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even high tech but today we're showcasing a very special van tour that has a cozy cabin-like vibe
and the owners Carolyn Austin are pretty enthusiastic about it [Music]
my biggest concerns with Van life is the bathroom
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hey everyone I'm Carol and I'm Austin and this is our van
it is a 2020 Dodge Ram ProMaster 3500 159 inch wheelbase extended edition we bought
this in was it March March March of the year of Our Lord 2020. and we built it out that took us
about two months to build we were getting ready to buy a house and we decided that
we wanted to do van life instead which works really well for our lifestyle I'm a musician
and I design and make jewelry out of here out of this this bad boy come take a look Welcome to our
van priority not priority one but something that was incredibly important to both of us where am
I going to store all of our clothes exhibit hey I mean look at this we've got sequins sweaters
coats but yeah it's so much space here closet oh and it smells good it's Cedar lined Cedar
line it smells really really nice in here so the clothes always are fresh mixed oh latches [Music]
so things don't fly open as we're driving
here we have plenty of space these drawers are
huge Oliver Necessities kitchen we got obviously our Widow Jane flask
some mince so I'm going to leave this one close delicates and then something that was also very
important to us as we have a ton of boots we needed boot storage so we both have what like
four pairs a piece slippers sandals that's the furnace oh yeah first our kitchen we have a really
large stainless steel sink and here's our water pump switch so it's easy to just flip that on
a lot of pressure
it's great it's a one of these things you know an extending sink faucet thanks camera man
yeah it's cool too because it flips around so you can have it outside yeah oh hand hand soap
right here it's great yeah wasted but a proof here we have filtered water it's awesome it's
deep it's deep it's the perfect size and then on our counter we did butcher block
we have our three burner gas stove here we have our oven with a little
blue light switch we made a full Thanksgiving dinner in here here is where we store
plates balls glasses coffee mugs we do pour over so we have all that stuff here and it's
conveniently placed next to the person who sleeps right here so let's roll over make a cup of coffee
for the person over there or for yourself and we also keep our little remote control
light thing and this changes colors Let's see we got red which we don't use but it's there green
pink so behind this barn door with a latch right here to keep it closed as we're driving
is a shower and the restroom it was one of my biggest concerns with Van life is the
bathroom situation but funny enough it's made me an absolute bathroom snob because even when
we're in places I come out to the van to use our bathroom our toilet is a Airhead airhead
basically it separates the liquids and the solids and it's so easy to clean it's not
gross there's zero smell yeah I'm a bathroom smell because of this I have shower doors here
privacy
this is all copper and it's aging so beautifully I think it's just gonna get better and better
as the years go on as copper does here we have our laundry chute which is super cool
we're also going to put your laundry in a van you don't want to laying out
and it has its own little space so down here we've got our 120 volt AC fridge I think I said that
right anyway this is just a normal uh plug-in fridge that you would see in oh no [Laughter]
and then right above it we have our refrigerator with all of our guilty pleasures like our Reese's
Thins and Frozen gushers so yeah and also a conveniently placed next to the person next
to the thing right there so we just took a regular old queen size mattress and put it in our van and
it actually fit so we didn't have to sacrifice anything in the Sleep Department the good thing
about promasters is they're the widest vans that you can buy for build outs like this I'm six feet
Carol is five five ten ten nine and a half uh we sleep very comfortably fully stretched out
we don't have to be all curled up like you do in some other Vans we didn't have to get additional
pop-outs for the side of the van it's just all built into a ProMaster I'll show you how
I get up on the bed we've got this little step down here pop right up into it we don't always
wear our shoes in bed I never wear shoes in bed but when you do make sure it's cowboy
we have this little shelf that pops out right here we've got a little stand kickstand that
sits underneath it put our projector up here and then on this end our projector screen where we can
watch all of our programs this is our kind of his and hers additional clothing storage it's another
closet essentially I'm on both sides on both sides okay don't open yours and then two are
right here we have our thermostat that controls our propane furnace we can set that automatically
on a timer or whatever you want to do and it keeps things nice and toasty in here on the cooler
evenings if you know what I'm saying oh what are you saying when it gets cold you can turn on the
furnace so this is our skylight and pop this thing open like that look at the stars at night it also
has this sun shade that closes like that to keep things not so bright and then also Total Blackout
for sleeping in right here behind the driver's side seat we've got uh a little guest seat with
our buffalo painting and our American flag it's a comfy seat huh it is comfy a little
cubby hole shout out to all the cubby hole kids I like to put my knees up and my back
against this one you have your own little okay there sure you could do it okay definitely try
okay I promise it's comfortable right underneath you we've got more storage which at the current
time holds all of our dog Rangers uh blankets and toys and treats and all of that kind of stuff if
you close that down here we've got a drawer that pulls out to food and water bowls for your little
traveling companions whenever we bought this van it was originally just a cargo van it was a white
shell there was nothing on the inside we did the entire build out ourselves we ended up ordering
all of our windows that are behind the front cabin from a company called van windows direct this one
is the slider door window which is amazing for when you're cooking you can open up the glass
screen is still covering protecting you from the bugs and all that kind of stuff then you
turn on the fan it creates a nice Vortex of wind that blows through here and gets
all the smoke and all that stuff out for when somebody might be burning the dinner [Music]
definitely I tend to burn things anyway um you can also Slide the screen open and you
can stick your head out here what would you like to to eat can I interest you in an ice
cream cone we have gushers Frozen gushers you like some candy oh no don't say that [Music]
so this is the back of the van we've got a ladder to go up to the roof deck
and then what you're about to see is our garage area [Music]
as you can see there's so much space or all kinds of stuff um but we're going to talk
about this side of the garage this is basically the electrical brain of the situation right
here we've got 170 amp hour lithium Renegade battery right above that is 120 volt breaker
box behind it we have a 30 amp transfer switch which switches from the battery Bank to shore
power whenever you're plugged in Shore power we've also got the Rover charge controller to its left
is the 12 volt breaker box behind it we have a 2000 watt inverter which takes the solar power
and all of the Power that's gathered from driving and transfers it into clean 120 volt power we also
have two light switches that's for this light that's for this light on this side we've got
the tankless propane water heater which is great for things like showers doing hot water dishes
hot water dishes what is that what's a hot water dish like soup I don't know anyway this thing is
awesome uh endless hot water speaking of water all the way in back we've got a 42 gallon fresh
water tank which is great we go like what two weeks yeah using water for things like drinking
showers dishes anything like that underneath our van we have a 15 gallon gray water tank which uh
the drain from the shower and the drain from the sink in front both collect into the middle of the
van and then run into this tank which is run on the switch where the laundry chute is and you can
switch that to open up the gray tank and let all the water out right above the switch we have our
fresh water gauge and our gray water gauge that shows us how full or empty either one is [Music]
it's awesome truly there's so much space you can fit like one two three comfortably fit like six
people up here yeah you've got 300 watts of solar we've had so many times up here
we have we spend all of our time up here [Music] it's pretty cool [Music]
so there you have it that's our van uh thank you so much for tuning in and watching the tour uh
our van is actually for sale so you can check the link in the description uh we're selling this one
we're gonna get another one and build that one out for kind of more tailored to our future plans that
we have in mind which more to come on that but uh yeah this one's for sale so if you like what you
saw check out the link in the description we'll have all the details in the listing down below and
if you have any other questions we'll be happy to answer any questions that you have [Music]