Wow, this is awesome, I love being able to just make things yourself and being self reliant. Thank you for making these awesome tutorial and how to videos, have learned so much.
It's a fun project and pretty satisfying knowing you built something that works just as well as the "pro" version but spent way less money. I took it step further and did my own onboard air system like the Rago Fabrication "Wifey" system. More work, but just as fun and satisfying. Faster to deploy and a lot less to pack and store than the 4-tire system.
Very clean. Seeing this makes me double take buying the pre-made kit from some of the Van upfitters -- where they're charging almost $500. Granted, they're running steel-braided lines and everything is cut perfectly for a Sprinter but I feel I could easily DIY this myself after seeing this.
Yikes, $500?! I thought the $250 setup I was looking at was expensive. I guess they figure if someone is going to spend $150-$200k + on a new van, then $500 is nothing. People need to be just a tiny bit frugal with some of these purchases. $500 is just bonkers!
@@OverlandTrailGuides Agree. Thats why I built my van myself - allowed me to really save money and make it my own. I hope to make it on a trip with you all soon. Sadly, I can't make the Lost Coast trip coming up but hope to see you all soon. Really dig the videos and adventures you all promote.
I have that compressor. How’s your heat with it running that long. I melt hoses with it regularly. I’d imagine if I tried to do 4 at one time it would melt the hose every time.
Great video. I have a couple of questions; - Would it make much of a difference in using a 3/8 hose instead? - I looked on amazon and there are many different styles of locking air chucks, how does a person choose? - when determining air hose length, my truck is a GM crew cab with a 6ft 10 box (similar to yours?), would I be safe in buying a 50 ft hose Thanks in advance.
Sweet setup
Wow, this is awesome, I love being able to just make things yourself and being self reliant. Thank you for making these awesome tutorial and how to videos, have learned so much.
It's a fun project and pretty satisfying knowing you built something that works just as well as the "pro" version but spent way less money. I took it step further and did my own onboard air system like the Rago Fabrication "Wifey" system. More work, but just as fun and satisfying. Faster to deploy and a lot less to pack and store than the 4-tire system.
Great detailed video & thank you for including the links for all the parts.
What are the Amazon links needed for the 3 foot adapter air hose? They were not listed in the guide.
Very clean. Seeing this makes me double take buying the pre-made kit from some of the Van upfitters -- where they're charging almost $500. Granted, they're running steel-braided lines and everything is cut perfectly for a Sprinter but I feel I could easily DIY this myself after seeing this.
Yikes, $500?! I thought the $250 setup I was looking at was expensive. I guess they figure if someone is going to spend $150-$200k + on a new van, then $500 is nothing. People need to be just a tiny bit frugal with some of these purchases. $500 is just bonkers!
@@OverlandTrailGuides Agree. Thats why I built my van myself - allowed me to really save money and make it my own. I hope to make it on a trip with you all soon. Sadly, I can't make the Lost Coast trip coming up but hope to see you all soon. Really dig the videos and adventures you all promote.
I have that compressor. How’s your heat with it running that long. I melt hoses with it regularly. I’d imagine if I tried to do 4 at one time it would melt the hose every time.
Great video. I have a couple of questions;
- Would it make much of a difference in using a 3/8 hose instead?
- I looked on amazon and there are many different styles of locking air chucks, how does a person choose?
- when determining air hose length, my truck is a GM crew cab with a 6ft 10 box (similar to yours?), would I be safe in buying a 50 ft hose
Thanks in advance.
Another video online actually addressed this. ⅜-inch hose is actually slower. Edit: th-cam.com/video/t6TGxrYlDAU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=fptU5TOC9M5r_q7r