ULTIMATE DIY OVERLAND EXPEDITION TRUCK | Built With My Own Hands

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ULTIMATE DIY OVERLAND EXPEDITION TRUCK | Built With My Own Hands

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Жыл бұрын

Some years ago I decided I wanted to live full time in a vehicle and so started out on this DIY Overland Expedition Truck, a rather large project. I started to build a home on the back of a retired military transport truck. After living in "Welly" (a Welland DAF) for almost a year, life took a turn and I decided to sell him. The truck was sold to some fellow Canadian adventure-seekers from the Yukon. Two years later, I reunited with them. Here is the tour video. [Please note: being a last-minute opportunity, this video was recorded on my mobile phone; apologies for all the background noise!]
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@luisramirez2263 Жыл бұрын

Incredibly satisfying to watch this after watching all your build stories.

@SlowRoamers Жыл бұрын

Awww, thanks Luis!🙌🏻

@4philipp Жыл бұрын

That’s a nice build, like the pulley system for the bed conversion. Just one note on your electrical system. Your 3000 watt inverter pulls 230amp at full load from your battery bank. Your battery according to its spec sheet only handles 200amp max and 150amp continuous. So just keep in mind that your inverter is oversized for the battery bank. My preferred solution is to add a second battery. I would also at least double the solar input. But yea, Betty looks like a cool build. I’m sure she will serve you both well for a long time.

@SlowRoamers Жыл бұрын

Yeah, we learned the hard way that our battery bank and solar bank were undersized for the inverter setup. I banked on likely never using the surge on the inverter much less the whole 3000w. However, we found that cooking with the induction, even on low/medium heat really sucks down the juice. Meg is not a fan of the induction so it’ll be changed out this summer. Going back to gas.🤷🏼‍♂️

@4philipp Жыл бұрын

@@SlowRoamers induction has many benefits, but with limited electric supply you need to change habits a bit. I have done my own research I to it and come up with some solutions, if I may… 1) use a rice cooker as a pot. I have a 3 cup (uncooked) rice cooker that makes me entire meals. The RC uses 300 watt/h, so rice itself might only use 150 watt. My go to recipe is: fill with 20oz. Water, add 3 chicken thighs, cover, let come to boil. ~20 minutes later, take chicken out, add 1 1/2 cups parboiled rice, add seasonings, stir, cover, set timer for 22 minutes. At 5 minutes remaining I add mushrooms, onion or zucchini/squash, cover, cook until timer is up. Turn to warm mode for 5-10 minutes. Unplug. Serves 1-3 depending on serving size and hunger level. Shouldn’t take much more than an hour cook time, so electric use is =

@SlowRoamers Жыл бұрын

@@4philipp all good solutions! Although, I don't have much say when it comes to the cooking aspect of our lives. Meg wants propane, so we'll be going with propane. HA!

@mapleleafdrifters Жыл бұрын

Very cool! I'm sure the hours working on the build are dwarfed by the amount of time you spent thinking/reseaching.

@SlowRoamers Жыл бұрын

I would say probably equal…🤷🏼‍♂️

@roadlyfe1241 Жыл бұрын

Such a killer truck!

@SlowRoamers Жыл бұрын

Thanks Adam!!!

@9252LIFE 4 ай бұрын

Nice build!

@SlowRoamers 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!🙌🏻

@garrettmiklautz175 Жыл бұрын

I live in whitehorse and question if I've seen this thing around 🤔 You did one hell of a job!

@SlowRoamers Жыл бұрын

Not yet, the truck never actually made it to the Yukon. It was driven straight to Vegas.

@faizalchoychoo6224 Жыл бұрын

Leyland daf is made I in Sweden Leyland is from uk and daf from Sweden

@SlowRoamers Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the correction! Here I was thinking all this time that they were Dutch. Oops!🤷🏼‍♂️

@gitaarfreakoriginal 10 ай бұрын

DAF is from Eindhoven (Netherland)

@TerryManitoba 2 ай бұрын

Just wondering why you didn't use this rig for your travels in lieu to da van? I like the tool box/Knife storage hack👍

@SlowRoamers 2 ай бұрын

Too big is the main reason.

@TerryManitoba 2 ай бұрын

@@SlowRoamers That's what I figured. But - did you initially build it thinking that this would be the "one" rig for roaming around as you do?

@cferdinandi 10 ай бұрын

I'd recommend investing in a dynamic or shotgun mic for future videos. The road noise was unbearable, and made an otherwise awesome video a bit tough to watch.

@SlowRoamers 10 ай бұрын

Thanks. I shot it last minute with my phone. I would have chosen a different place, but it was last minute.

@cferdinandi 10 ай бұрын

@@SlowRoamersWOW! That's shockingly good quality for a phone!

@bidog4505 6 ай бұрын

Amazing build Alex, your one handy guy! Are you Sorry you sold it?😂

@SlowRoamers 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Tim! Nope, not sad. It was an excellent learning experience. It was something I had to do to say I’d done it and know what I don’t want. It was an expensive learning experience, but the knowledge I took from it is invaluable.

@borgo1633 Жыл бұрын

na minha opinião, o seu modelo é o melhor que eu já vi. Aqui no Brasil, todos seguem um padrão de colocar a cama no fundo. Mas o seu conceito de casa aberta, me parece bem melhor.

@SlowRoamers Жыл бұрын

It took a lot of thought and I actually reversed the layout right before I started building. Thanks for watching, we really appreciate it.

@borgo1633 Жыл бұрын

@@SlowRoamers Eu achei ótimo. FIquei pensando como seria para manter este seu projeto, e incluir nele uma passagem direta para a cabine do caminhão, como um túnel direto.

@SlowRoamers Жыл бұрын

@@borgo1633 A lot of people have asked why I didn't do a pass through. I didn't feel I needed one and the water tank is in the way. It would be too much of a pain to crawl through a small opening like that for me anyway. And, also, I didn't want to cut a large hole in the back of the cab.

@chrisbade1759 Жыл бұрын

How much it cost to build, thanks

@SlowRoamers Жыл бұрын

I built it pre-covid when materials were significant cheaper, so materials & components cost me around $20-25k CAD, the vehicle cost me $16.5kCAD, with other associated costs it was around $40-45k and somewhere around 2000hrs of work.

@chrisbade1759 Жыл бұрын

@@SlowRoamers thanks much bud, I’ll build one on the near future 👍😁

@SlowRoamers Жыл бұрын

@@chrisbade1759 awesome! Good luck! If you want some info on my build you can check out www.roamlndr.ca/blog, my build thread is there. Cheers!

@chrisbade1759 Жыл бұрын

@@SlowRoamers thanks much!👍

@bidog4505 6 ай бұрын

I don't think we got any contact info for you guys, if you want to share with us you have our contact info, see you in AK!

@SlowRoamers 6 ай бұрын

I just sent you a message!

@largemarge1603 Жыл бұрын

Video starts at 01:15 Nope. Video starts at 02:25

@bogdanhh Жыл бұрын

They actually Goodyear :-/

@SlowRoamers Жыл бұрын

Did I say something different? I always get Michelin and Good Year mixed up…😂

@bogdanhh Жыл бұрын

@@SlowRoamers no worries :)

@tallywhacker1 6 ай бұрын

For sale?

@SlowRoamers 6 ай бұрын

It is! You can find it on expedition portal. expeditionportal.com/1990-leyland-daf-t244-expedition-truck-featured-classified/

@limodrivermike 5 ай бұрын

"ultimate"? how is this "ultimate"?

@reidcrosby6241 3 ай бұрын

I agree completely. ... I love mil trucks HOWEVER , I can stop in ANY autopart store and get just about ANY components I need for my E Series. Additionally, TONs of folks know of to work on them

@delcassie1337 6 ай бұрын

Nice build and truck, but come on it is not the Ultimate overland expedition truck. Its a good truck lol. Look up the meaning of ultimate?. Being the most extreme or best example of its kind.

@andrewwilmoth7384 10 ай бұрын

Where do you get insurance at? It seems to be a huge problem I’m running into.

@SlowRoamers 10 ай бұрын

Depends where you’re from. I just insured the vehicle as an RV in Alberta, Canada.

@andrewwilmoth7384 10 ай бұрын

@@SlowRoamers in the US, I’m looking at converting a spartan gladiator fire and rescue command center, I’m finding insurance to be quite the problem. 😂