Micro VanLife S03E35 No-Tools Cheap Van Build: Stacking Plastic Drawers

[@joannegregory4299]

Love the videos, your wit and intelligence makes them super watchable 😊

[@SocksWithSandals]

So many of my viewers don't comment but it's nice when the quieter ones surface.

[@LITTLEMANADVENTURSES]

The trees look so pretty autumn is my favourite time of year

[@SocksWithSandals]

I wish we could have crisp clear days watching the leaves turn brown instead of a deluge too dark even for my solar panel to work.

[@danvanman4529]

Great to see you're finally getting on top of your space socks, should make a massive difference to you're way of life moving forward. Can't wait to see the finished article.

[@SocksWithSandals]

Yes it's coming together, Dan. I think this new layout could be my most stable and ergonomic build yet. And all without tools!

[@danvanman4529]

@@SocksWithSandals have to admit I was chuffed for you mate, the way it went together was sublime.

[@SocksWithSandals]

Yes I've needed some good luck.

[@danvanman4529]

@@SocksWithSandals I've found the trick with good luck is not to look for her, let her find you, glad she's found you.

[@tomdytrych]

Starting to take shape, mate. Hope you're coping with the change in daylight hours etc and it is not affecting your mood too much. Have you got somewhere like a library or a coffee shop etc where you can go through the day when the weather starts getting bad so you can steal their heat and charge your phone and laptop? (Libraries have free charging and use of wifi, I believe) A place with a local gym for when the money starts rolling in from the Gov. on the cheapest plan would give you daily shower access and toilets? Just suggestions I have seen other van-lifers use. They tend to plan for using their van for sleeping but not a lot else.

[@SocksWithSandals]

Shan't

[@welshwoody217]

Are you aware everywhere has been illegally shut down?

[@mystichare8924]

Mmmmm, with all that comforting and furry surroundings resplendent in the sleeping quarters of the van, I’m minded of a lady loves special place.

[@SocksWithSandals]

Does not make sense. But I'm glad you are reminded of whatever it is you were thinking about.

[@mystichare8924]

@@SocksWithSandals It makes perfect sense Tim.

[@SocksWithSandals]

"I'm minded of a lady loves special place" Nope, word salad, Andy. What are you minded of?

[@mystichare8924]

@@SocksWithSandals Not matter. I’ll leave you to ponder.

[@tomdytrych]

@@SocksWithSandals "word salad" 😁

[@steve61098]

Seriously Tim, your filming and editing techniques combined with you being so calm and eloquent in front of the ‘camera’ makes for such entertaining viewing... you deserve more subscribers than you have..... ( Don’t Know What your status is today as you can see, I’m only at season 3, but will enjoy getting there)... Best wishes, Steve.

[@SocksWithSandals]

Your going to have fun catching up to the present day, Steve. Enjoy your binge watch!

[@lonrestoration4368]

👍👍Good evening Tim. I hope you are well. I think I might have just missed the podium today Stay safe be lucky. Steve. Very Good leaf footage 👍👍

[@SocksWithSandals]

I like to surprise viewers with some random publishing hours, but you know what's coming up soon! No spoilers 😜

[@boardone]

Maybe the next item on your shopping list should be a cricket box. If one of those stretched bungy cords snaps and hits you in the cobblers while you are sleeping, you could end up with a head shaped bulge in the roof. Just a thought.....

[@edek8470]

Can you buy boxes of crickets now?

[@boardone]

@@edek8470 Just so, Ed Ek! The theory is you place the box of crickets nearby, the bungy breaks and the crickets notice the air pressure change and raise the alarm. The noisy crickets awakes the user and he can protect the vitals. Please note the word 'theory'.

[@SocksWithSandals]

What's to say that a van full of crickets won't be a problem in their own right? Too mad a solution even for me.

[@monkeydust7510]

Passing motorists must be wondering wow check this guy out he's having a boot sale what a guy

[@SocksWithSandals]

If I cared about what I imagined other people might think about me this would be a very different channel and I would be a very different person.

[@monkeydust7510]

@@SocksWithSandals Daja vous i have read this reply on another page quite recently who was it that got it last?

[@SocksWithSandals]

Someone else who thought I have a rat's arse about a stranger's possible uninformed opinion that he didn't share with me. It's just paranoia.

[@monkeydust7510]

@@SocksWithSandals I think you took my comment out of context you obviously don't share my sense of humour no worries it's probably our biggest flaw as humans. hope you're keeping well Tim

[@SocksWithSandals]

@@monkeydust7510 the context was: imagining what other people might be thinking about me. I stayed on point the whole conversation. Did you?

[@billywilliamswilliams4198]

if you died in that van at night it would take the police all day to find the body.

[@SocksWithSandals]

I think the police are busy trying to arrest students who all have to leave the pub at the same time

[@mattprince8516]

A very evocative beginning, autumn is a lovely time of the year. Those colours!

[@SocksWithSandals]

If I see a Japanese Maple I'm going to dedicate a whole episode to it.🍁

[@mattprince8516]

@@SocksWithSandals I would imagine there will be some parks that have them. Here in South Wales, Margham, pontypool or Tredegar House in Newport perhaps. However, just been announced that Wales will be on another full lockdown for 2 weeks at the end of this week. Joyo.

[@SocksWithSandals]

I have a series of contingencies of where to go radio silent when they enable the tracker/trace apps.

[@mattprince8516]

@@SocksWithSandals plenty of signal blackspots here in Wales.

[@SocksWithSandals]

Indeed as I discovered but I may or may not be going there for The Great Reset when it hits.

[@JimBob-iz2by]

Been looking forward to the storage setup. Just picked a 3 tier up myself this week for my Zafira.

[@SocksWithSandals]

It took a lot of iterations to have a livable van interior. These stackable plastic chest of drawers allowed me to find what I was looking for much more quickly.

[@frogdxb5648]

A clear out is needed mr s & s. You need somewhere to make hot water so you can keep warm with a cup of tea

[@SocksWithSandals]

Tea and hot water is a low priority. A clear out video is coming up soon, Jeremy.

[@southernwanderer7912]

He needs a small camp stove that he can set up inside the van to boil water. You just need a very small flat surface. Watch the Scottish wild campers. They all use camp stoves. The stoves are incredibly small but worth their weight in gold inside a tent on a rainy day.

[@monman8183]

A place for everything and everything in it's.....you know the rest. Looking good.

[@SocksWithSandals]

...place!

[@adrianhydephotography]

I think you are amazing living in this amount space. Will you at some point get a bigger van.

[@SocksWithSandals]

I'm more concerned and over whether we will win this crazy medical tyranny War

[@kimannharper3222]

After last night's video, makes you appreciate what's goes in to the making. X

[@SocksWithSandals]

Yes, the content I get raw from the phone takes a lot of polishing. Sometimes I look at a day's footage and wonder how I'm every going to weave that into a story, but then the right soundtrack can lift and define a production.

[@slylee4864]

👍Good Leaves 👍

[@SocksWithSandals]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@scotthewitt9975]

Hats of to you 🧦, making the best of a bad situation, is there no one with a loft/storage you can put the items that you don't need for winter.

[@SocksWithSandals]

All coming up. Comments like that get you quoted in upcoming videos Scott. And this time it's not about slo mo wee wee!

[@scotthewitt9975]

😂👍

[@southernwanderer7912]

I'm glad to see the table gone. Good riddance. The drawers look great but it looks like you won't be able to use the bottom ones without a huge hassle. Beautiful autumn scenery.

[@SocksWithSandals]

The access to the bottom drawers is the subject of a future video. The table was a useful no-tools build initially.

[@southernwanderer7912]

@@SocksWithSandals If you get one of those grabber tools that old people use to reach high places, you could clear out under your bed in front of the drawer and use the grabber to open the drawer and pull it out so you could access it. ;) /sarc

[@rexgeorg7324]

That was awesome socks !!🎃

[@SocksWithSandals]

From a viewer who's seen all my work that means a lot, Your Majesty.

[@rexgeorg7324]

:)

[@nikkilipscombe6490]

Great choices of music 🎶 for this video it’s amazing how if chosen right and I think you have it sets the right mood for the clip. I think you have another bow to your arrow a great ear for music filled with the right emotion ❤️ Also I think you must be great at the game Tetris 😂 the way you managed to fit the drawers in your van they are looking great good job 👍

[@SocksWithSandals]

A good soundtrack not only amplifies the mood of the scene but provides the cutting points for the clips and the end of each bar. When it "drops" it can signify a quickening of pace or movement. That's why I listen to potential tracks with the raw footage to see if they work. Sometimes they surprise you, and an edit or montage that isn't going anywhere can suddenly have a purpose given the right backing track. Glad I found FreeMusicArchive.org because the KZbin audio selection can be a bit limited or samey or cheesy. American, frankly. But Free Music Archive is a world of creative talent suppressed by the record industry.

[@nikkilipscombe6490]

@@SocksWithSandals very informative thank you, also you have a wonderful way with words unlike myself I was meaning to say string to your bow in my original comment not bow to your arrow 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@fredm9928]

I hope you have a cunning plan Socks I developed OCD just watching that.

[@SocksWithSandals]

You know I do, Fred. Not only to finish the van build but to survive the coming Great Reset. It will come fast. Know the B roads between you and your hideout. Have the van stocked. The US election will be the flashpoint, cue and trigger.

[@desasta]

I've been watching your channel since you started van life, your doing a great job mate, looking forward to your trip to North Wales this winter

[@SocksWithSandals]

I fear the government is going full retard on Wales this winter. Over nothing.

[@desasta]

@@SocksWithSandals yeah iv just heard, i live in Cardigan just on the Pembrokeshire border and I'm pretty sure most will go about their lives as normal here, lack of police to enforce their so colled firebreak lockdown

[@SocksWithSandals]

Good intel, Desasta. For me it's all about getting there undetected. Could do a midnight run on B-road mountain passes like last time.

[@desasta]

@@SocksWithSandals that's the way, your definitely on the right track with B roads, if you find yourself down my neck of the woods then let me know, there's a good number of park ups that I know of and use regularly

[@southernwanderer7912]

I read Wales is about to be locked down big time. Its that correct? The .gov is probably pissed that they've not been following the orders from on high so they must pay. Evil B*stards.

[@davidhy9146]

Socks, wtf! I've never seen anyone clear out a van and have less room then when they started. Do you really need a dressing gown? Wetsuit?? What else have you kept, cravat smoking jacket?😊🚙

[@SocksWithSandals]

Actually I do have a cravat and smoking jacket. 🧥 It's comments like that that inspire episodes. I should do a documentary about the useless crap I've kept from the days when I had a life, a career, opportunities.

[@frogdxb5648]

Yeah was thinking does he really need these 😂 clear out abs you’d be able to buy 2 bags of them crisps haha

[@pa_maj.MARTINI-van-MAN]

@@SocksWithSandals Do it while sitting at a park bench. SwS sitting there in his smoking Jacket and cravat, cigar in hand ( an allowed luxury as it's an essential prop ) Telling us his story before the lizard race invoked their version of a hell on earth and the doom of mankind.

[@edek8470]

Another level. I reckon it'll take at least a decade or so to iron out the silk shirt..reminds me when they became fashionable. Go clubbing. Unfortunately they were not very beer/riot/kebab/sweat/sometw@t spilt their drink proof..#silkmy@rse. Poor caterpillars.

[@Seds245]

I think you have too much clothes n shit in the van, you need half the storage and what don’t fit you don’t need.

[@SocksWithSandals]

It seems that way now but all will be clear soon, Seds. There really isn't that much there and the van is tiny.

[@nigel9843]

Those drawers fitted better than I imagined. Once you manage to get rid of the unwanted crap, things will be better in the van. The bed frame made out of a pallet does look rather good.

[@SocksWithSandals]

That video is coming up soon, Nigel. No spoilers!

[@michaelclay6278]

Did you reply to my comment. About getting a bigger van yesterday. I think I missed it.

[@SocksWithSandals]

It popped up briefly and then it disappeared before I can reply to it and now it's back again

[@mystichare8924]

Blimey, I’m within 3 minutes of it being published.

[@SocksWithSandals]

When the announcement comes you have to drop everything: Babies, steeering wheels, chainsaws and get on the comments ASAP. The winner will be within the first few seconds of release.

[@stek2190]

Brilliant 👍

[@SocksWithSandals]

A long overdue piece of inspiration for my no-tools build that I never thought of back in April.

[@stek2190]

@@SocksWithSandals mate you have done extremely well. BIG MASSIVE 👍

[@johno7808]

👍

[@edek8470]

..Instead of purveyors of twenty odd bags of said crisps...why not just make it one big resealable pack? Who eats one bag at a time c'mon...

[@countreeso]

👋

[@SocksWithSandals]

He is human!

[@countreeso]

🤣 Gotta let Peaky have Gold once in his lifetime.

[@SocksWithSandals]

This tournament is ruthless with cheating almost impossible to organise.

[@stek2190]

Anything for first place 😂

[@SocksWithSandals]

Type less. just stab any letter and reply. That's how you win this tournament!

[@stek2190]

@@SocksWithSandals 😂

[@hgvdipper8598]

💙❤💙❤💙❤💙❤💙❤💙❤💙

[@kimannharper3222]

💙♥️💙♥️💙♥️💙

[@SocksWithSandals]

Notts Kim back on the podium. 🎺🥉👏🏻 Bronze medal

[@DavidJohnston58]

Dr Who can't fit that much in the TARDIS!!!🤔😀

[@SocksWithSandals]

Why would he put the main engine in the foyer, anyway?

[@DavidJohnston58]

@@SocksWithSandals 😂 lack of planning or any kind of order in his life!😂 Wife tells me he's a she these days.

[@SocksWithSandals]

@@DavidJohnston58 The BBC has gone full retard. Brexit broke them.

[@peakyparttimers9362]

This is early

[@SocksWithSandals]

Personal Best! 🎺🥈 Silver medal 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻📯 You've got to be happy with that!

[@peakyparttimers9362]

@@SocksWithSandals oh yes! 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@SocksWithSandals]

🍾🥂 Crush a grape!

[@Seds245]

K

[@SocksWithSandals]

Back on winning form, Seds! 🎺🎺🥇 Gold 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻📯📯

[@twiggy8349]

Iam trying to see your bed Tim

[@SocksWithSandals]

Pause it at 5:43 That's all that's in the van at that point.

[@stevenharrison3715]

Its seconds not minutes 😒

[@SocksWithSandals]

Podium spots go in the first 20 seconds of publication, that's the current standard this tournament has generated.