$150 bike camper: DIY micro mobile home (downloadable plans) 

Tank The Unstoppable I think everyone should have a homelessness humbling experience maybe not to this degree but they should experience independence like you did God bless you!

@@IAMGWH1 it is definitely a humbling experience, and it taught me just how strong I really could be, resourceful as well. I spent 2 years in that little shake, in a camp that became home, with camp mates that became family. We were a village on the fringe of society that survived on our wits and spite lol. Thank you for your blessing!

In a decent climate not over run with mosquito's would be interesting

I wish the majority of homeless were like this tho, in my area a homeless person would not be willing to do the things you did, they rely on charity and never themselves in any way whatsoever. And the few who ARE willing to be creative get punished by nosy Karens because they feel like the very sight of a shelter attached to a bike mares the image of a geographic location.

@@SteveVon7 I was lucky because there was a set of 4 homeless camps where I lived, so we kept each other safe and worked together like a little village. Everyone was proud of their little hut, or sheltered tent. It wasn't much,but it was ours and it was home. Our camp even built a outdoor shower hut! We had a camp kitchen....we had a storage tent with supplies to help out not just people in our camp but the other camps too....we all worked together to help each other. A program was in done to shut the camps down because of a new bridge being built..the first thing people would see coming into the city would have been us. The mayor didn't want that so a program was done. Now for the record, everyone involved tried really hard to make it work. But, in the end out of 60 people, 5 died....and 57 ended up back on the streets..this time with no camps to help...the main issue was everyone was expected to enter a already strained workforce. Some of the people I was in camp with hadn't worked in 10+ years, were battling addiction, battling mental health issues, and were thrown face first into trying to deal with all of that and thrive. Of course it failed! No assistance was given for those issues. And so.....the city destroyed the area known as Tent City because it looked bad on the city. They didn't really care about the survival of the residents that called it home. Everyone involved with the failed program was fired...and those that tried so hard to make it work...it was all for nothing. I left the city and moved on and am doing fine...but I will always wonder about the others

Saw people put up tarps and popup tents to stay out of the elements, but they couldn't stay long in any one place before the cops moved them along.

That's pretty saf

I'm about to be homeless...again. gets cold in ny.

You shauld create a makeshift toilet, I always am out riding my bike and almost had an accident in my pants because I would be too far away from home. Just a thought.

God bless you i was homeless for a short time & I learned real quick that no one wants homeless people around. Their is no place for the homeless to rest.🙏🙏🙏

Kool

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What a great an ingenious stepfather you had

Fun! 😀

@@catherinegrace2366 lol right!

Law Enforcement is Legal Plunder who are u like your mind

There is no place for my cat... lol

So then, how much 'less' do you, live with?

Law Enforcement is Legal Plunder Named and spoken like a true crazy person

Jake Sangria, wrong. No one is promised tomorrow. Save your life until the end and I’ll show you a fool. It’s great that you need the space for the things that make you happy, no one is saying they’re against that, especially me. I’m all for people living there lives the way they see fit. Most people, however, are stuck in the corporate grind and miss the opportunities laid out before them because they have to pay for all of those things you mentioned - it’s a trap. When you live with less, you become free. It’s what some people would call “the new rich.”

wow I like that idea a lot!

Good idea!

...I like the idea as well. Electric bike, powered off of solar panels, is even better. Few downfall are natural, or ignorant, disasters! Strong winds and hail, or drivers you share the roads with. Once the sleeper is demolished, you're simply left with a down-graded-Lance Armstrong journey home!

Lower third + chassis of trailer could be reinforced to survive a storm. With couple of guy lines to secure it to the ground. Lay down and pray! Kind of panic room/refuge! Cycle home after a storm with less trailer but one heck of a story to tell! :)

You sir are on to something

a2 - your comment makes a partial circle... almost like a rainbow 🌈 Can you see it?

Thanks for the advice!

No such word as 'ect' or is that another arcane material? ;o) Perhaps 'etc' which I've been told is a contraction of a Latin phrase: et cetera, meaning "and so forth")

+Richard Bruce Graham who cares we're on RU-vid, not in school.

Ive done the same with granite shops. Their removed broken and discarded backsplash pieces make amazing FREE lawn edge barriers for anyone with neigbbors that have creeping weeds like i do.

It's funny you should say that, because Paul Elkins has created a covered wagon bicycle camper, and it even has a stove and stovepipe! Its gorgeous! (Of course it is, Paul Elkins created it!).

You talk about U.S.? There are millions of homeless?

Michael Muryn yes, millions of u.s citizens are homeless.

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Great idea! To clarify for those in the comments section: The US defines "homeless" as even those who live with others in a home they don't own. Most people put down "Homeless" when writing up tax forms and/or benefits forms to be able to claim said benefits. They're not truly homeless. This leaves a question of how many people are truly homeless, as in sleeping out in the streets every night.

Razzlewolfflight problem is parking it. they close parks at nite and kick people out.

+Theresa Ast "In other news the goverment of the world has declared that all homeless people shall now live in plastic bags on wheels..." :P

Theresa please do not be shocked....the internet has a false sense of anominity....years of feeling this is true has basically...turned many people into total a-holes.

+POPPASHANGO thank you for your kind response. I am used to the anonimity and negativity of FaceBook. Somehow I expected a better level of responses for a topic like this. :( Have a Blessed Holiday. :)

Why do you take comments so much to heart? Lol.

+suicidesilence4444 Because I expected (unlike FaceBook) that this would be a community of people who were interested in similar things and supportive of one another, but apparently...I was wrong. No big deal. I had my say. Life goes on. :)

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He's got a wedding ring on. Isn't he married?

Too funny

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RJ Cooper.... Brilliant comment!

give me a few trump and clition signs and im all good.. xD

+thunderlord2200 was thinking the same thing😂

Jawanna Man lol

YAY time to steal trump signs!! tis the time to be steal'in!

Fun fact, "white genocide" is also a code word for "retribution or "just deserts". Seriously though. Multiculturalism in America started when Whites showed up.

Armando Silvier Send me all your worthless "American Dollars" and I will give you a first-class ticket to the Great White North...Canada!

paxwallacejazz: Great comment...especially about the "big hump looming in our collective future."

That camper is awesome.

very interesting idea. cool little bug out "huts/shelters" could be another function for them.

I am not sure what kind of doghouses you are thinking of, but I'm curious.

Great idea I may try this thanks

@@geob01 they look like giant plastic igloos, they're usually made as outdoor dog houses. they last practically forever.

Sure , make a huge sign too that will say " make homelessness illegal !" There are already laws agains " illegal camping " this will just draw more attention and create more laws

Anthony never know .. he may hit a massive pot hole

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You can get a citation for not wearing a helmet in some states.

Yeah, that made me laugh too. Lol. Funny guy.

Anthony Hey it’s tough in the streets!

That bubble was a really bad idea. Use the campaign signs and zip ties for a slightly larger and more private area.

At least the politicians would be good for something.

ALLinALL-Good exactly what I was thinking

Genius

Portable hotbox you hero!

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True! For the aesthetic and also I wonder if internal moisture is a problem? The fabric could wick the dew on the walls!

No need to make a video, just go down to your local election headquarters and they'll donate all the 4x8' signs you can haul.. Especially if you tell them what you're doing with them. They'll also throw in the wood that was used to hold the signs up.

November! Don’t forget the harvest is coming soon!

@@sidelinedmom9609 I have a 2 hour bus commute over a 20 mile stretch through LA 4 times a week. I haven't seen a SINGLE campaign sign out here 😳

FPVREVIEWS could use all those hillary for presedent signs lol

Update: I was able to get 5 of them the morning after midterms. Still not sure what I'll be doing with them

+spinycrayfish Spiny you know, 80% of the force you feel while pedaling is air resistance, rolling resistance is so much weaker than air and air so much weaker than gravity. Just letting you know! ^-^

Hence the benefit of driving from inside the cyclehome. Tow something like that and it's the person up front slowing you down. :)

+spinycrayfish --- You can get a shell for a recumbent but as most things these days real pricey, but an all in one unit would be neat

+2012spacetraveler Velomobiles man! You can make the shell out of coroplast!

That's exactly that crossed my mind...also having bendable fiber rods to make upper frame so that it would be taller and a bit wider then a water proof canvass strapped to rods

Hahah, clever!

Lol - brilliant!

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haha dude best comment

Why not save up a little more and get a moped? Great on gas and seems more simple.

What if gas is not available?

Roronoa Zoro irrelevant question. Gas is always available, in every state and in every town. If you become stranded somewhere and have ran out of gas, then that’s a personal problem.

Wretch Gunk I’m not suggesting that gas is superior. I’m speaking solely from the perspective of being in a homeless situation, living near small towns or the far outskirts of a big city. In that particular situation, I’d MUCH rather have a moped & utilize gasoline over solar power. I could easily make the money for the moped/gas through raking leaves, shoveling snow, mowing grass, scrapping metal, etc etc.

Wretch Gunk You could connect a small dynamo to one, or both, of the trailers axles and use them to charge one or two car batteries as you pedal, use for lighting, charging mobile devices, etc, could have solar panels to keep it ticking over when you are stationary for a little while, it could be a great home away from home, could have the batteries under the floor in the center, even add some extra storage under there have lift up flap for access, I'd have great fun planning everything out!

I know this would be revolutionary for the homeless! ;)

William Bonney That unfortunately is not what the government want's....They've done everything to add to the issues of the homeless: from harassment, jail, no restroom facilities, to shutting down those trying to feed them. In addition to licensing panhandling , cutting back on funding for programs, causing many to end up with records which often affects getting work, and on,and on.... Then there's the working poor, often living in dangerous environments because they can't afford the constant increases in the cost of living,why ? Because our wages and benefits never kept pace....Then there's the fact that every company given money to stay leaves anyway and keep the money. Then there's the fact that despite moral and criminalistic behavior....wall street got their bonuses anyway. California has even taken some of the shelter's built for the homeless.. This epidemic is could be corrected but, the monetary gain isn't in rebuilding its in war.

Hope Andro Such a sad truth............ hey, maybe the guy that made this video would actually do the right thing with his invention and give it to someone that really needs it.... you never know maybe he has already.... i like to imagine that he did and the person that received it was extremely grateful..... sometimes you have to hope that people could actually reach down in their heart's and do amazing thing's for other's.... I would like that world that's the place i wish to be

Gina MacDougall u maaad? then there is the fact that ummm wait let me think

Say what you like,it's your right. You are so right...I'm mad as the Hatter. I know what I've seen friend and poor people,the homeless and people with disabilities are not getting a fair shake in many cases. I've seen it first hand. Check the self entitled and the world will improve, but, I digress...

How about a portable shower use a bucket with a bag.

Wal mart carries a cassette toilet. At least they used to.

^incredible human bineg

@@solomonjenkins9505 being! Fuckface

@@fressejetzt840 I literally said bineg on purpose LOL eat shit

Please stay LOL

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+Borys Pomianek Guess political campaigns are good for something after all.

That's why I'm excited for the presidential election!

+Borys Pomianek You mean the day BEFORE they put them up right? :)

+Borys Pomianek does burning them count as recycling?

milldabeast519 , as long as you either cook, heat, or dry your boots out with the fire.

Me too, it would be amazing creating one of these ;)

Me too

Haha

DOWNHILL....

Naa you just need a Kerbal to pilot it for you..

@freesf ftrefv fresh free tv

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Max Köhler- lmao, im dyin here

Com central

LMAO, but it's true

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absolutely

Two feet you have

Jeans on that brutal seat. This guy is hardcore.

If he adds solar panels he could also add electric assist on the bike, then he would really be mobile.

And "travel around the country" seems far-fetched.

I thought the internet was for adult videos.

The internet is for porn.

You're ignorant .. this would be utterly impractical for almost all homeless people to use in real life.

@@Singularity2039 How so?

Yes, PLEAAAAASE tell us how a waterproof roof over your head is totally impractical.. All the comforts of home in a very tiny space.. Less to heat, no rent, no electric bills

Free bikes and campers ah yeah! Can we please organise a protest to get that? I'm going to sell mine and buy me so much drugs I won't even notice I have no roof over my head.

Although very clever and probably comfortable, safer wouldn't be an attribute of this camper. Homeless people often congregate in areas of high crime and violence. Getting into this thing to attack and Rob the sleeping occupant would be as easy as opening a paper bag.

I don't think theft because he doesn't have anything valuable in there

The bellbottoms don't help. Maybe a companion pitbull?

people will steal anything...the camp stove the tires etc all bring a couple dollars for a crackhead to buy a rock.

An easy target is a likely target, even if the chance of valuables is low.

That's why it's camo

+SexJunkle then he could make more money if he just sold his house

SexJunkle That's the deluxe version

lol

i saw some guy and his family who travelled around the world in a covered wagon with couple of horses. hehe, this dude could travel the state with a donkey

@Madison Faeolin You must be a millenial. I bet that horse would tow the wagon easy, then after a while it becomes tired or useless - eat it.

Madison they ARE called draft animals for a reason you dummy. you obviously know zero about horses, some LOVE to race, some are great trail ponies, some don't like being ridden but will happily pull a cart. they ARE "big puppies" (Native American translation) who partner up with us HUMANS the same way a pup will do, and DO appreciate the care and attention they receive from their owner/master, you dolt.

Madison Faeolin funny, but I just saw a happy horse pulling a sight-seeing cart at an animal farm, it was so full of energy when the driver told it to start pulling. It was one of those big and powerful work horses.

Joe Sammons r/wooosh

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Too funny...

Note to self: add aluminum baseball bat to gear.

It would be kind of hard to steal with the wheel stops he has on the camper at the 10:33 mark in the video.

Pretty wild joy ride😁

mashroob sounds like it would be heavy and hard to pull you should put some solar panels on it and get and Electric bike that you can power with the solar panels so you don't exhaust yourself!

+justgivemethetruth Yes, the UV rays are hard on plastic, but if you just spray it down once or twice a year with Armor All, that will give you the UV inhibitor you're looking for. This is very cool. I really enjoy Pauls channel.

....and the price just went up.

+Random Button Pusher I've heard people say that the black zip ties take the sun better. This construction method covers all the ties with duct tape, so I don't know if it matters or not.

I've had problems with black zips. Yes, the major seams were covered, so that should help. Perhaps the spray paint will help too. Better than having to regularly spray with Armor All or other such (808?) like I should do with my Royalex canoe. But overall, it doesn't look like to sturdiest construction. That's the trade-off for light and inexpensive. Cool idea still.

+Random Button Pusher You can buy UV resistant zip ties for use with garden plants and shrubs. Won't last forever but much better than the cheapies.

You get it. People who are really struggling, want to save money, or just want to be unique and fearless could benefit from this. It's great for the environment and could help lower the stress for adults. Keep a gun and use it if necessary and keep it moving.

at the prices here, $3 of gas will get me about half the distance I can travel by eating $3 of food. You're just wrong.

@@SimonWoodburyForget : So people that drive cars don't need to eat? Interesting.

@@SimonWoodburyForget LOL...duh. I've taken a couple bike tours years ago in SE Asia (Thailand, Laos, & Cambodia) with some buddies and we definitely ate a ton of calories. One trip we rode about 600 miles and the other was nearly 1000 miles; we averaged 60 or 70 miles on the days we rode and had a few days over 100. Fortunately food was cheap and generally delicious.

Paris Royalty youd need a gun huh ?

That’s plastic dude. It repels water. Only way something going through that is if it’s sharp or really heavy and pulls the plastic out of the screws and zip ties. So maybe a fart since it’s the sharpest thing.. goes right though your pants without making a hole after all. 🤪

Thanks, Little Mary Sunshine, but how about you listen?

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This guy has loser written all over him. So do you. Gtfo this planet.

@@d0ubleyouteef Stop taking your micropenis dysphoria out on others. Ok? Bye.

@@d0ubleyouteef that's actually what a loser would comment for sure

@@emMAGIK OK, loser. Dismissed.

and he's got a lot of great ideas!

he also has made some interesting boats!

Ray Pena me 2

Ray MAKES i

Ray MAKES ii

Did you ever do It?

Kketansa Art he getting exercise in nature have books for mental brain power seems wise and intelligent

+Nathan Hovey and it would offer some stability. It's a neat setup but a strong wind would likely push it right over. would add some eye-rings to the frame for staking it down during windy night camping.

+Nathan Hovey Yes. Also it would have a lot of wind resistance and would carry a good amount of momentum going around turns for just a bike. But if the wheels, like you said, were on the outside it would have the kind of bulldog effect as does the Mini Cooper.

+Nathan Hovey If you think about the frames structure, the wider the structure the less weight it will be able to support. So having a small frame that is more sturdy would support his weight better. In the long run it increases its durability.

+Nathan Hovey well i do agree with you, but to take it on sidewalks and bicycle lanes i believe it cannot exceed 40 inche width. but i love this idea and i am FOR SURE going to make one!!!!