Its crazy just how many sponsors this man managed to fit inside a video on top of that he promoted that he is selling the camper he built, so he is getting free material, money and selling it to make even more money on top of becoming more popular. Now this is peak efficiency
@@duanethumudo3967 This. 12k will get you an used RV in decent shape with room for 3 other people. The whole tinyhouse / bus life / teardrop market is just scamming people with too much money.
Noticed a really common mistake when venting your battery box at 18:45-ish. You don't want your intake sitting directly across from your outtake at the same height. This causes dead areas in the airflow. Instead, you want one high and one low. You also only need one fan unless you're specifically trying to create positive pressure inside the box.
@@buildersblueprint Yes, I understand. :-) But fans blow in cones. So by having one blowing in at the same height as one blowing out, you've overlapped the cones and made a cylinder of air running from the intake to the outtake. The air blowing in will blow right out and leave eddies of hot air in all of the corners (especially at the bottom since you've put the holes at the top). Whereas if you had one low and one high, there wouldn't be overlap in the cones, meaning they're working together to mix all the air. But really two fans are unnecessary (though you still want the two holes). Since no two fans ever blow at exactly the same speed, you're either creating positive or negative pressure in the box (depending on which one is slower). Positive pressure would be great in a box containing a propane tank, but otherwise it's just kind of inefficient (it's not bad, per se, just a minor waste of pennies and electricity). Overall, you really want your intake to be low (where the coolest air is) and your outtake to be high (where the hottest air is). Any time you build an air system with two holes, you're creating a river of air between them; if they're at the same height, they really only cool objects in line with them. By varying the height, you create a diagonal which is a longer straight line, meaning it can cover more components. :-)
I’d be more concerned about water ingress. All of the holes added after the fiberglass are the first to leak once that construction adhesive gives way. House adhesives aren’t made to be driven on roads and especially not on dirt trials.
Use Piano Hinges on the doors. I build custom tiny boats and use piano hinges for all my compartment doors. You can find them cheap at Home Depot in multiple sizes.
Super cool video! Thank you for all the ideas. Even though I'm a custom cabinet maker, nobody knows everything and I learn new things every day. One tip I'll share is if it will be painted, use bondo body filler to fill holes and cracks! We use it all the time for our painted kitchens.
Excellent workmanship! I have the same BougeRV best fridge for anything mobil. Your wife seemed like a great help, good for her! Safe Travels you guys!
That is honestly one of the coolest builds I've seen on here would have loved to have seen it be painted like green or something but that's just me great work everybody.
I have made three teardrop Style trailers over the years and , I have to hand it to you , I just love how you have built this trailer , You have done all the right things to keep it water proof, clean and simple. Very well done . Just awesome . One thing I do different from you is I always use the 12 negative wire to switches for the lights. Thats so if there ever is a bad connection at a switch there is no live wires to short out. anyhow Great job
Looks great! Id definitely suggest adding a side awning for small campers like this though. Theres some really nice ones that can fold away into a mounted box, and allow you to basically add an entire screen room to your camper. Really makes it a lot more functional as you then have a sheltered place to be in outside of the sleeping area
ben nice to have some sort of protective cover for the solar panels for when ur driving down the road. trucks like to throw rocks at nice cars on the highway
Been planning a build for sometime, your video inspired me to get moving. Incorporating a ton of your ideas into my build, including the wall attaching with the treated exterior lumber on the frame! This video also helped me decide on fiberglassing my exterior, and Raptor liner. Thanks, and well done.
I would stay away from ideas from this guy. I mean no disrespect towards him, but he has no clue what he is doing. He has basic framing skills at best.
Skizzor Jacks 😎😎 My man!!! We have a full set on our tent trailer and the difference in sleeping quality is amazing… oh also super stoked right now….I have been trying to put together a build plan for couple weeks now… You just saved me hours 🙏🙏🙏 Thank you Sir!
Yea dude they definitely make a huge difference. I wana build another one but bigger so you can stand in it but gotta get some funds first lol. Good luck on your project hope it goes well ✌️
I like how the camper is purpose built as a sleeper nothing too complicated.. the kitchen area makes a nice addition to the camper. Its simplistic yet cozy looking.
One of the best DIY teardrop builds I have seen on YT! Gave me lots of ideas for my own future build. I also really feel like I could easily follow along with this video as I do my own build. I understand the comments and criticisms I saw from some folks, things to remember for other builders. But I wonder how many of those folks have even done their own builds...hmmm? Or are they just the kind of people who always have to be like "well I would have done this..." on everything (there never seems to be a shortage of people like that). Overall I think this is a great build. Simple, no frills, but functional. Just my opinion.
Amazing build and video quality as always. Your electrical system is off the charts and definitely high quality / high cost. I'd be curious to see a breakdown.
For someone who has never built a trailer like this, 12k seems like a lot. For anyone who has built one, they recognize the labor and cost that goes into one. I built an offroad trailer and several people have offered to buy it, or hire me to build them one, but none of those people recognize how much work goes into it. Beautiful Workmanship! A nice addition might be propane plumbed to a stove and water-heater.
Good luck with that. The bill for laundry or whatever else she does will make you broke... Wait. She probably has you broke already... Now you'll just make her mad as well...
This is a much better build than the last one. I wouldn't have wanted to buy the previous one I saw but it's clear you've learned a lot and this one is better by leaps and bounds. I will say that I have concerns about that dump pipe. That thing could get knocked off if the trailer drags the rear overhang. Other than that I don't see any obvious faults. Awesome job.
$12,000??! I built a 5’x8’ with 4000 watts a/c pure sine wave inverter and 500watts of panels and 200ah 12v Li Time lifep04 Battery with a 60amp MPPT charger with lights , high end fan, two factory doors , two windows with outboard kitchen and front storage box for under $7000 including buying a new trailer, upgrading suspension and tire and wheels for under $7000. I did not fiberglass. Thats good stuff. I used just Herculiner. Worked out well.
way way overkill on the batteries, charge controller, inverter. You have 5000 watts of power, 60 amps worth of charge controller, and 3000 watts of inverter,, paired with a 200 watt panel. It would take a minimum of 3 days to charge the batteries. You're 75% under your charge controller limit, and 2500~ watts over your inverter limit. This is like large RV power ratings for a teardrop. The fridge is going to use 35-40 watts in small bursts over the span of an hour. The tv is like 50 watts an hour max. The electrical system was more $$$ than the rest of the camper by several times over. I can't think of many use cases where you'd go off grid with it and not run out of potable water within 24 hours. I guess with that wattage you could easily run an induction stove for several days worth of meals. Edit: actually more like 6000 watts of power.
I can't recall, but was there a shore power connection so that you could charge the batteries? You could get all charged up and the 200-watt solar panel would allow the system to equalize for all the parasitic power that is used from the inverter, etc.
@@aerobiotic I would assume it would be built into that charge controller, I'm pretty sure that costs a few times more than the trailer it's bolted to.
A 200W solar panel? That might not be enough. You could expect about 1000 watt hours per day of charging. That would power a fridge, but not much else.
I admit, I wondered about that as well. That is about the only real problem I personally saw with this build. I would like to know what he did in that area.
Hello, You did a good job and better than any RV manufacturer would do. AND you did a very good job on your wiring. the front electronics looks like an electronics technician did it..I know, I used to be one.. and appreciate when I see a nice, neat job. Hope you sell it for a good profit!
the metal for your jack stands is galvanized not aluminum, the corrugated plastic will only trap moisture, you cant prevent water in the floor while driving in the rain but it will air dry quickly, pressure treated lumber doesn't hold paint, I don't recommend it, if you cut a groove in the walls to accept the ceiling, and leave one wall a little loose until you install the ceiling panel then tighten, you will eliminate any gaps. good job on the flooring, if you use cabinet grade plywood, it will be stronger and will sand and paint better, for the roof it would have been better to use a thicker plywood and not put that sheet down, because the roof needs to be glued and screwed, 1/4 inch ply will flex and bow in the sun. you only need one fan in the electrical area blowing out, just leave a hole for air inlet. Good job on the kitchen, however the fridge needs more air flow to work efficiently. fiberglass and Rhino Liner is overkill, Rhino Liner works very well on wood. overall you did a nice job, all these comments are for someone wanting to do this themselves, I have built more than 250 of these since 1999, have fun everyone.
Love how you did your subfloor plastic, and in general the whole build is great! The one thing I really dont like is the grey water outlet hanging in the back, I could see that catching on something and in general it looks out of place. These are just my thoughts, great job on the build though!
I cannot believe these comments. I built some small stuff and trust me. They turned out half as nice so what you’re doing these people that are talking all this crap don’t have a clue buddy. Keep up the good work putting out. Great content you.ROCK!
Thanks so much. I really appreciate it. We have been working on building a tiny home and will be posting the full build video in the next week or so 🙌❤️❤️
It’s incredibly nice! Overbuilt, which isn’t a bad thing. Its like the nicest house on the block and it being $200,000 more because its so nice but the average market there is $200,000 less. But some one who appreciates it and can afford a little dispensable cash will buy it just to have the best house on the block, or the best compact sleeping trailer.
Thanks. Believe me I know things are getting so expensive. It makes no sense. I do appreciate you watching the film keep in mind. We do have a new video coming out in the next week or so exactly how we build a tiny home ✌️❤️
Looks great but why did you use a 60A 48V MPPT for a single 200W panel? A 12/24V 20A MPPT would have been much cheaper and would have made no difference.
Just watched you first trailer build yesterday and watched this one today. This ones iteration is so much more solid. I love the water proofing you did on the bottom of this one. The design for this is way better. The way you did that venting for the electrical box didn't seem like it was complete though. How do you stop the fans from pulling water in when its raining? also I think someone has for sure mentioned it but not having some kind of grommet or protection where those wires go through the wood is going to be a fire risk eventually. Keep up the great work, can't wait for the next one!
I’ve seen so many campers like this and I would LOVE to get a pod camper and make it high tech but I don’t have money right now so it’s gonna have to wait
Impressive building details! Great design too. The thing I wonder is though why go to all the trouble of assembling and permanently installing the batteries and charging and inverters and such when you could go with an all-in-one solar charger battery instead? I have an Ecoflow pro myself I use for home backup power, but it would do most of the work of an RV electrical system too if I choose to in the future. I'd rather build around the Ecoflow pro and have it quickly removable for RV use, home use or worksite use without having to buying 3 separate battery systems.