Full Timelapse DIY Caravan Build

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[@markbailey8839]

Awesome build and awesome video

[@PerpetualTransient]

Thanks mate

[@philipdavey1039]

Fantastic work, you have to be impressed by your achievement. All top grade equipment and workmanship, apart from the welding maybe, lol.

[@PerpetualTransient]

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

[@verncommet1798]

Very nice 👍

[@PerpetualTransient]

Thanks

[@emptyheadtofill]

You have a particular set skills a well thought out job

[@PerpetualTransient]

Thanks! Small part skill, big part luck.

[@blackdc2]

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...

[@PerpetualTransient]

Thanks mate

[@f1sir]

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 :)

[@PerpetualTransient]

It’s good evening viewing, makes people dozey! Good wind down after a big day on the Jayco.

[@geoffwaye9515]

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.

[@PerpetualTransient]

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

[@geoffwaye9515]

Thanks again very different in cost that’s for sure. I’d go a bit over spec too @@PerpetualTransient

[@josephcox2216]

Amazing job mate. Well
Done

[@PerpetualTransient]

Thanks 🙏

[@boofsoutbackadventures4x4]

Well done mate. That looks bloody fantastic! Wanna build another ? Haha

[@PerpetualTransient]

One nearly killed me mate!

[@kemanecitga]

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?

[@PerpetualTransient]

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.

[@robertrusso6367]

Looks amazing 👍

[@PerpetualTransient]

Thanks

[@freedomtowander]

Great job friend!

[@PerpetualTransient]

Thank you!🙏

[@juan8364]

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.

[@PerpetualTransient]

I just made them up. Drew it all on SketchUp. Spent maybe 3 months getting it right before starting.

[@MayurPanse]

Very well Done....👍

[@PerpetualTransient]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@buster_1972]

great effort that. 👍

[@PerpetualTransient]

Thanks mate

[@waritng]

Nice build ❤❤❤
Love it

[@PerpetualTransient]

Thanks!

[@AMJB100000000]

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..

[@PerpetualTransient]

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

[@user-ti7hz5fo3y]

Good job i like It from marrocco

[@PerpetualTransient]

Greetings!. Chefchaouen one of my favourite places.

[@geoffwaye9515]

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

[@PerpetualTransient]

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

[@HAZMAT2364]

Looks amazing! Was wondering what you used as the base floor material? Like the part that's exposed to the underside of the chassis?

[@PerpetualTransient]

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!

[@EvAlGi]

what kind of panneling you used for interial and exterial walls? Looks very light weight.

[@PerpetualTransient]

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.

[@viljamisipila4983]

Do you know how much that build cost? Asking for a friend🙄😅 btw awesome job!!

[@PerpetualTransient]

I’m planning to do a full budget breakdown episode if i ever get around to it, so stay tuned!

[@davidmorris2234]

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?

[@PerpetualTransient]

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.

[@davidmorris2234]

@@PerpetualTransient Thanks for the clarification, I’ll look for the detailed version

[@SamirBenmebirouk]

what type of panel do you use , can you give me the characteristic ?

[@PerpetualTransient]

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.

[@SamirBenmebirouk]

tank you, it's great@@PerpetualTransient

[@mikenetherlin6912]

What is the metal tank on front please.

[@PerpetualTransient]

Storage. Typically has my outboard motor in there. It’s aluminium.

[@TerryCassar]

Gasless Mig?

[@PerpetualTransient]

Yeh my little unit for tacking it all together was gasless. Main welding was done with stick.