I love it. Super rustic.🙂🙂

Right. Sounds like a Volkswagen person.

This is the universe providing abundance

And she also said she needed some good karma. I loved this simple build. Love his philosophy that he states at end around 14:40. Loving, caring man. Beautiful dog too.

Made me tear up!!! Humanity can be loving and giving!

The most original VW van conversion I’ve ever seen. Great job !

Agreed man. I have a 90s school bus piece of shit that I turned into a skoolie. Really from scrap to something rustic and livable. It’s nice. These can lifers much of the time call them self nomads. They live in luxury. Annoying. And tiny home shows showing NOT TINY HOMES. tiny is 100 square feet and under. Not 500. There’s condos all over that are less than 500. Lol

Thomas Beach like the “tiny” houses on a triple axle😂

I hate those videos that are too over the top 😒

Swan Auto47 Hahahaha. Brotha you nailed it with that comment👌. Triple axle. Granite counter tops. Mini split air conditioner. Oh and built for 150,000 American dollars which takes away from minimalism. Part of minimalism is using old pallets and junk yards and repurposed materials which I’ve used absolute garbage to make beautiful things. This is not tiny living. Also having a company make it? Minimalism is also not 150,000 dollars or more for a tiny home lol. Paying someone when you can do it yourself to save. That’s minimalism. Also to end off this rant I’m adding you can lifers who have 80 grand sprinter vans new from and dealership then build with a company also for a total of 160,000 grand or more. That ain’t minimalism. Oh Il add that for example I could add a luxury shower payed for by s builder. I’m using repurposed stuff and making a decent one where I’m going to heat water and use s cheap pump to shower. Just a little side tank I fill time to time. Home made as well. Shower all repurposed materials from metal to plastic to wood that in seal with sealant glue gun and then 10! coats of heavy duty oil based based varnish. That’s minimalism. Damn it annoys me. So to people out there doing the work and making it the real way in respect of those who can only do it the cheap way for them and their families, big respect to you. If you read this and need help text me 647 972 1988. Im Tom and am experienced with conversions. Many better than me but I can help. And also get others I know to help. Just ask. Much love.

Well said. Man... I get so complaining about the bliss and splendor I have, at times. What's up with that? I have a coat hanger. Thank you. Actually... I am happy I have a coat hanger. I just forgot. Thank you. 😁

That's not appreciation. It's a speech impediment.

Gotta be my life motto now.

@@age_of_reason what do you know about appreciation, reason boy?

😂😂😂😂

LOL

Haha classic 🤣

I feel like I'm supposed to be impressed but this just looks like hardcore poverty! 😒 Ok, the cup holder is dope! 😆

How do you warm a girl up before breaking the news about living in a creepy truck?

Isn't he just, it's beautiful and he has a great dog, Cedar for company, who wants more?

i was laughing hysterically

Yeah at first I was like... Wha??? Then I was real with myself and thought "yeah I'd try to lasso my dog too" lol

That is a great attitude considering the turn of events. The image of the 96 year old lady gets “me right in the feels.” I love it when the ‘world’ works the way it was meant to. I had a similar experience like Frye, when buying a motorcycle a couple decades ago. Virtually no money, quit my job to ‘go west’, spent too much on a 500cc bike, decided to resell sell it when I realized there was a slightly newer 650cc version of the same bike... So I ended up finding a mint 650 that had really low mileage but the bike had a little problem with it... the front brakes locked up and wouldn’t release (which he just had rebuilt to fix the problem). So over the phone I told him the issue (I tested it while it was at the mechanics shop) and my situation, he says look my wife wants it gone and I want help you out, give me 600 and it’s yours. I was thinking I’d offer him like 1500... And the brake issue just needed a pin to clean out the tiny air intake hole in the brake fluid reservoir (30 seconds). Stayed out west for a year, learned cabinet making with local cabinet shop, sold the bike for 1900 and paid off my credit card then drove a woman’s car back across the country, gas paid, right to exactly where I started. There were many things like this during that period. It was one situation after another where things worked out in a beautiful way... it just seemed normal... between finding food, lodging, work, travel, comfort, etc... always in an interesting way. God bless.

@@BillWalters-kx8sw Wow!! Was it really your van? If so, that guy kept his promess: he really used it to fill up his dream!!! If not, tks anyway for your kindness. Peace.

Praise the Lord! We are suppose to help one another. This makes God very happy to see. You have been greatly blessed.

Dean Rosenberg I was looking for someone to have commented with this quote. Great words!

Dean Rosenberg Truly a very cool quote due to the truth behind it.

#BuddhasBus

Yeah...that goes along with "Brute strength & ignorance have solved more problems than..."

janky is good now

could you elaborate more on the Frye story?

agree they are nice but there is just so much character and personality to the older van or vehicle and builds like this

I couldn't agree more, the rustic look gives it so much meaning/purpose.

Yeah I would much rather have the sprinter van.

Yea but this kind of build would make boondocking very difficult. Total cop and tow magnet

Love a good build that has lots of character!

Living the dash......deal I'll give u a van for ur house even trade😂?

You wouldn’t make it out there. You would need people to do everything for you. A complete drag is what you would be. Mainly staying in hotel rooms and spending a few hours on some trails that you take pictures of with your professional camera . Your comment was bull shit to begin with. No one believes what you do. Have a terrible day.

@@johnnykobra7256 Instagram. VaguelyTagged1 Have a great day buttercup. 😘 ♥

@@jarrettpelkey380 😂 love the sense of humor!

Loving The Dash.....Go take a look at scooter tramp scotty on youtube. Been living off his Harley for like 20 years. Closed his business, sold his house and hit the road. Never looked back. Works a little when he needs to, and does what ever he wants the rest of the time. FREEDOM.

Sponge bob would be proud

Eat the chip. Save the string & paper clip for future needs bc you know they’ll come in handy.

Martin Nielsen lol

I wholeheartedly agree with this! and your open heart honesty, eating the squirrel and lassoing your dog, and just janking it. you are an incredible person, thank you for sharing!

So inspiring

Damn I took off from Houston to ATL a week after and always thought that was quick lol

Went to Marine Bootcamp right after graduation then graduated from there too lol

@INDIGO STARSEED TAROT sorry for your loss. I am searching for a Van having lost someone very special to me to Blood Cancer so agree with you as I made a promise to them. Scary as you say, but we you have to just do it. I don't believe in letting life pass me by with what if's. You either do or complain and stay stagnant. So agree with your encouragement and focus. Good Luck. Hope the Van stuff your end goes well.🙏🏿

Helps if you are 21.

Sounds a bit fishy to me

@@andyokus5735 no at 21 you have everyone telling you what you need to be doing. This is the opposite and it's working. I'm 30 and struggling with the social pressures of "needing" things. Hardest part too me seems like the loneliness. Moments are so much better shared

@@happydays9613 did you get a van after all?

❤️

love your van dude! so much personality. Do you only cook with the wood burner? must get a bit toasty cooking with it in summer

Joel Woolston hey man! I appreciate it! I actually have a decent cast iron single burner in the van now! Definitely a huge upgrade!

Adopt me please! I can cook and do laundry! 😂

Trey Frye, I was really impressed at how neat your van is kept. So many people who live in their vans have so much plain ol' junk that you can't see the real van for all the noise of the stuff. Good Job!!!! You didn't say how you keep yourself, what you do for a living or if you are living off a trust fund. What a great inspiration to all who see this video. Good Luck in your travels and your life.

legend

Straight up legend not only did he leave but drove all the way from Indiana to the freaking Tetons

That's what I did in 1995. Straight to SE AK, still here. Lived in a van too. Time goes by so fast......

I also hardly smoked weed very much......lol

I think you did an awesome job. And it is so true, just do it if you have a dream. Off grid in Oklahoma Mt. Momma..just because I did it! Dream on

What a Carraca

@@larrymccoy5394 What's a Carraca? Do you mean character? Or is there something called a carraca?

Franaflyby beautiful 💓

i just exist...

@Leansifer c but i thought the squiggs looked hot

And the best (non van saying) is.....“You live more for 5 minutes going fast on a bike than other people do in all of their life.

Stuff/possessions just weigh you down....

so in short .. _it's about the journey_

Hey it's Elsa!! Yaaaay!!

Yeah! That’s rad! Probably spoken?

Elsa Rhae that’s so cool!

We chill

And of Elsa and Baron Give you this compliment.....🥰

Dead Eye lmfao exactly what I was thinking

living in a van down by the river

Yeah. He has life figured out at 21. I did too. Until I grew up and actually got kicked in the ass a few times. And I thank god for all those years of a job I hated that gave me a pension and the money I put away while living frugally that will supplement my pension. Because life will happen and you will get sick, have accidents, need money and what nobody tells you is you don’t have a happy healthy life until you’re 80 when you wake up sick but comfortably taken care of on the money you didn’t save. Nope aging starts in your late 30’s and early 40’s and goes downhill from there. And you still have another 40 plus years to live like that.

@@xopi2521 Damn, you are a buzzkill

@@xopi2521 so you survived, but did you live?

Right on.

Where is the place for the dog? It's so cramped. There is barely any place to move around

"... and that sort of thing." Ha, as if those are of a sort!

I want way less.

Honestly, im thinking how could he survive in this world with his small van, old lifestyle, with his happy go lucky attitude, in this modern world? I know many would think like that... But, deep inside me, i want to live like him, nothing to worry about what is in or should i become like busy man on earth? I mean, I want to live like him, his free- spirited and independent is what I want to have for all my life while having a family, and raising kids.. Just always happy and nothing to worry about...

@@jesselynabarro2215 The less I have the better I feel.

Jeremy IKR, I luv it!

What other motive would one have to go live in a van?

Catch a fish? 🤔

@@moretrash4you I was thinking the same thing when I heard that question. Great minds think alike!!! lol

make fat people skinny?

mcgiver

You make your own luck. How you keep yourself inside makes all the difference. Everything happens inside before anything happens outside, in regards to yourself. So if you're experiencing what you're calling "unluckiness", simply look at you're keeping yourself internally. The way out is in. If you can understand this, you too can be free.

Time to change your attitude!

Zip G best of luck with everything 💓 no matter what always try and have faith that you can do it. I don’t even know you but I believe everyone deserves a good life ☀️ I wish you safe journeys

@@issyie thank you so much. You are a wonderful person for that... You made my day!

You can do it!!!

After you get your license, you can get a van and start fixing it to live in. Then live in it while you're still on parole to save money. Once you're free, go.

Hey Zip, you can do anything you set your mind to One step at a time brother

Jahru cheers! You got this!

yes it's gross

Boiled squirrel arms and legs dipped in Anchor Bar chicken wing sauce is awesome!

@@GiantMeteor2024 must be a Buffalo NY thing😏

Most interesting recipe I ever saw but still haven’t tried yet was for Cornbread Muffins and Squirrel Gravy..... not sure but think I read it in the Backwoodsman Magazine that Charlie puts out.... it was a great story, the author said his whole life that is what his grandma had for breakfast each morning. She had a muzzle loader that she used and made her own black powder and only took shots where the ball would land in the tree and she would dig it out to recast the lead into a new ball later.... great story, great writing....

most delicious meat in the woods is squirrel