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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  • @Differentmedia
    @Differentmedia  2 роки тому +2

    Van Life Essential Supplies! Everything you need to build out a van
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  • @angeladawn805
    @angeladawn805 2 роки тому +31

    This young man is such an awesome guy: he's smart, entertaining, a delight, and has such wisdom and a great headspace 😍

  • @albamralba2748
    @albamralba2748 2 роки тому +47

    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 🤘🏼

  • @loisaustin6200
    @loisaustin6200 2 роки тому +9

    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.

  • @sammic974
    @sammic974 2 роки тому +6

    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.

  • @Jsuttar
    @Jsuttar 2 роки тому +20

    It’s amazing to think how much less student debt people would have if they embarked in vanlife prior to going to post secondary.

    • @jefflockaby702
      @jefflockaby702 2 роки тому +5

      Just finished a great van life book "Waldon on Wheels" ..the author lived in his van while getting his Masters Degree...

  • @marklennox2151
    @marklennox2151 2 роки тому +9

    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. ✌

    • @hsh8729
      @hsh8729 2 роки тому +1

      Cool

    • @danl3946
      @danl3946 Рік тому

      Good for you mark no reason to pay that exorbitant amount of money ridiculous

  • @williamoconnell4696
    @williamoconnell4696 2 роки тому +10

    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.

  • @deluxedoorman
    @deluxedoorman 2 роки тому +25

    Can't believe how mature this dude seems for 22. Inspiration to me for sure!

  • @k0ba_
    @k0ba_ 2 роки тому +11

    Love how raw the van is all practical and nothing flashy and using used items 2nd hand.

  • @my3suns568
    @my3suns568 2 роки тому +10

    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.

  • @albertaadventures7750
    @albertaadventures7750 2 роки тому +19

    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 🤙

  • @uwdawn11
    @uwdawn11 2 роки тому +5

    Awesome young man. Loves his family. Independent. Creative. Great laugh too. Great use of space. BTW Your cellphone is under your mattress. Hahahaha.

  • @francisss6631
    @francisss6631 2 роки тому +10

    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.

    • @MeetDaveG
      @MeetDaveG 2 роки тому +1

      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!

    • @gonzalezjacob.conductor
      @gonzalezjacob.conductor 2 роки тому

      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.

  • @AnMarie711
    @AnMarie711 2 роки тому +5

    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.

  • @1726doll
    @1726doll 2 роки тому +1

    I have known this young man all his life. He is one very special dude.

  • @sophanarachay4917
    @sophanarachay4917 2 роки тому +3

    He's really a happy dude

  • @barbarah2773
    @barbarah2773 2 роки тому +1

    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.

  • @ginamarie5575
    @ginamarie5575 2 роки тому +6

    Very smart , cool van , stay safe and have fun ! Do what you love ✌️

  • @judil3294
    @judil3294 2 роки тому +1

    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.

  • @normaevett
    @normaevett 2 роки тому +2

    I like that as a need comes up, he finds and implements an inexpensive solution! A natural problem solver! Applause!!!

  • @WalksInCamera
    @WalksInCamera 2 роки тому +4

    Really enjoyed this. Cool guy and seems a very sorted person. Good luck to Storm!

  • @donpazer
    @donpazer 2 роки тому +2

    Moral of the story: don't just randomly sleep in restaurant parking lots.

  • @bobandvickiw
    @bobandvickiw 2 роки тому +1

    Good young man, he'll be fine

  • @kellieeverts8462
    @kellieeverts8462 2 роки тому +1

    Looks good and economical dormatory

  • @kellieeverts8462
    @kellieeverts8462 2 роки тому +1

    Yeah you need that insulation good work!

  • @jeffwacker195
    @jeffwacker195 2 роки тому +1

    Stay strong, I've been over 4 years fulltime in my 16 transit, keep up the freedom in your life and less stress 🤓👍

  • @pattijohnson8197
    @pattijohnson8197 2 роки тому +2

    Great ideas and a nice young man. Much success ahead!

  • @fuckedupbody4194
    @fuckedupbody4194 2 роки тому +1

    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

  • @kellieeverts8462
    @kellieeverts8462 2 роки тому

    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!

  • @lightworker2181
    @lightworker2181 2 роки тому

    Thats pretty cool forest because I also have the same van but no windows on the back. It fits in all the parking spaces

  • @himanshurana1897
    @himanshurana1897 Рік тому +1

    You are a very confident funny man.. Bless you 😅🙏

  • @feelthafunk4548
    @feelthafunk4548 2 роки тому +1

    Simplicity works great attitude young man 👍

  • @robertp.wainman4094
    @robertp.wainman4094 2 роки тому +1

    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!

  • @kellieeverts8462
    @kellieeverts8462 2 роки тому +2

    he's a nice cheerful guy!

  • @scottfranson4215
    @scottfranson4215 2 роки тому +1

    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.

  • @GHOSTLYWHISPERS
    @GHOSTLYWHISPERS Рік тому

    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

  • @hsh8729
    @hsh8729 2 роки тому

    Love it- He is cracking me up- having a good time....awesome!

  • @susanray8515
    @susanray8515 2 роки тому +1

    Good choices....

  • @yosefelbeybey7964
    @yosefelbeybey7964 2 роки тому

    I really respect 🙏 this young man for his positivity and that fact that he has a great sense of humor.....
    I wish him well......

  • @judil3294
    @judil3294 2 роки тому

    Totally agree with so much he says, especially American pressure on young people to take on huge debts for an education.

  • @alanrobisonPD1960
    @alanrobisonPD1960 2 роки тому

    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.

  • @virginiamueller267
    @virginiamueller267 2 роки тому +1

    No open containers. Its possible to be invaded by mice. I have been.Cost $12,000. Ate all cables under hood of my minivan.

  • @vanjoy1781
    @vanjoy1781 2 роки тому +1

    I have been working on my van for 3 years! One day man one day.

  • @a1d5
    @a1d5 2 роки тому +1

    great attitude, I've met a few 20 somethings like him.

  • @teresawitte
    @teresawitte 2 роки тому +1

    Really good soul wish u all the luck in life xo

  • @michaelluciano7774
    @michaelluciano7774 2 роки тому +1

    Very cool video, inspiring for sure.

  • @junaidmansourmahdi1392
    @junaidmansourmahdi1392 2 роки тому +2

    So nice 👍
    I wish you happiness 😇

  • @yeshappynomad7510
    @yeshappynomad7510 2 роки тому

    Canadians are as cool as a fan. Every single time.

  • @JG-kv4oi
    @JG-kv4oi 2 роки тому

    Nice. This young man has a great attitude.

  • @kellieeverts8462
    @kellieeverts8462 2 роки тому

    So over years lived in many caravans an ambulance and old post office van with a rail way sleeper as a bumber

  • @darrellfort1668
    @darrellfort1668 2 роки тому

    vanlife4ever! awesome video bro

  • @DEVAULT.
    @DEVAULT. Рік тому

    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" .... 🤣 )

  • @vanessaruiz4705
    @vanessaruiz4705 2 роки тому

    wow, what a nice, smart guy!!

  • @jessicajames45
    @jessicajames45 2 роки тому

    Awesome Storm!!😃

  • @lingeringman9335
    @lingeringman9335 2 роки тому +1

    hes also the schools plug. i think i counted 3 phones?

  • @kellieeverts8462
    @kellieeverts8462 2 роки тому +1

    Home base is important

  • @virginiamueller267
    @virginiamueller267 2 роки тому +1

    Someone at the dealers said no food eating in the van. Ha. Ha. Ha. How many thousands are there cooking in their vehicles.

  • @seantoomay7926
    @seantoomay7926 2 роки тому

    Nice kid,Your gonna be successful I I know it!!!

  • @Heresastory23
    @Heresastory23 9 місяців тому

    Storm is the man

  • @donnamount151
    @donnamount151 2 роки тому

    Swivel front passesger seat for comfortable seating

  • @Skummy123
    @Skummy123 Рік тому

    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.

  • @colbyklink4636
    @colbyklink4636 2 роки тому

    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.

  • @CondeNastCruiser
    @CondeNastCruiser 2 роки тому

    I wanna buy a diesel heater from the guy you mentioned. Can I have his info? Thank!

  • @patmac104
    @patmac104 2 роки тому

    Fun vid man

  • @spellerlittlewing
    @spellerlittlewing 2 роки тому

    Very cool

  • @MattNowell
    @MattNowell 2 роки тому +1

    Legend

  • @3blacky
    @3blacky Рік тому

    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.

  • @ronethridge9875
    @ronethridge9875 2 роки тому +1

    sweet man/very smart/may be get you a male cat to keep you company-yaw can study together/take care dude/thanks much

  • @kellieeverts8462
    @kellieeverts8462 2 роки тому

    And if you can park there ... legally

  • @aboutthebooty
    @aboutthebooty 2 роки тому

    Yo man we should meet up

  • @lolacasanova2000
    @lolacasanova2000 2 роки тому +1

    👍🏝🎥

  • @956lizz
    @956lizz 2 роки тому +1

    👍🌲📹

  • @MommaC1106
    @MommaC1106 2 роки тому +1

    I ☕️☕️☕️ am new will you live permanently after you finish school??😱😱

  • @K-9Gar
    @K-9Gar 2 роки тому +1

    Ps nice van bud

  • @kellieeverts8462
    @kellieeverts8462 2 роки тому

    Good schock absorber

  • @Regi869
    @Regi869 2 роки тому

    👍👍✌

  • @K-9Gar
    @K-9Gar 2 роки тому

    There been working hard on devising every one church's family faith and controled media

  • @RenayEmond
    @RenayEmond 2 роки тому

    👍🏼📷🌲

  • @jefftaylor844
    @jefftaylor844 2 роки тому

    One of the best ways to recover from the chaos of the last two years is to turf Trudeau out of parliament.

  • @nickspeakstruth133
    @nickspeakstruth133 2 роки тому

    Yet we’re a “first world country”….. yeah okay 🤣

  • @jo1786
    @jo1786 2 роки тому

    👍🌲📹