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Someone's gone the extra mile and dollar here with a double decked pop up camper to sleep 8.
Seemingly they're somewhere in the Aussie outback.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/monster-motorhom...
Seemingly they're somewhere in the Aussie outback.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/monster-motorhom...
Gingerbread Man said:
Someone's gone the extra mile and dollar here with a double decked pop up camper to sleep 8.
Seemingly they're somewhere in the Aussie outback.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/monster-motorhom...
I'm not convinced by the upstairs dormitory : Seemingly they're somewhere in the Aussie outback.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/monster-motorhom...
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The truck will have cost a fortune, and to have that as the room would really piss on the chips.
PushedDover said:
Gingerbread Man said:
Someone's gone the extra mile and dollar here with a double decked pop up camper to sleep 8.
Seemingly they're somewhere in the Aussie outback.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/monster-motorhom...
I'm not convinced by the upstairs dormitory : Seemingly they're somewhere in the Aussie outback.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/monster-motorhom...
The truck will have cost a fortune, and to have that as the room would really piss on the chips.
Next YT Vlog (no.7) is up 
As always questions on there or on here. If you do watch it and think it's ok, please hit the like. If you don't like it, do let me know what you don't like about it and I will either explain why it's like that, or try and change it. I'm learning these as I go, get a few hundred views and 7 likes. Whilst I should just ignore that, it can still be an 'ouch' moment.
As always questions on there or on here. If you do watch it and think it's ok, please hit the like. If you don't like it, do let me know what you don't like about it and I will either explain why it's like that, or try and change it. I'm learning these as I go, get a few hundred views and 7 likes. Whilst I should just ignore that, it can still be an 'ouch' moment.
I wouldn't get too hung up on YouTube likes.
I watch hundreds of YT videos and rarely 'like' them.
From what I can tell engagement is what's important, doesn't seem to matter whether it's good or bad. The pros always throw in line along the lines of "comment which you think is best . . " "what do you think? Tell me in the comments" etc etc.
Videos need to be a minimum of 10 mins long too, YT seems to like that, hence loads of videos that are suspiciously 10 to 10min30 long.
I watch hundreds of YT videos and rarely 'like' them.
From what I can tell engagement is what's important, doesn't seem to matter whether it's good or bad. The pros always throw in line along the lines of "comment which you think is best . . " "what do you think? Tell me in the comments" etc etc.
Videos need to be a minimum of 10 mins long too, YT seems to like that, hence loads of videos that are suspiciously 10 to 10min30 long.
I’m really enjoying seeing this project progress and it’s great to see the progress being made.
As others have said don’t get too hung up on likes, I’ve never liked a video on YouTube, not because I haven’t enjoyed them I just see the need to.
Having said that I’ve liked your video so there is an extra like for you!
As others have said don’t get too hung up on likes, I’ve never liked a video on YouTube, not because I haven’t enjoyed them I just see the need to.
Having said that I’ve liked your video so there is an extra like for you!
Something I've wondered on and off over the years and this is an ideal place to ask. Chassis paint - is it a special formula that allows fixings, brake pipe joints, etc to be undone? I've tried to get chassis bolts out of old grey Fergie tractors, that have been painted over with (allegedly) old battleship paint, and it can be a proper fight.
Thanks for the support and the comments, much appreciated.
I can't lose the Ice Road Trucker Music, cos I specifically asked someone to make me some Ice Road Trucker music (although maybe it's the horn that makes it sound like IRT
There are some specifics around how YT wants you to format the vids and the intro music and the signature intro is one of them. That's why you will find all YT's by a person begin with the same sentence. And yeah, they should be minimum of 10 mins so YT can put ads in. But, meh. I work on if someone watched a 15 min with 2 sets of ads, the least I can do is come in under 10 mins so there are no ads
As for likes, you are right, I really try not to, it's just weird but that's probably my way of looking at it, not everyone elses. I shall adjust my perception
I will also try and do some question the audience things. If I can work out where there's something I can ask!
Finally Bob, I don't know. I just know it as 2k ) or two pack as in paint and hardener, chassis paint. I will ask the question.
I can't lose the Ice Road Trucker Music, cos I specifically asked someone to make me some Ice Road Trucker music (although maybe it's the horn that makes it sound like IRT
There are some specifics around how YT wants you to format the vids and the intro music and the signature intro is one of them. That's why you will find all YT's by a person begin with the same sentence. And yeah, they should be minimum of 10 mins so YT can put ads in. But, meh. I work on if someone watched a 15 min with 2 sets of ads, the least I can do is come in under 10 mins so there are no ads
As for likes, you are right, I really try not to, it's just weird but that's probably my way of looking at it, not everyone elses. I shall adjust my perception
I will also try and do some question the audience things. If I can work out where there's something I can ask!
Finally Bob, I don't know. I just know it as 2k ) or two pack as in paint and hardener, chassis paint. I will ask the question.
Projectblue51 said:
Cheers Bob, thank you.
The costs are there to prove that it's not as expensive as you might at first think, and it's just sharing for the next person who's coming along behind me because the one thing I couldn't find was 'how much?'. That's mainly because it's so varied. But a lay person could sit there, look at a truck for sale and think a hundred grand? for a campervan on big tyres?
On the other hand, if you need me to do an edited version for your mrs where everything is cheap as chips, just let me know
Thread. Of. The. Year. The costs are there to prove that it's not as expensive as you might at first think, and it's just sharing for the next person who's coming along behind me because the one thing I couldn't find was 'how much?'. That's mainly because it's so varied. But a lay person could sit there, look at a truck for sale and think a hundred grand? for a campervan on big tyres?
On the other hand, if you need me to do an edited version for your mrs where everything is cheap as chips, just let me know
I appreciate you putting the costs in. At £50k I’m thinking ‘wow, that’s actually fantastic, maybe one day I could have one.’
If you’d said it was £300k, I’d have believed you, and subsequently lost a degree of interest.
Keep up the great work, and thanks for the excellent level of detail.
SpeckledJim said:
Thread. Of. The. Year.
I appreciate you putting the costs in. At £50k I’m thinking ‘wow, that’s actually fantastic, maybe one day I could have one.’
If you’d said it was £300k, I’d have believed you, and subsequently lost a degree of interest.
Keep up the great work, and thanks for the excellent level of detail.
Thanks for the support - and the compliment! wow. Personally I think thread of the year goes to the guy building the Stratos Replica or the guy who bought a Ferrari in lockdown but I'm taking the compliment and running with it so the Stratos guy can't kick me in the spuds and nick it I appreciate you putting the costs in. At £50k I’m thinking ‘wow, that’s actually fantastic, maybe one day I could have one.’
If you’d said it was £300k, I’d have believed you, and subsequently lost a degree of interest.
Keep up the great work, and thanks for the excellent level of detail.
You can pay £300k. You can pay £500k. Depends who builds it, and to what level. £500k is starting with a £150k new truck as a base. I guess £50k is a probably wishful thinking, but the reality shouldn't be much more than that and I know people who've built them cheaper (but they built their own box, which I don't have space or skills to do).
Projectblue51 said:
You can pay £300k. You can pay £500k. Depends who builds it, and to what level. £500k is starting with a £150k new truck as a base. I guess £50k is a probably wishful thinking, but the reality shouldn't be much more than that and I know people who've built them cheaper (but they built their own box, which I don't have space or skills to do).
I'm building a kit car and it's all very relatable, assuming you have the skill it is *all* down to how much of a trade off you personally are prepared to make between time and money. I had someone tell me that it wasn't possible to build the car I'm actually building for less than £45-50k. Yet I'm in for £18k so far with another ~£9k of realistic budget items to buy (mostly the big ticket items that I'm not intending on scrimping on, about £3k of that is wheels alone). I actually could have saved a whole load more as well, I think if I'd been so inclined I could probably have scraped it for £20k-25k but it would have involved a lot of compromises I wasn't prepared to make (like the wheels).I _can_ do most stuff but I've realised that being honest I don't have *time* to because otherwise it'll never be finished. So loads of bits I originally planned to do I've either farmed out or just dropped (until after IVA anyway).
Thing is though I know of people who spent the ~£45k have built a car in ~6 months, I'm 8 years in and still a way away.
Sure, if you have the time, tools and ability you could find a nice s/h truck, weld up your own box, hunt down decent tyres, find internet bargains, kit it all out yourself and save a fortune....but it'll take an almost exponentially greater time to complete. OTOH if you want to have it done quicker then it really is going to involve more money.
Anyway, keep up the good work...I'll watch the video later when I'm done wiring my dashboard (so probably in about a week
).I've been really enjoying the videos and thread right from the outset.
Only thing I would improve about the previous is maybe more videos of the truck rather than stills (appreciate this isn't always easy).
Also, it'd be good to maybe do a 2min section of each video on the plans you have for travelling once the build is complete. You mentioned in the video Morocco. Would love to know the practicalities of getting a truck like this down to Africa (routes, transport options, timeframes, constraints, costs, etc).
ETA - and don't get hung up on views and likes. I have a small YT channel ("The Letterbox Workshop" if anyone is interested) covering a rebuild of an old Honda CB750 '82. It's a slow process but once you've got a core number of users subscribed and commenting regularly it does slowly build on its own. I put very little effort in and have 1,200 subscribers and some older videos hitting 50k+ views.
Only thing I would improve about the previous is maybe more videos of the truck rather than stills (appreciate this isn't always easy).
Also, it'd be good to maybe do a 2min section of each video on the plans you have for travelling once the build is complete. You mentioned in the video Morocco. Would love to know the practicalities of getting a truck like this down to Africa (routes, transport options, timeframes, constraints, costs, etc).
ETA - and don't get hung up on views and likes. I have a small YT channel ("The Letterbox Workshop" if anyone is interested) covering a rebuild of an old Honda CB750 '82. It's a slow process but once you've got a core number of users subscribed and commenting regularly it does slowly build on its own. I put very little effort in and have 1,200 subscribers and some older videos hitting 50k+ views.
Edited by naturals on Monday 12th October 09:00
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