Building HUGE Pass-Through Underbody Storage Compartments | Part 1 | Skoolie Conversion
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ต.ค. 2020
- We have begun building the underbody storage compartment for our skoolie! This is quite the project because the Skoolie storage bay is going to be situated in a way that it will be a pass-through style.
By the time we finish framing out the floor of the under bay storage, we'll have approximately 83 square feet. The height of our Skoolie garage varies with the majority of the area being 26" high. The only parts that are low are the areas just below the chassis beams.
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I am excited to see what you have accomplished this week. Always enjoy your videos. It is great to see your progress and success each week. Best wishes to you both and thanks for letting me enjoy your wonderful life.
Thanks so much Dr. B! We Love it that you're interested in our Skoolie project! Although we're working with steel this week, you'll want to stay tuned because we have more woodworking projects to come! Thanks for watching @Ralph Borchers!
- Brian + Erin
This was great guys. Love the cliffhanger ending because we can't wait to see how this storage bay or garage turns out.
We're sending our best wishes and love, James and Kim 😁
Bahahahaha! Glad you liked the cliffhanger! Not sure what this is officially called that we're building... We've heard it called underbay storage, underbody storage, storage bays, garage, basement.... the list goes on! We love having y'all here watching our progress! Thanks so much :)
- Brian + Erin
I'm finally caught up on your videos. I can't wait to see the finale of this underbay storage! It's so fun watching your videos, thanks for sharing your build with us!
OMG @Bethany May!!! You just made our day! Thanks so much for watching and following along! We really appreciate your comments and interaction with us! - Brian + Erin
I feel like I owe you some money, or at least a "Thank you" for making this video...I'm about to start the same project and I was way overthinking it! You just saved me some time and material! Keep up the great work!!!
Shay McQuaid dude! We researched the heck out of underbody & observed how motor coaches construct theirs along with the way the original Thomas manufacturer build theirs. So we’re just modeling what they do with a little configuration for our particular garage floor plan. It’s all boxes & triangles! When put in place, they become a strong system!
Can’t wait to see what you do!
Thanks for watching!
- Brian + Erin
Gonna have to watch manana.. Seahawks are my jam! Sorry to miss out again guys
You’re definitely going to want to see!! However... you already have underbody storage!!!
Hellava game too
@@missjennsmith6999 The hawks games always come down to the buzzer🏆👌🏼
Wow this is looking Great!!!
Thank you both @J. James! We enjoyed getting the foundation of the underbody storage started. More to come on this project! Cheers! - Brian + Erin
You two are doing legit body work right there! Impressive!
LOL @Jo Pfetsch! You got that right... More to come. We have already done some stuff like this when we did the big windows... So it's not the first time we have made BIG holes in our bus then had to figure out what to do with them... ;) This is a LOT of thinking right here. Lots of observing what worked in the bus the past 22 years as well.
@@BEAdventurePartners well you look like pros....now I know why!
O my gosh @Jo Pfetsch! Thank you... You got us blushing.
Now we are talking!!! Get your butts under that bus and get dirty hahah! This was such a great video, the thought that went through everything and figuring out the perfect plan for your storage! And those tanks are pretty awesome too!! I hate those foam brushes, they just fold like a paper and don't hold up very long either. BUT painting those by hand instead and turned out great! And the bolt system you are using will make it so sturdy under there! So much room for activities! You should come up with a fun project for the doors you cut off!
My gosh, @MEREDITH and PACO, this is a BIG thinking project. As you know... Figuring out how things will align and come together on top of measurements, and then making sure it is can withstand bumping down the road... YIKES! Those foam brushes are crap. I got a pack of them to brush clear epoxy over our toilet... Which we haven't done yet... But that's what I read in the instructions... So I anyways, I had the crap brushes, and figured I would use one. Which turned into 4, cuz they kept breaking, and folding in half. Then I thought shoot this is so wasteful, I am just gonna use one of my good brushes! Not sure if you have had trouble with the rattle cans being so drippy... But we have, so brushing it on seemed like a good plan of action. We do have a couple ideas for the doors. Not 1000000% sold yet. I want to pull in some other colours. YiPppPpppYYYYYy! Anyways, big love to you both! We so appreciate you, and think its so cool to see you guys rockin' it over there too! So wish we could do this in the same city! How cool would that be?!
If you cut the horizontal cut first and mount the hinges you dont have to wressle those big pieces of sheetmetal doors around fitting them
That’s a great idea! A few cuts too late though! However, the way we have the doors planned, we will have a frame the compartment doors will sit in. So with a shim on the bottom edge, it’ll be spaced perfectly! Thanks for watching! -B+E
Omg😂.. you guys are hilarious. Happy Thanksgiving you crazy Canucks! Need a commemorative hockey helmet on our bus now!🤪 Looking good! Looks like a major project indeed, glad we don’t need to do this. If you need photos or measurements of anything let us know.
Maybe post a link for drill bits on your channel.. it’s crazy how many you go through and we wish we would have bought them in bulk! So much cheaper that way! I think we are fresh out of the little guys now. Take care and great work you two✌🏼
We’ll take you up on the pics! Send us some of the door & jam!
If y’all’s underbody isn’t insulated, it would be worth adding a layer around it!
We use Cobalt bits for our drill. They last waaaayyyy longer than any other bits we’ve used. Here’s our affiliate link to some good ones amzn.to/3jRHR57
Thanks for watching, y’all!
- B+E
BE Adventure Partners Will get some for you today! Cobalt is the only way to go
Cans Float Bottles Dont thanks y’all!! Happy building & wear your Pro Yo!
Looks great guys should be plenty strong nice amount of room to move around to Brian can I make a suggestion the cross beam you put in you put the bolts up through the bottom just for piece of mind many miles down the road with potholes vibration etc. Maybe reverse those bolts and go down through the top in case they might loosen up and not fall out.
If I were doing your design I would at least put a tack weld on each bolt for a extra measure other than that you guys are doing a great job on her and it's going to look super.
Hey there @Brian Davis! Those are some awesome tips! We're thinking of using the red thread locker on all the bolts. The reason I put the bolts with the nut side up in the corners was to reduce snag possibilities. Not sure we want to weld up any bolts because we want to be able to take this apart if we need to in the future without having to use an angle grinder... However... I do see the benefit for flipping those corner bolts around, so even if we lose a nut, the bolt will still be in place. Any other ideas to make it stronger without having to weld? As you see there is still more to be done (we plan on doing multiple cross bracing on the bulkhead ends, threaded rod throughout the center up through the cross members above along with hat channel between the sheet metal skins! But all that will be in a few other vids to come)
Thanks for watching & for the insight!
- Brian + Erin
Love the build and all of the safety moments 😎
Baha thanks @Joseph Godwin! We do our best to keep safe, and think that if we make it silly people will remember that and put on their PRO when they are working on their builds. Now next time you do something with tools you will hear our goofy voices saying "Glove Pro, Eye Pro, Breath Pro" in your ear ;) Thanks for bringing that up! We appreciate you BEing here! - Erin + Brian too
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Holy smokes @Kris! Thanks so much for watching! Are you building a Skoolie too? Where are you in the world?
- Brian + Erin
@@BEAdventurePartners Me? Nope, not building anything & probably won’t get to, but I can really appreciate all your hard work and great videos you’ve been making. I love watching skoolie & van builds on here. Makes me want to do it also, but I don’t have the kinda lifestyle to allow travel. I was really impressed that even when you only had a couple hundred subscribers your videos were just as good and just as entertaining as now, when you have more than a couple thousand subscribers. Thanks from sunny Florida 😎
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There’s different paths in life for sure! Hopefully you’re making the most of the path you’re taking!
Appreciate you watching!
- B+E
What was the reason for not welding? I've seen you guys weld before 🤔
Nonetheless it looks really clean 👍
I can weld too, but, I think mechanical fasteners would make me worry less. I can SEE when I make good holes. I can SEE my bolt clamp up properly. Welding would ofc work, but with my limited skill,nuts and bolts win.
I don't want an invisible poor weld to cause me to run over all my crap with a 30k pound bus. lol
Hey hey Mr. Ramirez! What a great observation & we really like Shay’s response!
One thing we want to add on to what Shay said is that while under the bus, before building the storage framework, we noticed that the entire body is attached to the chassis with mechanical hangers & clamps. So we talked with some engineers regarding the reason buses are built like this. Even though the bus feels solid, it is actually flexible. Using mechanical fasteners allows the body to flex on the chassis as the bus is bouncing down the road.
So it makes sense that some parts are mechanical & some are welded. We want the underbody to flow with the movement of the bus. Using bolts will afford some flex at the joints.
The reason why we welded the angle iron together in some places is because that’s where floor pieces are going to be bolted to the crossmembers and we needed those intermediary pieces of angle iron to stay together as one piece.
One thing that we did not do in this video which we will do in the near future is loosen the few nuts that we’ve already attached and add thread locker to those threads. Even though were using lockwashers that’ll give the nuts more of a chance to not loosen as well.
In some future videos we had planned will be showing how we construct cross bracing as well. There’s too much in this project to show in one film! LOL! And in the near future we will definitely be adding all the very specific details to our eCourse Get Your Skoolie On.
Let us know if that makes any sense & if we’re missing!
Thanks so much for watching and for such a thoughtful comment!
- Brian + Erin
Great work guys. yep, that's what I want to use is the big plastic barrels. I really worry about Meredith And Paco They didn't use the kind of heavy metal to make there under storage like your using, theirs seems flimsy to me.
Hey @Pamela Chadwell! Yes, those barrels are super thick walled! Pushing on their sides, I (Brian) can hardly get them to flex 💪! I think they will be perfect for gray water (best of all... they were free!) We have a bigger freshwater tank on order.
As for construction of the underbody... we tend to over engineer things because we’re not sure how much weight the storage floor itself will be supporting. Meredith & Paco did an excellent job building their underbody storage! The slotted angle they used is indeed quite strong especially in the box shape they built it in!
We have more to do on this. In future vids you’ll see how we will use cross bracing to stand up against this dynamic load environment. It’s essentially building the structure to withstand earth quake forces while we’re cruising down the road!
Thanks for watching!
- Brian + Erin
@@BEAdventurePartners Good can't wait to see. I hope their under storage is strong, I really love those kids and I don't want anything to happen to them. Thank you for reassuring me.
Pamela Chadwell yeah! They are great & we love their creativity & drive!
hey guys. great video. What kind of blade were you using for your grinder?
Hey Kody! Our favourite cutting wheel for the grinder is this one: amzn.to/3xmjt4p
It definitely works the best for cutting through metal. Especially on the long cuts. It doesn't get all caught up, or drag you around like some wheels.
Great job, thanks for sharing. What's the approximate height of the compartments?
Liked and subscribed. Many thanks, C.M.
With the floor installed the tallest areas in the compartments are 19 inches. So it's still pretty tight. However @C.I.M. if we hadn't built out the underbody... ALL of that stuff would be upstairs in the bus. Which is just silly! There would be no room for us.
@@BEAdventurePartners My apologies, I thought I had replied. Many thanks,
Excellent job on the bus and videos, both y'all are awesome 👍😎 ❤️
That is some awesome work. I may do some the same way. Currently I got Storage boxes off a truck I am going to use for now. What size Barrals are those? I tried some 55 Gallon under mine but the skirting does not hide them.
Right on @Shaun Wood! Our barrels are 30g. You using them for grey water? Thanks for your kind words. This is one heck of a project!
@@BEAdventurePartners Hi, thank you for the information. Yes i am using them for Gray water. It is the largest project i have ever taken on that is for sure.
@@shaunwood301 they’ll work great for gray water! The wall thickness of these barrels are sooooo much thicker than the freshwater tanks, so they can hold up to detergents & urine just fine! Keep rocking it & let us know how it goes! We’re getting to plumbing soon!
- B+E
@@BEAdventurePartners I just got to find 30 Gallon ones. All I find is 50-55 gallon so far. Thanks for all the info and can't wait to see the next video
I take that back. I just found some lol. Thanks guys
Where did you purchase new windows?
There is a guy here in Ontario, Canada who had a stock of all sorts of RV stuff. If you’re in Ontario, we can get you his contact info.
Thanks for watching!
- Brian + Erin
I wonder how effective it could be to take part of the cargo area/basement, and convert it into a small "bedroom" for a child, with a twin sized bed running laterally across the centerline and standing headroom/access to the main part of the bus from under one of the cabinets? Your kid wants his own "room", they just pop open a door in a faux "cabinet" and climb down a small ladder into their own little space with a bunk in the sailboat-quarter-berth style, a wardrobe, maybe a small desk and chair? As I imagine it, it seems a viable way to live in a skoolie with a kid or two and still provide them with that sense of automaty that comes with having your own room...
LOL @Mr. Ed - We don't see why not! Maybe add a couple windows down there so they don't feel like they are in a cage. Shoot we have seen people putting their kids under their bed and having their bed a bit higher up. It would be a similar amount of space... Small kids would likely enjoy having a little den of their own. My only concern would be keeping it warm. It's cold down there with all the metal... So cladding it with wood might be a good idea.
@@BEAdventurePartners Yep, definitely would have to insulate and finish it off real good down there!
@Mr. Ed - If you do it... PLEASE let us know. Send us pics on Insta, or email or something. If it's done right, it could be really neat!
Throw the kids into a box hanging under the bus, that somebody hacked together with some bolts and angle iron, and hope noting comes loose and drops the kid in front of the rear wheels while you're going 65 down the highway. Brilliant.
@@georgewashington1106 are you daft? They wouldn't be there while you're driving! 😂 No one should be sleeping in the regular bed in a skoolie either while on the road! For that matter, you shouldn't let anyone ride ANYWHERE in ANY sort of RV other than a proper seat with seat belts...