a few things here and there.  A weeklong trip to climb in the desert was a great test what else is needed to make the van more comfy and figure out what worked and didn't work.  

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