Ultimate Four Season Adventure Rig || Full Tour & Review (Dry Room/Mountain Bike Storage/Wood Stove)
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- čas přidán 7. 05. 2024
- *Bear is currently for sale in BC Canada - let us know if you would like the details!*
Get ready for a grand tour of our beloved 1996 Class A RV: Bear. After two seasons of winter road trips, we've finally finished her renovation to become the ultimate adventure cabin on wheels/ the ultimate four-season adventure rig 🔥🚐
When we bought this RV, it was in great condition but just your classic/standard RV and our goal was to turn it into a cosy cabin that we could travel in year-round.
In our renovations, we added a cozy wood-burning fireplace, custom storm windows, and a fully insulated interior (about 1 inch foam on the walls) to keep us warm on the chilliest nights (we run our water system all winter and have until -30 Degrees Celcius, no dry camping here!).
Grab yourself a wood stove here [www.tinywoodstove.com/product...] and use the code claireandjake for a little extra off.
We've also done something we have never seen before and built a dry room for ski, bike and adventure gear storage -including a custom boot heater to keep our boots toasty and dry after a day on the slopes.
The kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom have been completely remodelled and updated for maximum functionality, storage and comfort - so we have plenty of room for brewing coffee on the road, cooking up a storm and just generally enjoying our off-grid camping! ☕️
For anyone looking for DIY camper conversion or RV renovation inspiration (specifically winter/year-round travel) Bear is kitted out with some incredible winter modifications to keep all systems firing even on the coldest of nights. We give plenty of backstory on how we've turned this home on wheels into a dream rig for all-season travel, as well as showing you how she turned out!
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P.S. let us know any questions you have!
Chapters and links to Shorts for more info:
01:11 Welcome
01:40 Before
01:58 Insulating for winter / • PART ONE of our RV ren...
02:08 Onboard tank capacities
02:25 Exterior modifications / • Getting our Renovated ...
03:30 Vehicle Specs and information
03:54 Cockpit
05:05 Living Room
05:15 Wood burning fireplace / • PART TWO of our RV Reb...
06:18 Hidden wood storage
07:37 Couch space
08:35 DIY light blocking blinds
08:53 Electrical system / • Part 4 of our Bus Buil...
11:05 Kitchen Dinette and Working spaces
11:37 Living room storage
11:52 Kitchen Appliances
12:52 Kitchen Layout / • Part 3 of our RV reno ...
14:20 Water system details - Updated reno video to come
15:10 Kitchen storage
15:50 Bathroom - Shower / • Renovating the Bathroo...
17:30 Bathroom - Toilet
19:37 Black and Grey tank winterisation
20:11 Bedroom
21:10 Bedroom Storage
22:35 Maya's Doggie den
23:14 Dry Room / • We have a Dry Room in ...
27:20 On the Roof
27:37 Starlink Roof Mount / • Getting our Renovated ...
28:27 Conclusion
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Love it all ... fantastic job!
We love it so much too! Thank you so much :) What was your favourite bit? ;)
@@claireandjake
Wood burning stove and dry room
How good are they eh!
This is WOWWWWWWWWWW
So glad you like it! Whats your favourite part? :)
Beautiful, very well done. What a gorgeous couple you are, and the pup is just darling. Thank you for sharing, and God Bless the three of you. 😺
Thank you so much! Yes little Maya is the best adventure dog ever! She is very absent in this video but very much included in all of our other stuff :D
Well done, everything you need. Love the fireplace!!
Thanks so much! 😊 it’s our favorite as well!
Looking amazing. Well done on crafting a wonderful home.
Thank you! It’s been a wonderful place to be :)
Glad to see you guys well and happy!
We absolutely are! Just camping it in the woods haha Thanks so much for watching along 🥰🙌🏼
WELL DONE YOU TWO!!!...what a handsome and beautiful couple you make ... LOVE your home and how you've MADE IT YOUR OWN!!!...
SAFE JOURNEYS...
PEACE OUT!!!
Thank you so much! We have definitely been enjoying it. What's your favourite part?
@@claireandjake ALL DAY OF IT!!!
Haha great to hear! its been a great little house :D
Can’t hear kiwi accent, only Aussie. Hope you have a wonderful time, there’s so much to see there.
nailed it! we have been loving it, although almost time for a new adventure! are you a BC local?
Yip, I was like these guys are from Oz. But they're in the US....uhmmm. I new so need to catch up. Good luck, great home!😍🌻😍
You two are so thoughtful on how you redesigned the systems to meet your needs. My husband and I are currently in the process of doing this to our camper here in CO. Four seasons camper is a must. He fully insulated the roof with built in solar that is flush with the roof, composting toilet, upgraded 100 gal fresh water tank with no grey (going a different route), and a few more changes… but we still have a ways to go. I think the dry room is the best part, to be sure. Curious how we might work that in. We plan on taking the teens skiing like crazy. It seems Jake has some solid electrical skills! All the little buttons are a neat touch. And we HIGHLY approve of making room for coffee. We are Expresso drinkers, and that is a MUST MUST. May I ask what machine you roast with?? (Oh! I see you have a video about roasting!! 🙌😊)
Oh Thank you so much! We definitely put a lot of thought into it and used a lot from our previous experiences of living in rigs :D
Oh nice! Amazing to hear that you are doing your own :D Composting toilet and upgrading our fresh and grey (Connecting it to the old black tank) capacity was on our plan but we never got around to it haha
I mean it doesnt have to be a full dry room like this on but having a dedicated space for wet clothes and muddey gear has been amazing! We originally were just thinking a heated cabinet or wardrobe would do but then when we got the 30 footer it just evolved! haha
Yes, fellow espresso lovers! Honestly having fresh and well roasted beans has been incredible, I have a Hive Roaster at the minute, I have then added a fidget K-Type probe into it so that i can track and recreate profiles. such an awesome machine! but i think my next purchase will be the Aillio Bullet... stay tuned! haha
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I love it, but did all that work add much weight to the RV? Hello from New Hampshire.
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Wondering the same 🤷♀️
Hey! glad you love it like we do! So yes it did add a bit of weight, luckily the rig had a lot to work with, but yeah the extra layer on the walls and the wood stove added a decent bit (But then we also reduced a bunch of weight in removing a seat, the old lead acid batteries, the new appliances are lighter than the old ones, mattress etc, but overall we put on a few pounds haha
Kiwi travelling the US? Would love to do that. NZ is so far away from everywhere, love it here but so far away so not easy to travel.
Hey! We are Australian's so you know the next best thing haha Yep! and that's why we have headed over to North America/Europe, way more access to fun adventures out of country :D
I'm surprised you haven't dropped in solar yet :)
Honestly we were going to when we came back this season, but the winter was so heavy and we are actually going to be selling her in early summer so it just wasnt worth the investment just yet for us, but omg so much real estate for solar, i think i was looking at doing like 4kw on top haha
@@claireandjake Phoebe dog agrees! Yeah, being altruistic is one thing, but that would be crazy, lol