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: Vanlife (van conversions to campers)


Badhobz
03-11-2017, 03:06 PM
I've been getting hooked on watching these new "tiny house " and "van life" videos.

Pretty damn interesting seeing these guys convert regular old SUVs/vans into mini RVs.

This ahle girl is pretty damn cute too. For a homeless wench

https://youtu.be/t0NKfDwJfsE
https://youtu.be/1QdTiKxE1QI
https://youtu.be/wksm1xI1Ms0

godwin
03-11-2017, 03:55 PM
Plenty around town! Especially around the movie lots and Terminal Ave. Over the summer, I saw someone living out in a 16' truck with full couch and everything. Vancouverites are resourceful. But probably not as photogenic as OP's posts!

https://goo.gl/maps/V1L3DYY8J2k
http://i.imgur.com/ytRXLJZ.jpg

https://goo.gl/maps/pmxUBje7ypz
2 vans sharing resources
http://i.imgur.com/gJrdeed.jpg

Badhobz
03-11-2017, 04:14 PM
Pretty cool. There was a video about some Vancouver guy living out of a uhaul storage facility. The guy even had electricity

https://youtu.be/HPVCTLPNUzo

The_AK
03-11-2017, 05:48 PM
can't imagine banging in one on a regular basis

evlee
03-11-2017, 06:00 PM
few local guys

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTgC2touoiRlf7jVUaY9mzg

https://www.youtube.com/user/JustinCredibleTV

others

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL3ovzo6RAw8p5ldiMx21cA

https://www.youtube.com/user/nomadicfanatic

https://www.youtube.com/user/TrueBypassTheory

girls that do

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFAu5dzHq3BJvZsO58N8fXA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNyVDU-c96A

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRTQUJWAFkzsxNbFriAZnYA

TOS'd
03-12-2017, 01:04 AM
I've seen some of those short yellow school buses converted to this sort of thing around Vancouver as well.

dark0821
03-12-2017, 10:34 AM
Pretty cool. There was a video about some Vancouver guy living out of a uhaul storage facility. The guy even had electricity

https://youtu.be/HPVCTLPNUzo

gotta be as invisible as possible....

post a video about it...

thumper
03-12-2017, 11:51 AM
gotta be as invisible as possible....

post a video about it...

wasn't this some time ago? i think he posted that after management kicked him out.

DJ Milk
03-12-2017, 12:13 PM
He posted it while he was living there. Then someone who watched the video called the storage place and alerted management who then kicked him out.

Ch28
03-17-2017, 02:30 AM
You'll find a lot of cool conversions and DIYs on the vandwellers subreddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/vandwellers/

Hondaracer
03-17-2017, 07:10 AM
Had a guy around old neighborhood who had an RV that was obviously a long-term home.

Thing with these are they are ducking eye sores for the neighborhood and eventually when someone complains and they start getting tickets they move, but usually only a block/street over. Also feels kind of like a safety issue for some because no one knows if it's some pretty girl making YouTube videos or some sketchy vagrant lurking around.

In hindsight I should have started a mini home company a few years ago, the idea had popped into my head similar to the ones executed on TV, however I think the states is quite a bit more hospitable to this idea than the lower mainland would be

!Aznboi128
03-17-2017, 10:04 AM
A co-worker of mine actually lives in a converted van. He has an old GMC with a extended roof.

Something unique and I thought was pretty smart was he put a fake company on the side of the van. It just says something refrigeration but no number on it so unless you look into it, it doesn't stand out.