Winter survival: My First Winter Alone in a Frozen School Bus
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
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In the 3 years I've lived in this bus, this will be the first time I've ever tried to do it alone, which is already difficult enough. To make matters worse, I'm doing it just as the worst of central Oregon Winter is crashing down. This is one of the hardest challenges I've ever faced.
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Bre DEFINITELY is stronger than she realizes! She kicked butt being alone for that long and I’m proud of her! Loved this video! ♥️
Thanks for the kind words friend!! Bre is unstoppable if she really puts her will into it. We love you!!
In addition to wire brushing the top of the stove top vent... once a year it's a good idea to clean the entire pipe because creasote builds up and can cause a chimney fire...
Very true!! I did a full sweep when I got back from Florida.
Archie wearing boots on his paws 🐾 🐾 was too cute 😍 💕
The freaking cutest!
Bre you did such an amazing job! Thank you for allowing us to steal Devin for a few weeks and we can’t wait to meet you! ❤
Can you take em back please? haha
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You need to learn things if you plan to live this life
@@juliaallen1880 been living it for over 3 years!
Hey Bre did you manage to get the bus warmed up.
I just found your channel and subscribed. I am glad you made it okay. We have the exact opposite problem. We live in Southern Florida full time and have a Class A diesel pusher to vacation in. We were getting all set for hurricane Debby when someone got excited and drove into a power pole the day before the storm. It was 94 degrees outside and we lost power for 5 1/2 hours. Once the interior of the house reached 80 degrees we were so glad we had the motorhome and are able to store it at the house. We started our onboard generator and turned on all three rooftop air conditioners. Within 20 minutes we were relaxing in comfort. This was the first hurricane we have stayed home for, but my wife was getting ready for cancer surgery so we didn't want to leave. The surgery went fantastic! We couldn't be happier.
Great job! You SHOULD be very proud of yourself. You took care of business and showed yourself you’re capable of so much more than you originally gave yourself credit for. 🎉
Thanks so much Brooke! While I prefer that he just doesn't leave again, I know I've got it covered if it happens LOL
Everyone should watch this video before committing to winter in a Skoolie. It is no joke! Our shore power has gone out a couple times when it was -8F. Gotta stay positive and calm and just trust your instinct. Great video!
Thanks Chris! I think you're right though. It's no joke. We love winter, but dang, it can be down right miserable sometimes...
@@BasicallyNomads There are LOTS of warmer places...and your house moves.
That is why I plan on having a back up generator and a dc to dc charger in case the shore power messes up.
Ladies that’s why it’s important to learn and be independent never count on your partner to do everything. I’ve seen this way too many where the woman is left alone not knowing anything and the Spouse is gone.
There are some guys that can be pretty helpless when their wives are gone. (I'm not one of those guys.)
They screw up their clothes, they can't cook so the only way they can feed themselves...is drive-thru or delivery, maybe bologna sandwiches...if it's already in the fridge. Men need to learn stuff too.
Absolutely loved this video. Bre seeing you overcome those obstacles and keeping a great attitude was really enjoyable to watch. You got this!
Thanks Justin! She's getting too good at this stuff lol.
Thinking of pioneers of old days. Everyday was a struggle. Good to see that pioneer heart. Thanks
You never know what you can do until you're forced to do it. My husband was in the armed forces and one of our duty assignments was Ft. Wainwright, Alaska. I'd never lived anyplace that cold or desolate. And it seemed like my spouse was always getting sent somewhere warm to train--Ft. Irwin, California or Hawaii or Guam. I spent my 40th birthday (which is in early February) alone in Alaska. I hated it, but I did it.
Bre, you're such a badass and I'm so proud of you for braving this💛 you guys absolutely killed this video 🔥
Have you, and I mean everyone using solar panels, tried using rainx on your panels to help with keeping them clean. Makes water bead up and snow and ice easier to get off
Your one brave woman, just shows us women are so independent, your home is about beautiful, God bless all the best from Northern Ireland 🙏🌹❤️🇮🇪☘️
You are a pretty lovely little snowflake ❄️ just like the glistening little flakes falling outside.
Yes, what a trooper you are you made it and with such positivity.
You made it. So your situation is exactly why I intend to keep my factory bus heating system. I fully intend to keep the heater core and fan assembly in the back of the bus and incorporate it into my build and build a closet over it and then put a vent screen over the front of that spot so that when the fans come on, it pushes the hot air out that vent into the hallway of the bus. Also, while the bus is idling for 30 minutes to an hour to heat the bus up, I intend to have a DC to DC charger so while it's running, it's also charging the batteries killing 2 birds with 1 stone as an emergency back up system. Also plan on a small generator as another emergency back up source of power to at least run the diesel heater since it takes minimal power, a light or 2 and also be charging the batteries. Basically having 2 back up systems, either running the bus engine for factory coolant heat and battery charging, or generator for back up power and charging the batteries. You do have 3 different sources or heat which is a very smart move. Certainly a great and well planned build and since the factory heat is deleted, I'd just add a small quiet generator. Maybe a HF Predator Invertor Gen, or a dual fuel gas/propane inverter generator. Ohhh, I noticed Archie was more excited to see dad than you were. I'd have been offended. LMAO Great video !!!
I get that 💯. I do pretty much everything for my wife and I because I want to and love doing so. But in doing that, she feels at times that she cant do certain things on her own. But you lady’s are strong and more than capable, just have to believe in yaselves and go for it. Love the bus, y’all did an awesome job. Hope to be out there soon with our own bus.
When the shore power does go out. I would think you would have a backup generator of some kind just to have a backup power source. I know people don't like using them anymore if there's no sun for the solar it would keep your batteries charged. Specially in them harsh conditions
We do thankfully! We have an Anker power station that we can use in a bind. Even then, you can't recharge them if its under freezing temps :(
WOW!!! Bre for the win on this one for sure!! Glad you survived and are still here to tell us about it. Don't let Devin ever do that to you again!!
She killed it! Still can't believe the interior temp of the bus was in the 20s.. that's brutal! If I leave her next time I'll make sure to send her to Tucson first lol.
@@BasicallyNomads Now somebody is thinking clearly!!
@@2AZSUN I have these rare moments of clarity 😂 Doin't get used to it though!
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I love your bus, but it's a metal box. Don't be in the snow during winter or the heat during summer.
She needed that time to feel strong and positive about herself. It was a good education for her and she should be proud of herself.
This is why portable power stations are a valuable thing to have. They could easily charge a separate heater and your other electric appliances in a pinch. And some of them will stay charged if you run your engine. But you could easily buy one that will last days. You just need to find a place to charge them.
You were working at St Charles hospital. I was born & raised in Bend. Always nice to see parts of my home town is videos. It was a great deal smaller when I lived there. We had 2 small malls & 1 McDonald's . Love your bus.
Great job Bre
At the end of the day #GoodJobDone ....stay Blessed
Appreciate that! We made it through haha.
Great video Bre
hi, if you open the draft to let more air flow in the stove before you open the door it should help. i took care of our home for thirty years with a husband that worked away for months and survived you can too!
make your chimney taller when you are stationary. It makes the draw stronger to pull the smoke out. you know if you plan on being in it this winter too.
Guuuuuurl, you GOT THIS!! And inspiration to many! Your tenacity is contagious! Keep it up! God bless! ❤️ 🙏
I can imagine that is especially hard having animals to worry about aww I just found your channel and subscribed dear wishing you the best of luck
Thanks so much for watching!! The pets are definitely the main concern!
I'd like this life style.
I wanna do this! I’m a X-ray tech too! Its scary thinking about big changes tho
You did it!!
YESSS!! We made it through :)
You should not use Duraflame logs on a woodstove. No wonder your chimney is so fill of soot. Very dangerous. Lots of info online so you can research easily. Split hardwood firewood is best for your stove.
Ya, Dura-logs (and the like) give us a lot of creosote.
keep solar panels clean from any debries like snow...
*debris
Good work and thanks for showing a glimpse of the hard stuff
Winter is Rough Weather You are in a House, Apartment or a Skoolie. The Important Part is to Always Have a Plan. Life is Full of Obstacles.
Definitely should have way more views. Good video homies ✌️
Appreciate the kind words! Let's hope it just keeps going up! lol
Stay safe bree, ur stronger than u think. Watching from African Nigerian
Duralog also makes a deal you burn that helps clean your chimney.
Good job little lady
Did you know that you should never burn anything in your little woodstove that has wax or other stuff added to the wood?
Just compressed sawdust nothing else added. If there’s other stuff added to the sawdust, it can cause fires!
Time to install heater wire below those solar panels - Auto-Melt
Wow beautiful bus 🔥 God Bless you guys from NJ 🤞🏻🤙🏻
I love this video
Love this!! You did so great
Thank you so much!!
Awe look at him with his boots on
SO FREAKING CUTE!
Way to go girl, we can figure out if we have to.
ABSOLUTELY! We WILL do this!
I'm sleeping in an enclosed back porch here in the Detroit Mi area on my twin mattress at a friends place cuz I cant handle the winter temps outside. I wish I could.
This is.exactly what i was looking.for not just a tour of skolie or a flexing shorts about living in the bus. But a vloggg , im soooo happy i found your channel yesterday, it was a tour of your bus so i decided to check other videos in your channel your vlogs are great...❤ Im subbed now
Thanks so much! Love
To hear that. I liked making the vlogs but they didn’t get much love so I’m glad to hear you like em!
Just seeing this video and watching you lift the diesel cans… maybe invest in a small transfer pump. I found a cheap one at Home Depot for like $15. Granted it says for water only but it was being sold right next to all the gas cans. So yeah cheap and easy thing that might be a simple quality of life improvement.
Awesome note!!! I’ll definitely be looking in to one of those!
Thanks for sharing
Hi, I'm new to your channel, I saw a bus that looked just like yours about a week ago over in Milton, FL. It was beautiful as I passed it and watched it going the other way. I hope to learn more about bus living as I am torn between getting a box truck or s bus and converting into an RV sometime down the road.
I think I’m in love. ❤
You go girl you did that!!!
If I had a van or bus, I for sure have a winter mode where I could let the inside get to freezing. I can sleep just fine in that, so everything just needs to not break.
All your pipes would freeze and burst.
@@TheAtlasBus My winter mode would return the pipe's water back to the water tank, which that tank would be kept slightly above freezing. Furthermore, if I expected daytime freeze, the pipes would have heater tape, so I could have the water pressurized during the day.
dope! Nothing broke so that's good, but I don't regularly enjoy sleeping in sub freezing temps personally lol
@@BasicallyNomads It's pretty easy with multiple layers on, including wool, and cover your head. It's way nicer than sleeping on a 100F night with high humidity, without ac.
Is that a long time for the dog to hold it? Great you have the stove I think?
I'm surprised your bus doesn't have a small back up generator to charge your batteries during an extended loss of shore power. Great video though, thanks for sharing.
Bre you got this your strong and brave 💪🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Crazy 🤪 I would be nervous
I definitely was!
this proves that men are needed
Wow awesome video, this is my first, subscribed!!
Just found out your channel it's beautiful ❤️
like your video stay warm
Duralogs don’t put out hardly any heat at all…
Durable logs are junk , residue coats the pipe and clogs faster ! Find cured hardwood to burn that will get rid of the wax residue and burn the creosote ! I am a new subscriber so I don't know what your pipe cleaning is done with but you can get brushes for that size pipe and clean them so you don't have a down draft or a chimney fire !
All very true! I (Devin) cleaned the flu as soon as I got back with our pipe cleaner. I also cleaned it before I left, but I must have done a subpar job 😳 worked much better the second time around! We also had a nice stack of oak that we went though and we’re left with nothing but some dirty pine 🙃
You’re going to be fine,, let us know,,
I'm confused why did the shore power go out?
like the videos
Never use Duraflame or wax logs in your woodstove. It will clog up your chimney. Yes, I am late to the party but just wanted you to know that.
appreciate the info!! It got me out of a bind, so we'll try to use em only for emergencies!
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I'm confused about that...I thought y'all had wood...
Great job. Woman rock. ❤
Hey just a question. Where does Archie go potty when u have to leave for 12 hours? Just curious. Do you set up a pad for him?
Good way to share that females need to know how to take care of themselves especially when it comes to staying warm, now let’s see you guys make a fire without Dura logs ha ha ha ha ha ha
Do you tow the truck with the bus?
putting boots on that dog reduces his ability to get in and out of the car easily, they grab on with their claws
you were tougher than you thought 👊, beautiful fur family 💞 😺 boy/girl name
We're all tougher than we think! And thanks so much, friend!
Are you guys heading back to AZ anytime soon? We got a package here for you today but I dont have your phone numbers saved ♡ Janna, Ted, and Vivian.
Hey! Starlink pulled a really dumb move 😅 I’ll have to contact them and see what they’ll do about it. Thanks for letting us know!!
@@BasicallyNomads let us know how we can help get it to you as well if needed. For now its inside safe and sound. People out her wait up to 6 months to get theirs so I was like oh man, this isn't some mushroom coffee, they are going to want this stat.
Beautiful bus. How long is it?
Thank you! It’s a big boy at 39ft!
Where lots of layers and put lots of layers on the bed you'll get used to it let the heat go out anyway
Ran out of power? Why didn’t you run your generator?
Because it was 2am and I haven't set it up to autostart yet. Thanks for watching!
5:34 👀 😳 👀
That’s my buddies wife 😂😂😂
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You sounds like Kim K. Lol
I don't really understand the systems and was just panic
Yeah, I was definitely feeling that way for a bit too!!
Is the cat BOSS to the dogs?
Absolutely! 😂
Duh.
Ahh, I don't think you should be chopping Duraflame log on someone's picnic table! 🤓🤓🤓
HAHA! That's fair, but I built the table! :)
I know it's very affordable to live this way, I know you can do it and are smart and can do it on your own too when your boyfriend is not home. But, a studio apt or studio condo is very affordable and has so much more room. You still spend $ to drive the bus, and keeping it warm, adding water and other expenses etc. I lived in a studio and it had so much room and very affordable, it had a little patio for a pet. You can still save money. And be allot warmer. You can have furniture that converts from a couch to a bed. Some studios have a loft so the bed is up stairs and it looks like another room. You can save the bus for travel or use it on your next vacation or rent it out as Airbnb. There's no reason to be in danger when you don't have to. Or pay to park it in a safer place. I would knock on doors to see who can let me park it in the back yard and pay for that space but save on gas etc. There has to be a safer solution, then you freezing where you were parked. I apologize for this comment but you remind me of my daughter and wish you to have a safer life.
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loved this video and your every video you guys so beutifull cuople
Thanks so much, Nimesh!
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The animals stay in the freexing bus?
Great video! But how are you off for six months? Do you still get paid?
I came to watch this video ONLY because of the title so I hope it's not click bait
Yay, lithium that won’t charge in freezing weather and a half assed “skoolie” which doesn’t have insulated windows, but does have a dangerous wood stove that becomes a bomb when you crash.
Wow. Talk shit much? 😂 another cynic graces is with his presence! Everyone. Stop what you’re doing and pay attention to what valuable and kind things they have to say!
Le scarpe ad un cane. Anche no
Uh huh
Why did you run off to fla. I would be very upset with you. All you had to do is wait a day or too. And she would be done. And could of travel with you.
I know! I wish she could have come with me! I had to help another bus with a solar install.
It's my opiniin, some human beings can be very self absorbed..Not cool of what she had to.go through..n.just.her.but; the dogs too..Oprah says..when people show you who they are.."Believe Them".
Spell check 🤡👀
The experience is done the moment u went into town this isnt survival
I don't like when women say they can't do it without a man you doing it.
Notty Cat ! Funny , but that's why I'm not a cat person. I don't like their disposition.
LOL, yeah she can be pretty shady sometimes!!
Move.
It’s funny. The average person is not going to have the means to do this.. and the modifications to this bus make living more posh and luxurious than most peoples homes.. it’s laughable these people are so dramatic about how hard this is for them.. this is completely out of touch with reality just like so many in the United States today.. no wonder we have allowed the societal decay to be perpetuated by the establishment such as they have.. good luck when the lights go out for real and shtf.. your money won’t save you.. you who have never held a shovel or swung a pick axe.. or taken and field dressed game or know how to preserve it.. never known a day let alone years of working in the elements.. the natural order cannot be denied in the end.
Shut up. What’s funnier is you assuming you know anything about us. I can build a house, wire an off grid solar system and I’ve field dressed a deer. The diarrhea spewing from peoples mouths that think they have something important to add when it’s just literal nonsense and assumptions. You’re just a loser.
Ok commie.. I’ll light a candle for ya.
Humans have become very soft..