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be tiny nomadic or altogether unique and showcase stories of homeowners that are living alternatively
in today's video we're going to meet a woman who's been living on the road for six years
in a nomadic tiny home her adventurous lifestyle is so inspiring and I think you're gonna find
her modified Overlander camper well it's actually more like a glamper to not only be extremely
functional but also super cute inside if you like videos like this one where we showcase
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make this house
hey guys I'm Lindsay girl gone glamping and today I'm going to tell you all about my Overland
Explorer vehicle X10 flatbed camper come on [Music] [Applause] [Music] I grew up kind
of camping just a farm kid it's kind of been instilled in me since I was a little kid to
just get out in nature a little bit more so it's been about six and a half years and I've
been traveling full time maybe six months into that journey I quickly realized this
is just a lifestyle for me I started Googling Poor Man's earth roamer and that's how I actually
found the build thread for this current rig that I'm in which is Overland Explorer X10
flatbed camper being that this rig was a prototype I made a lot of changes to it at a different
Windows redid all the systems so I have around 165 170k all in with the truck with the camper
with all the systems a lot of people say that's a lot of money and it is I look at it as your
mortgage or your rent your vehicle but also think of your year of your annual budget for
traveling hotels airbnbs rental cars everywhere I've gone in this rig and essentially camped
for free over three and a half years as easily easily paid off [Music] foreign [Music] so
this is the Prototype of the Oberlin Explorer X10 flatbed camper one of my favorite things
about this is the actual camper comes off the flatbed it typically has four camper Jack
legs mounted to it where those brackets are and you just it's an electric jack you jack
it up drive the truck out from under it I left those legs and my parents Barn just because
they're very heavy and wind resistant get better gas mileage without it the truck is
a 2014 Dodge Ram 3500 it is a 6'4 Hemi I'm very happy with it being a gas engine especially
with today's diesel prices I get about nine and a half miles to the gallon if you want
to live everywhere it's kind of just par for the course I stopped calculating my fuel mileage
probably three years ago so the truck is actually just the base Tradesman I added Apple carplay
Bluetooth I have a security dash cam and also I added a rear backup camera as well my back
seat is a disaster but I'll show it to you guys it's basically kind of like a garage
I have a tupperware bin with all my winter gear at the moment and compression bags smooshed
down my ski boots my bibs everything ski related the ram is actually really nice it has like
little secret bins and this storage in the floor I have shoes in there at the moment
too many shoes but it is a really big back seat and the actual back seat does fold up
and there's storage underneath it as well
the flatbed has these four boxes on here and here I have my backup propane Buddy Heater
my camper furnace is diesel everything in the camper is diesel I don't have any propane
on board this is the step that my dad engineered just kind of folds up nice and easily which
is pretty nice it doesn't interfere with the rear wheel and it's pretty sturdy to stand
on being that this rig is 11 foot 3 inches tall I didn't have anywhere to put my skis
I couldn't build up essentially and I really didn't want to be climbing up this ladder
every day in the winter to get all my gear up and down so my dad fabricated a ski box
so this holds two pair of skis my poles and my snow brush for when I do actually have
to climb up top and shovel off the solar panels [Music] thank you this box came fabricated
from the manufacturer and it has a high lift Jack in it which I fortunately have never
had to use and then back here you can see the condensers for my 12 volt cruise and comfort
USA air conditioner which is a lifesaver in the summertime even the ladder on this it's
very heavy duty I can go up top and take a look at the solar panels in the winter time
I'm up and down this shoveling off the snow and then it's nice because it just folds right
back up I have just under a thousand Watts solar on the roof I have three 330 watt panels
which charge up about a 420 amp hour battery Bank
so in here you'll see my S Bar diesel furnace I have a three gallon tank of diesel here
I do kind of wish I had a larger diesel tank for it because in the winter time I'm burning
close to a gallon a day the diesel again it's for my domestic heat on demand hot water and
I have a diesel cooktop this is where my gray water outtake is and then let's just close
this up nice and easily I have my water fill here for a hose easily accessible and then
to charge things up I've only had to plug this camper in once in three and a half years
that I've been in it I made sure to label this gas only because people see a big truck
and a lot of times they just assume Diesel and sometimes in States like Oregon you can't
pump your own gas so can never be too cautious this is my five gallon cassette toilet I go
about four days before emptying it about when I'm in the camper full time so it's about
40 pounds to lift from a pretty high point down just take it to a porta potty rest stop
it takes about 60 seconds to dump it it's not a big deal so now that you guys have seen
all the exterior come on in and I'll show you my home [Music]
this is my kitchen I actually really like these countertops they are stainless steel
they are indestructible easy to clean the guys who make this camper come from a sheet
metal fabricating background so this was kind of their touch on that this is a diesel cooktop
that doubles as a space heater again the only fuel source I have in the camper is diesel
I added this microwave which I use probably more than I should I have this little Altera
faucet Edition that just kind of makes it spray out to help conserve water there's also
like a Mist mode and then a nice window here I can look out at while I'm doing dishes my
cupboards are a complete disaster but I will show you them here we go I love this little
thing for these cupboards when I first bought the camper I thought I broke it but you just
it's a little spring-loaded action it's great all this stuff is easily wiped down you know
you're out in nature nature comes inside your home inevitably so it's really nice you can
just wipe all those down essentially this is like a pantry dry food storage everything
kind of gets shoved in there and moves around a little bit while you're traveling but these
click down and they kind of keep the mess at least in one place I'm 510 and the inside
is probably six seven I think I measured it once it's a little over engineered this is
where there was a skylight there was one here and in the bathroom I insulated those off
because my whole roof is covered in solar panels this was actually a bunk bed when I
bought it I don't have any kids so I didn't need it took it out added these wooden shelves
for some extra storage added this window and then this actually comes up into a standing
desk I work full time from the road so this is really nice when you're sitting all day
driving you don't want to be sitting all day working so this is great and it also does
fold down into a twin size bed so this is your standard Lagoon table swivels in all
directions and you can manually lift it up and down about 12 inches or you can take it
off my dad fabricated this tighten it up
tighten that up and you have a standing desk [Music] you can easily just take all the cushions
off they Velcro on when you need to get to any of the important stuff these are both
the blower fans for my diesel furnace this is my shower pump it's called the gulper it's
pretty easily accessible which is nice and again it's internal so a lot of this stuff
is protected from freezing this is my 12 volt cruise and comfort air conditioner this was
really the only place I had to mount it I feel like a lot of other rigs haven't mounted
on the floor but again because the camper is so tall it doesn't really get in the way
and the cold air blows out here and this map actually came with the camper I think the
previous owner put it there I actually referenced it quite a bit work wise and just sitting
in here talking with friends there's a newer younger generation of people doing van life
and they're doing it really well they're doing meetups they're making apps there's like essentially
festivals looks very different than when I got on the road six and a half years ago so
if you are at all wondering if you can find community on the road I promise you you can
you just have to look for it
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musts was a shower in a toilet that I had to have I don't mind the wet bath setup at
all I have this little curtain here that you pulled to take a shower so this part doesn't
get wet you pull it around two sides of you there's tons of head space in here so you're
not like crouched down trying to shower I added this little shampoo container to clear
up space for many bottles and stuff a couple little towel racks and then more storage up
here these little bins here and a little uh curtain rod and then the toilet actually has
water flow to it so when you flush it it flushes like a regular toilet this is a 12 volt fridge
pretty spacious for just one person there's a tiny little freezer section and it's nice
because things don't really move around too much while I'm driving these were the cupboards
that I assumed were all storage buying it sight unseen this is actually where my 42
gallon fresh water tank is it's nice because I can kind of get a visual of where my water
level is at I'm not relying on a sensor that can sometimes get clogged I can just take
a look at it and then it's inside again to help prevent it from freezing and then I just
store some other extra supplies in there this cabinet is where all my batteries are so I
have four 100 amp hour Lion energy lithium batteries and then I have a bunch of shoe
boxes in front of them so I only store things in here that are non-conductive this is the
motherboard switchboard basically so I have a 2500 watt inverter I think don't quote me
on that 2000 watt inverter I could toggle this on and off for to give myself house power
my water heater shower pump all this stuff
this is more shoe space or any kind of storage space and then I have this little closet here
with some mirrors little Amazon lights for like essentially a vanity and then like jewelry
makeup setup down here toiletries you can see it's not even really packed that full
and then this is actually a queen short I I think it's 80 by 60 inches it's it's just
a tiny bit shorter than a queen size mattress I put queen size sheets on it it's very cozy
up here again the head clearance is my favorite thing and then this Skylight can also double
as emergency exit if there's ever a fire in the kitchen area and I couldn't get to the
door I could pop off under the roof slide down the front of the camper [Music] [Applause]
[Music] it's funny to think how living nomadically has changed me a little bit as a person and
just my lifestyle in general when I was living in New York City in Chicago it was a lot of
fun I'm glad I did that in my younger 20s now that I'm in my later 30s I want something
different I want to be fulfilled in other ways and to me that's bonding and camaraderie
with other people that are like-minded doing like-minded things whether it's hiking or
skiing kayaking I just went a completely different path
the highs and the lows like all that builds character all that has kind of made me into
who I am now post six and a half years of doing this I really don't know what the future
holds for me I can't picture a future in which I don't have a rig of some sort even if it's
part time thanks for watching this week's video please make sure to like share and subscribe
and I will see you soon with another tiny or unique home tour
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