Building Bebe, our MAN HX60 overland expedition truck for worldwide family travelling adventures 

It was about £150k all in but that was a few years ago and now you’d be looking at not far off double that with increased material and labour costs.

Thank you for following along - you should have come and said hello! Next time you see us, definitely knock on the door! Safe travels! :-)

Will see what we can do about getting a video with more detail done! Consider it on the list :-)

Glad you enjoyed it!

The prices have gone up and up. We got ours for £20k but now you’d be lucky to get one for less than £40k. It’s an 18t rigid, so Cat C license.

Hey Harold, happy to answer any and all questions so fire away - dm or email if you want? Wasn’t imperative to get the waxoil off, but it makes for a nicer finish. But, it is a pain and maybe next time around we wouldn’t. And yes, totally possible to add a second standard fuel tank. During build we thought we’d be okay with 450L and wanted to maximise storage, but things change on the road, we’ve saved some space and could give over a locker to another custom tank.

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Thank you! She’s proved herself tough so far! :-)

The dometic had an error that we diagnosed as a faulty main board. It was going to be expensive to fix and they couldn’t guarantee it was going to work, so we binned it off. In hindsight we should have just got this one from the get go because it’s so much more convenient - and quieter and more powerful!

Thank you so much!

Thanks so much! Morocco could be a culture shock, but we think we’re going to have a whale of a time! Time will tell!

There will definitely be more as we travel! Glad you enjoyed this one :-)

Thank you! 🤗 Hi Frank! Hope you’re well :-)

Glad it was of interest and hopefully fills in some gaps about Bebe that folks wanted to know!

Hi! Thank you! You did indeed - it was Million Pound Motorhomes on C5 - Season 2 Episode 4. We think it’s on RU-vid somewhere!

@@globaltraces awesome, thank you, thought I was going mad 🤣 I searched for it for ages, will have to find it and watch again. Enjoy 👍

Thank you 🙌

The box was built by Motorcraft Adventure Development in Doncaster, England 👌

It’s a very common question and we’re happy to answer! All in it was about £150-160k but that was a few years ago and both materials and build costs have gone up a lot. Not to mention the base vehicle - back then they could be had for less than £20k, now they’re more like £45-50k or more depending on where you buy from. Total cost now would be much closer to £250k depending on spec chosen.

@@globaltraces thank you. I assume that’s without doing any work yourself? I see the Gap Decaders pushing to do a conversion for £100k, but for that they definitely have to do a lot of work themselves. I guess this is your only home, no bricks & mortar homebase?

We did a couple of bits and pieces but essentially yes, it was done by others. Phil and Izzy have a great goal and we’re really interested to see how it goes. We still have a flat but it’s rented out, so this is the only place we can actually “live” full time.

It was about £150-160k all in but that was a couple of years back. You’d now be looking at c£250k due to increased materials and production costs and possibly around 1 year to get a build slot.

Thanks.

Glad it was helpful!

Not sure we’ve ever broken it down, but it was about £95k.