HOW MUCH does a custom rustic CAMPERVAN build WEIGH ?? VAN CONVERSION. Self built motorhome.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 พ.ค. 2020
- So how much weight has all that wood added to our DIY self built campervan? Is our van overweight? Converting a van to a campervan using reclaimed wooden materials certainly racks it up! Whilst we are waiting for vanlife UK to become possible we get our van weighed!
How to weigh your campervan.
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A big investment, but what a cracking bit of kit. Love the van, it’s seriously one of the best self builds I’ve seen. Must be so satisfying knowing you did it yourselves. Awesome 👍❤️
Hello, just found your channel as me and my partner are going to start out self build soon. love your content and really good stuff to know about weighing! thanks
Hey Chole, no worries glad it can be of some use 😀 happy building by the way 😀😀
Another great video....you two are comedy geniuses xx
Hi Helen, thank you, best to he light hearted we find, if not we just argue lol! 😀🤣
Your vids get better and better , good job , 👍💙❤️
Thank you. I've got a bit more time on my hands now for editing them now that the builds finished. We are still learning so hopefully they will improve as we really enjoy making them 😁😁
well done.!! just know your gonna totally sort it.
Thank you 😁👍
Close one! But at least you ain't at the limit yet!
I would go with unistrut for your solar definitely lighter and just as secure than a roof rack! Plus you can add onto it when you get that kayak😉
Hello! I've been waiting 9 years for my kayak so far so I'm not holding my breath!! 😂 I've seen some done with unistrut, looks a good idea, I've never worked with it so I need to see it so I can figure the components out, maybe when everything is open I can get out and have a look?
Yeah, atleast for the ceiling I would go with a thin ply, but also doorcards, and cupbord doors does only need a wooden frame and a ply in the middle, and those wooden tabletops, they weigh a ton, so use a thinner one and add a rim around it to make it look thicker instead
Great video!
Thanks 😁
New sub here 👍 you've got a great channel guys, very entertaining and informative. Enjoy your travels 🙏
Thank you, and thanks for watching 😁👍
Hi really enjoy your videos, I recently weighed mine fully laden ready for the off(Conversion by Timberland) rated at 3500kg and found it was 40kg overweight.
I recently bought an e-bike and then had to get a towball rack to carry it on as it was too heavy to lift onto the door rack.
Anyway I've had to re-rate it to 3900kg with SvTech (£310) this also changes the taxation class so may be slightly cheaper for that, luckily I have C1 on my driving licence already which is also needed over 3500.
It's best to take 3 weighments on the weighbridge Front and back axles and total.
The maximums are on the plate mine is riveted under the bonnet, from memory mine is 2100kg front 2400kg rear (2015 Ducato 35 maxi)
I'm enjoying watching your adventures in Europe, I did France - Spain - Portugal 2018-2019 from December to April thoroughly enjoyed it.
I want to go back but have been stuck due covid.
I particularly want to go back to Nazare in the big wave season Oct-Dec to witness this phenomenon (see TH-cam Nazare massive waves) there's a campsite within cycling distance but with steep hills hence the new e-bike.
Best regards
Jeff
Hi Jeff, that's all some very interesting information 😁 thanks for the comment, and thanks for watching 😁👍
Thanks guys. We bought a van with a 2770 limit which has had a new basic conversion done recently, but we don’t know its post conversion weight yet. Our local weighbridge is closed for lockdown. But I did some sums last night and I think we have some leeway...
Good luck guys, I'm sure you'll be fine. Thanks for watching 😁👍
Nice one never thought you two were overweight Great job
Thank you 😂😂 if this lockdown carries on I think we may get that way lol!! 🥮🍪🍩
Hi I know this is a bit random but you know when you put your cta swivel seat on drivers side and still had double seat in . Could you turn it? Ive got to keep my double seat in. Really impressed with your van I'm on with one at moment on same van thanks Mark
Thanks Mark. Yes it did turn when we had the double in there still, it was a bit awkward because of the hand break but that was sitting too high anyway, but yeh it will definitely turn. Good luck with your van and thanks for watching 😁👍
I enjoy and like your travel adventures and approach. Just to mention here, watching you fire up your motor. On a diesel engine start up, does anyone know of the reason to wait for the orange initial dashboard lights to extinguish before and then cranking the engine to start? Is it to pre heat the glow plugs? does it protect the fuel injectors? Does it save a starter battery crank time? I've been told starting a diesel engine after lights out is a positive action. Just noticed that and hope it helps. Otherwise, good job there.
Hi nick, not too sure these days but I usually do it as a matter of course,as you did used to have to wait for glow plugs to heat up. In our citreon though the glow plug light goes off immediately but I still usually wait a little. To be honest the,now that vehicles have all these new fangled electrics I've given up trying to really understand them,it's made it impossible for novices to have a go at most things.
Thank you for sharing this. Indeed - it is a subject which is not talked much about - but it is important, specially for self builders. In case it helps - the sound in the video is quite low, and seems to be mono - just on the left channel. But it is still watchable anyway. Thanks again!
Hi seb, it's too often overlooked I think. You're right about the sound, my laptops playing up and I can't get accurate levels, also the mic we used in the van only recorded on the left channel for some reason, but didn't want to re shoot as then it wouldn't be real. Figured it was a short video so could get away with it this once lol. I'm not that great with audio, I'm used to photography where it's not an issue lol 😂 thanks for watching 😁
Talking about weight - which ply thickness did you go for the walls in the garage area? I'm going to do my walls in ply, and as much as I want to save weight, 3.6mm seems too flexible. I think I'll have to go for 5.5mm.
Hi, I had a mixture of both actually as I managed to salvage it from work, in the areas where I've used the really thin stuff I've just added a couple of extra battens to hold it more rigid
I guess sometimes it is the case of just finding a way to use what is available :-) The canoe idea is cool - really nice to show up at a lake or river and have a paddle in the sunshine. The cheaper ones are almost like beach toys - it is worth putting some research in and getting one made of the stronger stuff. I've got a Z-Pro Tango and I'm very happy with it - but there are other manufacturers which do decent stuff as well.
Thanks seb, I'd love a decent one but I fear Emily won't let me go too mad as my other hobbies are all quite expensive, 🤞 crossed tho I can pick up something decent!
It depends on how many SNACKS Emily has consumed before the van was weight.( her being in the van of course)
If you fitted a recognized air assisted system you could have increased the uprate to 4050kg
Yes, but this engine just would not cope with hauling around 4050kg. We struggle as it is at under 3500kg 🤣😂
Hi Lou and Emily, great video as usual. What was the starting weight of your van empty please, and so how much has the build added to it? I'm pretty sure you mentioned this in one of your other videos but I can't remember which one. My MK7 Transit is already pretty heavy empty, so I'm really going to have to watch with my build.
Hi Sharon, the start weight according to the log book was 2050kg so we have put a lot in lol!! Good luck with your build, from what I gather they are very rarely checked, my main concern was the extra fuel consumption lol!
Thanks so much Lou, that's really helpful. Mine has a slightly lower kerb weight, but it only has a gross vehicle weight of 3300kg, so I am going to have to watch that. Cheers, Sharon
@@sharoncrawford01 no worries 😁 hope it goes well 👍😁
Thankyou for sharing this video 👍
Very worried about mine now! I have an 2018 Citroen. L4H3. I'm going to have a full bathroom in mine plus wanting to carry motorbikes in the back! Yikes, not looking good.
You're welcome. Good luck with yours, a lot of our weight is in all the woodwork I think, plus 3 batteries, hopefully you will be OK 😁
Can I suggest that you start with the payload, weight of the individual items for the bathroom and boiler etc to see if possible? I know there is no chance we could put hubbys bike inside the van. We would have to use a bike trailer
@@beccadawson8206 Thankyou for your reply. That's what I'm now thinking! I'm going to weigh it soon and go from there. I do have an enclosed bike trailer already but it's the extra cost on the boat plus the restrictions with the speed that's a pain. We shall see lol.
Wow that is quite heavy! I think my old Trafic is under 2 tonnes fully loaded but then it's swb too.
Wow, that's light, we had a swb before and I think the start weight wasn't too far off 2 tonne! Thanks for watching 😁👍
My SWB AWD Mk7 Transit is about 2.2T - before conversion, just sound deadening and insulation done
@@campervibe Yeah older vehicles are always so much lighter. Downside is its a 1.7 litre petrol engine pulling it so its gutless 😂
It would seem after speaking to many people about this the average DIY conversion adds 900kg. 1000kg if you got s shower room. Then add clothes people, dogs, cats, food etc and it takes you real close to the limit.
Yeah this is true, I dread to think how many are well over. We were very conscious of the weight when we built ours and brought as much light weight material as possible 👍
Honestly, I think you've done well bringing it in at that weight.
One of the final boxes ticked ☑️
I've said it before that there's probably a whole load of conversations on the road who'll be in trouble if they get a roadside check from the DVA.
It's all looking good 👍
Thanks mack, I think you're right, there's gonna be loads on the road that are overweight!
Yeah, no problem. You’ve still got 220 kg to play with.
Items to remove - 5 Litres of tomato sauce, just take 1 Louise.
Emily’s bucket & spade, and hair dye. Go easy on the mixers, man up girl.
Cheers girls 👍 As soon as this crap is over, beers on me 🍻
I was just gonna remove Emily lol, that's 50kg I don't really need! 😉😂 No worries Paul, cheers for watching 👍 also, her bucket is still sat in our garden full of some now very solid tile adhesive 😂
So does Emily work on a farm then? Hello from a fellow farmer lol. I shall be doing this in a month or so hopefully if theres no further setbacks on my build. Carry less water and less baggage is my advice if you want to be lighter.
Unfortunately not, she'd love to tho, she's obsessed with sheep! She managed to get a year helping with lambing once and she absolutely loved it!! I think we would both enjoy farm work to be honest. Her company rent their warehouse from a farmer, that why we can get on there.
£1.04 a litre for diesel, those were the good old days.
Weren’t they just
Whats your average fuel consumption?
Appreciate you showing how the weighbridge works - but that weight is quite worrying considering the your design is quite spacious compared to other builds you see....no idea how theres manages to stay under especially since you say you used lightweight materials!!
Yep, it is a bit concerning, I should imagine there are very many self builds that are over, and quite a few factory made ones that when rammed full of gear are also over! We will get it weighed again to, just to double check 👍
You can be a further 5% over the weight too so that’s another 175kg to play with. Your cuttingly fine tho 😬
Oh really, didn't know that so that's handy, thanks 😁👍
Thank you! I never see anyone talking about weight and weighing their builds. Certainly a big part of my build due to licensing and insurance etc. Beautiful build though!
(I’m MajesticMary_thevan on insta if you want to sticky beak my build. I have 1400kgs to work with lol)
No worries. I think it is often overlooked and people don't realise how quickly it soon adds up! Good luck with your build, we'll have a little look in IG 😁👍
HI, Do you experience any problems with gear selecting? We don't like the way gearbox performs. Its a quite hard work and not smooth.
Hi there, it can be stiff, it doesn't bother me too much, although getting it into reverse takes a bit of a shunt lol!
@@campervibe We really appreciate your response and hopefully you wont mind if we bugger you more, as we do not know anyone with Citroen Relay.
For instance another issue we have is with battery drain. If we dont drive more than a week battery dies and it is new. Garage has acknowledged the drain but can pinpoint whats causing it.
@@veryuniqezombi hi, no problem we don't have any issues with the battery, when we were locked down the van sat for ages and was no problem. I have heard of people experiencing this with some split charge relays, I know nothing about it tho. Sorry I can't be of more use.
I think the baseball cap & flip-flops are pushing up the weight way too much 🤪🤘😂
😂😂😂 I think you may be right.. nowhere near as much as Emily's shoes tho lol!
@@campervibe ahahah..in our world they are called STILTS. 🤣🙈
@@RomfordGuy 😂😂😂
Use aluminum roof racks they don't rust and they're light weight. Butttt expensive 😨
Thanks, we've done it now, couldn't afford the aluminium tho lol! 😂
Blinkin nora thats close ...phew...dont buy any sweets haha
I know right, but at least we are under, I believe quite a few go over! Thanks for watching 👍
Seems a lot of weight on the offside.... guess you won’t know until you need tyres on that side constantly 😁
So far so good 😂🤦♀️
Did you weight Fanny with or without eating her snacks?
Without needed it at full weight 😆🤣
I weighed mine about a month ago... Was doing my nut worrying on way there.... Drove home powered by sighs of contentment
It's very stressful right? I've had sleepless nights about the weight of ply lol!
want to weigh ours! totally understand!
Did you fill the waste tank? 🚐☕️☕️👍🏼🏴🌈
Hi, yes we did, it was completely full 👍
camper vibe that is the one tank that usually is forgotten. Also the toilet it all adds up. Nice build by the way 🚐☕️☕️👍🏼🏴🌈
Thank you 👍 We wanted to know our absolute max weight, even filled the gas tank 😁
@@travelingchalksworld5138 Presumably when you are out campervanning you'd rarely have the waste tank and water tank both full at the same time anyway, so they'd save some weight there. I know I plan to empty the waste tanks at the same time as filling the fresh water ones anyway.
I actually miss read the question here lol, the waste tank was empty, we never will have them both full, there's no point as then there's no where for the water to go lol
how much did it weigh before the build 😳
Now your asking 🤔🤔
Ever wonder why airplanes don't have wood interiors?
Nope, not at all 👍
Aw no it would have been nice if you were sat with chunk left over for peace of mind but you can’t win them all I guess. 👍✌️
I would have preferred it to be around 3.2 but as it stands we still have over 100kg left, and this is our absolute maximum, down to the 5kg for the cat lol! I think a lot out there will be running well over if I'm honest! Thanks for watching 😁😁👍
If you do get pulled up they deduct fuel, water & oil from your max weight.hope this helps you.
Including the extra water in our fresh water tank?
@@campervibe yes
Sorry m8y reviewing your old vids .....you think you have a fat Wagon! Lol. I must admit my bro is sh^t at securing stuff before we move and he is just as OCD as Lou about stuff being right. Xx
🤣😂 It sure is a fat wagon lol!
Hands up if you were hoping for a thespian cat fight.
:)
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Looks like 300kg of wood you could ditch.
We like the wood 👍
Hi, i hope Emily is going to wear her seat belt properly in the future, wouldnt like to see either of you hurt
Hi ian, I've just had to watch the video to see lol! She's a rascal, and will be more careful in future 😁😁