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all right next up we have adventure
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wagon and give you a little idea what
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they do they make interior bolt-in kits
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uh they're really safe they actually
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have like an internal structure skeleton
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that all the panels bolt to um they're
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pre
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upholstered and very professionally done
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very very precise so let's go ahead and
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get this van tour and find out more
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about adventure
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wagon hey guys we're at adventure wagon
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so if you're watching my build out on
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the
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van one we got the whole entire
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adventure wagon kit
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in that van so we're on stage three that
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i call it
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that means i'm not finished yet
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almost there yeah
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this is a haley from venture wagon so
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she's been helping me out any questions
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i have call her up um
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other than coming in a humongous box
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it's awesome everything goes together
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super clean
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and so she's got a van here that's kind
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of uh
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you know what you would have when you're
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finished with the build so uh yeah take
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us through yeah so this is a sprinter
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170 so the longer wheelbase
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so pretty basic build-outs this is just
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the base kits you can add on to this
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however you want to but it's basically
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our kit kind of i think the best part
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about it is what we call the a-frame
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which is a steel reinforcement structure
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so underneath all of these tracks are
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going to be steel pieces that rivnut and
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rivet right into the like sheet metal of
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the van that gives you tons of strength
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you can do like any kind of cabinet
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hammocks all that jazz and it keeps it
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really low profile all the panels and
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track and a-frame are all only like a
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half inch off the ribs of the vans
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so you're really maximizing your
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interior space while still getting all
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that strength and insulation and all
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that good stuff
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yeah i mean the kit includes it's pretty
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simple includes a pretty basic 12-volt
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electrical system which powers your
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lights and your outlets you can totally
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expand that if you want to um we just
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keep it so that basically any van can
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use it you can just plug right into the
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main power of the van if you if you have
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it and then you can build on top of that
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as you need um but yeah you can check
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like pick your upholstery colors all
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that good stuff this one's just their
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standard light gray
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um so when i talk about my videos is
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safety so when you're building a van a
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lot of diys
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you're build you're like bolting wood to
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metal and if you're in an accident you
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know you need to be able to count on
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that so that's actually how i kind of
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got into you guys is is this uh you guys
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can see the orange
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you can see even better in this back
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panel here it's cool you guys did that
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right here
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so this is like an internal skeleton
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that
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is what this bolts to so you actually
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have like a structure within a structure
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and you're not relying on
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you know
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you're on the van but like the roof is
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the biggest thing because
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the the roof on these vans is just
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actually glued on
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so it's not actually welded or anything
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like that
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so uh
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you'll find that out when you start
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cutting out holes for your roofing but
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that's true this is cool because they
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get like these uh
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these beam parts um we've already done a
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video on this but
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uh yeah l track everywhere
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uh you can get cabinets and stuff like
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that um
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yeah pretty cool
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so is the power system kind of you're
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adding that to the package yeah so this
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van is really simple this is kind of the
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most basic setup so the main kit is
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wired to the van itself and then we just
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have a gold zero in here powering the
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fridge but you could hook up the whole
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kit to a goal zero or another power
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system if you wanted to really easily um
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that's the case in this van next to us
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it has solar and everything hooked up
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right to that goal zero and that in turn
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is powering the van that you're not
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draining your van battery if you're
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off-grid for an extended period of time
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yeah and then there's there's all kinds
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of accessories they got the mule bags so
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like they got a small one they got a
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large one um and they're soft so like if
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you want to put them up here
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in bed you're not going to hit your head
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do all that stuff and there's tons of
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companies too that really yeah
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so even if we don't carry it there's
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companies that do like all kinds of
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different styles of hardware cabinets
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or like galleys stuff like that too so
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you can kind of have a pick of all kinds
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of stuff even if we don't offer it
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specifically yeah uh is flatland banco
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here i don't know if they're here today
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there's never their products are
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definitely scattered around but i didn't
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see them on the list
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yeah yeah but that's it so that's
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another company you guys can do so the
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roof rack the ladder that i did on the
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spec van it is flat line vanco they make
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adventure wagon compatible products
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um
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you got to get them quick because they
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they sell out they do so quick
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sweet but uh
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i think we might just do some b-roll in
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the second van because uh
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it's the show everybody's everybody lots
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of people
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it's a pretty one for sure yeah yeah
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yeah
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cool all right
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thank you
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so i want to look at this one because
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this has the uh like the two bed system
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can you give us an intro
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um this is a
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uh
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it's just a ford transit high roof um
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it's the 148 version
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i'm just assuming all this because i'm
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glancing at it but
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uh
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what i like about the venture wagon
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you've got that l track and you're going
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to be able to
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uh put their bed system at different
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heights and i think it's called the moab
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bed
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traverse bed system
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and
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i'll get in there just a second
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but
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there's the mule bags on top when we get
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inside so those are the soft bags that
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you can kind of use for like
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you know storage cabinets or whatever
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and then you've got the bed system
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um all that good stuff
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i have no idea
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he's looking for this double bag
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yes i think this is the flatline
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vancouver pull out
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drawer tray
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and then uh this is their their bed
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system so it's got
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expandable tracks right here so it can
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actually be
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heightened and lowered and it kind of
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goes in and out
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and so like if you have kids or stuff
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like that you can do stuff like that
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or you have friends going on a drooping
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trip you want to bring them along you
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can do
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you know up here down here um these are
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really nice actually
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yeah the first time i've seen these in
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person this is cool
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um
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yeah very nice
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