Living Stealth Van Life at a University to Live Rent Free. Solo Vanlife Tour
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Storm lives full time in his DIY Astro Minivan while attending University fulltime in one of Canada's most expensive city's. he believes this is a good option for students to save money by not having to pay for rent and using the facilities at school to make van living easier.
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This young man is such an awesome guy: he's smart, entertaining, a delight, and has such wisdom and a great headspace 😍
Much respect for this young man. It really takes courage and determination to do this. I know you will be successful in your academic journey. Stay safe and have a nice summer 🤘🏼
He's so cute and has a great personality. I admire him for getting a van and saving so much money on ridiculous rent every month. Smart guy.
I like the fact the van is very basic and no frills. He's focusing on the important issues of education and saving money, not being flash and gadget mad.
It’s amazing to think how much less student debt people would have if they embarked in vanlife prior to going to post secondary.
Just finished a great van life book "Waldon on Wheels" ..the author lived in his van while getting his Masters Degree...
I'm not 22. I'm 62...but I do live in a Chevy Astro (2000 cargo AWD). My studio rent went from $800 to $1400 a month over 6 years and was going up again so I said "Enough already!"
It took me 3 months for my build which I did at my sister's place in Connecticut. Last winter was brutally cold though. My CampyGear stove/heater wasn't very effective when it hit zero. I'm so glad it's spring.
Love your attitude. Maybe I should go back to school since I never finished. The pressure on college kids to figure out what they want to do with their lives hasn't changed. I felt it 40 years ago. ✌
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Good for you mark no reason to pay that exorbitant amount of money ridiculous
Very smart and not only that learning how to live alone and survive while going to school saving money. You'll really appreciate it when you're not in debt from living in a dorm.
Can't believe how mature this dude seems for 22. Inspiration to me for sure!
Love how raw the van is all practical and nothing flashy and using used items 2nd hand.
Hey Storm! bravo to you. SMART man. You are 2 steps ahead. Once school is completed, you will be debt free. I know it can be lonely but you are doing it and moving forward. All the BEST for your future. Looking forward to another vlog.
This guy is awesome. Way to go. Love your build and love that you are doing this so you can put yourself through school without debt. Great job. Great video Forest 🤙
Awesome young man. Loves his family. Independent. Creative. Great laugh too. Great use of space. BTW Your cellphone is under your mattress. Hahahaha.
Hey man, love your style. Just wanted to suggest that you may want to cover up the bare battery terminals with some sort of plastic tops or at least tape them up. Hate to see some metal stuff fall on top and create a short circuit and spark that may start a fire. Regards from Australia. Cheers.
I second this because it happened to me. Ended up starting a fire in the van, melted my inverter wires and killed the alternator. Definitely cover your battery terminals!
I second this too. I had a nasty situation on my sailboat in the middle of nowhere for this detail. Fire in a vehicle or boat in my case can escalate out of hands within seconds.
Great video . So simple like back in the day when people were starting out years ago. That kid has such a great outlook on life and can laugh at himself. That mattress haha.
I have known this young man all his life. He is one very special dude.
He's really a happy dude
Smart young man. You don't have to have it all together. Just live life and have fun until you figure out what you want to do in life.
Very smart , cool van , stay safe and have fun ! Do what you love ✌️
Discount lots sounds great. Our 2nd home build we put an abandoned mobile home on the lot. From a local park, put $6000 into fixing it up, and had a 3 bedroom home for our family while building a main home. Fortunately there had been a home on the site so we already had well and septic.
Sorry, I'd have to do some figuring out how to give you those different emoji's. Great episode.
I like that as a need comes up, he finds and implements an inexpensive solution! A natural problem solver! Applause!!!
Really enjoyed this. Cool guy and seems a very sorted person. Good luck to Storm!
Moral of the story: don't just randomly sleep in restaurant parking lots.
Good young man, he'll be fine
Looks good and economical dormatory
Yeah you need that insulation good work!
Stay strong, I've been over 4 years fulltime in my 16 transit, keep up the freedom in your life and less stress 🤓👍
Great ideas and a nice young man. Much success ahead!
I only see 1 problem with the build, there's no fire extinguisher. As unlikely as it is to happen, a fire, it wouldn't hurt to have to incase of an electrical fire or an engine fire
For a time in UK I lived in a Vickers Caravan...it is a famous company that built chasie for rolls Royce or something like that...it had full c r o m on out side....Wilton carpet ...and etched colored glass ...and with customized everything ....and a fire place!....my water I just kept in a container on my kitchen to which I just would tip out ...my oven was a wonderful old camping stove called calor...me and my kids had bath's in a thick plastic container....which was also used for storage.....and going to toilet was easy for my kids but I would go on camping grounds ...or in woods with little shovel.....or public toilets....in emergency it was plastic bag ....my stove was run on gas bottle I would put outside when hunkering down ...the Caravan had mirror glass to reflect all light back in and at night generally went to sleep but fire or stove was warm light or a candle....or flash light......had a tv which would hook up to a battery to watch a weekly sope operah....for about an hour....and if we pulled up to stream I would wash clothing or in town go to a mat....I also just brushed carpets out door with messes....it was easy to keep clean and I would air out sleeping c u s I I n s out side as could get damp......but over all I didn't need to empty out a toilet .....or chemical.....and heated water on stove ....or on top of fire stove if ran out of gas....in bottle which lasted long time about 25bucks with deposit.... Small....deposit...it had good suspension and was easy to level out and even guttering out side!....there was lighting but never used it as wasn't grounded!
Thats pretty cool forest because I also have the same van but no windows on the back. It fits in all the parking spaces
You are a very confident funny man.. Bless you 😅🙏
Simplicity works great attitude young man 👍
Yep, did this as a student in the 1970's at Newcastle, UK - lived in my van 'Plod' on the hall of residence car park using their showers and toilets for 18 months before they realised I was there - guess they wondered where the smell of bacon and eggs drifting across the car park came from? When the college eventually forced me to move, they said if they allowed me to live in a van in the car park '"everyone else would want to do it" - guess what? No-one did!
It was an arts course.......I should really have made an 'installation' of my home!
he's a nice cheerful guy!
Good for you ,I think you’ll give a lot folks encouragement to do this .I hope you meet like minded people that can make a good community there. Also I’ve never seen the Discount Lots before , UA-cam. I been looking at (going mobile ) an old The Who song . Do tell the crazy story’s , Wow pizza helps you sleep though anything . Ok , God Bless.
Lucky for me I found a camper RV park where they only charge $130 bucks to move in - I don't have to pay for Power - Water - Gas - or Cable - I've saved $20 grand in 8 months
Love it- He is cracking me up- having a good time....awesome!
Good choices....
I really respect 🙏 this young man for his positivity and that fact that he has a great sense of humor.....
I wish him well......
Totally agree with so much he says, especially American pressure on young people to take on huge debts for an education.
I saw your video post, you are one humble and funny dude. You are doing an amazing job making it through college, such a great move.
Keep up your good work, keep the videos coming too. This is Alan from Riverside in Southern California.
No open containers. Its possible to be invaded by mice. I have been.Cost $12,000. Ate all cables under hood of my minivan.
I have been working on my van for 3 years! One day man one day.
great attitude, I've met a few 20 somethings like him.
Really good soul wish u all the luck in life xo
Very cool video, inspiring for sure.
So nice 👍
I wish you happiness 😇
Canadians are as cool as a fan. Every single time.
Nice. This young man has a great attitude.
So over years lived in many caravans an ambulance and old post office van with a rail way sleeper as a bumber
vanlife4ever! awesome video bro
I've watched countless of your videos. They're simply Fantastic!
Any Canadian equivalent to Discountlots that you know of ?
Thanks.
( I thought it was interesting to hear him saying, in the very same sentence, that went down the rabbit hole, yet still attends "school" .... 🤣 )
wow, what a nice, smart guy!!
Awesome Storm!!😃
hes also the schools plug. i think i counted 3 phones?
Home base is important
Someone at the dealers said no food eating in the van. Ha. Ha. Ha. How many thousands are there cooking in their vehicles.
Nice kid,Your gonna be successful I I know it!!!
Storm is the man
Swivel front passesger seat for comfortable seating
Understand you wonder why don’t everyone do this but do you pay for your own schooling while maintaining a job? Genuinely curious cause i would like to know cause i would definitely do this with my van but my one 6-7pm job would not cover or work with my schedule unless i had parents to support the university bill.
take a used 8 foot laddercut it long ways, the steps and everything, then screw the sides of the ladder to each side of the roof . the van will gain stealth, and appear to be that of a painter or other tradesman . discrimination begins in the eye of the beholder, and is eaasy to hedge against when youi know its out there waiting to knock on your door. it can make you cynacle if you let it, but is based in a lack of acceptance, deeply rooted in the human condition, ordinary (ism) is the oreder of the day, and people hate vans because your having a better time than them, and they cant see you, therefore your up to no good. that is why we started using vans to shield ourselves from prying eyes waiting to call cops or worst, knock and tell you to leave a place you are legally entitled to be.
I wanna buy a diesel heater from the guy you mentioned. Can I have his info? Thank!
Fun vid man
Very cool
Legend
How did you afford the van and build? I am on academic probation but want to figure out a way to buy and build in a truck.
sweet man/very smart/may be get you a male cat to keep you company-yaw can study together/take care dude/thanks much
And if you can park there ... legally
Yo man we should meet up
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I ☕️☕️☕️ am new will you live permanently after you finish school??😱😱
Ps nice van bud
Good schock absorber
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There been working hard on devising every one church's family faith and controled media
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One of the best ways to recover from the chaos of the last two years is to turf Trudeau out of parliament.
Yet we’re a “first world country”….. yeah okay 🤣
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