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When’s the next premiere? I am waiting with bated breath ❤🎉

Another great video ❤ Very useful information for me! 😁 And loved the look back at your trips in little blue 🤩 AND love the long spanner! Well done Jean!! 👊

good night DAD and Ella and John i love you all of your you tube videos

Where did you all go ? Enjoy👌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I want solar panels 🫶🥲

Safety squints engaged!

Great videos as always don't put pressure on your self getting videos out you need to enjoy the process of building the van you don't want it being a chore Keep up the good work and enjoy 👍👍👍👍

Nice job, nothing better then to create your own tools to get the job done. John's 'long spanner' saves the day, great to see you two working together on the van. 😃

being in a van, with an alternator and solar panel, do you not think you can just use a simple electric heating fan?

Hi Aidy, Approximately was the sprinter van? We are looking to go the other way, we are selling of 50ft yacht and going to do a van conversion too. Chris p.s. we have to meet up, we are also friends with the Rhumor Crew :)

Its good to see your doing so well 🎉

Just come across your channel as im planning doing a similar thing, converting a van and going travelling with my young family. I uave just ordered all my electrics through a company that designed it all, it came with a schematics on how it all goes together. If thats something of interest i could send it over. Keep up the good work.

well done john for thinking out of the box, long spanners a hit. Van is coming along well, don`t worry bout the vid`s, now n again works. was just thinking bout the roof interior, what about those pvc panels they use in bathrooms, like tongue n groove and easy to remove if you get a problem down the line.

All the best.👍👍🚐😎

Good evening fella. Your story is fantastic and by the looks of it so is your children. Hats off to you. I heard you mention that your last van had a basic electrical set-up which worked really. I would be interested in maybe finding out what that consisted of. I am looking to have just that. Take care....🎉

Top tool John dads taught you well 👍 what a team Aidy don’t stress about the vids we’ll be waiting for an update when it suits you, your doing an amazing job all of you 👍

Dont stress about getting a Vid out every week, dont become a slave to You Tube. Just put them out when you can. Its taking shape nicely! Take care all of you and enjoy the So called summer together.

Long spanner 👍🏻, like it John ...helping out your dad. Have a good brk try n relax like John says stop stressing your doing fab. 👋🏻👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Another job done great work, But the Gland should really face the other way around ensuring no driving rain enters where wires go in, but sure it will be fine.

Great channel bud, done my van last year very similar to what ur doing 👌 one thing I did do on roof was use stainless nuts and bolts as I found the steel ones liked to get surface rust after a month or 2 . Keep it up great channel and great build 👌

What's a log book? is it the v5 document?

The smart shunt is the battery monitor. It shows the the battery temperature, charging and discharge that can be read on the cerbo GX and also your phone thru blue tooth.

The most commonly used phrase - "as long as it doesn't leak I don't care", I am with with you on that one especially around the Maxx Air Fan.. Its coming along great.

I have to admit that I winced when the "drill the hole in the roof" bit came as it fills me with dread. I must also admit I didnt drill in my roof and had the cables going over the robber seal in my tailgate.... which is now leaking when it rains......meaning I'm going to have to get someone to do mine as me and ladders are a dangerous combination lol..... great video and loads further on to your new life in the sun with the kids. Much respect🙏- Kenny

too late now, but if you are every in your van near the sea, use the app, no foreign land, with this app or Navily you will always find laundry services, we used on in the hearth of Tivet and a few other places. €10 for the ferry, wow! expensive, but I know if you want to drive without it, it can take hours. The history behind the cats of Kotor is due to it being an old port, and the boats used to have cats to stop the rats, so the town loved cats....

I would probably be OK with the shortening the passenger seat with your welding modifications, but I don’t know if it would be a safety issue if you modify the driver seat for injury in legal purposes.😮 But beings you’re both are taller gentleman, and like your seat lower, I would definitely lower them both😊

Binge watching... haha

spot on chap. We know exactly how hard it is to film everything, and sometimes you have to have days off and just enjoy YOUR life, other than TH-cam. :)

Perfect, we have a sailing boat in the Med, but in the future we are thinking of some Van life and sailing dinghies to get the kids fully trained up!

good vid guys

Love what you are doing. I will be starting my van build in January 2025, with the intention of touring part of Europe with my wife next September and we will be bringing our 3yr old grandson on daytrips and weekends away in Ireland.I am really looking forward to that. I am currently growing my stock of tools and accessories so that I do not cut into my budget for the van conversion when I start. I cannot currently decide between a Sprinter or a Transit (both hf and lwb) and I am researching both. However I cannot get accurate dimensions on the intetnet for the proposed living space (bulkhead to back door) and width I keep getting conflicting information. Also I know it is personal preference but I have calculated (roughly) that a 300ah leisure battery set up would be more than sufficient, however 3 x 100ah batteries or 1 x 300, I like the redundancy aspect of multiple batteries in case of battery failure but then again 1 battery is appealing too, as lithium ion are really reliable regardless. Anyway, you are doing Great, with the kids, with the van and with the your future planning.

I’ve just blitzed all your van build episodes in about 3 days and now find myself wanting to do the same thing! Keep up the excellent work can’t wait to see the finished product

i've seen this van, driving through the town looks a nice thing.

You're a brave man, quit your job and go see the world together with your children. I think you're right, we are not build to work every day just to fit in society, we're just made to believe that is the right way. But having all kinds of (financial) obligations is not making it a easy choice, you have to be brave for that, and I'm certainly not brave enough. I have had some difficult times in the past financially, so now having a decent income it isn't easy to give it up, I made the choice to enjoy as much as I can with the time and money I have. Also not being in the best of health I enjoy these moments the best I can, and having a stable income and a place which I call home gives me the comfort to treasure the time off and the trips I can make.

Couldn't agree more dude. It is a con. It's bullshit. There's better to be had out there for sure. 😎

It's simple Adrian, you do you. As Land Rover said, One Life, Live It and Levellers say, There's Only One Way Of Life and That's Your Own. Keep going you legend. By the way, your kids are amazing - what a credit to you, and their Mum of course

Great video with good content, well done👍. As for your final words good on you, I feel that I've been conned by living as we are expected to live, towing the line all my working life and there has been little joy in it at all. I'm in the process of converting my van to escape this rat race as you are but mine is taking a lot longer than I thought (and costing much more than anticipated). Good luck with your plans your kids will appreciate it and thank you. Looking forward to watching you as you embark on the next adventure - Good luck 👍

Grt video . I realise it must be scary giving up work thinking about money Side of things but allocate a daily / weekly living allowance ( van money separate). Be stringent with it ,look after the pennies etc etc. 👋🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Great job so far it all starting to take shape

Good luck, wish I had a Delorean and a truck load of courage so I could rewind 30 years and use the wisdom I now have to make some different life choices. Society does a good job of keeping us in the daily grind for a few crumbs of enjoyment at the end of the week!

Just found your channel! Our sprinter van was built in Germany and arrived here in the US. Waiting for transport now. It’s been 6 months waiting. Our home is filled with van supplies. Saw you check your solar panels! I got up and checked all three of my panels at 3am.😂 They’re ok!😅 Thanks for reminding me to check them. We are empty nesters and ready to escape! Agree with all you said. You are an amazing dad. Way to go! Subscribed and am binge watching! 👍

Firstly I hope you put your rivnuts in with sika flex and used stainless steel A4 grade bolts and washers given you may need to change the bars about a little. Second, I don't blame you for wanting to live aboard the van and travel the world what a great experience for your children

I think you are absolutely doing the right thing. I had a TIA earlier this year which I'm slowly recovering from but it taught be a valuable lesson. You only have ONE life. Its not a practice. Its real and you only have ONE go at it. My mini stroke taught me that siezing your life and making it what you want it to be is the right way to go. I thought when I had the stroke-specially waiting in A&E that I was going to die and its a sobering thought. Now I'm on the mend I have decided to sell the house early next year when I know I'll be ok, and sell Viv and buy a van ready converted because I originally paid a con man good money to convert Viv and found out he was rubbish. So I had a warp spasm, ripped the whole lot out and then spent 12 months redoing viv- and the effort and stress triggered my stroke. I think you're amazing. I think the kids are amazing and Ive loved- and commented on every video. I honestly believe- controversial comment- that this country is finished and I cant wait to get the hell out of it. So, take that leap of faith and give your family that life they deserve. I'm sure your wife-and their mum, will be looking down from above cheering you guys on! ONE LIFE- LIVE IT. Absolute respect🙏- Kenny. PS- the roof rack is looking awesome

Well said about Fr** sp**ch 😂 Couldn't agree more about a better life out there !

I admire what you are planning to do. I look forward to watching the adventure. The adverts here in Thailand are not that invasive..

I love unistrut!lol made my rack more or less the same, I used the solid strut(no holes) for the 2 parallel lengths and drilled my own fixings to suit, plus used capping on top to stop any standing water👍🏼 Genuinely though, I am a little concerned you only used 3 m6 rivnuts to fix on each side. Rivnuts are a strong fixing but for this application..you have to think if wind gets under your panels whilst driving creating a “sail effect” the surface area those 3 or 6 nuts have with force constantly pulling up and shaking is really minimal. The roof steel is only 1-1.5mm thick at most and the rivnut contact/pinch area is like a mostly sucked polo!haha …couldn’t think of a better description 😂 If you still have access I’d strongly advise you to use bolts straight through the strut holes and a penny washer inside to spread the load. You can still alter the layout anytime but the main rails will always be permanent regardless. Sorry for the long comment. It’s not a knock at your work mate , purely a safety thing 👍🏼

Another great video you are 100% right doing 9 to 5 job living day by day when there more to live getting out there making memories living the best life we are only here once ❤ great job again with you and your family the best ❤❤❤

Atta boy! We’ll all be right behind you. 🎉 run forest RUUUUUN ❤

Also struggle with similar issues especially over the last 4 or so years and its not getting any better. Who knows what this adventure will lead to for you and your family... At the very least lots of happy experiences you's will never forget! Keep up the hard work on the van it will be worth it!

Keep up the good work Dad, your doing the right thing!