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Living The Van Life - Surviving the cold II
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- Опубліковано 21 лис 2012
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Living in my 1991 Vw Westfalia is quite the adventure here in the pacific northwest. My favorite season for living in my van has to be winter. It's the extreme and the adventure that I think I like the most! Making life easier in the winter time in a van is my Cabelas XPG Escapist sleeping bag. It's a 15 degree down sleeping bag. Man what a life savor in the winter time due to the fact that I don't have carry a lot of blankets.
I always thought it would be awesome to have a van so I would also have that option just in case I ever lost my job and had to move out. I currently live in a rattie 50 year old trailer. it isn't much but I call it home. The rent is only $335 a month and it is about the cheapest I can find. My only vehicle is a Dodge Stealth and there is no way I could live out of it, with the exception of carrying a tent and sleeping bag in it. I respect you for how you live. You rock dude.
Just a tip for sleeping bag - its better to not roll it everytime as it might decrease it`s thermal properties.
i lived in my van for about two years. One of the best things i found to stay warm, short of finding a way to plug in a space heater, was to get a open-cell polyurethane foam suit made for me. Sounds weird, but you should look into it. Those things will keep you WARM. I slept many night in extreme cold, no heater, with just that suit. Very glad to have it.
+JubileeGiggles can you link me to this product
honestly i had a hard time tracking it down. PALS was the name of the original company that made them, but i don't think that guy is doing it anymore although he does sell the rolls of foam on his site i believe. I had one custom made for me, but i don't have the woman's contact info anymore.
Staying warm in an RV or Van is all about stopping the cold from getting in and keeping the heat in. So just putting a cover over the vehicle can help. Covering the windows from the outside, sealing the drafts from door jams and using the proper insulation in the body panels all will reduce your energy lose.
Nice bus (my fave colour), sounds great too!
My Westy - is one of 3, maybe 4 RHD Westy's here in GB. He's been off the road for 12+ years, but my heart (and head!) won't sell him. Hoping for a miracle - it costs nothing to dream!!
Happy motoring in the best Bus VW ever made!
I certainly agree with Allen. Condensation is alway a issue both with campers and vans. Propane omits water vapor as well as your breath. I awoke in sub freezing weather only to find 1/2" of ice on the inside if my windshield. Keeping a window slightly cracked open helps as well as using the silver bubble insulation with Velcro attached to the windows. A small battery powered fan distributes the the warm air from the heater and helps. I've owned the expensive Olympian heaters and use the buddy
Taking clumping cat litter and putting about 1 cup full into a regular sized coffee filter and staple it closed and hang them up around your van and it will remove the moisture out of your van at night...
I like to use the Armor&Hammer kitty litter the best because it smells nice... I use them in anything that I don't want moisture to get into...
dude i slept in my cargo van for 2 1/2 years with a full size air bed with thermals, sweats, sweaters, jackets, coats with a couple of thick blankets for the winter...for the summer time, cracked windows with just my undies and a cooler with ice, soft drinks n water....living in New Jersey....when i saw this vid 4 the first time i was like OMG i'm not thee only one who knows wat it's like 2 live in a vaaaaaan lolololol.......BLESS YOU BROTHER
LivingTheVanLife the Buddy heater is fine to use whilst sleeping just keep it away from flammable things. All major motorhomes including Class B vans use propane furnaces to heat them(you have about the smallest motorhome). Make sure you have a propane detector and a carbon monoxide detector with a good battery- test the batter it will alert you when it is low with a chirp but still test it now and then with a quick press to hear the beep. The buddy heater is very safe to use with those precautions as it also have an autoshut-off when there is low oxygen. Keep in mind the canisters will last barely through the night. You can also get a full sized propane canister with a conversion kit but you must get a platform hooked to your vehicle's frame and jutting out to the back of your car where you can rest heavy thing, and safely strapping the propane container then getting a conversion connector for the buddy heater and drill a hole through the car to put the propane line through to the heater. This will save you on those propane canisters. Placing the canister in a fine netted black iron/steel box cage will give it further protection. Be sure to open the window from time to time on days you use the heater just for a bit to let fresh air in. You can also leave the cars vents open this will let some air in but don't need to leave the fan on that will wear the battery down quick. Make sure there is no way for the buddy heater to tip over even if your motorhome wobbled due to wind or something. The back of the heater does not heat up so you can strap it in that way to a metal back perhaps solid object. be cognizant of things above it and in front of it where the heat travels. Safe safe safe. Stay warm. Take care. Leaving it on low will save fuel- that should be good enough unless it gets super cold.
If you can get wood or bags of wood cut into small pieces, you can install a small or tiny wood stove which requires a vent pipe through the roof and protective steel or aluminum plates around it(the unit will come with instructions on how close you can be). There are woodstoves that you can see the fire(through thermal glass) and that you cannot see the fire made for tents and RVs.
There is also a marine grade mini propane fireplace that uses the outside air to feed the fire and puts good heat into the rig but you would need to install a larger sized propane canister like you use for barbecuing. The fireplace is a bit pricey but totally worth it very efficient with propane, uses much less propane kept on all the time then the furnace in vans and full sized rvs that have furnaces. www.dickinsonmarine.com/propane.php It uses no oxygen because it pumps in the outside air to the fire chamber.
Justincredible UA-camr RV Van guy gives you the lowdown:
ua-cam.com/video/Y16Vb0DmJqw/v-deo.html
Do not fear fire or heat when you do things right they are very safe and secure.
Clean lookin van! Just remodeled my Toyota Sienna, a very rustic version of that general layout, couldn't be happier
Get a 12v electric truck drivers mattress heat pad,hook it to your second battery has a thermostat uses little power,warms you from underneath wool blankets and sleeping bag on top of you ski mask on your head.
"Damp" cold camping in the 30's with rain feels colder than "Dry" cold camping in the low 20's. I open up my sleeping bag and face it toward my Coleman catalytic heater, and take the chill off my bus for about 20 minutes prior to bed time, then shut the heater off. If it is really cold I will burn a candle on the sink top all night just to keep the frost out of the bus. Thick socks (or 2 pair of socks) and "layering" with wool blankets atop your sleeping bag help a lot too.
Very good video. I put together a bug out vehicle myself. I was in Boulder , CO for 3 weeks when I bought my current truck. I have the same heater as you do, but I went through those small green gas bottles pretty fast. I bought a 12' gas hose and filter so I can run the heater on larger bottle= more economical. The heater is VERY safe, I had two portholes open for ventilation, if I closed one, it would shut off. Also, I bought an electronic gas sniffer for additional safety.
I have a down sleeping bag rated to 0*. I was told not to keep it tightly rolled as it would compress the down, reducing the insulating effect.
Sleeping bags are good because of the low space they take (once you force all the air out of them). I am not sure if Famous Army Stores still exist but they were a good supplier of military Arctic sleeping bags before. Extremely warm as we used to have them out in Germany.
The Olympian Wave 3 catalytic heater is the best choice of heat for all your heating needs. I have used this heater in my own RV with no problems. All I do is crack a window & one overhead vent for ventilation.
Yes your are correct.
I LIVED IN A VAN TENT COMBO FOR 3 MONTHS.THE FIRST THING I LEARNED WAS FOOD IS FIRST.NOT WORK, I GOT FREE ICE FOR NIGHT CAMPING AND PUT THE ICE ON MISICTO BITES.THE ICE IS A BIG PLUS IN THAT TIME,I HAD A PORT A POTTTY FOR R R ,AND THE HEATER YOU HAVE IS ONE OF THE BEST.STAY SAFE, I WILL ADD YOU AS A SUBRIBER.
Hmm... maybe there's some way to store waste heat from the motor until night time? How about a well-insulated water reservoir, say a few inches deep and of appropriate width and length for a sleeping pad? If you put three inches of water in there and heated it up to engine coolant temp during the day, it'd probably be a nice cozy warm temperature by nightfall. I guess that may require enough water to be of prohibitive weight; so maybe heating up a few gallons to near-boiling and storing it in a super-well-insulated container, then very-slowly circulating it under the sleeping area (1/4" pvc tubing, $15 for 100ft) at night?
Happy Thanksgiving, I love your videos, stay warm.
Thanks for the amazing videos. I admire you for having the courage to follow your dream and I wish you every success.
great job, glad your doing more video's
When I was in the army, one night the temperature fell to -26C but in the sleeping bag I did not notice. I did when I got up though!
Yes, there are several kits available to convert the vanagons. Rocky Mountain Westy and Smallcar Co are two of the popular ones.
BUDDY!!!I have one too and used it for two weeks on the road in Canadian dec with -45 temperatures. As long as you use the tanks inside the unit and not with the extension for an outside tank, it should be safe to use inside. Keep tinfoil on the floor and open two windows a bit for circulation. ;)
Dude! I hope you have more than that little ~27 year old Super 6 fire extinguisher in your home!
It is possible that this Westfalia was part of my life some years ago. I did the convertion in Tacoma and I sold it because in my plans was a trip from Seattle to Argentina, but I realized that the worth of this Westfalia at that time, was too much for all the risks involved. Instead I sold it ( with great regreat ) and bought a 1982 air cooled Westfalia, that performed great for the duration of the trip.
Just get you a 4 Piece Modular Sleep System US Military Sleeping Bags w/ Goretex Bivy. You can get one for around 100 bucks. Its hands down better than any other bag system out there
If I get a vehicle, I wanna get a Westphalia. I've heard good things about it.
I also use the buddy heater and it makes morning livable on 40 degree mornings. But I recently installed 1/4 inch rtech foam in the rear of my astrovan, I covered the windows the walls and the ceiling and made a foam door to seperate the front form the back. In the summer it keeps rear of van cool, and also the mornings are warm. but reeal test will be winter. .
I love the van & that great sounding Subaru donk. As for living out of a van, it seems the sort of thing I could do for cheap holiday or to revisit my childhood love of cubby houses but permanently? I guess it all comes down to what you like or what you have to do. What ever makes you happy mate. Enjoy life & stay safe ;-)
Love this guy and his cooking. Very relaxing to watch, wish I would oh thought of this years ago. Safe travels Chad, many blessings.
The cold is tolerable, but I've found the heat in arizona over the summer is simply impossible. :(
If your van has a/c and you are willing to spend a lot of gas only to keep the a/c on, it may work
I lived in a 85 Westy in Vail CO for 2 full years back in 1990 - 92. This is how I lived, I had a -20f bag and solar roof panels that kept my deep cycle second battery topped off. I had a Suburban 20,000 btu propane heater that breathed and exhausted outside.
I have got that same multi colored mexican blanket, from Puerta Viarta. SP? Sis got it for me years back, I love it. I just got a nice cargo van, gettin ready to begin my years long journey as a dweller. Travel some ya know. Rent, out of this world. I did own, condo, W high interst, ins, PMI, utilities, Way over 1500/mo. Man, I could live as a king on that w living in the bush, dwellin..Lovin it, gonna make it happen. Ted, 38 this morning. Hittin Colorado, Love the mountains.
Actually the Buddy series of heaters is rated for indoor use so you could use it sleeping. You will however need to crack a window for oxygen for the heater as it will shut itself off if the oxygen level gets to low. They are very safe heaters to use.
I want a van like that thanks for sharing
Thanks for the good tips!
With my down sleeping bag, I forget the manufacturer at the moment, they provided me two bags--one for loose storing it and another for very tight packing. I am not sure how tight the bag you have is, but you may want to consider using a looser packing to keep the down from breaking down as fast and loosing the loft. The bag you have may work fine and not be too tight--it is hard to tell in video. Cheers!
Great advice, thanks for posting!
I dont put a vent specifically on the propane heater. I have a window or two cracked. The Mr Heaters are certified safe for indoor use.
Congratulations on the motor!!
I'm up in Wisconsin. We use the Mr.Buddy heaters alot here. I have one in my ice shanty. I sleep with it on. Been doing it for years. It has a low O2 shutoff. It will turn itself off before your O2 drops to a dangerous level. If you crack a window a little, it will stay on all night. I have a small vent in the floor next to mine to provide O2! Just my 2 cents!
Nice. I'm the type of person who really wouldn't mind living in a van. Seems awesome actually. But alas, I live in a house. It works when the plumbing isn't destroyed.
My Big Buddy has -Automatic low oxygen shut-off system (ODS)
When I am on my granparent's summer cottage, I sleep on pull-out kids sleeping bed, and use my sleeping bag like that, because closing system is broken.
If your windows are fogging up, then you do not have air in the van. One thing I have done to lessen it is to put insulation on the inside of the windows - even better is to put a cover over the outside of the windows although that may really give the game away that you are inside.
I have a film on my channel called 'Camper van at Tevere Est motorway service area' and from around 3:10 I speak about the use of the external cover.
and the subbie roars!!
great video thank's for the upload later
amazing engine
Your better off running a spare battery with a power inverter and run a electric small heater or make a cigarette lighter back there with your spare battery and getting a electric blanket also for either 12 volt your car or 110 from the power inverter. I have a camper van with the furnace but i removed the hot water tank and cant run the heat or gas comes out of that. That buddy heater i wouldnt take that if someone offered it to me. I have seen sleeping bags for -50 would also keep you toasty in the winter, me for now no heat just 3 blankets cant wait until the winter is over take care.
Thank you Happy Thanksgiving to you sir :) Alright shes up and running , purring like a kitten .
happy thanksgiving 2019🦃
it's not even cold in Washington state ,winters down there are tropical, come up to northern Alaska, then u will see what real cold is ,try it in January, -50 ,is not outta the ordinary, steel becomes brittle at -40 ,just to compair ,pretty hard to sleep in a van
for a sleeping bag set up, you will never beat a genuine US military MMSS system, they're going for less than $200 now and you could sleep with it alone in a snow bank in -40 and be nice and cozy. just using the sleeping bags would suffice for in a van.
I dont ever really have an issue with moisture. I dont ever run my heater for long periods of time.
A 200W electric heater will not provide much heat but of course it is better than nothing - and if that is running at 12V it is going to pull around 17A per hour so the battery is not going to last very long.
You should move the fire extinguisher away from the heater. If the heater catches fire, you probably wouldn't be able to grab it.
It is going to cost a fortune in gas as well as the inconvenience of replacing it. My van dumps my water when the inside temperature goes below 4C so I kept the heater on at minimum and it ran out in no time. So now I leave it off. Having written that, my van is better insulated and so maybe it is not so bad for me.
dudes and dunettes :-)) xx, listening to you from quebec in my 13 foot trailer at 25F two nites ago,,,
you could sleep with that heater on. Mr Buddy heaters are the only safe indoor propane heaters.
Sure thats easy. Any Van that you like. If it has enough space inside to suit you then it's good. I prefer Chevy's myself. My dad likes Ford Vans and I grew up with Ford vans. Also grew up around VW rigs. :)
Some parts of canada get down to -50 and lower
i purchased an "el-cheapo" 10 degree bag from the evil walmart and roasted myself in 24 degree weather. best $40 spent ever! I've only used it once driving from South Dakota to Tahoe in December.
Gotta love America!
Thank you for the comment. Happy Thanksgiving as well.
Nice vid thanks for posting, I live in a small cargo trailer, You mentioned interior frost, Check out issis dehumidifiers they have a small model that works well, Also check out alpine sleep systems all in one pad and bag works very well, Again thanks for posting.
just a bit of ventilation will make that heater safe to sleep while running, just slightly open windows with just a tadbof crossnvent...remember, the fire will go out when the O2 level is low...we require just slightly less O2 than to sustain combustion. i would worry about CO and you can ventilate enough without significant heat loss
Ya know, there's a thing called portable electric heating and portable battery lmao
Sick vid I like the vlog style
THAT IS A COOL RIG SET UP CHAD.
My motor is a 2.5L motor out of a Subaru 2.5RS
Might want to invest in a carbon monoxide detector (just in case)
Happy Thanksgiving
Thanks 4 another vid :)
Dammit youtubers controll the volume of ur vids
you have come a long way
Good video, I subbed.
Nice video man! Were there any other issues or things that you'd have to replace when putting in the Subaru motor?
i actually made an alcohol fueled heater that works well just wicking alcohol and fuel is readily available and cheap
Awesome man! Sounds like you are definitely living it up! With the right traction to the ground... these things will really get around good in the snow! Good to hear from the other vanagon dwellers out there. Keep us posted on your adventures!
Your a very interesting person enjoy your videos kudos wanna get a little rv or van for me next year can't wait. I saw a video w your girlfriend is that still going on?
Nice heater! Mine just arrived via Amazon. I havent been in a rush to fire it up yet because I'm in Florida. Im always where its somewhat warm so the sleeping bag is out for me. Clean sheet and blanket for me. Ive come into some BIG money & dont know if I want to transition from a truck camper to a extended cargo van. I dont cook or live in my van because I work 6-7 days a week, I only sleep in it from 9p to 5a. Any advice? PS, Thanksgiving day made 1 yr for me. Lol!
Good advice 💕
Glad it was helpful!
HAPPY TURKEY DAY AND BE SAFE. GO HAVE SOME FUN
come to Minnesota and try are winter's
Do you ever have a problem with the bag getting wet and loosing loft being in the Van? I've had that problem with goose down in tents.
nice van
go Webasto dude... be safe and expel any type of combustion heaters IN the cabin...
Sander Tel I agree, the Wabasto is compact safe and very affective.
If you have access to mains electricity a small oil filled radiator will keep you warm.
love your videos idk what kind of solar/ battery system u have but walmart now sells a 200 watt electric heater
White one.
Blue one.
Dark green one.
NOT the red one [red is fine for MnM's but not vans]
*Don't park near schools or by a river
That was an infomercial for a sleeping bag.
Sweet RIG Dude!
It gets cold here in Scotland, do you use sleeping bag liners?
Hi mate,have you insulated the van with any foil backed insulation or is it standard?
I have watched a couple of different people who are doing this and you all show solutions for the cold, but, no solutions for what you do when it's hot out. What do you do to keep cool in the summer, especially at night when you have to sleep?
Do you have to vent that propane heater? Is it safe to use in the van with the windows closed?
i have seen cabelas sleeping bag could go to -25 degrees, cost$200. i would buy that one and dont have to worry about it. what if polar vorvex coming in no time..
buddy heater out👎deisel heater in👍happy new year 2020🥳
I made a gasoline soaked sweater works great
COOL!!! Its Caravelle?
I have so many questions about the Subaru engine! What is it taken out of? Was it expensive to buy and install? How does it run after these years?
+Kevin Richards Thanks for the reply man. Is it a video on your channel? If so, I can't find it.