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Agreed about horse bedding pellets. I add water and some urine to it to hydrate it in a 5 gallon bucket. I add the urine to add Nitrogen to the very carbon bedding. I want to start the composting abilities.

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Kind of skipped the solar part!

Great video on a nice off grid home. I was disappointed you had a chapter on build budget, but just danced around what the budget was. It's your business what you spent but if you're not going to provide the budget, just leave it out. Otherwise, good stuff....

time stamp :40 her glasses are crooked

No insulation on the underside?

Thank you. Can you share your water pump info for filling your tank from the stream?

Wow very nice build and going from 1400w to 2700w of solar, crazy!! (in a good way). Anyway wanted to ask if you could share some of the rationale for going with a split ac unit. I like the idea. Just would like to know more like this is way more than what you would need (I think) and why not go with the traditional roof ac (aside from the fact that you have already spent the real estate on solar).

Have you considered an electric incinerator toilet?

You wouldn’t need so much water if you didn’t use a reverse osmosis filter. That kills water and the filter rejects so much.

I'm currently building an 18 ft x 8.5 w. X 7 H cargo trailer tiny home. Thanks for the video! I wish I had more clearance.

Nice build. My tip would be to treat the wood underneath the trailer and install insulation and moisture protection.

The biggest reason I went with a self built toy hauler was Floor Plan, Floor Plan, Floor Plan… Choosing Utility and Function OVER Glitz and Glamour…

100 gallons of water equals almost 850 lbs 😳

Thanks for the video. I am just starting the process. Having the same RV verses cargo trailer questions and concerns. I have decided, if I go with a cargo trailer, it will be a 7' wide version with inset fenders (narrow track is the industry term) with tandem 6' torsion axles because I want the trailer to track not much more than my 5' wide cargo trailer does now which is just a bit more than my 2018 Silverado that I tow with. My cargo trailer now is just too small at 5x8 plus V-nose to convert including a full bath so I am looking @ 7x16 cargo trailers at present. I want the tandem axles because I only want a full bath up front and the rest for a living area/toy hauler use. Maybe one counter top for a microwave and small sink but the rest can be modular as needed and easily removable. AC is a must too but likely only operable when connected to shore power. Not sure I want to deal with a generator setup and I am guessing a large enough solar / lithium battery set up to run AC all night would be expensive. Please tell me if I am wrong. ;-)

dont get mad at me... but... it still looks like you are camping :D

Do you ever get stopped by police? Do they insist on searching your home?

What's the R value on your unit?

@09:18 We had a Tesla owner come in. 🤣🙄 They are going to find out real fast that the Tesla won't be up to the job & upgrade to something more capable.

5:40 did they put the big bicycle wheel on a tiny wooden platform with tiny wheels? 😂

eventually, the over-demand of trailers will result in a temporary over-supply. Wait patiently, select carefully, act swiftly.

Nice setup. That’s alot of solar! Jealous

The only issue I have with these trailers is lack of insulation.

I built mine in 2014. Best thing I've ever done. Still going strong. Many trips to Colorado. Kid's love it. Great video guys.

total dissolved solids is a nothing its not useful measurement on its own

Wow...

I love. It! I really like the freezer to. Cycling saves my life

I wish my Asian wife was that bangin hot!

With the ever growing popularity of utility cargo trailers todays prices are thru the roof!!!!! Post covid, items have doubled in many areas. If you want it, just bite the bullet!!!!!

I was in the military for 21 years and this is one thing I miss about the desert. 2:30 Or being out in the middle of the ocean. It definitely is big sky country!

Where did you get the solar panel rack fabricated?

ditch RV parks because many will not accept your cargo trailer - and you are extremely limited where and when you can go because you do not have enough solar or batteries to handle heat and cold

Love your traiiler....I've been using Hoffman's sphagnum peat moss (no added growth chems) in my Nature Head toilet full time for six years now....works great!

Man you guys are stem

11:55 Does each panel 'float' independent of its neighbor? I think bolting their sides together -- the whole shootin' match as one rigid unit -- decreases flexibility and increases the potential for cracking.

11:27 During summer daylight, some folks park in the shade. The rig interior stays cooler that way. . [edited to add] Some folks park in the shade, then run remote photovoltaic panels in the summer sun.

09:50 re : leaks We thought our ExpeditionVehicle roof was leaking. We taped, sealed, gooped, re-sealed... ... and still, the torrents continued. . After a couple weeks of everything inside drenched, we opened the windows to release some humidity. [cue : 'ah ha!' moment] Instead of leaks, the interior downpour was from trapped humidity condescending coagulating on cool flat surfaces. . These days, for over two decades full-time live-aboard, we always open two windows on opposite walls. Escaping warm air carries humidity and odors.

09:11 After we designed our photovoltaic array for our ExpeditionVehicle, we took our specifications to MAC'S BATTERIES AND SOLAR in Eugene, Oregon. . We have a 24v system. MAC'S built our bank in a couple-three days. We are equivalent to sixteen (16) BattleBorn 100ah... ... for us$2,500 instead of sixteen grand.

08:25 How about 'narration over B-roll' instead of a stationary camera on a stationary spokes-model. Show instead of tell?

Video starts at 04:31 Nope. Video starts at 06:49

I fabricated our toy-hauler on a commercial chassis. 7'/2.1m x 16'/4.6m, with a Tuck-a-Way lift-gate. We used it several years as a fifth-wheel, but realized significant binding and bounce on rough logger tracks to remote mountain lakes and across deserts to isolated Baja beaches. . I torched off that hitch combo, and fabricated a goose-neck hitch combo. We immediately noticed less bounce and less binding. . All tolled, our investment in the entire trailer is less than us$1,500. . Of course, we could simplify by purchasing retail, and dump tens of thousands in a declining 'asset'.

09:49 With a high towel, does water drip in your sleeves? Me, too!

03:55 With a factory RecreateVehicle, you get deluxe staples into particle-board. You get impressive decals. You get innovative flexi-steel frames. . And you get to camp in the repair-shop parking-lot while they fiddle with factory-installed warranty 'issues'.

Excellent job I built a 30 ‘ trailer and work out of it and love it

I love your lifestyle and videos, so inspiring!

I'm so glad you said that. I never drink city water. I wont even drink water at a restaurant and I say no to ice.

Horse bedding pellets !👍🏼

Absolutely epic👍 amazing ideas and execution for a dream home.. you guys are cool as heck

Excellent video. Thank you.

they make a four-season door/wall that is moveable for the ramp area, I made my own, and it works great under $300.00. There are railings to go around the ramp, I added an inflatable tent 8'x8'x7' tall from Canada for $250 to enclose the ramp. On the side we added my own DIY 270-degree batwing swing-out awning with snap-in side walls all for under $800.00. I use E-TRACK on walls, in & out as well as the ceiling inside, tons of optional attachments hooks, eyes, use with HAMMOCKS, shelves, duffle bags, storage boxes, tables, and cargo nets from harbor freight Finally, I made heavy-duty storage slides cheap but better, using UNISTRUT, need 4 sections of rails with standoffs/brackets , a dozen rollers, on 1/2'' or 3/4' plywood, mount 2 rails to the floor on brackets to level, the other two rails mount under plywood boxes or trays 24-36'' wide, as tall and deep as you want, do this multiple times. two three levels high with tubs and totes, I have them 6' deep and they pull out to easy reach the back boxes. I have three, one that is under a raised area and two that are behind a wall and stacked two high with an open area on the top section . my total cost has under 1200,00, for the platform, the wall, and the wood, the unistrut, and 30+ totes. It looks like 3 large cabinet DRAWERS, except they are 6 feet long, 24 and 30'' wide and 3 feet tall each. they are less than half used.