$3,000 Ambulance Camper Conversion Tour
The full walkthrough of our budget-friendly DIY off-grid adventure rig is finally here! This video takes you through the ins and outs on this build, including the total cost at the end.
00:00 Introduction
00:46 Exterior Tour
11:35 Bathroom
14:30 Truck Cabin
18:12 Interior Living Space
25:46 Total Build Cost
26:34 Outro
Amazon items mentioned in this video
Exterior:
PIT BOSS Table Top Pellet Grill: amzn.to/45o857M
Blink Video Doorbell: amzn.to/3WpX55B
RV Ladder Bike Rack: amzn.to/45eDo4N
SmartPlug 30-Amp Inlet: amzn.to/3q1dkdh
SmartPlug 30-Amp Cord: amzn.to/43fYkq5
12V Diesel Heater: amzn.to/42XmPZm
Rinse Kit Portable Shower: amzn.to/43eyAu9
BLUETTI Portable Power Station: amzn.to/3ItDEDb
Lynx Leveling Blocks: amzn.to/3BJKe4z
6 Gallon Rigid Water Containers: amzn.to/42VQORA
7 Gallon Rigid Water Container (our gray water): amzn.to/42URWVH
2.5 Gallon Collapsable Water Containers: amzn.to/3WnNn3y
19.8 Portable Balck/Gray Water Tank: amzn.to/422csCd
Starlink Mount: amzn.to/3IxL2NP
Telescopic Flag Pole: amzn.to/3ommCju
Electrical setup:
Victron Multiplus II 3000w Inverter/Charger: amzn.to/3q2vCLe
Victron Energy Lynx Distributor: amzn.to/3q1adlB
Victron Energy SmartSolar MPPT Charge Controller: amzn.to/3om7lz7
Victron Energy Orion-Tr Smart Non-Isolated DC/DC Charge: amzn.to/3q0FncM
Victron Energy SmartShunt 500 amp Battery Monitor: amzn.to/43hoMQo
Victron Energy Interface MK3-USB: amzn.to/3MJCtlC
Victron Energy Cerbo GX, System Monitoring: amzn.to/3WDW3mN
Victron Energy GX Touch 50 Display: amzn.to/3IvqSnK
Bussmann 50amp Breakers: amzn.to/43iei3g
3.2V 280AH Deep Cycle Battery Cells: amzn.to/3IuTMo3
Longi 445w Solar Panels (not on Amazon)
Interior:
Nature's Head Composting Toilet: amzn.to/3MpLTRN
TST 507 TPMS: amzn.to/45oBPRF
EDGE Insight CTS3 Digital Gauge: amzn.to/3BHqyyt
RVS Systems Backup Cam (similar): amzn.to/3WmGcZs
Viair Portable Compressor Kit: amzn.to/45jfViR
Dynamat Sound Deadener - amzn.to/3oB3lKY
Dynamat Half-Inch Dynaliner - amzn.to/3V0tQFM
Dynamat Dynapad - amzn.to/41xFkD3
Stereo, Alpine Head Unit: amzn.to/3BOtklv
Rockford Fosgate Speakers
KICKER Subwoofer: amzn.to/3Ms0OLe
Ninja Foodi 12-in-1 Deluxe XL 8 qt.: amzn.to/3WmFfAu
SAMSUNG 27-inch Smart Monitor: amzn.to/3Ot7ICE
Caframo 12v Gimbal Fans: amzn.to/41XdEHf
Swivel table bracket: amzn.to/3omtuNO
Round 12V LED Ceiling Lights: amzn.to/45iPdqx
5 Inch Gel Memory Foam Mattress: amzn.to/43i2i1o
I appreciate your build and had a good laugh throughout with the humorous commentary from both of you. Licking the spoon in response to those criticizing your placement of the utensil drawer was the icing on the cake!
Thanks! We wanted it to be authentic as well as entertaining. We’re glad you enjoyed it.
That part was nasty. I liked the video until she did that.
What a gorgeous couple, talented and with a healthy sense of humour. The cats are adorable too.
I like him. You can tell he has a good sense of humor.
This is the best build I've ever seen. I got a lot of ideas . Love the toilet ,bed, shower recirculating, and solar.
Good to see fine people snag an awesome deal on the $3k purchase.
brilliant people with a great future and a fabulous build. Good luck x
Laughing so hard at these guys. Love them!
Being a retired paramedic..there was everything in that medic unit before you got it...😅 but they do clean up nice. Best thing they are built solid😊
So proud of all the work you've done!!!❤🐾❤🐾
I love it. My husband and I are planning on doing this and we are 25 years older but we have always wanted to do this and now we are going to finally do it!! Love your conversion!
Great! It's never too late, so it's awesome that your time to get out and explore is finally coming
Your description of the brakes in the mountains is something ive never heard mentioned before. Having had those problems in the Rockies it makes an ambulance even more interesting
Love your home!! And also love the humor, we need more of it in this world! Enjoy the world, be safe! 💖🙏
Agreed! Thanks 🍻
Most real video, I've seen about small space living.
People who gripe about your silverware being on top of the cat closet never had cats! When you have cats you don’t have a place to live. You are in their house and they don’t give a damn where the silverware is! Love your rig! I wanted to do an ambulance myself but realistically I know nothing about electronics and didn’t have the desire to fry myself when trying to mess with it. As far as the batteries go, if you tune into “Our Way to Roam” you’ll see them making their own batteries also. Great job. Love what you did with it, even if you are Marine! We’re Army! ‘Nuff said!!
Well said! Even with our knowledge and experience I still felt fried many times 😆. So glad we made it to the other side, but I totally understand not wanting to put yourself through the… experience of converting an ambulance. At times it was like cruel and unusual punishment. 😂
Really smart to attach the Starlink. I watched another gal who had to leave a camp site in a hurry due to shots fired, & hers was set out away from her RV for best reception. She had to wait until the cops showed up to retrieve them. I also love that you kept a door between the cab & the back. If things get weird & you need to leave fast, you can just go. Thanks for sharing. I learn something new every time I watch one of these.
If u could live on water..this is very simple for u all...i love the former medic unit build! Great use of space for u both
Excellent video presentation guys. Beautiful build; intelligent, economical and great craftsmanship. We loved your honesty about any free stuff and we just subscribed. Carry-on Hobos.
Thoroughly enjoyed the walk around/through. Your intelligent yet sometimes comical communication skills kept me locked into watching the whole video from start to finish. Thank you sir, for your service to our country. Thank you both, also, for sharing this part of your lives with others so that we may dream, be inspired and enjoy your way of life vicariously. Great video, great build.
Personalized van/bus type builds are WAY better than anything the RV business puts out. You made out better with your ambulance build than the 5th wheel camper.
cool ambulance, it's awesome that no matter what anyone does personally with their van, someone always has at least one compartment that needed to be eliminated. I am a single person, so I think I can get away with a smaller bed, maybe even a hammock. Ambulances are always very well setup, because it's an ambulance after all
Mooch Docking. I love that. We have a converted ambulance also, but if we were to it again that is the vehicle we would like to start with. "My body is almost twice my age" cracked me up!
You guys are adorable you really made a great home that has everything! Njoy!
What a build! Great job. Had me rolling…. “Friggin KZheadrs recording everything for strangers…”. Priceless! Great to see you two again.
Haha, iv'e not come across anyone reffering themselves as "high class hobbos" before. I loved your home, and your wit and sarcasm were brilliant. Most Amercians do not understand sarcasm or so we English tend to believe. Where as us, Brits are masters of it. So it was really good seeing you were not the stereo type. Brilliant video.
I enjoy the dry wit and sarcasm, too.
Great build. I saw alot of criticism in the comments. Take it all with a grain of salt. Thank you for your service!! I still roll all of my clothes too...Navy.
Navy wife.
@@janet1744 You were a Navy wife or are commenting that I was?
Love y'all spirit. A lot of labor but it's worth it you did it your way. Right on!
This is Wheel Estate!!! At it's finest!! This is one of the best builds. You have some room unlike most Van's and you guys thought of everything. I've watched tons of builds and channels in general and this is definitely one of the best.
Wheel estate.. i love it! Thanks so much, after living in it so long we've come up with tons of ways to improve it once we have some extended down time, so maybe one day down the road we'll film an update tour.
Impressive rig! Impressive build features too. And you did a good job on the presentation as a couple. Both added something to the video, which is good. Safe travels! Happy Trails!
the best tour i have watched. thank you for your service.
Great build and adorable cats!
😅I appreciate the sense of humor. Thank you!
You are the best! thank you for the laughs!
Thanks! Anytime! 🍻
Great team. Just bought my "ambulance/Red Cross Disaster Relief" E450 a couple of weeks ago...Best decision I've made in a long time! Looking forward to continue the fabrication and conversion process. Enjoy your travels
I don't know y'all. I had never even seen one of your videos till now, and I feel like I could travel across country with y'all anytime. And that's NOT like me! I love what y'all did with your rig and the hobo ballin life on the road. Thank you for being such light-hearted, fun and funny people. It's a bit of a weird concept watching people I've never met traveling and living out of a retired ambulance, but y'all got me hooked. Thanks for sharing your adventures!
I'm glad you enjoyed it. It's kind of a weird concept too for us to record our lives and share it with the world. Still not used to it after 5 years, but the nice folks that we interact with and even inspire make it all worth it!
1st time viewer but now a subscriber as well. That was as thorough a walk through tour as I've seen in years with the straight forwardness being unique and refreshing. The "let's be honest there was probably blood in those cabinets at some point" had me sitting here sayin' hell yeah! You knew what you needed to make yourselves happy and that is all that matters. excellent use of space and prebuilt spaces that probably saved you a lot of time. Great job, wonderful build and now to watch some more vids from this channel. Stay safe!
I love it. And, your table ware is safe...people can be so funny.
I like your build and appreciate you keeping it 100 with your tour of your home!!👍🏼
Great job building forget the Haters just do you-all definitely envious😊
Thanks 👍
Love the unit, you guys did a great job. Like you said, many other units are more pretty but that's not what real life is all about. I was not in the military but loaded up with many major surgeries with screws, plates, couplings, etc, literally, head to toe. This caused me to go on disability. I picked up an older van for small maintenance jobs and in the near future to take some vacations. Make the best of what you have and have fun doing so. Great video
I LOVE IT!!! I love the fact that your real.. and a vet. Thank you for your service!
First, thank you for your service, sir. The fact you showed you home as "lived-in" is a plus for all those who want to do something like this. Looking at the use of scrap materials to save money is what people do in order to have reserve cash to have fun. I have a huge scrap wood cart full of pieces of wood waiting for me to use. Great video and great conversion of an ambulance. Having worked in the back of box and van ambulances for most of my career and being 6'3" I can appreciate every little bit of height you can get.
whoever this guy is he's a legend 😂
Both of you are great in the way you present and describe things. Kept me hooked through the whole video. You earned a subscriber. 👍
Hello from phoenix, Arizona. I just wanted to say a great video. Thanks for sharing your ride with us. Congratulations on doing your own battery. That’s very cool. I laughed when you said to make sense of all this who ha. One last thing I trust you have a personal locator beacon. You never know you just cannot depend on cell phones. This is an area I’ve done a lot of research him. And I don’t mean a satellite communicator I mean a true personal locator beacon that has full power of 5 Watts. This can make a difference if you need to get out a signal from deep in a canyon or you’re under a snow covered tree canopy plus there’s no monthly fee. I use the brand a CR. Stay safe
Im a retired medic… practical minimalist… and love the humor and Nas Quote… love the build. Sub’d
Young Wiffersnappers recording everything for strangers.
Beautiful work. I love your life attitude. You are both quite funny! 🙂 Thanks for sharing your rig with us.
Love the editing, love the narration, and love the blood, sweat, and tears in your dream. Subbed :)
Such a good build! Love that.
Thank you 🍻
Semper Fidelis, brother. Looking forward to sharing your build with our participants as a very cool example.
Please do... that's awesome!
You two are absolutely hilarious I love your ambulance I love the way it looks inside I love the way that you do that you represent your rig you guys are fantastic and I'm going to be looking for you guys all the time
I realdig your conversion! I placed my AC in an exterior compartment also. I added a 12v radiator fan to the exhaust vent. It a increased the efficiency ten fold. Great video also!
I love your jokes. Love a little sarcasm like you said just the way it used to be and your rig! Thanks for sharing and a great inspiration!
For sure! Thanks for watching.
Kudos to you and I absolutely LOVE this vehicle as I wish there were more of these for sale!!! Great JOB!!! :)-
Great video guys. I really appreciate how real you are
Appreciate the transparency. You both seem not to take things too seriously or let life stress you out. You have each other, your cats, and the basic necessities. Life looks good.👍🏽😍
Thanks! Well said!
The way he is talking and sharing about things in their build ,get my attention, now I'm hooked, keep up the good Vids . From Kenosha Wisconsin I sub and thumbs up.
Thanks 👍
This was a very KooL build! Great Job! You efficiently listed all stuff in your build but the one item I was interested in was brand name of that purple seat cushion your mother-in-law got you (hehehe)! Thanx & Enjoy your road trips! Have Fun too!
Nice build and video
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. 🍻
❤😂 loved the tour! Thanks for your service!
Love it, thank you for letting in and showing your build... Just started putting together a leftover work truck for a build... off-road living! Truly Thank you
You have my subscription. Totally dig the sarcasm and humor. I am more than willing to help you with your cooking. I have a 128 count box of crayons and that should last you a week or more if you're hungry. Retired Air Force here.
Hey, I left most of the original cupboards in my ambo too. I also left the blue vinyl, same shad as yours was, LOL. You have given me some great ideas for mine. Thanks
Heck yea, why not? The things are practically already set up to go camping.
Thank you for your service and I love your home.
Nice rig! Thanks for the tour 🫶🏻
You two are brilliant, talented and humorous. Thanks for the show and teach. Semper Fi.
I love what you guys did. Making your own batteries was genius. You guys repurposed a lot of things and that is great. Looking forward to more videos. BTW, thank you for your service.
Love it. And your editing is awesome too! Safe travels and God bless
Great video, thank you for sharing this. Safe travels
this is the most entertaining tour i ever watched. good vibes and fun low key jokes.
I’m now Tran wife. Great humor even better build. I’m now a subscriber because I’m sure your going to have excellent adventures to share.
Love you guys! Competent, tested, skilled, and dry humor! I'm new sub!
Great build & hikarious tour… thoroughly enjoyed. 🥾🏔🇨🇦❤️
Thanks for the awesome video. I like the presentation and the cats are fiesty!! Very inspiring!!
Yes they are! We're glad you enjoyed it.
You guys explain things so well!
Way to go! You have done some impressive work on a shoestring. Blessings and safe travels.
Loved your build and this video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for the info
Super nice. Happy for you guys and yr kitties. Thx for a great tour. Best wishes for safe travels. 🌲
Now that's a rig I'd feel right at home in. Perfect, including the utensil drawer.😊
Great build for a high class hobo. Man what a great life you have. ❤️
Thanks! 🍻
Nice!
What a great deal on it . The possibilities are endless! 😊 the inside is neat ! Plenty of room just right !
You guys are great. Loved your tour.
Very cool! Thanks for being real. Enjoyed it!
Great video. Very creative. Love the conversion and alternative lifestyle. 😊😊
One of the best builds! By far 🔥🔥🔥🤜
You both are the coolest jolly van lifers out there. ✌🏻
Great build! Also, you two are awesome. Liked, subscribed.
Bad ass build! Thanks for sharing and inspiring!
Right On, great build.
Love your home and thanks for your service
Very nice build. Thank you for the tour.
Just now finding your channel, love it! You both are so smart and articulate. Thanks for the entertainment 😂🙏 Much respect and success to your family.
Thanks so much! 😊
I instantly liked you two. Thanks for the video, please keep them coming.
Love this couple as well as the build!
You both are awesome as is your rig. I'm glad that I ran across your video. I did subscribe and look forward watching your videos.
This whole build is a vibe
You two are impressive! You’ve done a great job! Good luck on your adventures!
Nice rig and thanks for keeping it real!