Thanks for the exclusive van edition. Nice custom stuff with some great ideas. $80 to 120K just for the build plus van - Damm. I'm currently doing a self-built Transit van and really enjoying the process.
That’s great! I’m a DIY guy myself and would love to build my own 4x4 van for adventure travel. You documenting your build anywhere? I’d love to follow along!
@@trailspinTV No documentation. Owned it for 20 month - traveled with it for 9 months. Returning home to work on the new ideas I came up with. Best way to design your rig imho. Currently, home doing my solar/electrics/battery hookups then off to BC for a month to do some single track.
@@trailspinTV I was just on the western slope of Co biking. Was going to go to OE west but decided to return home a week before to do the wiring et.al. Maybe next year. I've been to OE east twice - good fun - great info & folks.
@@SirWilliamGoes Ford Transit 350 with a Quigley conversion. I like the simplicity of the VanDOit system. I'm a wheelchair user and I think their system has the ability to adjust for the chair. Simple but functional.
@@SirWilliamGoes hell yes .. and there are great aftermarket products built for them. I've had several guys suggest I go in that direction. I currently run an 05 Titan and an off-road Escapod teardrop trailer. I want to take the simplicity of a teardrop and build it into a 4x4 van. A little less to take care of.
I feel like there used to be so many 4x4 astros on the road. Now that I think about it, I don’t remember the last time I saw one. Great platform though, right? You should do it!
Every single feature of every build in this video was shown. The mic faces forward, and it's easier to hear the speaker when the camera is pointed at the person. Everyone's an expert, though. Great channel you got, by the way. 😂
If you got it, spend it how you want. Doesn't make someone a "fool" in my book. If you know what you're doing, you can get away with spending a lot less, sure.
The whole van-life/overland movement has been taken over by trust fund/dot.com hipsters. You wouldn't see these kinds of prices otherwise. It's ridiculous.
Yes, but don’t assume because somethings expensive it’s well-designed because most of this stuff is either ugly too heavy or not nearly as versatile and functional as it could be if designed bye someone like an architect or even an architectural graduate. Engineers you have to be wary of because one there’s 1000 different kinds of engineers and most of them did not have to be licensed to go by the title and do you really want a so-called mechanical engineer designing everything? And nobody knows everything when it comes to engineering and mechanical engineers do not design the structure in buildings so why are they suddenly an expert for the structure in a van? There’s this thing called a structural engineer or a civil engineer or an architect. But the mechanical engineer design little things with moving parts. Let the electrical engineer design your power system.
Dang up to 250k for these vans? That’s like almost a quarter million dollars!? Scary. Not even close to cheap RV living. I’m going back there where I feel safe
If you want an offroad capable full-size RV, it's going to cost some money. I certainly can't afford one, but there's some cool ideas in this video for DIYers that I even plan to implement into something I'm currently working on myself. The vans in this video are not for budget-minded - that's for sure!
Damn! Haha $200k still cheaper to by a nice diesel truck new or used and get one of those crazy Australian off-road trailers like the Bruder expedition or just a simple truck and tent.
Yep, I put $4500 in a 93 Ford conversion van, I have all I want, 2 wheel drive with mud tires, takes me places most wouldn't take a 200K rig. In the Last 14 months I have been Florida to Maine to Arizona to B.C. Canada! It's about the people you meet and you wouldn't meet the same ones driving a 200K rig, take my word for that !
You should’ve had the Owl guy climb up onto the roof and then climb back down off the roof he’s in there unsafe ladder and you would see how unsafe and awkward that is. So they’re claiming competing products or one trick ponies and super expensive. LOL. Talk is chap, their products are not
The price? Sub $200k...... It sounds expensive, but,......... Hey..... These rigs are getting a little out of hand. Michael at Overland Bound rides a 25 year old Toyota, with 200,000 miles and just blew his engine. The KING of mobile life, Bob Wells, lives in a cargo van, high top, with the interior, by Home Depot, slapped together in the desert. You ALWAYS see him in some remote off road location. And he only has 2wd. I watch all of your videos, they are good. This isn't about you, it's about these vans. If there is a market for them and people buy them, more power to buyer and seller alike. It's good for the economy. But you can get into this and have A LOT of fun for very little money. Don't let anybody watching this feel limited because they can't afford own of these types of rigs. besides, who in his right mind is going to put one of these to task, with a $200,00 loan you are still paying off???? Buy an older vehicle, prep it right, and USE it for what it was intended. Hope to see you a Overland Expo East in October. Better time of year, better venue, should be great. I am looking forward to it.
Tours of custom van companies that only put out 20 to 100 vans per year are purely for entertainment. Now it we’re dealing with Covid these companies have 1 to 2 year waiting lists even if you have that kind of money. Your efforts would’ve been better spent looking around for easy to install modular systems that’s basically right now most people unless you wanna wait 1 to 2 years you’re gonna have to do some degree of DIY or hire someone like a cabinetmaker to help with a modular install. Next time look around in the camping area for upstart companies with modular systems. I’ve noticed some of the larger companies are eating up way too much space at Overland expo and I have to wonder if they aren’t using some of the huge profits they 8are making these days to try to keep new companies out of the market by monopolizing space at Overland Expo just because they can. I mean if you’ve already got a two-year backlog why would you need to take four vans to Overland Expo to get more business? These vans all look pretty similar so you’re not gonna see much creativity coming out From companies they’re making millions of dollars I don’t need to be creative. Look for companies that are new. One guy said he thinks outside the box. Then didn’t bother to give even one example of what he thought he did that was thinking outside the box. Somebody that comes from a motorcoach background and worked there for that long is not going to think outside the box. If he thought outside the box he would’ve been frustrated with his job at a motorcoach co. a long time ago. Steve Jobs didn’t work at IBM for 20 years before starting Apple computer
BS. I don’t think Owl vans invented the feature that enables their Sherpa to pivot with the complex door hinges. I bought a similar thing for my Jeep Wrangler aftermarket spare tire and Rotopax gas can holder made by Smittybilt back in July 2016 and who knows how long it had been available. They shoot from the hip when talking about their products and do some of their deceptive publicity stunts. As for the Sprinter coming with holes in the hinge, the 270 degree hinges do not, so Owl Vans requires you to buy and switch to the 180 degree hinges at hundreds of $ of extra expense
All these companies like to badmouth LP because they want to sell you $30,000 worth of electrical equipment and labor or more. 10 pounds of LP lasts forever. What if it’s cloudy. You will run out of solar power. If you run your engine to charge your batteries you will run out of diesel/gas. There’s a reason why 45 years after solar panels came on the market there is still a tax subsidy to get people to install them. There has never been a tax subsidy for LP installation. A standard sized 20-pound propane cylinder holds approximately 430,000 BTUs of liquid propane. Each gallon of propane contains 91,502 BTUs of potential heat and each pound contains approximately 21,548 BTUs. Ask a solar dealer how many BTUs each panel produces. Well that’s kind of depends on what latitude you are at, what day of the year it is, how cloudy it is, whether you have electronic tracking system that keeps the panel pointed directly at the sun throughout the day, how much battery storage you have available at the time, etc. In Berkeley California it’s now illegal to put natural gas in a new home so if you have LP in your van do you have something multi millionaires can’t put in their home in parts of California. It’s always funny to see van tours where the owner says they’re really into cooking but at most they have a two burner induction cooktop in their van. If you go to their house they probably have a five burner, gas, cooktop
I think there is definitely something to be said for keeping the electrical systems separated, although it's way above my head as far as how it all works.
When he talks about a certain feature of the van, you need to aim the camera at THAT feature so we can see what he is talking about, don't aim the camera at his face. Video class 101. Thanks.
Thanks for the feedback, maestro. I don't think there was a single feature mentioned by any of them that wasn't shown on camera, but I'll keep your expert suggestions in mind going forward.
Seriously, your cameraman sucks. Whipping the camera around, back and forth...very unpleasant to watch. The interviewer did a decent job talking to the various reps for different van conversion companies.
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I love how you categorize the vendor content. Keep the vendor content coming and thank you for all your efforts to do that!
Def makes it nice
For sure man! If people keep watching, we will keep filming! Thanks for watching. ✌️😎
I'm glad blenders are being added to overland van builds lol
Haha same! For those sausage smoothies and whiskey Frappuccinos.
Thanks for including the prices...some omit that part of the interviews which is the most important part for me.
One of the most important parts of making a decision for me as well!
Thanks for the exclusive van edition. Nice custom stuff with some great ideas. $80 to 120K just for the build plus van - Damm. I'm currently doing a self-built Transit van and really enjoying the process.
That’s great! I’m a DIY guy myself and would love to build my own 4x4 van for adventure travel. You documenting your build anywhere? I’d love to follow along!
@@trailspinTV No documentation. Owned it for 20 month - traveled with it for 9 months. Returning home to work on the new ideas I came up with. Best way to design your rig imho. Currently, home doing my solar/electrics/battery hookups then off to BC for a month to do some single track.
Sounds like a hell of a time! I’ve always been a sucker for vans, and would love to check out the progress of yours. Best of luck with it!
@@trailspinTV I was just on the western slope of Co biking. Was going to go to OE west but decided to return home a week before to do the wiring et.al. Maybe next year. I've been to OE east twice - good fun - great info & folks.
Hell Yea! Thanks for pumping out this content quickly.
You got it! Thanks for watching! 👊😎
Thanks for shooting this. I'm in the beginning phases of building an off-road van. Lot's of great info ....
What kind?
@@SirWilliamGoes Ford Transit 350 with a Quigley conversion. I like the simplicity of the VanDOit system. I'm a wheelchair user and I think their system has the ability to adjust for the chair. Simple but functional.
@@justusbelfield-lifebythese7591 sweet I like the express Quigley
@@SirWilliamGoes hell yes .. and there are great aftermarket products built for them. I've had several guys suggest I go in that direction. I currently run an 05 Titan and an off-road Escapod teardrop trailer. I want to take the simplicity of a teardrop and build it into a 4x4 van. A little less to take care of.
@@justusbelfield-lifebythese7591 I couldn't agree more.
Damn you were quick with that first video!
Not so quick with the second though. 😂
Thanks
Made me feel better about my Ambulance conversion
Where can I see that?
Nice work brother! Appreciate the effort and hard work to get this out so quick!
No doubt! We broke the mold releasing videos day of last year, and now we’ve got so much competition. Thanks for the support!
Those custom van builds can get up there!! I would love to build out an astro!!
I feel like there used to be so many 4x4 astros on the road. Now that I think about it, I don’t remember the last time I saw one. Great platform though, right? You should do it!
@@trailspinTV find them some down here but most got hit with cash for clunkers
nice tour thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Great job, thank you. Was unable to make it this year.....
Thanks for watching! That’s why we do this. I want to make sure everyone gets to experience Expo in some way, even if they can’t physically be there.
Thank you. TRF
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching!
@@trailspinTV thats the easy part.. your doing the work..lol may see you around one Day.. TRF
Liked it! Great topic idea
Thanks for watching!
I want to invest in van do it. That’s what the future business model looks like.
I love the modular options and being able to build your setup as you see fit!
I liked the first van...But 200.000 Wow 30 year loan!
Yeah that's pretty steep right!!
Yeah it was a beauty though!
Awesome content man! We have the same camp spot at Expo West!!
It’s been such a blast rolling with you guys. Your videos are blowing up! See you at the top. 👊😉
Next time can you ask them about ground clearance and tire size
Good stuff, thanks for the video!
"Van Do it" my choice for the simplicity, price and easy future add-ons.
Definitely digging that platform too. I like the option of doing everything “a la cart” and adding as needed. Very cool concept!
They use a lot of the infamous 80/20 framework that some smaller upfitters are using more and more.
LOL "Lot of trick stuff can make these things go sIdeways" I bet the lottery ticket booth had a line....
Sounds to me like the owner of the van wasn't too concerned with the price. I did like the way that dude worded the cost of it though! 😂
Focus on van. Do not focus on speaker. We cannot hear the van but we can hear the speaker and should see the van. Wasted camera time on speaker.
Every single feature of every build in this video was shown. The mic faces forward, and it's easier to hear the speaker when the camera is pointed at the person. Everyone's an expert, though. Great channel you got, by the way. 😂
I love my Van Specialties build. VS doesn’t even go to the shows.
Hahaha! Gotta love those prices at $150-200k! Many fools to be parted from their money apparently .
If you got it, spend it how you want. Doesn't make someone a "fool" in my book. If you know what you're doing, you can get away with spending a lot less, sure.
The whole van-life/overland movement has been taken over by trust fund/dot.com hipsters. You wouldn't see these kinds of prices otherwise. It's ridiculous.
Advanced RV sells their Sprinter conversions for up to $500,000
Yes, but don’t assume because somethings expensive it’s well-designed because most of this stuff is either ugly too heavy or not nearly as versatile and functional as it could be if designed bye someone like an architect or even an architectural graduate. Engineers you have to be wary of because one there’s 1000 different kinds of engineers and most of them did not have to be licensed to go by the title and do you really want a so-called mechanical engineer designing everything? And nobody knows everything when it comes to engineering and mechanical engineers do not design the structure in buildings so why are they suddenly an expert for the structure in a van? There’s this thing called a structural engineer or a civil engineer or an architect. But the mechanical engineer design little things with moving parts. Let the electrical engineer design your power system.
We would have loved for you to check out our super awesome Chevrolet Express build at Overland Expo West 2019
Sorry we missed each other! I was definitely interested in shooting something other than sprinters. Next time!
Do you have a TH-cam I could look at your build?
@@clarktferrill yes we have a youtube its WeldTec Designs
Dang up to 250k for these vans? That’s like almost a quarter million dollars!? Scary. Not even close to cheap RV living. I’m going back there where I feel safe
If you want an offroad capable full-size RV, it's going to cost some money. I certainly can't afford one, but there's some cool ideas in this video for DIYers that I even plan to implement into something I'm currently working on myself. The vans in this video are not for budget-minded - that's for sure!
Damn! Haha $200k still cheaper to by a nice diesel truck new or used and get one of those crazy Australian off-road trailers like the Bruder expedition or just a simple truck and tent.
I'm thinking 200k budget you take ten build a nice older rig take 190k and travel for as long as possible!!!
These are definitely meant for a very specific market! Crazy money. Not gonna lie though, i would take any of them in a heartbeat if I could.
Yep, I put $4500 in a 93 Ford conversion van, I have all I want, 2 wheel drive with mud tires, takes me places most wouldn't take a 200K rig.
In the Last 14 months I have been Florida to Maine to Arizona to B.C. Canada! It's about the people you meet and you wouldn't meet the same ones driving a 200K rig, take my word for that !
@@duane4972 that's the life
You should’ve had the Owl guy climb up onto the roof and then climb back down off the roof he’s in there unsafe ladder and you would see how unsafe and awkward that is. So they’re claiming competing products or one trick ponies and super expensive. LOL. Talk is chap, their products are not
Will you be doing any more videos with your “Friend” from last year?
Braxton is moving to east Asia. He has his own TH-cam and Instagram if you wanna follow along. Just search for “Braxton Klavins”.
vans of the rich.... you can get some cool ideas for the real van life though
Truer words never spoken!
The price? Sub $200k...... It sounds expensive, but,......... Hey..... These rigs are getting a little out of hand. Michael at Overland Bound rides a 25 year old Toyota, with 200,000 miles and just blew his engine. The KING of mobile life, Bob Wells, lives in a cargo van, high top, with the interior, by Home Depot, slapped together in the desert. You ALWAYS see him in some remote off road location. And he only has 2wd. I watch all of your videos, they are good. This isn't about you, it's about these vans. If there is a market for them and people buy them, more power to buyer and seller alike. It's good for the economy. But you can get into this and have A LOT of fun for very little money. Don't let anybody watching this feel limited because they can't afford own of these types of rigs. besides, who in his right mind is going to put one of these to task, with a $200,00 loan you are still paying off???? Buy an older vehicle, prep it right, and USE it for what it was intended. Hope to see you a Overland Expo East in October. Better time of year, better venue, should be great. I am looking forward to it.
Tours of custom van companies that only put out 20 to 100 vans per year are purely for entertainment. Now it we’re dealing with Covid these companies have 1 to 2 year waiting lists even if you have that kind of money. Your efforts would’ve been better spent looking around for easy to install modular systems that’s basically right now most people unless you wanna wait 1 to 2 years you’re gonna have to do some degree of DIY or hire someone like a cabinetmaker to help with a modular install. Next time look around in the camping area for upstart companies with modular systems. I’ve noticed some of the larger companies are eating up way too much space at Overland expo and I have to wonder if they aren’t using some of the huge profits they 8are making these days to try to keep new companies out of the market by monopolizing space at Overland Expo just because they can. I mean if you’ve already got a two-year backlog why would you need to take four vans to Overland Expo to get more business? These vans all look pretty similar so you’re not gonna see much creativity coming out From companies they’re making millions of dollars I don’t need to be creative. Look for companies that are new. One guy said he thinks outside the box. Then didn’t bother to give even one example of what he thought he did that was thinking outside the box. Somebody that comes from a motorcoach background and worked there for that long is not going to think outside the box. If he thought outside the box he would’ve been frustrated with his job at a motorcoach co. a long time ago. Steve Jobs didn’t work at IBM for 20 years before starting Apple computer
Little bummed out that Braxton isn't with you on this trip.
He is definitely missed. Doing this stuff by yourself is no walk in the park.
@10:14..."sub 200, all in"
@10:17.... Silence
Yeah my heart skipped a beat on that one. 😂
BS. I don’t think Owl vans invented the feature that enables their Sherpa to pivot with the complex door hinges. I bought a similar thing for my Jeep Wrangler aftermarket spare tire and Rotopax gas can holder made by Smittybilt back in July 2016 and who knows how long it had been available. They shoot from the hip when talking about their products and do some of their deceptive publicity stunts. As for the Sprinter coming with holes in the hinge, the 270 degree hinges do not, so Owl Vans requires you to buy and switch to the 180 degree hinges at hundreds of $ of extra expense
All these companies like to badmouth LP because they want to sell you $30,000 worth of electrical equipment and labor or more. 10 pounds of LP lasts forever. What if it’s cloudy. You will run out of solar power. If you run your engine to charge your batteries you will run out of diesel/gas. There’s a reason why 45 years after solar panels came on the market there is still a tax subsidy to get people to install them. There has never been a tax subsidy for LP installation. A standard sized 20-pound propane cylinder holds approximately 430,000 BTUs of liquid propane. Each gallon of propane contains 91,502 BTUs of potential heat and each pound contains approximately 21,548 BTUs. Ask a solar dealer how many BTUs each panel produces. Well that’s kind of depends on what latitude you are at, what day of the year it is, how cloudy it is, whether you have electronic tracking system that keeps the panel pointed directly at the sun throughout the day, how much battery storage you have available at the time, etc. In Berkeley California it’s now illegal to put natural gas in a new home so if you have LP in your van do you have something multi millionaires can’t put in their home in parts of California. It’s always funny to see van tours where the owner says they’re really into cooking but at most they have a two burner induction cooktop in their van. If you go to their house they probably have a five burner, gas, cooktop
Edit!
You let spokesmodels get bogged in details.
Meant to be informational, but I’ll keep your suggestion in mind for the next one.
He wants zero inverters in the van, while I'm looking a lithium batteries and am going to need two inverters.
I think there is definitely something to be said for keeping the electrical systems separated, although it's way above my head as far as how it all works.
When he talks about a certain feature of the van, you need to aim the camera at THAT feature so we can see what he is talking about, don't aim the camera at his face. Video class 101. Thanks.
Thanks for the feedback, maestro. I don't think there was a single feature mentioned by any of them that wasn't shown on camera, but I'll keep your expert suggestions in mind going forward.
2:30 Biggest wanker i have ever seen
Seriously, your cameraman sucks. Whipping the camera around, back and forth...very unpleasant to watch. The interviewer did a decent job talking to the various reps for different van conversion companies.
The camera man and the interviewer are the same person, genius. 👋
So..you and the camera man Suck..slow that motion down..makes me want to puke..take off your fucking sunglasses..you uncouth jerk