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Perpetual Transient
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Приєднався 23 жов 2021
Adventures in a DIY home made off-road caravan. Bringing you the build and the journey.
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A little adventure in Gippsland - Episode 2
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A beautiful estuary and beach system Eastern Victoria Australia. A little adventure in my DIY caravan and some beach fishing - do I finally catch a fish! Could this become a fishing channel?????????? Haven’t seen the 20 part caravan build series? Check it out in the channel! Follow on Instagram: perpetual.transient?hl=en Follow on Facebook: perpetual.transient If you...
A little adventure in Gippsland - Corringle Slips
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A beautiful estuary and beach system Eastern Victoria Australia. A little adventure in my DIY caravan and Truekit Discovery 400 boat - do I finally catch a fish! Could this become a fishing channel?????????? Haven’t seen the 20 part caravan build series? Check it out in the channel! Follow on Instagram: perpetual.transient?hl=en Follow on Facebook: perpetual.transien...
How I setup my Truekit Discovery 400 - and a little Lake Lonsdale Adventure
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A beautiful lake in Western Victoria Australia near the Grampians National Park. A little adventure in my DIY caravan and Truekit Discovery 400 boat. I also run through how I set up, kit out and pack down the Truekit. Haven’t seen the 20 part caravan build series? Check it out in the channel! Follow on Instagram: perpetual.transient?hl=en Follow on Facebook: perpetua...
Refurbishing a 30+ year old boat trailer - Truekit 400 discovery inflatable
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Refurbishing a 30 year old boat trailer for the Truekit Discovery 400 inflatable boat. Budget breakdown: Bought Boat/trailer/ motor for - $200 Disposal of boat to the landfill- $135 (what a rip!) Tail lights kit - $45 Springs kit - $135 Bearings etc - $60 Timber - $45 Carpet. - $70 Galv paint. - $35 Spare rim. - $130 Tyres x 3 - $225 Hitch - free (came with boat) Winch - free (came with boat) T...
East Macdonnell Ranges - Ep#2 Ruby Gap
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Dragged the little homemade caravan in to the East Macdonnell Ranges in the Northern Territory for some awesome walks. I was blown away by how beautiful this area was, and how few people were there in peak season compared to the West Macdonnell. In this episode i hiked the last couple of walks at Trephina Gorge and then moved on to N’dhala gorge and ruby gap. Stayed at couple of nights at the a...
East Macdonnell Ranges - Trephina Gorge Ep#1
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Dragged the little homemade caravan in to the East Macdonnell Ranges in the Northern Territory for some awesome walks. I was blown away by how beautiful this area was, and how few people were there in peak season compared to the West Macdonnell. In this episode i stayed at Trephina gorge campground, walked John hayes rock hole, turner lookout, and visited arltunga historic mining town. Haven’t ...
The MOST INSANE WALK ever! Finke Gorge
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Dragged the little homemade caravan in to the Finke Gorge national Park in the Northern Territory for some awesome walks. Haven’t seen the 20 part caravan build series? Check it out in the channel! Follow on Instagram: perpetual.transient?hl=en Follow on Facebook: perpetual.transient If you are enjoying my videos and want to help me produce more, please consider buyi...
Oodnadatta & Binns track: Part 3
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The last episode in a series of three where we drag the little homemade caravan up the oodnadatta and binns tracks to Alice springs. Haven’t seen the 20 part caravan build series? Check it out in the channel! Follow on Instagram: perpetual.transient?hl=en Follow on Facebook: perpetual.transient If you are enjoying my videos and want to help me produce more, please co...
Oodnadatta & Binns track: Part 2
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The second episode in a series of three where we drag the little homemade caravan up the oodnadatta and binns tracks to Alice springs. Haven’t seen the 20 part caravan build series? Check it out in the channel! Follow on Instagram: perpetual.transient?hl=en Follow on Facebook: perpetual.transient If you are enjoying my videos and want to help me produce more, please ...
Oodnadatta & Binns in a homemade caravan! Episode 1
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A little adventure in my homemade caravan along the Oodnadatta track from Maree, followed by the Binns track in to Alice Springs Haven’t seen the 20 part caravan build series? Check it out in the channel! Follow on Instagram: perpetual.transient?hl=en Follow on Facebook: perpetual.transient If you are enjoying my videos and want to help me produce more, please consid...
Rufus River Run - a little adventure
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A little known stretch of road running from Wentworth to Renmark along the Murray river. The Rufus river stretches from lake Victoria and discharges down to the Murray river. A beautiful part of the world. A little adventure in my DIY caravan and Truekit Discovery 400 boat. Haven’t seen the 20 part caravan build series? Check it out in the channel! Follow on Instagram: perpetual.t...
Lake Mungo NP #asmr
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Hi folks - welcome back to the channel - a bit of a different video for the channel - no speaking! not hearing me speak must be a good thing. Lake Mungo National Park - what an enchanting place. Words wouldn't do it justice. Haven’t seen the 20 part caravan build series? Check it out in the channel! Follow on Instagram: perpetual.transient?hl=en Follow on Facebook: p...
Episode #4 - Darling River Run - Wilcannia to Wentworth
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Hi folks - welcome back to the channel - this is the last in the four-part series for the trip. Haven’t seen the 20 part caravan build series? Check it out in the channel! Follow on Instagram: perpetual.transient?hl=en Follow on Facebook: perpetual.transient If you are enjoying my videos and want to help me produce more, please consider buying me a coffee! here: www....
Episode #3 - Darling River Run - Mutawintji to Wilcannia
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Episode #3 - Darling River Run - Mutawintji to Wilcannia
Episode #2 - Darling River Run - Toorale to Mutawintji
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Episode #2 - Darling River Run - Toorale to Mutawintji
Episode #1 - Darling River Run Series - Brewarrina to Toorale
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Episode #1 - Darling River Run Series - Brewarrina to Toorale
Fitting iBuilt Kits Jerry Can Holders to my DIY Caravan
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Fitting iBuilt Kits Jerry Can Holders to my DIY Caravan
iTechworld 300W Solar Blanket with RAPTOR SKIN | Review + Test
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iTechworld 300W Solar Blanket with RAPTOR SKIN | Review Test
Trout fishing trip with the lads in my DIY caravan
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Trout fishing trip with the lads in my DIY caravan
23Zero Falcon 270 Awning install on DIY Caravan
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23Zero Falcon 270 Awning install on DIY Caravan
Airhead Compost toilet Install and review in my DIY caravan
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Airhead Compost toilet Install and review in my DIY caravan
Simple mods to improve performance - Truekit Discovery 400 & Tohatsu 20hp
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Simple mods to improve performance - Truekit Discovery 400 & Tohatsu 20hp
Little Desert National Park Victoria - Adventures in a DIY Homemade Caravan
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Little Desert National Park Victoria - Adventures in a DIY Homemade Caravan
DIY Jerry Can Rubbish Bin for the Caravan
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DIY Jerry Can Rubbish Bin for the Caravan
Wow. I love this.
Cheers
Hi Craig. Rewatching your build series now that Im actually doing it and finalising the detailed dsign stage. Have you been happy with the 6L Ausj HWS??. Looks pretty good. Is it hungry on power? Do your water tank breathers come up into cabinetry?. When filling do they not spill over into cabinetry? Cheers gavin
Hi Gavin - the HWS is good. Works well. It’s only really good for a quick wash off though. I’d probably look at 10L if you want a decent shower. I think it pulls about 20 amps across the hour to warm up, but then to maintain temp it’s a lot less. I usually switch it on ahead of the shower then switch it off until the next one. The water breathers follow the fill line back to the fill point cap. When it over flows it comes out a small hole above the fill point and spills outside the van. In reality it actually starts gurgling and spurting back out the fill point first.
Can we get a tour video
If you check the channel, episode 1 of the build series i do a walk around and design rationale. It wasn’t 100% finished at that point, but pretty close.
Nice bould! Once i had bould one.. in europe they didnt understand. Offroading with a camper? I loved it. Double axels! Greetimgs from the netherlands ❤
Hello! I was just in Europe. Caravans are very different for sure. Towed by small city cars and very lightweight.
Well done, looked like you had all the gear for building, what size is the van and is there a floor plan. cheers
Thanks. If you look at episode 1 of the series there’s a bit more detail on the layout etc.
Awesome build. Watched this one, now I have to go through the individual episodes for the details.
Thanks. There’s 10 hours to binge!
Skills mate
And a bunch of luck!
Awesome
Congratulations, excellent work. I'm a retired builder and welder and your work is top notch! last camper caravan I built didn't have any of those modern materials, but old school aluminium frame and cladding. You deserve lots of praise and thanks for the post. I would love to know what the adhesive was you were copiously applying? Sems it must be great stuff.
Thanks! I mainly used terroson MS939, absolutely the best. Will delaminate the material before it lets go.
Yeah, na, she be right! Good work!
Still holding strong!
Calling it a solo build is embellishing the truth a little.
Lol
You earned my subscription with this build. I'm not joking when I say this is the best home camper build that I've ever seen. I've seen a lot, by the way. Great job! Are you a pro cabinet maker by trade?
Thanks! No im a geologist actually. Done a few home renovations but not much else. Definitely not known for my finesse
Open bow is a terrible design for fishing. As soon as swells start hitting you, you will feel every wave that comes unto you. Also this boat has 1-2 chambers? which means, any shark attack, or reef puncturing your main chamber, your boat will go under. For any inflatable boat, especially ocean worthy, you need at least 3-4 chambers to begin with.
It has 4 chambers. Plenty of folks taking these offshore. Not sure I’d enjoy a friendly shark.
What did you use to build the walls from?
It’s a fibreglass composite panel, 28mm thick with an XPS foam core
@@PerpetualTransient Is that similar to Azdel?
Hmm haven’t heard of that. Go look at transformRV or styromax website in Australia for details
You look like a pretty decent welder to me. Very impressive. That caravan is built much better than most of what is out there to buy. Well done.
Thanks 🙏
Toomuch ad, don't know may be that's your income. Do you do anything else for survival? Sometimes I wonder those people move around bush, what is their income? How do they buy car, food etc.
Unfortunately UA-cam puts the ads. I get very little income from UA-cam. I work 9-5 also.
So, you do this adventure over the weekend or vacation. @@PerpetualTransient
@merrifieldgalos6248 both, but haven’t been for too long
@@PerpetualTransient keep doing the bush trip. So we can watch the bush life sitting in our comfort zone. I believe it is hard. Thanks for your nice videos.
Could you please make few videos without any music, just nature sounds please.
Very nice 👍
Thanks
What a great accomplishment, looks awesome! Where did you get the plans? Ive been wanting to build one myself but it be so much easier if i had plans.
I just made them up. Drew it all on SketchUp. Spent maybe 3 months getting it right before starting.
Brought the 300 watt solar blanket. It only puts out 145w. I Will never buy anything from a one store wonder. It’s too hard, to get the solar panel fixed. Will now have to buy an additional solar panel, to replace this useless itec one, will go to BCF. Itec, technical support, is pathetic, no customer care, skills.
I’ve heard a few say they had panels with low outputs but itech seemed to be pretty good at swapping them over i thought. Mine is still going strong after a few rough and dusty trips.
Thanks for your video. Inspired us to camp there for 4 days. Beautiful spot, loved it.
Really is magical
what kind of panneling you used for interial and exterial walls? Looks very light weight.
Exterior is called fibreglass composite panel and the internal is called purelite which is a pvc material. Both light but very strong. Most Aussie vans now made out of these or similar.
Do you know how much that build cost? Asking for a friend🙄😅 btw awesome job!!
I’m planning to do a full budget breakdown episode if i ever get around to it, so stay tuned!
Gasless Mig?
Yeh my little unit for tacking it all together was gasless. Main welding was done with stick.
G'day Mate, found your channel by pure luck and love the idea, build and most of all the time you put in recording the videos. I am going to build one myself, was looking at a squaredrop, but with the ideas I wanted to fit on my project the smaller trailer wasn't going to cut it. Saw your first video a few days ago and decided a van your size roughly would be right for me. I subscrided, gave you the 👍🏻, now I'm going through the rest of your videos to put pen to paper. It inspiring your work shall keep watching the rest of the videos and the channel for updates and more projects. Again well done. 👍🏻👍🏻
Cheers Tony. Hit me up with any questions and good luck 🤞
Hey mate, Just a quick tip when folding down the TrueKit. It's actually easier to fold the boat as you deflate it - instead of waiting 10 minutes as you said. What I mean by that is, once you release the pressure start to fold over the pontoon and get it into that position you eventually got it in where the black rubber scuff strip is facing upwards. By doing it this way with air still in the chambers it's a lot easier to manipulate the fold. It's very hard to demonstrate without actually showing you as there are many other small tips and tricks - but that's the main thing you are doing that's making your life harder when folding it down. I'll suggest a "Folding your TrueKit - Tips and Tricks" video to the team at Truekit, I'm sure it'll help a lot of people out!
Ahh that’s a good tip, thanks.
From what I've seen the 300 watt doesn't give out anywhere what some people say.
I’m happy with mine, stayed consistent on a few big trips dragging it through the red centre
Great job friend!
Thank you!🙏
Loving this series. You’re doing an awesome job.
Thanks John
You have a particular set skills a well thought out job
Thanks! Small part skill, big part luck.
Glad I found this vid. Looking forward to watching the build. Awesome job. 1363kg is my guess
Thanks. She landed on 1500 exactly in the end
What an awesome effort… it would be great if you could purchase a plans of builds like this that someone like yourself has gone through the effort of videoing the build..
Thanks. I get asked most weeks for them but they’re not engineered as i just did it all myself so can’t really sell or share widely. Don’t want to be liable for a heap of death traps driving around lol
It turned out to be a great job. I wonder if you had experience building a caravan like this before? Also, have you made a design on the computer before?
Thanks. I once built a camper trailer from an old army trailer, but nothing like this no. I hadn’t ever used SketchUp either, but i found it really intuitive and there’s plenty of UA-cam tutorials out there. The web version is also free to use. Honestly i think it was a major part of the success being able to design to mm accuracy before starting the build.
What are the specs on the air bags , thanx
The suspensions is rated to 2800kg, so 1400 per side. They are airbag man bags.
@@PerpetualTransient thanx looking at upgrading from coils to airbags to help level on site and to lower to get into garage, would you know the part numbers Thanx again
@MrDiggs30 they come as part of the tuffride suspension kit. Checkout their website, they are in melb. Glendon will help you out, tell him i sent you! tekoaus.com.au
Hi can you charge lithium batteries too from that solar controller unit and blanket
Hi mate - the blanket and its supplied controller do lithium as standard and also do AGM, GEL, WET and lead acid batteries. Note i didn’t use the supplied controller in the review though. I’m thinking of doing a follow up video of how it’s now going a year later after some big trips. Stay tuned.
Nice build ❤❤❤ Love it
Thanks!
Awesome build and awesome video
Thanks mate
What speed is the truekit making with the 20hp? Looks good
With two people and a bit of gear on relatively flat conditions I’ve hit 44kms/hr
Gday, just came across your channel. Can you tell me where you got the mesh grill and stand that you use over the camp fire, please? Thanks, Bill
Gday bill - it’s the camp braai model from www.ozbraai.com.au
Just started watching, so maybe my criticism is premature, but in my opinion, it’s better to describe what materials you are using and installing as you work, rather than just playing music. What was the floor material?
There’s 20 episodes, almost 10 hours of details through every step of the process, including materials. I’ve found many don’t want the detail just the visual so i created this short vid for those more than others really.
@@PerpetualTransient Thanks for the clarification, I’ll look for the detailed version
What was the cost of the build? You kinda missed the question probably on everyones mind...
Never quite got around to making the budget episode. I will one day.
Fantastic work, you have to be impressed by your achievement. All top grade equipment and workmanship, apart from the welding maybe, lol.
Thanks mate. Surprisingly my splitter spatter has held up on some rough stuff. Keep checking the bumper bar isn’t falling off when i pull up lol
For me testing it on the ocean is a real test on a lake not much of a test tho
That catch and cook must have felt glorious haha - nice one!
A long time coming for a decent fish!
what is the battery montor you using?
Victron cerbo
Looks amazing! Was wondering what you used as the base floor material? Like the part that's exposed to the underside of the chassis?
Thanks. It’s called thermolite which is a cross-linked polymer foam and fiberglass composite. It’s waterproof, light and very strong. But expensive and so goddam itchy when cutting!
what type of panel do you use , can you give me the characteristic ?
Hi mate - it’s a 28mm fibreglass composite panel with an XPS foam core. I cover that stuff in detail in the build series also on the channel.
tank you, it's great@@PerpetualTransient
Well done mate. That looks bloody fantastic! Wanna build another ? Haha
One nearly killed me mate!
Very well Done....👍
Thank you! Cheers!
John Hayes is awesome when it rains and the creek flows with waterholes every 50 metres. Frogs, even leeches in the largest waterhole.
I’d love to see that. Be great to swim on the walk - well maybe without leeches!