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Oh come on! I want to see a struggle!!

What you need for off grid in Aridzona. UPS to delivery stuff, Water, and A/C units. The only reason any of you are in the hell hole is because your A/C unit works. The entire South West is populated bye one thing, the A/C unit.

One year I planted Bermuda grass at the ranch here, I can pump the 1,000 gallons a minute to water it. It was August. and it did not rain one drop here until the next august came. I you think you can depend on rain fall here, rethink it. Water first in Aridzona.

WTF did you buy in the middle of no where Aridzona. #1 thing you off grid people need here is plenty of water. Meaning a well. Aridzona two feet from hell and 100 miles from water. I've been here since 1961. I sit on the largest water table in the state. I can pump 1,000 gallons a minute from three well sites. You off grid people are asking for an ass whooping hauling water. Next you need the best insulated home there is, A/C bills will kill you, the 110 degrees will kill you also .What kills people here is the sun, not the snakes, not the pest, not any animal, the sun, the heat. I knew a person from New Jersey, He described this area as dirty, dirt every where. Apparently where he's from there is very little dust. A shipping container in this state to live in . WTF your not thinking at all. Describe your oven at home , a metal box with a heating element. We have the sun , and it's 100+ degrees all year long. Maybe you get lucky in February and it gets to 90 degrees for the high. I hate the heat here, wish I could sale and move to a cooler area.

Off grid living, with women, is tough.

Living on site and building everything diy sounds like a nightmare.

Ok...sooooo you discovered that deserts are really hot and dusty and there are no services.....and no tatoo/piercing parlours nearby or Starbucks or hipster cafes either???? Say it aint so!!!

Gay😂

You need to take some vacation time and not burn out like you did.

More junk and crap cluttering the otherwise beautiful open desert. Ditch the crap, buy a suitable vehicle, and move from place to place, leaving no trace, adapting to nature. Respect the land.

If one of your priorities is getting a haircut, i don't imagine you'd take naturally to the desert. Could be wrong but......

Nice to see back in the desert and moving forward Derek. Oh, and pretty innovative on the van/house.👍👍👍

Last month i tried living in my SUV for a week in west texas. It was not comfortable. But it felt so good to do. If I did it right im sure i could do this.

Sell it to me

So are we putting a Hellephant in this thing or what? 😉

I was curious about you, good to see you again. I really wonder ends of the van setup, it is gonna be dope. Good effort.

I like the shower/ bathroom setup!

I was starting to wonder what happened to you. I’m in New Mexico and we’ve gotten “somewhat” of a monsoon season but I can definitely relate to the heat. Genius use of living space and good luck on finishing this.

Nice, happy to see some progress :D !!! That shelf really is a good idea!

Thanks, see you in 2 years

😂everything is always dirty😂😂😂4 yrs off grid for me it really makes you Appreciate all the conveniences and comforts dont it?!Curious where's your land do you still own it? Wanting to buy 2 -5 acers in nm

They don't make enough beer

I'm planning this or long point James Bay. Awesome video

Bro saved me from buying 2 acres of land from in a desert, I would most likely react the same way since I used to live in a tiny mobile home, made music until I felt claustrophobic.

Man. I know it's hot. But i wish I'd be in your place

Dude, you didnt want off grid living. You really wanted a 80 foot Winnebego, parked in a KOA campground eith a manicured lawn, next to a grocery store and mall. Go home. Come back when you have the right knowledge and mindset.

I was right there mentally 2.5 years ago. I had spent 5 years building a Homestead in southern Colorado. We were pretty comfy after years of growing pains. But work on the homestead was never ending. We decided to sell because the market was fire and we stood to make enough money to get into a real (legal) house. So that’s what we did. Now we have lived in suburbia in western Colorado for 2.5 years. My take away is I still have to do all the tasks of the homestead but now I have to work a full time job to pay the mortgage. Is it nice not having to haul water? Yes very nice. Is it nice not having to chop a winters worth of fire wood? Yes very nice. But the lack of overhead on the homestead was pure gold. We could live comfortably on less than 1/2 our current income. We had money and time to travel. We got many visitors to the homestead, suburbs not so many visitors. Overall I don’t regret starting or selling the homestead. I learned a lot and I am planning on starting another homestead in the future. If you can survive the first two years the subsequent years will pay off. Just my .2c ❤

I love hearing the real scoop about living in the desert! Your honesty is so refreshing! I watch several YT channels about people building their home in the desert and they rarely show the bad parts. I like how you shined a light onto those areas. Good luck to you.

Thank you man, I appreciate it, this video has helped me to really re-think about my adventure going off the grid here is Southern CA even tho my 2.3 acres is located in a main Road, and only 10 minutes to the tourist Barstow Oulets, I bought this land with a cabin and a trailer and it does have a well that produces lots of fresh water, but the fact that it is the high desert and weather can be harsh at some points, watching your video regarding this is not just for everyone it kind of gave me a better idea of what some fears i kind of imaging when living this way. I just think that in order to live off the grid you need to have a back up plan and some funds and savings so you can snap out of it, when necessary, but not having neither or it can be devastating in someone's life, specially individuals like me that love AC and fresh running water without the hassles, lol! thank you for your honesty man, keep the good work and lets see if you go at it again and keep us posted how it go!

Thanks bro I am thinking of moving out there. If you like living out there slowly build yourself a basic home. 1300square feet will give you enough room to move around and cook. praise

Working at Canadian canoe tripping camps in the Temagami Provincial Forest of northern Ontario made me over-confident about homesteading since our base camps in the northwoods or both Northwoods Camp and Camp Keewaydin had already been built between the 1890s and the 1930s. Plus, the authorities were extremely relaxed about septic tanks, electrification and even living in platform tents in the case of Keewaydin. If you could get away with doing whatever you wished it might be different but the county engineer always screws you up by insisting that you over build everything. So I gave up on the parcel I bought in Colorado and donated it to the Catholic homeless shelter in Alamosa.

To me the isolation is way too much. I don't mix well with a lot of people. Capitalism, greed, disrespect for nature and the earth. Rite wing politics. Luckily there are some places that for the most part aren't like that and that's where I spend my time.

Dude, where did you think you were moving to…?😂

Yo! I want the other episodes ! 😂

Well I think you belong down town Phoenix 😂

Young man and that’s right young man so have your weekend or summer time or winter time vaca spot and u need to get bac to life start working again find u a new squeeze and live your life

It's hottt and dusty it is The desert

I did the same thing 2 years ago, I bought 8 acres of land in the Pinal Valley, But I live in a 16' Camper, to be fair though I lived in it for 5 years before this while I was a traveling tech for Indian Motorcycles, One of the first things I did was buy enough Camo Netting to put over the camper, Shade makes a HUGE different in tempature, somewhere in the 20-30 degree mark. I also have Solar power, Which I bought back in my traveling tech day and I live close to a reservior lake so When I need water I just put my Water Barrel in my truck and drive to the lake and fill it up and I have a cherry picker to unload it out of my truck. When dealing with extreme temps you gotta be smart. Build you a cover for camper and you'll see a HUGE difference. As for the "loneliness" I have friends in the area that visit my homestead plus I go into town every 3-4 days to get meat, I grow my own fruits and vegetables but I still need meat so I'll pop into town very days to get meat so I have an excuse to socialize.

Baboon

You're funny bro 😂

News flash you should always rent off grid places or buy an RV in case you don't like it 😜 you just move.😂 You should never buy real estate or land in any country until you lived there renting for at least 1 year I also like Ppl being social. The solution is live 1 hr away from the city so you can always have a balanced life ❤🎉

I lobe my 22 acres. Lol. Roght in the Mohave desert. It aint for the faint. But nothing happens over night. Of course its hot its the desert. But coming from Columbia sc and their Heat, Its nothing. Lol

How'd you start your hobby in ' welding?

Canada is a pit, only loved by desperate people from the third world, money just flies out if your hands, its ridiculous

If you deal with chronic stress you will love to spend 90 to 100% of your time alone, trust me. I live in the state capital surrounding my neighbors, family, friends and I still spend 90 to 100% of time to myself so going out in the middle of no place will be lower cost of living and enjoy being out in nature, win/win situation! I am sure there will be hard times and failures living off grid however you will have that connected to the grid as well...thanks for sharing!

Bro thanks for posting this! I have been planning already for over a year to do the same thing! I am born and raised in Springfield IL home of Abe Lincoln and I am tired of 6 months of cold/bad weather and so I am planning to relocate this fall to AZ, TX, FL or AL! I plan on getting an Eco line van with mattress in the back and drive until I find my perfect/cheap 2 to 5 acers! Wish me luck and I will be documenting all on KZbin as well!

Need money to do that. I did the same and we built our house off grid in west Texas and we are happy there. Need a mini split, a lot of solar and lithium batteries

Just wanna let you know I enjoy watching you do you. Building things and creating is an enjoyable thing to watch and personality makes the experience even better and you have plenty of it. Sometimes I feel your hard on yourself and worry too much about what you think people are thinking when in fact they may not be thinking about that thing you're worried about at all. 😊 So, go for it and have fun and know that a lot of us enjoy the details and aren't bored at all😊

I like the idea, but I think I'd be miserable after a few weeks. Like how I liked the idea of working from home until I had to do it during the pandemic and realized how lonely it could be