You know, l have known many homeless people in my past who would have been thankful as you are to be sheltered from rain and snow. I am almost 62 now and extremely grateful for the little 1-bedroom apt. that l have now. Please be safe, young man, wherever you travel.🤗🍀🐾🌈☮️🇨🇦
I love how realistic this is. I've seen too many DIY builds where they have a lot of money and put in so many extras. This is a lot more realistic, thank you for posting. I've been looking at small trailers at auctions for a very similar project.
It's kind of fun just to take your time and put money into those like to build the bed room.... You know to build the toilet that's the most important two things... and the kitchen... I think it would be so much fun I always wanted to buy an old school bus and do that.
I’d love to buy 1000 of these and hook them up with all necessities plus AC and heat and take them all to the homeless in AZ. And other very poor areas. Oh if I only had the money . ….
@@abbyt4713 toilet: Solids -- squat over a newspaper. Liquid -- laundry-detergent jug. . Shower: We use a Craftsman 20v garden-sprayer. We heat water on the Coleman propane two-burner camp-stove.
My husband passed in 2016. We had a van completely self contained and, just like yours, it felt like home. We always came up with ways to utilize space, hooks, shelves, rack, baskets, caddies, lighting... Everything from scraps, yard sales, Walmart, $ Tree and Big Lots. We're not material people. Home is what you make it. And you did just that! 😎✌
As the Brits say - Cheap and cheerful! Well done, man. Super comfy and practical. I've just discovered that this is even a thing and it is very interesting. Practical, light, enough room for essentials. What's not to love? You give an excellent overview. Good speaking voice (timbre, pace is excellent), no annoying background music, and no BS commentary. I'm subscribed!
This is a realistic start for sure. Way better than a tent, much better out of the elements and safe. People live out of backpacks all of the time, minimalism is extremely doable.
But the curved roof is great design because joins are minimised and away from water that pools in corners....I'm starting to think this is a serious option like an Airstream for the wealth-challenged. @@ModelInAVan
Fantastic job with this trailer conversion , we’ve thought of doing this with our gooseneck horse trailer once our very old horses are no longer with us. Very nice!
It's awesome you could save so much money too upgrade too...we bought a huge camper lived in it for three years had a awesome time paid it off and saved for a beautiful home so much fun....💜🥰✝️
Great to see the idea. That works! I have been travelling for the last year in a SUV. Took out all seats except the drivers ... Bed in the back and wire shelf for propane stove - cooking and heating during winter months. Insulation is a problem since there are no straight walls. I am impressed with your ... 1. Book storage. 2. Glueing reflective insulation onto styrofoam insulation. Great idea . Myself, for this winter I am looking at felt from a boatyard store. I have travelled extensively for the last year and this land is absolutely spectacular. Putting in another year ... At least. Happy travels to you.
@donna, Although those duplicate the familiar from a stand-still house, we simplified: * instead of tanks and plumbing and pumps and leaks, we use spritz bottles. . [edited to add] Instead of tanks and plumbing and elaborate contraptions such as a composter head: * solids -- squat over a newspaper. * liquid -- we use a retired laundry-detergent jug.
I lived a couple years in the same size horse trailer. But mine didn't have windows you could close. So I covered it with a car cover to keep out sand. No body suspects a person is in a horse trailer.
It looks like the first two horse trailer I bought in about 1978. It was a Miley that I had for 4 or 5 years until the ramp in the rear (they also have the step-up versions) would have needed to be replaced. I've also slept in plenty of trailers at overnight events. Good conversion......this one would have been a lot more comfy to sleep in 😊
For our ExpeditionVehicle conversion, we wanted a 'vardo' arched ceiling. At a lumber surplus yard, we sorted a yuge pile of beautiful 12' 2x4 cedar... much of it pretzled and warped. . We set aside a dozen identical arched 'beams', then cut to the width of our ceiling. Our supports are the straightest ends, vertically whittled out on the top end with a router in the 2x4 dimensions so the beams slip in, then bolted through the walls.
I think that's closer to 8'. I've converted a 5'x10' cargo trailer into a camper, and you can fit a lot of stuff in a small space. I've been looking at horse trailers on craigslist as I think one of those would be an excellent candidate for conversion since they already have doors and windows. INTERESTING having a loft bed in there sideways....haven't seen that before...
I would suggest painting the wood supports all the same color. Cover the insulation with panels or other lightweight material. It would give it a nice finished look. A fold down table to prepare and cook food, also to place a water jug and basin. A composting toilet in the area where your clothes are on the floor and a vertical bin area for clothes. Paint the floor a similar color to wood supports and cover with removable carpet that fits the area.
The only thing you need is a better chair under that bed. But I like it. It's not a mansion on wheels. More realistic than some I've seen. You can add bits as you go along and see what you need.
That is some serious minimalism. Not sure I could live in a small space. Barely made it in a 20X6’ trailer. But I’d make a very poor minimalist!! Great to live without rent or mortgage though. Pretty cool!
2003, we converted a 1996 Ford CF8000 commercial truck to our concept of an ExpeditionVehicle. Two decades full-time live-aboard. . Our interior is 7x12 by 7' tall. "But but but LM!, how do you live in such a tiny space!" We do not live in our rig. We live out of it.
Showers : we use a Craftsman 20v garden-sprayer. We heat water on the Coleman propane two-burner camp-stove. . We shower outside to avoid humidity inside. After use, the appliances store in their cubby. . An enclosed bathroom? Poor air circulation encourages mildew. . We like the Craftsman series of 20v battery tools: * chain-saw * weed-whacker * DA orbital sander for cast-iron skillets . [edited to add] Craftsman 20v garden-sprayer: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-r16GVA8a-S4.html&feature=shared
In the area that you have your clothes you should make shelves so you could put more clothes neatly and then under the 2 or 3 shelves for the whole length and on the back of the main door you should screw in one of those door shelves metal rack and then you can put your can goods soda water etc in the rack where the chairs are and where the carpet is when you walk in you should put a board on hinges and a swing out leg to make a table so you can eat there or while you are watching movies you can put your drinks or pop corn there and when not in use just fold it flat against wall....
hi thanks for sharing this. You don't have sink, kitchen or toilet? You didn't talk about the aerodynamics of it. I wonder if this is kind of like an airstream?
@kirs, Some of our caravan chums converted cargo-trailers with a rear-entry ramp. They park bumper-to-bumper, then set a portable car-port over their enclosed 'patio'.
I'm actually looking at an older horse trailer that I'd like to get and convert into my tiny home on wheels. I lost my car this year so I'm probably going to have to get a riding lawn mower, or something affordable like that, to move it around my local area. What do you pull your camper with?
Horse trailers are cool but honestly very heavy compared to other travel trailers. I was using an SUV. A riding mower probably wouldnt work. Thanks for the comment and hope you find a cool tiny house!
@@largemarge1603 hello there and thanks for writing. I was able to get a van, a great job, and started living the van life in February 2022. I am enjoying the experience much better now and have adjusted to this new type of freedom and adventure.
@@largemarge1603 I thought about a riding lawn mower and adding a rain cover equipped with solar and pulling a little trailer with a little shelter built upon it. It was just an idea 😀
Or if you can put electricity in the front of trailer and run off a battery or solar generator where the clothes are make shelves and on the middle shelf put a small refridge this way you can have cold drinks and on the side of fridge put small microwave run off a solar generator and when microwave is not in use then use for light at night create an outdoor shelf on the front of the trailer near the hitch for the solar generator and make a small hole to run wires out for fridge and microwave this way you can heat up your food and on the fold out table you can use a hot plate and when done put it away on top of fridge in your shelf area
So I am curious about the winter. During the winter was there condensation inside? If so how did you take problem. If not an issue, then cool. What would an off road version look like driven by a mule or horse?
Well the area's I camped were quite dry so there wasn't much issue. It's not fully sealed so it breathes through little cracks between the doors. Also every morning it's a good habit to open it up to let the sun is as much as u can. That's a good recommendation for any type of tiny home
@@largemarge1603 this may sound ridiculous, but I would like to have one modified for a more off road experience that 1 or 2 draft mules can pull. Winters can be harsh but with the new available tech I think there can be a way to protect the draft mules as well. Like these 180 degree canopies.
I dream of the ideal RV.....is it a hybrid pickup towing a horse trailer? is it a Mercedes engine with a high roof? is it a Subaru 4-wheel drive with my talented mechanic neighbor raising and extending the roof somehow for me? who can relate
After a half-century of make-do camping in lesser rigs, after a year and a hundred thousand miles delivering factory RecreateVehicles manufacturer-to-dealer and dealer-to-shows, we are convinced RVs are barely adequate for a few weekends annually. Full-time live-aboard requires a substantially stouter rig. . Today's video is a reminder: * A stock-trailer for horses and cattle needs to be engineered for decades of safety for the animals. A factory RecreateVehicle is not.
I would love to live in a horse trailer, however I live in an area of Australia that can get extremely hot. Can anyone give me any tips on keeping cool??
Well I can say I camped in this when it was 115 f out during the day in Moab and we just left all the little doors open all night to cool down. Thankfully since this isn't insulated much, it won't retain heat that long
@valerie, Could you carry a portable car-port, then camp under it... out of the sun? . [edited to add] In winter, close the ends of your car-port to reduce heat transfer?
@@ModelInAVan One of the benefits of living outside: * acclimatization. . In our ExpeditionVehicle, we rarely run the Wave 3 catalytic heater above about 40°f.
That's rude. If he's happy and comfortable and enjoying nature, isn't that all That's important? Isn't that what we're searching for? No need to dump money into the fanciest thing to impress social media consumers.
Seriously with the cost of rent and houses these days why not if it works? I've even considered renting my house out for a year and living in my trailer.
Glad you sealed up the back so no horses can get in. 😁 But seriously. That's pretty cool. Maybe you can get some sheets of paneling to complete the inner walls, and make it look a little nicer (or RV/car ceiling panels/fabric). But, hey! It's very practical, and you've got everything you need. Plus, people don't travel to spend time inside, right? I'm sure you spend most of your time exploring and hanging outside by a campfire. [PS: If you're cooking with a propane stove inside, remember to open a window or crack a door, and air out your rig afterward, so you don't get sick (or worse) from propane fumes. My brothrr's a firefighter, and he told me that, every year, people die (or, if lucky, end up hospitalized) from using propane stoves and heaters in enclosed tents and RVs. He said they call it "a silent kllr"] Safe travels!
