Full Timelapse DIY Caravan Build
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You look like a pretty decent welder to me. Very impressive. That caravan is built much better than most of what is out there to buy. Well done.
Thanks 🙏
Very nice 👍
Thanks
Awesome build and awesome video
Thanks mate
Fantastic work, you have to be impressed by your achievement. All top grade equipment and workmanship, apart from the welding maybe, lol.
Thanks mate. Surprisingly my splitter spatter has held up on some rough stuff. Keep checking the bumper bar isn’t falling off when i pull up lol
You have a particular set skills a well thought out job
Thanks! Small part skill, big part luck.
Thanks for that information I ended up buying an Aussie van 100k and my wife kept saying make one. I'm a fitter and can weld but I was unsure about the chassis so I could always sell my hybrid van it's a 15' a bit big for 2 and make one.
I went a bit crazy and over spec’d mine on pretty much everything and was still half that or less. I reckon if I’d done a modest spec it could’ve come down to 30k-40k range
Thanks again very different in cost that’s for sure. I’d go a bit over spec too @@PerpetualTransient
Awesome build! I'm in the middle of rebuilding a '96 Jayco poptop and need to get back out to do more. Problem is now I'm distracted by having to watch your build series from the start :)
It’s good evening viewing, makes people dozey! Good wind down after a big day on the Jayco.
Great build 👍 good on ya for giving it a go.
I took on a similar build a few years ago. Brings back memories✌️ very rewarding...
Thanks mate
You earned my subscription with this build. I'm not joking when I say this is the best home camper build that I've ever seen. I've seen a lot, by the way. Great job! Are you a pro cabinet maker by trade?
Thanks! No im a geologist actually. Done a few home renovations but not much else. Definitely not known for my finesse
Well done mate. That looks bloody fantastic! Wanna build another ? Haha
One nearly killed me mate!
Amazing job mate. Well
Done
Thanks 🙏
Looks amazing 👍
Thanks
Great job friend!
Thank you!🙏
Nice build ❤❤❤
Love it
Thanks!
Very well Done....👍
Thank you! Cheers!
great effort that. 👍
Thanks mate
What an awesome effort… it would be great if you could purchase a plans of builds like this that someone like yourself has gone through the effort of videoing the build..
Thanks. I get asked most weeks for them but they’re not engineered as i just did it all myself so can’t really sell or share widely. Don’t want to be liable for a heap of death traps driving around lol
It turned out to be a great job. I wonder if you had experience building a caravan like this before? Also, have you made a design on the computer before?
Thanks. I once built a camper trailer from an old army trailer, but nothing like this no. I hadn’t ever used SketchUp either, but i found it really intuitive and there’s plenty of TH-cam tutorials out there. The web version is also free to use. Honestly i think it was a major part of the success being able to design to mm accuracy before starting the build.
Good job i like It from marrocco
Greetings!. Chefchaouen one of my favourite places.
What a great accomplishment, looks awesome! Where did you get the plans? Ive been wanting to build one myself but it be so much easier if i had plans.
I just made them up. Drew it all on SketchUp. Spent maybe 3 months getting it right before starting.
Looks amazing! Was wondering what you used as the base floor material? Like the part that's exposed to the underside of the chassis?
Thanks. It’s called thermolite which is a cross-linked polymer foam and fiberglass composite. It’s waterproof, light and very strong. But expensive and so goddam itchy when cutting!
what kind of panneling you used for interial and exterial walls? Looks very light weight.
Exterior is called fibreglass composite panel and the internal is called purelite which is a pvc material. Both light but very strong. Most Aussie vans now made out of these or similar.
Mate that’s unreal you’ve taken on a task that I keep saying I should’ve done instead of buying. Tell me what was the end cost approx and did you buy the suspension. Also what was the size and weight you ended up with.
Geoff
Thanks mate. I’m planning to do a budget episode soon and need to add it all up. It was about half the cost of the Aussie made ones i reckon. There’s 20 episodes there covering all aspects including suspension weight etc. it’s a tuffride suspension, Melbourne company, bloody good. Airbag man airbags. The tare weight came in at 1500 and i set the atm at 2400kg. It’s equivalent to or a bit bigger than a 12ft van i think. The body is 3.6m long and overall it’s 5.4 bumper to hitch i think
Do you mind if I ask, What sort of costs was this build? Aside from your time spent, of course. Good job!
I plan to do a budget episode, have been promising it for a while. Need to sit down and add it all up. My guess is half what the equivalent Australian made ones are. Maybe $50k. Could’ve done it for nearer 30 if i skimped on components.
Do you know how much that build cost? Asking for a friend🙄😅 btw awesome job!!
I’m planning to do a full budget breakdown episode if i ever get around to it, so stay tuned!
what type of panel do you use , can you give me the characteristic ?
Hi mate - it’s a 28mm fibreglass composite panel with an XPS foam core. I cover that stuff in detail in the build series also on the channel.
tank you, it's great@@PerpetualTransient
What did you use to build the walls from?
It’s a fibreglass composite panel, 28mm thick with an XPS foam core
@@PerpetualTransient Is that similar to Azdel?
Hmm haven’t heard of that. Go look at transformRV or styromax website in Australia for details
What is the metal tank on front please.
Storage. Typically has my outboard motor in there. It’s aluminium.
Gasless Mig?
Yeh my little unit for tacking it all together was gasless. Main welding was done with stick.
Just started watching, so maybe my criticism is premature, but in my opinion, it’s better to describe what materials you are using and installing as you work, rather than just playing music. What was the floor material?
There’s 20 episodes, almost 10 hours of details through every step of the process, including materials. I’ve found many don’t want the detail just the visual so i created this short vid for those more than others really.
@@PerpetualTransient Thanks for the clarification, I’ll look for the detailed version