This Overlander is a Dream Expedition Vehicle

[@WoodcockFamilyOverland]

“I will never be that guy that takes all his dreams to the grave” Well done Arthur, living the dream 👍

[@Overlanding]

🤷‍♂Just stumbling through life and being lucky so far...

[@akik007]

@Woodcock Family Overland, Yes, that line echoes my deep and unspoken feelings too. I too don't want to take all my dreams to the grave. But I am still struggling to get out of the dark well and pursue my dream... 😔 But, I have a very strong hope that, I will succeed and excel, InShaAllah... 😍😎

[@celestepalm6949]

@@Overlanding For some reason whenever I see vehicles like this, the Star Wars 'Jawas' theme starts playing in my head...

[@bellenvideo5629]

Man he is lovin it 🙏🙌

[@byron6552]

it would be my guess that not many trust fund babies take many dreams to their graves

[@Overlanding]

Had a lot of fun filming this episode with you guys. 😊 Thanks for stopping by! 🙌

[@jacksonhpeters_]

Likewise! hope you guys are enjoying Alaska!

[@Overlanding]

We definitely are. It’s amazing here! 😍

[@roughridersak]

@@Overlanding Alaska? If you end up in Juneau let me know!

[@LesscoBranden]

Sweet home and nice little fire cracker you got there well done sir. It’s not easy to find a good looking woman who would live like this 👍🏻👍🏻

[@ricksmith7631]

ok, this is the ultimate bug out vehicle, this thing is a monster and i would definitely want to live in something like this. fantastic build....

[@alanw9677]

Great bug out vehicle…and a great big un-hideable target after TSHTF 💩and everyone wants it 😮. Otherwise, enjoy it till then. Nice 👍

[@dorisweems1510]

This is perfect, I love it. Excellent job in designing your space.

[@Overlanding]

Thanks a lot. :)

[@tonyt8271]

"I'm a doctor, I used to work in the ER for quite some time, and I've seen so many cases where people had probably planned for a lot of things to do in the future, but they never got there. And I swear to myself I will never be that guy that takes all his dreams into the grave, because there are no guarantees in life; there's no guarantee that you're not going to be the one that gets hit by the bus tomorrow and ends up in the ER and never makes it out of there. 1 in 5 adult males doesn't make it to retirement but everybody plans for it you know."

[@jasonwitt3423]

It happened to me. I planned my whole life to be a marine. I got hit by a pick up truck a few weeks before boot camp. It changed my life out of nowhere. I didn't even see it coming.

[@Notguilty907]

Thank you for the tour of your truck. I too like you worked in the ER for 25 years followed by ICU. Your statement about not being that guy. All too often I cared for people who dreamed of a retirement and travelling to far off places. Always putting it off and never realizing their dreams. Then one day they find themselves laying on a stretcher in the ER being told they have experienced a massive stroke that will probably incapacitate them for the rest of their lives. The agonizing truths followed by tears are the only things left of their dreams.

[@RandomButBeautiful]

everybody gets a lifetime and it's never enough, is it?

[@stephenharrison734]

You are doing the right thing. Keep driving for your dreams!

[@erikflores2409]

What a monster that truck is badass.... definitely getting through a zombie apocalypse in that bad boy....well done sir.

[@MitchSprague]

I always wonder how people can afford to buy these rigs and travel around then I heard "I'm a doctor" and it all made sense. : )

[@Overlanding]

Moving to a country with high wages, continue living like you did when you were a student, not spending money on stuff you don't need and saving everything you can... next to being lucky that you can do all these things and find a partner who's just as stupid as you to want to do the same thing. 🤷‍♂ You don't need to be a doctor to afford this. We both had 10 years less time to work and save than somebody who hasn't studied. It's all about living small and saving as much as you can... ...and most importantly: It doesn't have to be an Excap with a Krug module... People have been doing similar things with much cheaper rigs and by no means anyhow worse. We're just lucky that we could afford it but that doesn't make the adventure in any way bigger or better.

[@michaelkalinowski3129]

@@Overlanding What an amazing way to explain that being a doctor doesn't mean finding a ‘money tree’ but it's hard work and smart planning. Wish you a wonderful time and hope to meet you somewhere in the world 🤩

[@Overlanding]

​@@michaelkalinowski3129 Thanks Michael. Yeah as soon as you know *why* you are saving 50-70% of your income every month, it gets a hell of a lot easier to do it.

[@veraserah]

I went to a finance talk, and someone did the math that if person A started working as a UPS driver after graduating high school, and person B went straight to medical school after debt free college (which may not happen! both in the debt area and going straight into med school is less likely nowadays) - then person B will need EIGHTEEN YEARS to catch up to the net worth of person A if person B takes on full loans. Assuming both parties don't have cash cows for family, that is. So we can extrapolate that anyone who earns more than a UPS driver probably has more net earnings than a physician will have for much longer than eighteen years, especially if investment, retirement plans, etc. are planned at a young professional age. Y'all look at a doctor's salary but never think about the decades (!!) of lost wages they take on top of massive debt to get that salary. It's all rainbows when you see that salary afterwards but not the financial burden they have to take on before then. Obviously a family that can take on that burden eases things tremendously, but that would be a different conversation than by anyone just being a doctor. Point being, is that anyone, not just doctors, can afford "expensive" things if they save, prioritize, and plan accordingly. It may take longer than others, or it may not be prioritized enough to make into reality (e.g. kids, health). But that just means that this particular couple chose not to do certain things that other people chose to do, to afford this cost. Or better yet, figure out a way to achieve the same adventure without having to take on as much of a cost!

[@miguelosterroht]

It’s much cheaper than an apartment in Switzerland. It’s all about priorities. It’s expensive for a vehicle, not really for a house.

[@seviregis7441]

That’s a heavy vehicle, have to be careful what bridges you cross. It’s awesome, though, love it.

[@snowysnowyriver]

What a beautiful rig. That's the best I've seen in a very long time.

[@normanontonio2523]

I have a 1976 Fleury built in Saskatoon Canada with 750,000 k. it is confoned to North America but is a gem . The 1969 vw van did the around world trip but above the equator except Australia and New Zealand for 2 years in 1969 when it was safe . Enjoy your adventure . Norman

[@plrinternetmarketing]

Putting the ad at the end! WOW! I usually skip ads, while feeling a bit of resentment, Yours I watched, and gladly because you are the first and only content creator to think of his viewer first! I don't know if others feel the same, but I would GLADLY watch every second of every ad to support this unique concept, and I hope others do the same. WOW! I'm just so amazed to be considered first before profit and advertisers! Way to go! 😁 also the only time I've ever wanted to sub, like, etc. that every other single person on KZbin seems to beg for! You actually deserve it. Thank you!

[@thomasernst1890]

For 5 years we are on the road with a normal sized Van. We have seen a lot of those monster trucks. They catch our eyes. For sure. But the have all the same in comon. The never could pass trough the little village roads in Bolivia, Spain or Albania. The are much to high for many bridges in the country side an got permanently stuck in the low hanging electric wires in India and South America. But most astonishing is , ...that those people with there 100.000 $ vehicles never come out of there cars to talk, to sit on a camp fire, to be part of the neighborhood on campground or on wild camps. It's just our experience for many years shared with many other travellers. It's a unanswered miracle. "I love my steel home" What's the petrol consumption for those 2 people of approximately 140 and a mountain of steel of 8 tons on a 100 km ?? It's O.K. to make your dreams become reality. But that works only in Sweden and North America. I would not like to park in an Guatemala village on a plaza with that tank to buy a handful tomatoes.

[@manocpjaevel]

Very true observation. This trend of overlanding is just another type of consumerism and status chase among the "tasteful" upper middle classes. Changing the vulgar show off-ism with luxury cars and clothes to offroad vehicles and outdoor brands that cost the same if not more.

[@largemarge1603]

​@@manocpjaevel You both are right. You both are probably better off staying home. . Meanwhile, we are taking our rig to the coast for a few days. After that, we may head over to the desert.

[@RandomButBeautiful]

it sure is weird how gentrified van life has become. If you did van life in the 1980s in the UK you would get the shit kicked out of you by police. Fact. Now it's yuppies with half million dollar rigs that are F.U. on the outside and pure suburbia on the inside. Having said this, its mortgage free and rent free, so if you can work remotely there are a ton of reasons why you would want to do this rather than be in mortgage hell and spending half your life working for the bank, after the gov has had their slice. Its a way to get some of your life back.

[@1MillionMileRoadTrip]

I retired from law enforcement at 55, my wife and I are fulltime RV’ers and KZbinrs in a class A, I would love to have this beast!

[@NtoTheM]

Love hearing fellow german native speakers maneuvering their way through the english language. ^^

[@Overlanding]

maneuver? you mean stumble... 😂

[@johnhudelson2652]

@@Overlanding They still speak better English than (P)resident Joe "Mushbrain" Biden.

[@largemarge1603]

​@@Overlanding Your humility is unwarranted. You did just fine.

[@jeda9035]

Je vous félicite pour cette réalisation Je vais tout faire pour pourvoir vivre une telle expérience maintenant que je suis à la retraite. Mille bravos à vous deux

[@pintsizegrfx]

Inspiring! And beautiful rig!

[@Overlanding]

Thanks! :)

[@thegodzio5673]

I totally understand that sentence about being that guy that takes his dreams to the grave.... I was a police officer and i had a job that i would never been kicked out of and it never wold've shut down.... but i wasn't happy (if i cant sa so) about it anymore i was burned out by seeing suffering of other people.... and i gave up on that and now im happy cause i can go to work with a smile on my face .... to the place where i'm doing what i love ... so i became a tattoo artist :D good luck & live your life to the fullest!!!

[@nathanaramco6813]

Absolutely amazing rig and seems like awesome people.

[@ZuluLessonswithThando]

Beautiful rig. I enjoyed this video. And yes, let's not take our dreams to the grave.

[@RexChevalchroi]

Wonderful place to live in during zombie apocalypse

[@Sunrise-Therapy-Spain]

What a machine!! Occasionally I see these down here in Spain, I guess people going to Africa ... mostly Germans for some reason ...

[@pghpgh3507]

With this rig you would be hoping for a zombie apocalypse to happen! Epiccc

[@davebramsen100]

Before our 3 awesome sons, my wife and I had 2 years with tandem bicycle and BMW (R80GS) MC across the Sahara Desert. She was a great sport. But it’s good she didn’t see your rig! Beautiful!

[@UltraTech97]

ahahahahaa

[@lulurobot2065]

They must of worked hard for that rig it’s one of the best mobile homes I’ve seen.

[@williamgrissom1995]

It's awesome. It is also about what you are driving. With it you go in comfort to places that others might not be able to get to at all. Very cool and something I use to really want to be able to do too. Great video too. 😎👍

[@MyFriendlyPup]

You aren't fooling me. V. What a rig. Wow. Victorias Secret caliber. Duality in design. Privilege mixed with Ying Yang. Balance. V.

[@ricksundberg5659]

That truck gets about 13.75 MPG, not too bad at all. Any full size modern diesel truck towing a travel trailer usually gets in the range of 9-13.

[@largemarge1603]

@rick, Our ExpeditionVehicle rarely gets better than 14mpg. We rarely travel more than a hundred miles a month. Fuel is a very minor part of the budget.

[@thekingofwaffles8403]

I hereby declare this epic crazy build! *Bath Salt Zombie Cannibal* proof! Congratulations!

[@largemarge1603]

01:40 Each wall is valuable real-estate. A door gobbles that expensive structure without adding benefits. . 2003, for our ExpeditionVehicle, we engineered a rear entry. We prefer the visual and visceral sense of openness. . Additionally, we travel through areas of right-hand drive (traffic in the left lane). Inevitably, a side door opens into traffic.

[@kevinrichards8119]

Beautiful truck,best wishes to you guys on your travels..Best wishes from Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@huntermclaughlin5812]

This all I want & need in life . I could make that vehicle last the rest of my life . All my stress would be gone & I would be able to travel and live off grid living my dream life . I would have to come back to society every now and then to make more money possibly if I don’t have enough saved up or need resources of course but I wouldn’t mind it because at the end of the day if i don’t like where I’m at or what I’m doing & I have enough gas in the tank I could drive to another location or state. That’s my idea of freedom. One day I wish to own land & build shipping container home , but this is my first goal in life is to own something like this , people call me crazy but watch me do it !

[@largemarge1603]

@hunter, 2003, we built our ExpeditionVehicle. Over two decades full-time live-aboard. Twenty-four months twenty-four thousand miles around South America. Alaska, Panama, all over North and Central America. Summers up rough logger tracks to remote mountain lakes. Winters on isolated Baja beaches. . We workkamp. Travel some, work some... while getting to know an area. . A stand-still house? Not interested.

[@CheekyMiner]

Live life while you can, we lost my dad suddenly just barely got into his retirement. He got there but a lifetime of working hard deserved a longer retirement period.

[@mstuart076267]

"Watching stars, wooo" this made me laugh out loud

[@rosco92]

Those green leaves look so cool

[@waynelemmon3007]

Amazing truck. Love the fitout

[@gvbalajee]

Wonderful dream expedition

[@bellenvideo5629]

Amazing build! May you have many adventures in the future! 😛🙌

[@MOTOSCOUTtv]

HA! I saw this vehicle at Black Canyon of the Gunnison in Colorado in July! Sweet!

[@chrissparks8220]

Sure would make a good big foot exploring truck

[@robotic2000k]

That's a great vehicle, you can drive OVER traffic! *so happy*

[@ritawoodfork3086]

All I can say about this rig is WOW!

[@jayb.8460]

Well this guy is a straight stud!

[@Demonwicked]

this is sick!

[@WoodcockFamilyOverland]

Love it 😍

[@Overlanding]

🙌

[@oliverwiggins9821]

I mean, good on him for not parking his dreams but for most of us, I don't think it's a case of parking them so much as it is never being able to build up sufficient funds to get off the ground with it. A great life they're living though and I'm very happy for them. The truck is awesome too.

[@jayb.8460]

He put in the work. A lot of people are just lazy.

[@Overlanding]

@@jayb.8460 We both did. Couldn't have done it without Judith... but thanks anyways. 😊

[@elainelipscomb1476]

Great rig.stay safe as you travel 🎉🎉

[@smaugwarriors5543]

Love thiis 😍. Thank You for sharing

[@tfiairm9477]

Well Done!

[@scotthoggan2115]

What a beautiful motor home looks great you could take it anywhere love from bonnie scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@dankerns171]

2 yrs but man did u do it right! Very nice 👌

[@Eliukcory]

If you are still in Alberta come and visit me if your going to Drumheller. I’m in Risebud. I own a B &B named Banks& Braes. Glad to give a deal. Always wanted to build one of these, and would love to see up close. Thanks for the tour.

[@Rooster72]

Literally just saw you guys drive through Canmore about 4 days ago.

[@Overlanding]

👋😁

[@largemarge1603]

I am so literally impressed, I am literally shaking!

[@nanaesthermoloimoremong5146]

Great job well done!

[@Knight1M]

Welcome to Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 we would love to see you here

[@Overlanding]

In the future hopefully at some point yeah. :) 🤙

[@davidgerow]

Love it.

[@richardsimms251]

Terrific vehicle RS. Canada

[@QueenDaenerysTargaryen]

Excellent 👏👏👍👍

[@JeoBlu]

bro is living the dream❤🎉😊

[@Karen-hf4hz]

Love it!!!!

[@johnwhitney7899]

I saw this Vehicle at Ellsworth maine mill mall it looked like the same one and I got a pic of it to

[@Overlanding]

👋😁

[@ainsliejones3764]

Very exciting journey.

[@DestroyerOfLiberasts]

This is my dream rig.

[@nimeshvala1793]

Tyre size?

[@DDS692]

Looks like a damn war vehicle

[@gawge_9609]

Because... it was. One day

[@consuelocreativety]

Your plans are good amen

[@thefriendlypsychopath3894]

He's got himself a hell of a set up.

[@DrengrByHeart]

Bro this is a dream

[@sujithhulugalla3451]

That's wonderful man ⭐️

[@sfcarp9418]

Awesome truck !! 👍👍👍👍

[@GG-py9vp]

I always dreamed of doing this with my husband when we retired. My husband got Alzheimer’s and lost his license. DON’T put off your dreams if you can afford it.

[@Fanotesemara]

The search for the meaning of life…not gonna find it in that truck though. Happy searching.

[@Overlanding]

We already found meaning. We just like to travel and enjoy our lives, thanks.

[@colmoconnell2638]

Pure decent as we say in Ireland 👍👍 Happy trails guys!!!

[@dagrinchi]

Just amazed!

[@samukacostas]

Sensational!

[@johnschweiger1079]

Absolutely epic I will never get tried of seeing these trucks

[@kmb9144]

Beautiful Home

[@marcbloch1963]

Awesome overlander - Krug does an excellent job …..but my personal #1 choice would be the “Commander” build by SLRV in Australia.

[@branjosnow6244]

It's like the MRAP from Fear the Walking Dead lol. BADASS!

[@rock3tcatU233]

All this thing needs is a bunch of roof mounted Dshk's and you have the perfect apocalypse vehicle.

[@debspaul6635]

Brilliant van love it 👍

[@Blackout00745]

Holy smokes what a tank

[@exaelitus8794]

I'd really love the chance to get to drive one of these big custom RV rigs. That'd make my life. Don't think I could ever afford one and I definitely don't got the skill to build one. lol

[@largemarge1603]

Did you ask? Next time you see an ExpeditionVehicle, ask if you could drive it around the area. . [edited to add] lol lol lol etcetera etcetera etcetera.

[@Danny-fs1hk]

This is awesome!

[@meienberg1]

Ok. mal ein Kommentar ich Deutsch. Ihr seit Schweizer. Ich auch. super was ihr macht und plant. habe euch abonniert und bin gespannt auf weiteres..... ich bin Auslandschweizer und habe vor 43 Jahren ganz Afrika gemacht. Mit einem Unimog 404S. 6 Zylinder Benziner. ALLES MECHANISCH. Super Erfahrung. Nun lebe ich in Kolumbien. Liegt dies auf euerer Strecke ? Wenn ja, schaut doch mal unter Hostal Capurgana. Das bin ich mit meiner Frau. Hasta pronto.

[@Overlanding]

Importschweizer, um genau zu sein. 😂 Sehr schön, Afrika wollen wir auch mal noch irgendwann machen. Rein mechanisch ist einfach das Beste. 😁 Kolumbien werden wir wahrscheinlich vorbeikommen ja, vielleicht klappt ja ein Stopp. 😊 Merci!

[@elrey8876]

AMAZING and inspirational planning, execution, and traveling. I might have missed it - but I'd like to know if there are any security measures for times when you're in isolated places with reputations for being dangerous. And I can't wait for the day when we have electric vehicles with this kind of capability.

[@Overlanding]

Very high up doors, in general extremely hard to break in... and a climb through to the cab to get away quickly if need be. 🤷‍♂ Other than that: common sense not to stay in dangerous places, information of other travellers and the benefit of the doubt that people are much friendlier than we assume... at least that's our experience.

[@pops55650]

Butt what about zombies?

[@mickdundee7604]

There will never be an electric alternative never

[@largemarge1603]

​@@mickdundee7604 Canadian semi-truck manufacturer EDISON MOTORS hybrid comes close. . Either acquire one of their trucks complete, or acquire one of their conversion kits for your preferred vehicle.

[@largemarge1603]

@elrey, 2003, we engineered our ExpeditionVehicle with 3010 (three feet wide by a foot tall) dual-pane sliders designed for a stand-still house. We mounted these at our eye-level standing inside, about eight feet above pavement. . Our rear wall is steel, with dual dead-bolts on the steel door. Semi-retired welder-fabricator here. Anything I design and build, I can compromise.

[@thehowtostudios1980]

i deliver to an overland van place, these things are nuts.

[@freespeechorgetsilenced]

The fuel alone probably equals a mortgage payment every month.

[@kevinbelisle7160]

you would be surprised how little diesel engines consume compared to gasoline.

[@freespeechorgetsilenced]

@kevinbelisle7160 yes. but that is a monster of a vehicle.

[@DerUnbbekante]

In another comment he said that the truck gets 22l/100km or 10.6 mpg. That doesn't sound bad in my opinion.

[@largemarge1603]

@free, Our ExpeditionVehicle rarely gets better than 14mpg. We rarely travel more than a hundred miles a month. Fuel is a very minor part of the budget.

[@freespeechorgetsilenced]

@largemarge1603 Ahh. I'd do the same. But there are no expeditions in the expedition vehicle.

[@zachfree3213]

This is exactly the sort of vehicle the Wild Thornberrys would drive irl

[@Peace4All09]

I tip my Hat to both of You, you're living the dream & your Rig is excellent. Well Done!

[@wanderlustfamily2022]

Wow! Amazing!

[@marklandmarkofexcellence6629]

Awesome and Great! 👌👍

[@Darkraider2996]

So close to million views

[@largemarge1603]

01:38 First -- plan the interior. This determines the exterior dimensions. . If I engineered their interior, the exterior would be two meters/metres shorter, simplifying parking and manouveurs.

[@gordonmutch8086]

Saw you guys in Port McNeil

[@himanshujoshi1798]

Perfect

[@TweetWithTheTeaTv]

Amazing

[@theengineer704]

Wow, listening to this family made me think about my life and decisions made. I love what I do; however, I would like an adventure. I want to thrive in retirement, not just make it. I really love this post. I can really see how an Expedition Vehicle would be great for places in the Pacific NW.

[@largemarge1603]

@engineer, We operate a small organic teaching farm near the outskirts of Eugene, Oregon. We share the acreage with a couple-three dozen other workkampers in various versions of home-built HouseTrucks and RecreateVehicles. . Anything is possible.

[@ramiayyash7942]

Great....I wish you all the best ways