Moving In to Our 4x4 Overland Truck Camper

it's move-in day which kind of begs the question as to whether two people can fit all of their stuff and full time in a truck camp this size that's a question I've been asking myself on the drive down here to pick up all of our stuff so today is a day where we move all of our stuff in there see if we have enough storage for everything and see if we can make this work so were you just hiding behind me the whole time magic oh I'll let you show everyone the exterior storage okay and then I will show you all the interior storage all right that works let's do this [Music] [Applause] so the truck is a 2000 Ford f-350 4x4 with the crew cap the reason we went with the crew cab there is a ton of room back here a lot of storage we're still trying to figure out what to do with this space we may remove the seats or leave them in there but for now this seat does not flip up but there is a lot of room this does flip down so we have some storage behind the seat now for the flatbed we went with the nor weld weekender deluxe with boxes all the boxes are lockable they have rubber seals all the way around to keep the elements out there's a nice bit of room in here one in the rear like that that kind of flips down I may put something to kind of use it as a tray you'll see there's more room in this one than that front box one of my favorite features in the nor weld this huge pullout drawer this thing is awesome for longer items it's got this super duty rubber matting here some things don't bounce around we're using this right now we've got our Overland solar bug out 120 solar panel along with a stirrup step this step is cool because you can put it in the side of the flatbed and use it to step up into the camper rather than deploying the stairs so I feel like there's going to be a lot of use for this thing the other nice thing is on all of these they are lockable but there is a double lock so little tabs that pull out and you can put in a padlock or something like that for extra security on the camper itself we had this rack mount there this got bolted into the place where they mount the jacks for these things if you want to take it off the flatbeds we're not planning on doing that so we had this mounted instead and what a lot of people use this for is to mount things like additional fuel and water tanks bags we could even possibly mount a spare or just a tire up here to kind of keep it out of the way so a lot of possibilities with this that we'll have to explore let's go check out the driver's side this storage box is the same as the one on the opposite side this one however is a bit smaller the reason for that is this area back here is empty to accommodate the fuel fill there is a little lip and a bracket in there so I might be able to fab up a box or something if I need a little bit of extra storage I really don't think we will there's a lot of storage on this tray all right I'll let Kate show you the inside [Music] all righty thank you yourself welcome to our humble abode there is so much storage in here are you ready hey hold on I know there's storage in here I'm a little worried that we're gonna be able to fit all our stuff I'm not worried it just has to get donated see what I have to live with so under the bench seat or in the dinette there is ton of storage and we've got our inverter inverter here yeah there's a lot of room down here so this big open area and there's actually storage behind the seat yeah the same on both sides mm-hmm then I'll switch over and go to switch now rotate okay there we go over here yes so this is where they normally install a cassette toilet but we just asked them to make the box so we can install our own toilet which Joan we'll take care of later it's on my list of things to do with a little curtain Oh in this snaps into place it's pretty awesome perfect this is the storage for all of our lithium batteries okay so the water tank is down here I don't think we have any storage you know so that that is the red arc system that manages all of the power in here and then there's a ton of storage in here I can kind of see in there a lot of room and access so water pump right there access to a bunch of the pipes and everything put our cushion back a little more cushion yeah we've got our drawer here and by the way hmm show them how the drawer kind of locks in place oh yeah there's a little latch here so you have to pull up to pull it out then doesn't rattle free perfect we got ton of storage in here this is where our owner's manual is and that is very deep shower curtain and then a storage bag but very deep yes I think we'll need to mount some kind of a push light or like ice LED strip light in there I agree all things to figure out I gotta read our user manual okay so we went with the 85 liter because I've already stocked it with beer for you at the bottom we get an extra storage we found that fits our cast iron perfectly that's not all my favorite storage solution in this whole camper look at all that storage I mean holy cow I could go all the way in here yeah there's a ton of storage I think we'll have to figure out maybe some l-brackets little piece of wood yeah a little plywood or something to section this off so things don't shift around too much I almost feel like we're gonna need something if something gets stuck all the way in the back yes to actually grab it and pull it well that's why we have our Fiamma awning hook Oh perfect pull this out and look at that solutions okay well even with that doesn't reach all the way back there it all do that's a lot of storage my favorite thing is structures called their struts they're really good because I barely have to lift it well we asked them to install heavier struts on this then what comes in with the standard model because we like to put a mattress topper which is heavy and we need something more stout to keep it up yeah all right so that's all of our storage that is all the storage inside and outside now I think we need to put the cameras down and actually start moving in so we can get on the road okay so let's move everything in and then we can do a quick recap of what we put forward all of that good stuff [Music] oh this is is more spacious than the other one I told you that bed looks very cozy I wouldn't mind when your father and I were younger being up in there but it did send more spacious oh yeah its wider this is this is all this is storage yeah underneath okay under the seats that's all storage okay what about under there that's our water tank and things okay where's your toilet right in here and your shower comes down from there comes down from there so that's the drain huh and the shower hangs up here the curtain and just get all wet no the curtain comes down in between and there's the fridge what's that over there the sink the stove where's your washer and dryer no washer and dryer that makes sense that was hilarious I think my favorite question of that whole thing with my mother and aunt was my mom asking where's your washer and dryer I think it's time for the first cup of coffee in our new camper turn the inverter on to answer the question I posed at the beginning of this video which is can two people live and store all of their stuff in a camper this size the answer in terms of storage is yes we will figure out the living situation as we go that said one problem I think we're both having with the storage in here is that there's actually a lot more than we were expecting but we're still trying to figure out the spaces because like underneath each of the dinette cushions is a big storage area and trying to figure out how we layer things in there and stuff like that what are we put in the boxes down below on the tray so we've just been rushing the jam everything in here once we've had a little bit of time to live out of it we'll show you where we put things how we're using it once we've figured it out ourselves I'm really excited about our new home me too especially the fact that I have electricity to run all of my coffee appliances well your electric coffee appliance yes I could go other routes put like a hand grinder or a propane stove kettle I've done the hand grinder it's fun the first couple times after you've done it twice a day every day all year long you long for one of these that smells so good mmm this is the blue bottle Bella Donovan it's a bit of a darker roast but it's delicious we're gonna meet to get new stickers printed stickers t-shirts I think the only thing I might leave old school is my hat the patch mm-hmm just become a part of me plus I think there's so much sweat from the Hat it's kind of like milk at one there we can get you a new patch honey [Music] all right you have my coffee and then we can get back to packing everything up and hit the road really excited to get back out there me too this is gonna be fun completely new adventures yeah that's it so everyone thank you so much for watching if you enjoyed this 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Length: 13min 23sec (803 seconds)

Published: Wed Feb 26 2020