We're Matt & Diana - a young (ish!) couple living life the adventurous way!
Our motto is to live life the adventurous way. If there is a conventional way to do something and an adventurous way to do something - we choose the adventurous way.
Originally from Europe, we met while both living in California and embraced our shared passion for travel by hitting the road as full-time RVers in 2018, on a mission to visit all the National Park Units across the US.
In 2021 we bought land in Vermont and embarked on a new adventure - self-building our dream home, a sustainable, Net Zero Passive House with the latest smart home technology on our 40-acre homestead.
Join us on our journey as we face new challenges, embrace new opportunities, learn new skills and share it all here
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I have a primetime tracer 230rbs, added inside door pull handle, under $10 works great, AP sunroof shade, well made and under $50, 10 min install. Kool.rv ac diverter, diverts air from ac to vents to make more efficent, easy 15 min install, under $90. Lippert solid steps and rail.
Great video...very helpful. Thank you for sharing this info, it seems the perfect solution since I don't plan to move my rig for a couple of years. May I ask question if you have the time to respond sometime...Can you prime/paint over the exterior of this board insulation? I'm was thinking of painting it black to "disappear" under the trailer. (The RV park manager is more likely to approve that over the pink color).
I'm so happy to see you had a great result with this experiment. I too grew a tomato plant in a bag of compost and gave it only a bit of blood and bone to start it off. So far, it's doing okay! Did you feed your's or just water it?
Installing back-to-back sharp 90°s so close to each other will cause you problems. Should've installed a long sweep 90° to lessen the stress and possible clogging on your system.
@@AdventurousWay coming off the pump. You have one on the vertical exit from the pump, one on the horizontal to vertical exit, and one on the horizontal leaving the tank. Just my experience installing and replacing dozens of systems.
@robthomas5488 that’s by design and is how the pump should be installed with the tri check valve. It was delivered already plumbed like that. Also remember that there are no solids being pumped here - only liquid.
All this is only for fulltimers. I'm a weekend and a two week RV user. Most usefull for me is The Lithium battery. Most of this is unessescery upgrade. Keep it simple with less issues. I live in Norway and has a US Rv with a RV transformer. 230/120V AC 50/60Hz unit. Im an electrician ha done the changes.
I know this is a 4 year old video but they just recently had a nasty monsoon mid June. We did it 4 days after in a well built F150 and it was pretty challenging coming from the visitor center. Full size rigs, especially anything bigger than a 1/2 ton will have troubles probably squeezing in between these two huge boulders. One of the river crossings was a super steep and slick exit. Fun trail and if you like to hike, check out Medano Lake. I would do this as an out and back as the road you exit out of after the pass is washboard from hell.
I just started watching your channel from the beginning. I was searching for travelers who use Northwoods or Outdoors RV. I am intrigued with you guys. You are doing exactly what I want to do. Which I am working on. Thank you for videoing your adventures. I know it is not easy .
you may want to check your knife to anvil clearance and slide the anvil closer to the knives... this is the point where tiny branches, leaves, and needles will clog the machine if the tolerance is too loose. a chipper like this doesn't work like a knife - it works like shears, and the two parts need to be close enough together that material can't wedge between them and get past. get them as close as you can without letting them touch.
When rotating your log, put a 2ft piece of pvc pipe over the log stops to keep the log from hanging on the stops. You are also putting your stops backwards. You should have cut 8" cants to get your planks. Good work though.
You have a shovel, get out, work on that wash out, and then power through, assuming you have appropriate tires ! Or go back check on the rest of the party you are concerned about…..one had a winch, vey helpful in these situtiaions, but you will get dirty ! 👍 aussies know about dirty. Build a shelter, stays while. Greenhorns 👏🤦🏻♂️
I’m in the very beginning stages of my full-time RV, living journey. Just stumbled across your channel and enormous amount of valuable content, thank you. I am subscribed. Look forward to future videos.
I'm from VT! I grew up in Addison County. I've lived in Virginia for almost 5 years, but miss VT, and visit often! I actually came across the video and noticed the Essex Equipment sticker on the chipper, so I had to watch a video from VT! Take care!
I have the wc68 woodchipper and find the biggest problem is chipping branches of spruce/pine or green needles. It plugs up fairly easy with these branches. When I do have these types of branches it helps to mix in maple or hardwood to clear things up. I noticed that you did this as well.
Run the drill in reverse to start out with with a bit in the steel it will put a Groove into it and then run it the other direction to actually punch the hole
We wish we could publish more too! But have to prioritize time for work and building first. We are building utility building this year. Perhaps will start on the house next year.
Looking forward to future kiln videos. I need to build one too. Couple tips on raising that tall wall. Try doing it "the other way around" with the wall laying on the deck. Then the cleat you placed at edge of floor will keep the wall from kicking out at bottom. And at same time your diagonal braces will drag nicely across ground, and not 'stab in" so the c-clamps holding them aloft wouldn't be needed. and you both will be standing 2 ft higher off the ground, and get a bit better leverage to raise the wall.
We’ve literally just put our real first load of lumber into the solar kiln this afternoon. It’s just some boards to make siding for the kiln itself, but even so we’re pretty excited. We did a test run with the kiln in early April and it dried some boards to oven dry in 7 days. The hottest we’ve seen it so far is 175°F. As for the wall, we were in a tight spot. There wasn’t space on the other side to do what you suggested - there was a yard bag full of frozen sand in the way that we couldn’t move.
thanks for sharing these updates on "Back to building the Solar Kiln!" I look forward to seeing future progress on this build very interesting ! LIKE 31
Go to a Stihl MS362, you will realize just how much time you are spending needlessly. Electric is ok for small limbing of branches, but not for what you’re doing. Just my opinion, from personal experience.
We have a couple of Husqvarna saws now but I agree with your general point. I still really like the electric saw for certain jobs - eg a quick few cuts - but the gas saws are much more powerful.
Did you guys ever get hassled by border patrol agents while you were there? I know there are some checkpoints just outside of Las Cruces and they were nice enough to wave me through since I'm a US citizen. I'm wondering how things went for you guys being near the border.
